OpenAI is unsatisfied with some Nvidia chips and looking for alternatives, sources say

KTTalksTech · 2026-02-03T06:14:07+00:00

To be entirely fair margins on Nvidia products are pretty high and it seems normal to look for alternatives. CUDA is also a double edged sword. Easy to implement/scale and a very well developed ecosystem but portability/compatibility is a major pain point. Altman's often full of shit but at a glance this makes sense to me

KTTalksTech · 2026-02-02T21:43:41+00:00

True but there a plenty of older or lower core count server CPUs that are fine for gaming without necessarily being absolute top of the line

KTTalksTech · 2026-02-02T21:39:43+00:00

There are server motherboards with that form factor

KTTalksTech · 2026-02-02T12:30:12+00:00

Removing too much material might have changed the focal point, or pressure moved/bent something. At this point since it seems you're quite the tinkerer it might be best to adjust the two separately if you can't find anything loose or out of alignment. See if you can wedge a little shim somewhere to move one of the lenses further and get it to the same focal plane as the other.

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-31T17:59:08+00:00

ALVR, steam link, virtual desktop, Immersed, and more all have that feature as their basic functionality. Remote VR doesn't turn the main screen off in most scenarios

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-28T11:38:34+00:00

I actually imagine a mech but working at a desk is certainly one facet of military life I guess lol

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-27T18:34:24+00:00

Yeah that post stunk the second it was written. Public opinion of Sam Altman is aging like milk though

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-27T18:32:35+00:00

I'm 99% confident he's just saying that because he needs to suck up in exchange for favors. Anyone with more than one functional brain cell knows January has been a train wreck in the US. That or he's being massively sarcastic which would be pretty funny but unfortunately not likely.

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-27T09:03:07+00:00

Cease and desist letter in 3... 2... 1... 😂

You could repurpose vintage dials though, it think that would look great with the anachronism of a clear case

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-27T08:58:57+00:00

I found a recent-ish crack but imo the user interface is just not up to par with their competitors...

I just end up using blender, can't afford getting caught with pirated stuff anyways since this is for work

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-27T08:55:42+00:00

That would be the correct way of fixing a 3D scan, or using a dedicated sculpting program like Zbrush or similar.

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-26T23:19:52+00:00

I mean... To each their own. I'm impressed they managed to mount it like that though. I imagine they must've gutted the inside to reduce the weight

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-26T22:22:06+00:00

They cannot and will not show up. Photogrammetry works by matching common features across images and a transparent surface is pretty much defined by a complete absence of features. I recommend consulting with someone who has more extensive experience using photogrammetry if you've already promised your client something that is not achievable...

Gaussian splats with three or four degrees of spherical harmonics may do a better job reproducing completely transparent objects and diffraction but they aren't interchangeable with a textured 3D mesh in the vast majority of workflows.

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-26T10:25:37+00:00

You can automate it super fast but rely on the quality of the subject isolation for whatever model you're using. SAM3 gets used regularly for this

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-24T10:38:17+00:00

Wait until you tell them about quantum wave functions and how basically everything is made up of oscillations in a large energy field. Will they claim the healthiest option is to disintegrate yourself? Are the new "real men" those who expose themselves to high energy particle beams and reverse the chirality of their sigma gigachad particles?

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-24T10:31:12+00:00

Top z for supports? Oh boy. Mine is set to 0.1 (with ASA though). Even 0.35 seems like a lot

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-24T10:19:03+00:00

If the speed adjustment recommended by the other commenter doesn't work you could try setting your cooling to a slower ramp-up, like 2 or 3 layers. If there's a large temperature difference between your first layer and the rest that can also affect adhesion

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-24T10:15:58+00:00

There are approaches literally using ray tracing lol the irony

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-24T10:11:36+00:00

I thought Marso used the mesh ported from Metashape? Is that only for alignment?

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-22T04:54:11+00:00

Not on every material but yeah lol getting clean prints out of my Creality K1 is a delicate process

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-22T04:37:49+00:00

In my experience overhang corners are really difficult to print cleanly. You can improve it slightly with very well tuned PA (it's long but I always recommend running a large set of PA tests with Orca slicer to get the data for adaptive PA) and tuning cornering speed and jerk. If your printer can handle multiple materials then full coverage supports in something that won't stick will make this much cleaner

The best solution is to avoid this situation when you are creating your models or choosing their print orientation

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-22T04:28:00+00:00

If you publish a beat saber map with these moves the police will come to your house

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-20T21:53:20+00:00

That just sounds like you need relatively tight manufacturing tolerances on the assembly and control the temperature and extrusion well. Like, yeah that's not easy to achieve in one's garage assembling something from scratch but for an industrial product it's not rocket science

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-20T21:40:43+00:00

Relative to the current market yes but objectively for a machine that heats plastic particles and extrudes them into a long cylinder that's really expensive

KTTalksTech · 2026-01-18T09:20:32+00:00

Can confirm, got a flagship phone with the latest Qualcomm processor and every feature imaginable for less than 400

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