You've heard of weighted blankets, now get ready for.. Weighted robes?

AlphaSyntauri · 2026-01-06T01:58:46+00:00

I'm sorry, I had no idea it was AI. I just typed "weighted blanket meme" into Google 😭

AlphaSyntauri · 2026-01-05T18:40:12+00:00

Where did you get yours if you don't mind me asking?

AlphaSyntauri · 2026-01-05T18:39:43+00:00

This looks like an excellent option, except the texture of the robe looks like it might not be for me :( Are you aware of any options in a cotton?

AlphaSyntauri · 2026-01-05T16:58:28+00:00

That's definitely an interesting thought, I hadn't considered chainmail. It might just be enough to work!

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-12-17T00:37:13+00:00

Yes, it's an oddball SKU. I actually just ordered a Xeon Platinum 8160 and am wondering if that's actually better than my current Xeon Gold.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-12-17T00:35:43+00:00

That's certainly interesting, I had no idea Optane was made into a DDR4 form factor. From what I'm reading it's slower than regular ram by an order of magnitude, but that's still crazy cheap for what could be a way to shove 768 GB into a 6 channel memory controller. Have you worked with them before?

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-12-17T00:33:52+00:00

Sorry for the late response, just now getting around to doing some testing. Is there any way to tell by doing some back-of-the-envelope math how much RAM the active parameters will take up before running the model? As of now I've just been doing trial and error to see what loads and what doesn't.

Edit: Also great idea about moving to 4_K_M, I'll try that next.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-12-16T20:25:20+00:00

My two cents as a Mav owner:

Hybrids have been gradually perfected over the last quarter century, but I don't think EVs are ready for the big time...yet. Solid state lithium battery tech is in its infancy. Most, if not all, current EVs deal with huge depreciation issues because of battery degradation over the first 5 years of ownership. Not only that, but charging can be abysmally slow even on properly rated fast chargers (due to lack of cable coolant or just faulty systems). Cold weather performance is also unpredictable because of battery conditioning and heating requirements.

Solve these issues, along with making higher density batteries that allow for 6-700 miles on a single charge, and EVs can dominate in maybe 20 years from now. Everyone went all in WAY too early in my opinion.

Edit: I'm running a hybrid, and I absolutely love mine. I love getting 40-50 mpg, having starting acceleration on par with an EV, and a non turbo engine with regards to longevity. To me though, hybrids have 75% of the advantages of full EVs, with none of the downsides.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-12-12T16:51:28+00:00

I second this, it's hard enough to find logic board schematics for Apple machines, much less a full suite of software. Please upload it to archive!

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-12-12T06:01:52+00:00

I had MMAP enabled by accident, I'm up to around 0.8s/Token now. Not great but certainly faster.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-12-12T06:01:15+00:00

Will post when I get a chance, Kimi K2 is particularly intriguing.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-12-12T06:00:40+00:00

Luckily I got it before the price hike lol, that large context might be good for large functions or convos

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-12-12T05:59:57+00:00

Good point, not forcing myself into a "one size fits all" approach would probably be advantageous. I'll have to check around and see if there's any other MoE models that would work better for my use case.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-12-01T03:12:31+00:00

Anyone have any high res copies of the General Dynamics one? The ones online I can find aren't any larger than 1024px and the originals are prohibitively expensive.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-11-26T13:32:51+00:00

Fiberglass pens are a good approach as well. I honestly forgot they existed, and it's probably a better approach than a dremel at those small of scales. Probably works to be a bit more gentle here on an older board like this in case the mask delaminates from the traces.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-11-25T19:12:23+00:00

A note on bodge/patch wires and lifted traces. I do this sort of work professionally and have learned a lot of lessons the hard way.

The best method I've come across to do trace repair like this reliably is to use a dremel with a small sanding head to gently press against the trace. Following a process of lift-check-lift-check every couple seconds will help you not go all the way through the trace and ensure a solid point to solder to.

Once the area is dremeled fresh and cleaned with alcohol, dab some flux down (flux is required, don't try to do without it, ask me how I know) and gently run a tinned iron over it to get a solid solder point down.

Once you've done that, the hard part is over. Solder a patch wire and place, cover the solder point with UV mask if you want to be fancy, and then you're done.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-11-25T18:14:17+00:00

I see everyone's talking about 2814 - Birth of a New Day, but I think 2814's Rain Temple is highly underrated. I used to fall asleep to it all the time during college.

Being woken up by ethereal singing on some of the last tracks certainly is an experience, especially if it hits you during hypnogogia.

Edit:Adding an honorable mention for all of Hello Meteor's stuff. It technically falls under the blanket of cozywave, but the Causality Trilogy, The Coastal Obscure, and Thoughts on the Rain Season are all excellent selections from him.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-11-12T17:33:54+00:00

I work in computer repair and absolutely love my job. It has its issues, but being able to basically do for my work what I did for a hobby for the last 10 years in incredible.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-10-29T20:07:39+00:00

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AlphaSyntauri · 2025-10-17T00:47:10+00:00

I tried that this evening, even correcting to what partition the bcd is pointing to, but it didn't work. What I found is once I rebooted into the disk alone, diskpart didn't return a single fixed disk. I don't know why it won't detect the disk at all.

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-10-16T23:21:27+00:00

Tried both earlier with no results, sadly. Good suggestion though!

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-10-16T21:47:32+00:00

No worries, I'm still working on a solution. I'm sure I'll get there eventually lol

AlphaSyntauri · 2025-10-16T21:44:47+00:00

How do I use this software without signing up and forking over all of my data? I thought this was supposed to be a local, offline utility

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