astrodust

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by astrodust 2y ago
$8K sounds like a lot more than "free".
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by astrodust 2y ago
Today "supercomputer" translates to "really high AWS spend".
93.
by astrodust 2y ago
$1500 each, plus the server they go in, plus plus plus plus.
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by astrodust 2y ago
"Who among us doesn't have 8 H100 cards?"
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by astrodust 2y ago
Precarbonite man literally floored by dentist's parents.
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by astrodust 2y ago
Once in a while people inadvertently create these pristine time capsules: http://www.astoriedstyle.com/a-look-into-the-past-an-untouch...
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by astrodust 2y ago
I'd assume monthly but I'd rather not have to assume.
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by astrodust 2y ago
I think the US nuclear program has a much bigger budget than Disney, and if they need something, they just get it. The movie industry had cheaper options, so they went with those.
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by astrodust 2y ago
Q6600 is the spiritual successor to the ABIT BP6 Dual Celeron option: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABIT_BP6
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by astrodust 2y ago
I hope it pairs well with Optane modules!
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by astrodust 2y ago
Incentive is one thing, budget is another. Keep in mind stuff gets lost all the time, even really important things like nuclear weapon components like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogbank
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by astrodust 2y ago
While I normally agree, that they went through the trouble to create an actual demonstration is worth the video click.
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by astrodust 3y ago
Was it write-downs?
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by astrodust 3y ago
Chips these days can run as high as 90-95°C which is awfully close to the boiling point of water, and could even be past the boiling point of other liquids, at least when under pressure. It's not something you could do with a typical c
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by astrodust 3y ago
At what point do you use the waste heat to generate electricity? 120KW is not an insignificant amount of energy.
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by astrodust 3y ago
There's a lot of "magic" in that book where your pre-conceptions are completely subverted.
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by astrodust 3y ago
Large cloud providers dump their gear in bulk all the time, and these parts get picked, tested and packaged for resale. I'm not sure these custom parts are barred from resale like the "ES" (Engineering Sample) type chips are.
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by astrodust 3y ago
"I respond by letting her know she will be able to buy a house if she wants one..." Guess you haven't mentioned that Santa isn't real, either.
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by astrodust 3y ago
Stimulating the audio processing part of your brain directly with the MRI machine.
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by astrodust 3y ago
Twelve channels of the weirdest and/or lamest music you'd ever heard in your life, all in a faint, tinny form that makes AM radio sound audiophile quality.
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by astrodust 3y ago
After making all roads underground: "Tunnel collapses are killing all our children! Let's make all roads above ground!"
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by astrodust 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespears_Sister on the money here.
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by astrodust 3y ago
"But muh surge pricing!"
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by astrodust 3y ago
Watching Sunshine (2007) will be a real experience when that happens.
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by astrodust 3y ago
I'm assuming your phone died before finishing this comment, thus proving your point.
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by astrodust 3y ago
This is not the question Apple is trying to answer. If you're trying to expand the market of a company with such a broad reach already there aren't many markets big enough to move the needle on revenue. Real-estate, food, fashion
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by astrodust 3y ago
People will "have to" because why?
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by astrodust 3y ago
How can we help?
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by astrodust 3y ago
When they tone it down, they look like idiots because their most pessimistic predictions from one era become the most optimistic ones from the next. But of course, politics.
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by astrodust 3y ago
The real black swan event was him coming up with the concept of black swan events. Everything else he's done has been increasingly ridiculous.

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