trenchpilgrim

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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
RAM failure is actually pretty common on non-JEDEC profiles, I've seen it happen a lot on gaming PCs. Very uncommon on "regular" computers that aren't pushing the clock and timings, though.
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
Heh, in high school my radio presets were: NPR station 1, NPR station 2, and classical. And I drove like a wannabe street racer!
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
The 128GB version wouldn't be throwaway, since that's the maximum the platform as a whole supports anyway- more memory than that would require a new mainboard and CPU at the same time.
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
The CEO mentioned in an LTT video that they worked with AMD to try to make CAMM memory work and hit some technical problems.
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
Certain chips can work with useful local models, but compatibility is far behind CUDA.
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
The amount of misconceptions in this comment are quite profound. Copilot isn't an LLM, for a start. You _combine_ it wil a selection of LLMs. And it absolutely has severe limitations compared to something like Claude Code in how it can
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
If HS grades were used for admissions in the US, it would incentivize college-bound high schoolers to avoid challenging classes like AP classes, advanced STEM classes, history classes beyond state requirements, etc. The optimal strategy wou
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
I've learned not to trust articles' accuracy on aspects not corporations that are difficult to verify in public data. Once I was reading an article saying the company I worked for didn't operate its own datacenters... while I
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
Logitech is _so bad_. They use these crappy jittery potentiometers and then charge way too much for their plastic crap. Then it breaks within a few years Better alternatives: Gamepads: 8bitdo, Gamesir Joysticks/HOTAS: VKB, Virpil, Winw
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
It's not just that they used a game controller, they used a super cheap crappy controller instead of something backed my a major company with millions of R&D funding or a modern device with better sensors (hall effect/TMR) bet
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
My friends working in fabrication - experienced, competent engineers with years of work history in Intel and Micron factories - got laughably insultingly low offers from TSMC. Like, 50k, no PTO, weak or no benefits. They literally laughed t
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
In Zed I switch the AI panel to ask mode and chat with the agent about different approaches and have it draft patches. Then when I think there's a design worth trying, switch to Write mode and have it implement that change + run the te
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
In some large, lucrative industries like aerospace many of the hosted models are off the table due to regulations such as ITAR. There'a a market for models which are run on prem/in GovCloud with a professional support contract for
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
I really like the new Assistant update which guides you on the strengths and weaknesses of the selectable models and recommends a shortlist.
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
Presumably they use GitHub and their release process is delayed by the current GitHub outage.
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
Ad blocking is an arms race and your ad blocker needs continuous updates to continue working on large sites.
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
Boulder's metro area is around 330k - not quite "small town". That 100k is people inside one of the local government boundaries of the area. The US Census considers 5k to be the upper limit of a small town.
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
Technology is already changing this, although it's still expensive. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3wne86ex9qo
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
Also depends on the person. I am brown, have a long beard, and wear a head cover. Almost every time I fly in the US I get a pat down, my bag manually searched, or a canine sniff. I budget extra time for it.
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
> Dex Hunter-Torricke said that Zuckerberg actually won [at Settlers of Catan] by convincing the other players to gang up on him, showcasing his "ruthlessness." I'm pretty sure this is an intended gameplay design in Settle
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
I can name one so far: OpenKneeboard will not work.
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by trenchpilgrim 1y ago
LTSC won't work for all new games or games that receive and require updates; I recently spoke to a game & graphics dev with a lot of low level DirectX and Windows API experience about using LTSC for a flight simulator (not just the