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   by vardump 1y ago

   Perhaps people's tastes vary? I find Lua an easy to use language. Easy to embed into C/C++ projects for scripting purposes. Also great when you can only spare 100 kB or so for an interpreter. (Arguably that was more important in t
2. 242.▲
   by vardump 1y ago

   Notably for example C/C++ code is not necessarily functionally equivalent, when it's compiled on different platforms.
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   by vardump 1y ago

   So 235B parameter Qwen3-VL is FP16, so practically it requires at least 512 GB RAM to run? Possibly even more for a reasonable context window? Assuming I don’t want to run it on a CPU, what are my options to run it at home under $10k? Or if
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   by vardump 1y ago

   Caching gone wrong?
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   by vardump 1y ago

   I understand normal atmosphere would destroy the heads pretty quickly.
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   by vardump 1y ago

   I’m worried about my drives that contain helium. So far so good, all show 100% helium level, but I wonder for how long.
7. 247.▲
   by vardump 1y ago

   I wonder how long those drives can be powered off before they lose the data. And until they lose all functionality when the critical bookkeeping data disappears.
8. 248.▲
   by vardump 1y ago

   RP2040 and RP2350 PIO makes producing VGA signals criminally easy. But many other µCs can do it too, at least to some degree. Even Atmels.
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   by vardump 1y ago

   Laughed with tears in my eyes.
10. 250.▲
    by vardump 1y ago

    There seems to be a great second hand market for the cottage cheese shredder!
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    by vardump 1y ago

    From a bee's point of view humans are the robbers.
12. 252.▲
    by vardump 1y ago

    In a few years: Claude can now control attack drones and launch nuclear missiles. Hope not.
13. 253.▲
    by vardump 1y ago

    It actually works pretty well when I'm talking to my wife. "Dear, you are absolutely right!"
14. 254.▲
    by vardump 1y ago

    …IF anyone really bothered to develop exploits against something practically no one uses anymore at this point.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    The era of tanks, military troop transport vehicles and attack helicopters might be coming to an end. Unless, of course, reliable countermeasures can be developed. But due to cost imbalance, drones being so cheap, it doesn't look good
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    by vardump 1y ago

    To state the obvious: Russia started the war.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    > I have often wondered if a a very small Ion thruster, used intermittently, gravitationally stabilised, could be used to offset the variable atmospheric drag caused by inflation/deflation of the tenuous upper atmosphere to extend s
18. 258.▲
    by vardump 1y ago

    There are very few 17+ years old build servers at this point. Or laptops and desktops for that matter.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    I don't think you can consider a website ban as collective punishment.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    This has nothing to do with "virtue-signaling". Russia's actions have been extremely evil, so it's only natural it generates dislike, even hate. That's how we humans are. Same happened to the Germans during and afte
21. 261.▲
    by vardump 1y ago

    Same old question that has been asked for 40-50 years now. The answer is nothing is too fast.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    Ok, I think you are right.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    I think that means intentions alone are not enough.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    @dang: I don't see any nationalistic flamebait here. Just somewhat argumentative speak.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    I think practically every A500 had a RAM expansion. At some point it was simply a requirement.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    Also often when popularity is earned. Unfortunately.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    I hate "hype" as a word. It's often used without justification to bash something that is new and popular.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    They were challenging 70 years ago, but in 2025 nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles are trivial for an industrialized nation.
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    by vardump 1y ago

    > There is no plausible scenario in which it will be favorable for Ukraine If this is true, we're doomed. Everyone will want to have nuclear weapons in order not to end up like Ukraine. After that point it's just a matter of ti
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    by vardump 1y ago

    China has been a big winner, it can now get cheap energy and it gets to set Russia whatever conditions it pleases. Russia is now utterly dependent on China for many imports. Russia itself has been the biggest loser. Massive budget deficits,