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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
Given how unpopular these cameras are, and how sloppy their security has been, I have come to assume there's boatloads of bribery happening. I can't come up with any other explanation for how willing police chiefs and city council
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
Nobody mentioned plugging into the grid.
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
Seems like it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission. And, I wouldn't bet on this legislature ever doing anything that would disempower fossil energy or reduce their profits, even a little bit.
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
Yeah, I guess, but it feels like there isn't really an opportunity for anyone to do that, given how competitive the market is. If Anthropic decides to demand API rates for everything (which would make my $100/month turn into a few
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
I have a Strix Halo and dual 32GB GPUs in my desktop, that sit idle right now, because the electricity to run them and to cool them in 110F weather Texas is currently experiencing pretty much nulls any savings I might see over getting bet
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
I know this isn't the point but this post is a master class in how to inform readers when you expect people from outside your community to read it. It explains what every element is, concisely but clearly. I now know exactly what Luant
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
"Isn’t governmental control over funding what we hate about Microsoft?" No. And, I'm confused why you'd think that's the problem "we" have with Microsoft or any other monopolist.
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
Yes, it is software that was not ready for an influx of Twitter refugees when the time came. "Mastodon" is also the biggest Mastodon instance, where new people would first land when seeking Twitter alternatives, which was also not
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
I honestly don't understand the concerns about this particular "jailbreak". So they used an AI model to have bad cybersex. Sure, it's pathetic and weird, but what's with all the fear mongering? What harm are we supp
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
I wish Mastodon had been ready for an influx of Twitter refugees when the time came. And, I wish the average person was ready for decentralized services like the fediverse. But, most of the Twitter folks I followed went to Bsky, so I have a
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
As I understand it, Bsky doesn't punish posts for including a link off-site, and doesn't require you to be logged in to view it. Whether they'll continue to behave in a responsible way forever remains to be seen, I guess.
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Playdate surprises customers with tariff refund(oregonlive.com)
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
Given how untrustworthy the most popular social media providers have proven to be, it's madness that so many politicians and government accounts still use things like Xitter or facebook as their primary communication medium. Even ignor
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
The Qwen and Z.ai coding plans include API access, last I checked. OpenCode Go also has API access to a bunch of models for $10/month.
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
No, I mean, every human who spends enough time working with computers eventually makes a dumb blunder, very often this specific one (using `rm -rf` in a way that has further reaching effects than intended). But, I do want to use models that
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
To be fair to Qwen, we've all been there.
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
I didn't mention DeepSeek, though with the caching effectiveness in Reasonix, you can get DeepSeek for pretty danged cheap directly from deepseek.com, even at the higher prices. I was referring to the many subscriptions available that
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
Yes, if I was going to throw away ten grand on a computer that can run models that are much worse than what I can rent from a variety of providers for a few bucks a month, I'd buy the Apple.
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
What model? Also, I don't know what "the PrismaAQUA" means, ddg thinks it's a CPAP machine, which seems unlikely to help with inference performance. Also, 4-bit has measurable intelligence loss. Sometimes worth it, but,
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
I don't believe the extremism engine of Xitter is reducing the risk of global catastrophe. I think it's accelerating that risk. Certainly it helped elect Trump, and no one can argue that's been good for advancing the cause of
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by SwellJoe 1mo ago
There are signs that the money faucet is being turned down. Various investments that were announced have been quietly canceled or reduced in scale. I don't think it'll happen soon, but it seems unlikely to be more than a couple ye
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by SwellJoe 2mo ago
I found a couple of different 4-bit quantizations of Laguna S 2.1 that run pretty well with pretty big context (also quantized, to 8 bits, I think). Unfortunately, Laguna isn't better than Qwen 3.8 27B, which I'm able to run at ro
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by SwellJoe 2mo ago
Enjoy Gemma 4 E2B at blistering speeds, I guess?
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by SwellJoe 2mo ago
No. In Linux, you can ignore the BIOS (well, set it to 512MB) and set GTT to allow almost the entirety of memory for GPU. If you don't run a desktop GUI (and why would you), you don't need memory for much of anything else. Just a
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by SwellJoe 2mo ago
The Strix Halo and DGX Spark are pretty danged slow, relatively speaking. I don't recall exact numbers, but with MoE models in this size ballpark (Laguna S 2.1), I seem to recall I was seeing about 20-25 t/s with a big context, wh
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by SwellJoe 2mo ago
I can do traditional server stuff on any old computer with a big hard disk and a decent amount of RAM. That's not worth $3500-$4000. When RAMpocalypse is over and we can buy a Strix Halo for under $2000 again, the math starts mathing.
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by SwellJoe 2mo ago
That's in the same ballpark as two 128GB AI machines like the Asus GX10 or DGX Spark or Strix Halo. And, it seems very likely to perform better than either of those for inference. And, 256GB brings some pretty good models into play. Bu
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by SwellJoe 2mo ago
Finally, a reason to own a 128GB Strix Halo or GB10 device. Or a reason to consider the new Mac Studio. I have a Strix Halo and dual 32GB GPUs in my desktop, and the latter is pretty much always better for running local models because it&#x
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by SwellJoe 2mo ago
Am I so out of touch? No, it's the players who are wrong.
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by SwellJoe 2mo ago
Many cults are started by true believers. The founder can be the first victim.

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