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- Comment on Micron says driverless cars and robots will need 300GB of RAM 2 weeks ago:
No worries, nothing grouchy sounding there :)
My statement is sourced by me working in R&D in the automotive industry on these modules… an ESP32 does not come close to the amount of computing resources needed to move and process the absolute boat load of information required to make decisions for autonomous driving.
Flying around doesn’t need the same level of object detection, path-finding, decision making and so on that a vehicle that is capable of killing anyone in or around it needs. And on top, it has to be able to do that at highway speeds, without ever making a mistake - because of the killing everyone in or around it part.
Further, it needs to deal with all the random stuff all those people are doing around it all the time… again, without ever making a mistake.
So it needs to be able to see something, identify if it’s something it needs to be concerned about, figure out if it might be doing something that needs to be addressed, make a plan, then execute it… in like a few milliseconds. with a virtually unlimited number of potential obstacles, while obeying traffic laws, and still get the occupant to their destination.
Without killing anyone.
And that’s just the ADAS subsystem.
- Comment on Micron says driverless cars and robots will need 300GB of RAM 2 weeks ago:
With the current level of tech in a car, you’re already likely pushing 300GB in total. There’s dozens of high-compute ECUs doing all sorts of things, running some *nix OS and using anywhere from a couple GB to well… way more.
to reach full driverless capability, those will need to become more powerful, the software will require more memory, and the number of compute modules will likely increase as well for sensors and other stuff.
300GB IMO is probably a conservative estimate.
- Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information 2 weeks ago:
During prohibition era, there was a brick of dried grapes being sold as a nutrition supplement or something like that, but it had a “warning” sticker attached say specifically not to dissolve it in a specific quantity of water, and if that were to happen, do not let a specific quantity of yeast to fall in it, and especially not to let it sit for 6 weeks, or else you might end up with wine, which is forbidden!
I can see a cheeky sort of company selling a phone with a little warning label attached to it…
- Comment on Despite recent advances, it's still possible to identify AI slop if you know what to look for. 3 weeks ago:
Poor thalidomide baby on the left getting roped into AI slop…
- Comment on Despite recent advances, it's still possible to identify AI slop if you know what to look for. 3 weeks ago:
one of us
one of us
gooble-gobble, gooble-gobble
one of us
- Comment on CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court 3 weeks ago:
pea-brained gibbering dicksplat
That sounds something from one of those “pick 3 insult generator” sites :p
- Comment on Reporting an absence 3 weeks ago:
they’re duplexes/townhouses, that’s two separate dwellings. the picture is taken from a similar building, it would be one of those windows in what you called a hallway. The bricks look fine. Where you see a smaller brick that looks out of place, it’s actually turned 90 degrees so the brick extends into the structural wall behind it and ties the facade to teh structure.
- Comment on 13,492% sudden interest increase in local Alabama news station 3 weeks ago:
so… cousin? second cousin?
- Comment on rules 4 weeks ago:
They’ve been observed to use fish and other stuff for … relief, so I guess the answer is “not necessarily”?
- Comment on Firearm Advice 4 weeks ago:
recoil also tends to pull high (if you’re not anticipating), so a groin shot if pulled would just end up centre mass instead, where a head shot would be a whiff
- Comment on Microsoft patents system for AI helpers to finish games for you 4 weeks ago:
Apparently it’s Mario Maker 2… so technically a Mario game, but it’s not “official” Mario levels, so take that as you will
- Comment on Microsoft patents system for AI helpers to finish games for you 4 weeks ago:
One of the mario games would have Luigi show up and play a level for you if you kept dying
- Comment on Avocado. Is it really so untasty or I am doing something wrong? 4 weeks ago:
If your love of gobbling cock also helps you enjoy the taste of healthy food, then I do not see the problem :D
- Comment on The Myth That Wind Farms Are a Guillotine for Birds Is Being Debunked by Hard Data 4 weeks ago:
Our house is older and is fairly light on windows, but the living room and kitchen both have a fairly sizeable one. I usually have to pick up 3-4 dead birds under them each year.
- Comment on Microsoft Confirms 'Project Helix,' a Next-Gen Xbox That Can Run PC Games 4 weeks ago:
Always has been :) they’ve all used a modified windows kernel starting with NT on the OG and the latest are up to win11 now
- Comment on That's why I say hey man, nice shot 5 weeks ago:
I had read that his wife had some condition that needed health care, and if he were convicted and removed from office, she would lose that coverage. However, because he killed himself before that, she remained covered under the government plan being his widow.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Serious Ben Shapiro energy for sure
- Comment on xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles 5 weeks ago:
I seem to recall that back in the day there were electric cars before gasoline ones, and that was an argument at the time. Electricity was already becoming ubiquitous and putting up more wires was pretty easy compared to the logistics needed for gas production, transport, storage and dispensing. Gas won out due to the fact that it’s energy density was so much higher compared to batteries of the time… and probably a lot of lobbying by people invested in that stuff.
- Comment on Make sure you know what your kid is getting themselves into 5 weeks ago:
Trying to maximize is only part of it, the other really big thing with legalization and commercial growers is consistently predicable and measurable strength.
I usually prefer edibles, which were not really a thing the way they are now. I can go to a store or online and order a pack of edibles in a very wide range of concentrations, all lab tested and certified and each piece is incredibly consistent.
The same goes for flower; a grower can produce a crop and tell you exactly how strong it is, and I can take that information and use it for consistent dosing. There’s really no guesswork or wondering if the “super strong bud” is actually that, or not at all, or “I took one puff and I can now smell sound” strong. You are right though in the amount of the latter that is produced and just how strong it’s getting, but that does seem to be plateauing somewhat.
One good thing about high % weed though, is if you’re simply using it to get high and smoking it, it’s a lot less volume to have to smoke, which is overall way better for your throat and lungs.
- Comment on 3D Printer Reviewers: Being honest in this industry will put you out of a job. 5 weeks ago:
Well, I got Captain for one, but what’s the other Morgan?
- Comment on How do you effectively backup your high (20+ TB) local NAS? 5 weeks ago:
Amateurs not keeping at least one backup off-planet SMH
- Comment on The purpose of many company emails is not to inform the reader, but to protect the writer. 1 month ago:
For someone who was there for the RIM/BlackBerry Sumit Bhatia email event…
Please remove me from this email
- Comment on In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud 1 month ago:
Well, paper is a very popular material in speaker cones, including high-end
- Comment on How accurate is this? 2 months ago:
Likely not real ice cream, but the cheaper (and more common) ice milk - it has a lower fat content, so more water, and in certain conditions ice crystals do form into small chunks.
- Comment on Ubisoft Fires Team Lead For Criticising Stupid Return-To-Office Mandate 2 months ago:
The Riftbreaker is fun and graphcally nice to look at. For city builders, I’d also like to suggest:
- Manor Lords
- Timberborn
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Don’t forget competition, Linux has been gaining market share year over year
- Comment on Noooooo 2 months ago:
Most of the time, they didn’t even try. I’ve copy/pasted their exact question before and the answer was in one of the top 5 articles.
- Comment on Noooooo 2 months ago:
9 times out of 10 it’s a stupid question that they could have typed into Confluence to get the answer though. I gatekeep all of these requests with
“Sure, I’m fairly busy now, but lets schedule something for a little later today when I have some time. In the meantime, can you put your question in the chat here in case I need to look something up? Thanks” - Comment on Is history about to repeat itself? 2 months ago:
Not to mention for the wipers up bit, it’ll stretch out the spring that provides the tension needed to hold it to the window, so even after the wipers thaw, they’ll still work for shit, but now they’ll work for shit forever!
- Comment on Remember when buying shoes came off as some kind of science. The shoe sales person was always considered right 2 months ago:
Do your stores not allow you to try on shoes?