zarathustrad

@zarathustrad@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thoughts⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  But not the cum bullets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Reddit seems like more of a landfill of missed potential and disappointment than lemmy. So, it’s ET.

  Lemmy is a fractured, incomplete vision like Atari: Waterworld (1984), one piece of a larger puzzle that never came together. A high concept mess, that only gains traction due to the failure of the larger players, but never took off.

  If I wanted to be kind to lemmy I would call it the Adventure (1980) of social platforms : a clunky, primitive collection of blocky squares that is objectively hard to look at, yet beloved by a small cult following simply because it pioneered a cool open world concept.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese Models and Graphical Units⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, all those personal ads that I put out seeking Chinese Large Lesbian Models are going to be difficult to explain now, don’t tell the CIA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jensen_IRL⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Allegedly illegal and possibly treasonous transactions?

  Transactions that lead to restricted-smuggled NVIDIA chips used in weapon systems to attack US allies?

  He wishes the sex was the biggest problem, and so do his shareholders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Frogs are the chicken of the pond.

  Behold a man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GDC State of the Game Industry report: 40% of developers are using generative AI for work⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, now you just need an LLM to play all the games for you and let you know what’s good. Should just take the power equivalent of a small country running full time.

  See you get the GPU to play the game, but need 5 more GPUs (or a cloud subscription) to run the LLMs to play all the LLM made games on your GPU to tell you what to play on your GPU.

  This is a great and sustainable system that will increase shareholder value.

  Wait, why is the market collapsing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is why dating is so hard now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Like access to black market GPUs and treason?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neurodivergence⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How could you forget that your love life is DOA…

  Is it like you’re always stuck in second gear?

  Mabey it has not been your week…

  I hope someone is there for you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm in the future and it's stupid⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Even more interesting when the technology is what is eliminating the people behind the technology.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Abandoned by Nvidia and AMD, blamed by Sam Altman, and agreeing with Elon Musk: it sucks to be a PC gamer in 2026 — but here's why I’m not giving up hope just yet.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a fair bit of ram but its spread out. My poor main rig only has 32 ddr4, and I picked up 32 for my primary proxmox host when it was $80, I wish I would have just upgraded them all. Lol. So many salvaged 8g dimms so few ram slots.

  As for my card: At the time I was reluctant to spend the $750 (EVGA was clearance selling them, just before they exited the GPU market), but after seeing them hit $2500 at the peak I couldn’t resist. Apparently it was a good call based on the market since then, it’s been a great card, and will probably be running my home lab when the next upgrade cycle comes. (The home server is currently 3 mini PCs in a trench coat, so a real GPU will help)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Abandoned by Nvidia and AMD, blamed by Sam Altman, and agreeing with Elon Musk: it sucks to be a PC gamer in 2026 — but here's why I’m not giving up hope just yet.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll trade you some garlic bulbs and sweet potato slips.

  We can make garlic fries and play emulated games on 5 year.old hardware for the next 4 years while we wait for the collapse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Abandoned by Nvidia and AMD, blamed by Sam Altman, and agreeing with Elon Musk: it sucks to be a PC gamer in 2026 — but here's why I’m not giving up hope just yet.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was very lucky I decided to build a rig right after the last crypto collapse. My only regret is not going over the top with ram and storage.

  I’ll be playing my DEEP catalog of games (decades of personal collection and frankly amazing emulation capabilities) for years on this 3080 EVGA ftw. It’s like we are holding the holy relics of a once great civilization. Mabey the 2nd foundation will do better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Abandoned by Nvidia and AMD, blamed by Sam Altman, and agreeing with Elon Musk: it sucks to be a PC gamer in 2026 — but here's why I’m not giving up hope just yet.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t worry, console prices are also going up. (unless the whole chip market collapses, but even with the pull back it’s not collapsing now)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users logging on to level set the Blue Wave enjoyers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  At least some one will keep the ashes warm for us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users logging on to level set the Blue Wave enjoyers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A theocratic autocracy will rise from the ashes. Unless you kids have done more prep work that you let on, your not winning the war if it goes hot, and the crazies with stockpiles and organization in place have the advantage over unprepared forum users.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sit back down and let's play⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a bedframe, but it broke.

  Bare mattresses on the floor are just more practical after a certain point. There are only so many bedframes I can salvage from the dump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Skyblivion team says former volunteer is threatening to sue over code dispute⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But, what if someone used the calories provided by your soup to commit a crime in another jurisdiction? What if they throw your soup on a politicalaly oppressed group?

  You could be held responsible!

  Apparently…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First Nintendo Switch 2 emulator for PC is out, and it already boots Mario Kart World Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/114420/first-nintendo-switch-2-emulator-for-pc-is-out-and-it-already-boots-mario-kart-world/index.html⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I expect their games on PC, just not ported by Sony.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You may mourn his death but I'm glad that tyrant Sejanus is finally dead.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re a tyrant, they let you do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it true⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  tsamMro!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨right in front of us all along⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if they do, we can make our own battle field with blackjack and hookers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thought requires calories. Food costs money.

  (Similar to compute now that I spend some calories on it.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the late 1950s, early Mr. Universe winner Bruce Randall bulked to >400lbs using powdered milk dissolved in milk⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like to do the weight lifting part for about 3-8 months every 5-10 years, but keep the same diet.

  It’s not going great in the 3rd round. Turns out the metabolism slows down with age, who could have predicted this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Understandable.

  How to utilize new tools for Society as a whole vs disciplined and intelligent individuals and groups are unfortunately different things. Also, the tech is very early, a great deal needs to be done to make it usable as “advertised” by the big tech hype bubble. However, the cutting edge of small local models is already where the large models were just a year ago, and getting more efficient on worse hardware. However, that is the wild wild West of LLMs, like the early Internet, it’s dangerous and confusing. It’s a cyber security nightmare, while LLMs are closing old wholes faster than ever, using LLMs is going to creat new risks.

  I don’t have the answers to the larger social issues. All I can do is ensure I understand them myself and am prepared to use them.

  The copyright and attribution issue is real, but it is a “1st world problem”. The accuracy of information is an engineering and computer science problem that will be solved or mitigated over time. The cyber security problem is actual more concerning to me the more I learn.

  COVID is a good example, since I had a closer view of the reality than many others. I was an essential worker who was exposed early due the negligence of others brought about by the misinformation and mistrust spread early on before the vaccines were even an option to argue about. Even those working with the best of intent got things wrong, but most of what was put out by the real experts was correct, if incomplete and if anything overly cautious despite the narrative otherwise. We are effectively doomed if a real bio weapon is used now, the level of misinformation and resistance to reality is too high to stop it.

  The regulation of LLMs is going to be a war of special interests. I don’t have much faith that uninformed dinosaurs will get it right with ears full of corporate money. It’s going to be a wild ride.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a small garden, know how to grow crops, and grow hydroponics as a hobby (I have off grid solar, battery back up, and could upscale operation if needed).

  So I do get where you’re coming from.

  I also have an offline information repository and off line local LLM that could help someone (with less skills than me) maintain/upscale or build a similar system, as well as provide many other skill sets I don’t have or am less competent in.

  So the technology is useful to those who know how to use it.

  (I have a strong science and medical skill set, and a hobby level skill set for network/computer science, electrical work, and gardening… So ymmv. Point being, I use all tools and skills available, and if something happens to me, the LLM is better than nothing for those that don’t, and can greatly accelerate learning new skills if used correctly, even a relatively stupid open weights model is like a super search engine that can translate language (and tech speak to normy).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually agree, I just feel it’s the same hyperbolic argument every time a new technology makes something else (situationally) obsolete.

  Knowing how live off the land was once common. It can still be useful. It is even fun for some (to learn, if not do). Yet… Here we are with a vast majority of our population devoid of those skills. It will keep happening.

  This is complicated by the fact that to gain advantage (or just maintain relevance) in a complex and changing society, you need to be learning the new skills that leverage new technology. Yet systems become more complex, specialized roles are needed, and we simply can’t learn it all.

  Enter the database of all information and a technology capable of quickly searching and extracting information with relevant context. Learn to use it to your advantage, or don’t…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  True. I forgot I’m old and know how to use maps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you tell yourself that as you get out your compass and paper maps on the way to a new city.

  Land navigation is an important skill. You wouldn’t let such an important skill atrophy would you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I asked for a sign, *sigh* at least I got a sign⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Immaculate Catception in action.

  A litter of messiahs are on the way, Repent!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol.

  Self host bit/vault warden on a broken cell phone so you don’t forget you PW next time.

  Or, just get a crayon and write it on broken laptop screen. Easy!