MNByChoice
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- Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 1 day ago:
Remember how much people HATED Win95? They still moved to it to escape DOS, but still. Loads of hate.
- Comment on Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code 1 day ago:
Ah, but I bet those monkeys produce more text than Shakespeare! At least within the last 6 months!
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The joke is that Shakespeare is dead and no longer producing text.
- Comment on Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code 1 day ago:
Seems a better prompt could solve that.
- Comment on Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code 1 day ago:
One’s dishwasher is not exposed to a harsh environment. A large percentage of code is exposed to an openly hostile environment.
If a dishwasher breaks, it can destroy a floor, a room, maybe the rooms below. If code breaks it can lead to the computer, then network, being compromised. Followed by escalating attacks that can bankrupt a business and lead to financial ruin. (This is possibly extreme, but cyber attacks have destroyed businesses. The downside risks of terrible code can be huge.)
- Comment on THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come 2 days ago:
What was the timing of the US Senate vote to not release the Epstein Files?
- Comment on THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come 2 days ago:
That is the nice thing about the American Way. Just call up the neighboring states’ militias and ask who didn’t show up for drills and if any weapons are missing.
- Comment on A conundrum 5 days ago:
We know.
There are a number of people that have a home in the country with their family, and they travel to the city to work. Sometimes they are homeless during the work, or rent a small room.
No, it is not the ideal solution, but it is a solution. Fixing the housing situation is beyond most people’s power, and it will take a long time for those trying to fix it to actually fix it.
- Comment on Society needs to keep score on positive impacts 2 weeks ago:
It negatively impacts the children.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 3 weeks ago:
Alternative Headline: Billionaire Signals States Should Speed Fiber Rollout
- Comment on HR people smiling at you thinking that you are a complete moron 4 weeks ago:
It is always tempting to try to justify one’s position and get out of being laid-off/fired.
The decision has been made by those that “know your position”, or your manager is being let go next.
- Comment on Lemmy be like 4 weeks ago:
Secure your guns. Toddlers kill an insane number of people. snopes.com/…/toddlers-killed-americans-terrorists…
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- Comment on Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics 5 weeks ago:
Perhaps this could tax the huge data centers being built in the USA, which tend to get huge local tax incentives. But, if I had a data center I was trying to kit out, this would encourage me to setup shop any place other than the USA. (Latency matters, but not equally for everything.)
- Comment on If CEOs think they can replace everyone with AI, why do they think Wall St. will need CEOs? 5 weeks ago:
That is really interesting.
- Comment on ‘We didn’t vote for ChatGPT’: Swedish Prime Minister under fire for using AI 5 weeks ago:
Didn’t Nancy Regan, wife of former USA President Ronald Regan, did this as well. (Ronald was apparently not mentally fit for the last few years as well.)
- Comment on GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out. 5 weeks ago:
50 years ago was 1975. Inflation, depend on the month was between 6.9% and 11.8%. (cpiinflationcalculator.com/1975-cpi-inflation-uni…)
A random comparison of costs. (amerititle.com/…/1975-vs-2025-traveling-back-in-t…) Mortgage rates are down from 1975 levels. Another random site (www.1970sflashback.com/1975/ECONOMY.asp)
Is everyone better off? No, Homeless people in both years had a hard life.
Does any of this invalidate what you said? Nope. This is for other people.
- Comment on Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water! 5 weeks ago:
that can also do GenAI work for a similar “hardware cost per output”? No
FYI, the server hosts for the cards often have eight of the cards each. The power draw becomes the host server’s RAM and CPU, plus eight times 750w (or whatever). It scales up quickly.
- Comment on Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water! 5 weeks ago:
A lot of the need is due to the heat density of the GPUs used for GenAI. Could they build less densely? Yes, and they likely already are but need to go further. I have seen data centers with racks less than half (I think it was closer to one quarter) populated for energy density issues.
Could they use sea water? Sea water causes more corrosion. (I am uncertain if this data center is close to the ocean.)
- Comment on Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water! 5 weeks ago:
Stinky teens need shirts that point the blame at Microsoft. Get ripe and hang out with old people.
- Comment on Epstein puts my morality into perspective 1 month ago:
Epstein prosecutions started in 2006. apnews.com/…/trump-epstein-investigation-records-…
- Comment on linus tech tip 1 month ago:
Linus Torvalds is super well known for creating Linux. Linux is heavily used in “tech”. Linus is not a common name globally.
Personally, I had expected that “Linux Tech Tips” was Linux Torvalds giving Linux tech tips. Clearly, I have no bothered to read any of them.
- Comment on Easy mistake to make 1 month ago:
Good on you for not judging people by their looks.
- Comment on linus tech tip 1 month ago:
He chose his channel’s name to be deliberately confusing.
- Comment on Do you think GOG might be the next? 1 month ago:
Could Canada join the E.U.?
- Comment on Do you think GOG might be the next? 1 month ago:
Opens the market for a credit card company that doesn’t judge.
- Comment on datacenter liquid cooling solution 1 month ago:
Air also does not make things wet when it leaks.
- Comment on Doge reportedly using AI tool to create ‘delete list’ of federal regulations 1 month ago:
Is there is a list of employees of DOGE? I would like to write them letters.
- Comment on They even got their own island 1 month ago:
I remember that sort of shit. The girl I knew got divorced so many times after that.
- Comment on I feel like it was on purpose 1 month ago:
Recessions in the USA are just constant. Nothing personal.
- Comment on linus tech tip 1 month ago:
Hate this guy.
There is only one Linus in Linux. Torvalds.