sbeak
@sbeak@sopuli.xyz
Hi, I’m sbird! I like programming and am interested in Physics. I also have a hobby of photography.
- Comment on There is software/a technology company/a game named after most of the elements in the periodic table 9 hours ago:
Ah right, forgot about that one
- Comment on There is software/a technology company/a game named after most of the elements in the periodic table 1 day ago:
Interestingly enough, there’s already CAD software called Argon, Cobalt, and Antimony (there could be more, but I didn’t dig too deep). Cadmium would be a fourth element with CAD software named after it. Maybe someone will fork FreeCAD and call it Cadmium…
- Comment on There is software/a technology company/a game named after most of the elements in the periodic table 1 day ago:
I’ve got Asperger’s (pronounced “asburgers”, not “aspurrgers”), not ADHD!
- Comment on There is software/a technology company/a game named after most of the elements in the periodic table 1 day ago:
huh, who knew. I really ran out of steam after technetium
- Comment on There is software/a technology company/a game named after most of the elements in the periodic table 1 day ago:
fixed the title. Making the list was no fun at all, half of the stuff I saw were weird crypto and AI companies.
- Comment on Do you ever feel like your life is "scripted"? Like everything is written by some entity controlling your life? Like you live in a fictional universe? Is this feeling normal/common? 1 day ago:
If the world was some simulation, if you feel that you are a real bag of flesh and are able to feel conscuous, free will, etc. then it doesn’t really matter if the universe is a simulation in my opinion It would explain a lot though. Sometimes I completely forget what I was going to do/find in a room right after I entered it, which could easily be explained by someone high above pulling a funny prank on the flesh bags.
- Comment on There is software/a technology company/a game named after most of the elements in the periodic table 1 day ago:
we need more open-source software named after the elements!
- There is software/a technology company/a game named after most of the elements in the periodic tableSubmitted 1 day ago to science_memes@mander.xyz | 32 comments
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
If you have seen any videos of people visiting these data centers, you can hear the incredibly loud fans that make it difficult to hear the presenter speaking.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Running LLMs do take a lot of power. Trying to run a very small model on my old laptop makes the fans go crazy and power draw must be high given that it gets very hot (granted, the cooling in it isn’t all that great, but power draw is high). Then when you get models with billions upon billions of parameters, you can see how it all adds up. Then you multiply these humongous models with millions of users, as well as consider all the energy required to cool all those servers (fans, pumps, etc).
The biggest power draw in the AI industry is probably training the models, given that it’s quite literally going through the entire internet for every crumb of data and mixing it all together into coherent text and images. Then you see how power grids can be taken down by these power hungry data centers.
- Comment on Sooo... This is happening on Imgur 3 days ago:
No wonder. Some rich guy must have got very upset. Strange though, plenty of people get punched all the time, and there are plenty more GIFs people getting punched. Banning specifically the Nazi guy getting punched isn’t good PR I think…
- Comment on Sooo... This is happening on Imgur 3 days ago:
Woah, wearing the armband and everything. And apparently he was harassing some guy? No wonder he got punched right in the face.
- Comment on If WW3 breaks out, who is going to be on which side? 3 days ago:
I started out when Barry didn’t like that Kyle got a larger share of the hunt than him, and they beat each other with a stick or something idk. Now we have the biggest of big bombs, the deadliest chemical and biological weapons, super fast fighter jets, etc.
- Comment on If WW3 breaks out, who is going to be on which side? 3 days ago:
Wars over natural resources have unfortunately always been a thing with humans. Especially troubling given that we have created all sorts of fun ways to destroy entire populations…
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 3 days ago:
My little brother was 7 once, he would not be able to spell half those words. Definitely not 7.
- Comment on If WW3 breaks out, who is going to be on which side? 3 days ago:
If the U.S. started the Great War Part III, it would probably be due to an invasion/takeover of a Russian-aligned country (e.g. Iran)
If Russia began the third big one, it would probably be due to either a) invasion of another European country (e.g. Finland, the Baltics) or b) some huge scandal that may or may not be truthful where American/European/NATO/whatever spies are found in Russian soil, prompting a justification to declare war.
If China were to start the war, it would almost certainly begin with either the hot topics of Taiwan or the South China Sea. I doubt the Chinese would risk a war for either though, and would only go in when the U.S. are distracted in some other war (e.g. if Trump goes in on Venezuela)
- Comment on If the US was partitioned, what new states would you want to appear? 4 days ago:
Well you are uniting multiple states, it’s in the name.
- Comment on Whats a good and proper alternative google message thats clean but better with privacy? - for texting 1 week ago:
Currently I am using “Connect You”. It integrated both messages and contacts, which is nice. Doesn’t have a dialer though, so I use Fossify Phone with the contacts function disabled for that. I find Connect You’s method of showing contacts more aesthetically pleasing than Fossify’s, but that’s just personal preference. Lots of people also like “Quik SMS” (a continuation of “QKSMS” I think)
- Comment on If the US was partitioned, what new states would you want to appear? 1 week ago:
I highly doubt that the conservative states, if they became their own thing, would ally with China
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- Comment on Could there be additional forces at super low energies? Could a new fundamental force be discovered anytime soon? + other questions relating to forces 1 week ago:
Did you comment on the wrong post? Don’t think I mentioned universities, Windows, or bash
- Comment on Could there be additional forces at super low energies? Could a new fundamental force be discovered anytime soon? + other questions relating to forces 1 week ago:
Could it be possible that the absence of mass is what drives gravity? (probably not, but it’s cool to think about)
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- Comment on *confused flatfish noises* 2 weeks ago:
Bats also have forward facing eyes I think (correct me on this please!), but most of them aren’t carnivorous. They eat fruits and bugs and stuff.
- Comment on *confused flatfish noises* 2 weeks ago:
So like halfway. I’m half right then. Half of a yes!
- Comment on *confused flatfish noises* 2 weeks ago:
Is this because pandas used to be carnivorous? (they have sharp canine teeth despite pretty much only eating bamboo)
- Comment on *confused flatfish noises* 2 weeks ago:
pretty sure they face forwards. That’s what Minecraft ones look like, anyway, and a quick search of real ones look like they have forward-facing eyes
- Comment on *confused flatfish noises* 2 weeks ago:
Another non-predator mammal with front facing eyes: llamas.
- Comment on *confused flatfish noises* 2 weeks ago:
whales and dolphins are mammals, and they have eyes on the side. Don’t think anything preys on them (at least for the full-grown ones, pretty sure baby whales are preyed on)
- Comment on I dunno 2 weeks ago:
I learned BODMAS too! It seems BIDMAS is another one (British I think), PEMDAS is the weird American one, BEDMAS is a thing too. You’re able to vary the first letter (parenthesis or brackets), second letter (indices/exponent/“order” or “operation”), and the order of multiplication/division (MS or SM) and addition/SUBTRACTION (AD or DA)
Very interesting indeed.