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- Comment on Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun 3 days ago:
Brazil has a payment system (called Pix, IIRC) that seems to work well, and has survived some… questionable leadership.
I don’t know much about it (maybe a Brazilian can say more about it), but it seems to serve the businesses very well there.
- Comment on Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models 4 days ago:
Oh I wasn’t wishing for anything, just pointing out the possibility. There are some Chinese companies gearing up to fill the gap in the memory market. GPUs would be much harder, but maybe very profitable.
- Comment on Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models 6 days ago:
Maybe some Chinese manufacturer will find a way to fill the gap in the market
- Comment on Top of the world, ma 6 days ago:
Huh. Apparently a few of them exist. TIL.
- Comment on Top of the world, ma 6 days ago:
Chad looks like orange Epstein
- Comment on Top of the world, ma 6 days ago:
If this is the same story I’m thinking of, she and her partner wanted to be the first vegans to climb to the top, to show the world that vegans can do it. Coincidentally, another vegan actually did it like 1-2 days before their attempt.
- Comment on Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps 1 week ago:
This app has to be installed and collected people’s information? Why?
- Comment on The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat 1 week ago:
Amazon has them
- Comment on The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat 1 week ago:
The security posture of Moltbook itself is pretty hilarious. For example, the database is (or was — not sure if fixed by now) wide open to the public 😆
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Yeah true. I’m assuming (and hoping) that the problems with consumer grade hardware being less accessible will be temporary.
I have wristwatches with significantly higher CPU, memory, and storage specs than my first few computers, while consuming significantly less energy. I think the current state of LLMs is pretty rough but will continue to improve.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Yep, it’s a tool for engineers. People who try to ship vibe-coded slop to production will often eventually need an engineer when things fall apart.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I wish I could, but it would kinda be PII for me. Though, to clarify some things:
- I’m mostly not taking about vibe coding. Vibe coding might be okay for quickly exploring or (in)validating some concept/idea, but they tend to pile up a lot of tech debt if you let them.
- I don’t think “more efficient” (in terms of energy and pricing) models are more efficient for work. I haven’t measured it, but the smaller/“dumber” models tend to require more cycles before they reach their goals, as they have to debug their code more among the way. However, with the right workflow (using subagents, etc.), you can often still reach the goals with smaller models.
There’s a difference between efficiency and effectiveness. The hardware is becoming more efficient, while models and tooling are becoming more effective. The tooling/techniques to use LLMs more effectively also tend to burn a LOT of tokens.
- Hardware is getting more efficient.
- Models, tools, and techniques are getting more effective.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Oh, sorry, I didn’t mean to imply that consumer-grade hardware has gotten more efficient. I wouldn’t really know about that, but I assume most of the focus is on data centers.
Those were two separate thoughts:
- Models are getting better, and tooling built around them are getting better, so hopefully we can get to a point where small models (capable of running on consumer-grade hardware) become much more useful.
- Some modern data center GPUs and TPUs compute more per watt-hour than previous generations.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
They don’t need the entire project to fit in their token windows. There are ways to make them work effectively in large projects. It takes some learning and effort, but I see it regularly in multiple large, complex monorepos.
I still feel somewhat new-ish to using LLMs for code (I was kinda forced to start learning), but when I first jumped into a big codebase with AI configs/docs from people who have been using LLMs for a while, I was kinda shocked. The LLM worked far better than I had ever experienced.
It actually takes a bit of skill to set up a decent workflow/configuration for these things. If you just jump into a big repo that doesn’t have configs/docs/optimizations for LLMs, and/or you haven’t figured out a decent workflow, then they’ll be underwhelming and significantly less productive.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s only a temporary problem - if it becomes one at all. People are quickly discovering ways to use LLMs more effectively, and open source models are starting to become competitive with commercial models. If we can continue finding ways to get more out of smaller, open-source models, then maybe we’ll be able to run them on consumer or prosumer-grade hardware.
GPUs and TPUs have also been improving their energy efficiency. There seems to be a big commercial focus on that too, as energy availability is quickly becoming a bottleneck.
- Comment on Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot caught telling businesses to break the law— New York mayor says terminating the ‘unusable’ bot will help close a budget gap 2 weeks ago:
Generally, I would never put much weight into an article with an exclamation mark in the headline.
- Comment on YSK the four rules of firearm safety 3 weeks ago:
No. That would require too many jars, and seems like a waste of ammo.
- Comment on All upset over something that in the big picture means nothing? Get yourself this watch 3 weeks ago:
So, using this model as an example:
Single jewel quartz mechanism
For $300, that’s a bit of a turn-off. I’d prefer a mechanical movement — even a cheap-but-reliable Seiko NH35 movement would do.
There are some nice quartz movements that might be acceptable too, but if they don’t specify which movement it is, then it’s probably not great.
It has a sapphire crystal, which is pretty much expected at that price range (though Seiko is still a bit behind on this), so it seems kinda odd not to specify which movement is in there.
Aside from the specs, I suppose the rest comes down to build/finish quality, which is hard to gauge without seeing it in person.
- Comment on All upset over something that in the big picture means nothing? Get yourself this watch 3 weeks ago:
Personally, I’d want better specs for those prices. However, I’m more of a watch nerd than an art/design nerd. I wouldn’t know how to put a price on the art of those designs. Hopefully they’re built well.
- Comment on YSK: A real American Civil war will NOT be like Battlefield or COD. 3 weeks ago:
Ah, interesting. Has it been working effectively? I could imagine ICE attempting to lure them away using a whistle of their own to create a false alarm.
Is there a specific whistle that they use? If any whistle will do, I can vouch for this one. It’s really loud.
- Comment on Big AI has PC users furious. Nvidia and Micron's weird emotional appeals make it worse 3 weeks ago:
🤔 ah, I suppose that makes sense
- Comment on Big AI has PC users furious. Nvidia and Micron's weird emotional appeals make it worse 3 weeks ago:
What does a kitchen server do?
- Comment on YSK: A real American Civil war will NOT be like Battlefield or COD. 3 weeks ago:
What’s the whistle for? I think I may be out of the loop on this.
- Comment on Reproducible alternatives to nextcloud? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been pretty happy with Peergos
- Comment on Get this filth out of my sight 4 weeks ago:
A vasectomy would only remove the sperm from the semen.
- Comment on Spotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Group 1 month ago:
I’d be excited if I stumbled upon an artist that I like, and they’d accept some private payment method (maybe Monero or something) for their music in a lossless format.
I suppose that applies to any digital content format. It’s a shame that privacy has become such a low priority.
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards 1 month ago:
I’m not a game dev, so I can’t really answer your question. My comment was only pointing out that this will discourage other studios from disclosing their use of AI during development.
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards 1 month ago:
I suppose this is a warning to any companies who were thinking about disclosing their uses of AI for placeholders
- Comment on Attitudes 1 month ago:
I was able to pursue a career from my favorite hobby. It took a lot of hard work to get there without the usual academic qualifications (university/college degree), but once I finally got hired for a full-time position, it was a dream job for me. I would have done a lot of it for free if it didn’t cost money to live. I’m also very lucky that my hobby happens to pay well.
Since then, a bigger company acquired my employer. I still like my job (mostly), but I don’t love it yet. I’m required to delegate a lot of the work, which I used to love and take pride in, to AI. I’m gradually getting better at using AI effectively and efficiently, so maybe I can find joy in using, eventually.
- Comment on THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short 1 month ago:
I got all 20, but I never used vinyl records until just a few years ago