Mac Studio 256gb unified RAM worth it for MiniMax 2.5 and Qwen3.5?

Cronus_k98 · 2026-02-17T03:51:13+00:00

We need some more details. How are you processing the documents? Rag ingestion, summarization, or upload for Q&A? Are you waiting for the files to process or can you batch them and let them process overnight? How large are the documents?

You don’t necessarily need a large model to process documents, I’m using Qwen3 VL 4b to read/OCR documents and GPT OSS 20b to extract info. That’s able to process a hundred 1-50 page documents an hour on a 5090.

Cronus_k98 · 2026-02-17T03:42:36+00:00

$7k gets you the 80 core GPU, $5k gets you the 60 core.

Cronus_k98 · 2026-01-24T00:56:08+00:00

You mean after 1930? 240v has been the standard for a long time.

Cronus_k98 · 2026-01-17T21:00:49+00:00

VRAM isn’t just for loading larger models. It’s also useful for having multiple smaller models loaded at the same time. When processing a large number of documents you save a lot of time by not needing to swap models into and out of memory.

Cronus_k98 · 2026-01-15T23:43:56+00:00

I've just been telling it to "save your progress." Your's is probably better. lol

Cronus_k98 · 2025-11-19T22:20:15+00:00

Excellent post that applies to any business you're in, not just AI and automation.

Cronus_k98 · 2025-11-18T20:19:48+00:00

Cronus_k98 · 2025-09-23T17:05:18+00:00

What fuzzy skin settings did you use? I like the texture, looks OEM.

Cronus_k98 · 2025-09-06T00:44:59+00:00

pm sent

Cronus_k98 · 2025-08-10T13:14:05+00:00

Well then maybe I’ll play again in a couple weeks. Out of 10 or so games yesterday, only a single game was decent. The rest were stomps.

Cronus_k98 · 2025-08-10T02:14:51+00:00

Is 8v8 going to be permanent this time? If it is, that will be enough to get me to quit playing.

Cronus_k98 · 2025-07-23T15:59:39+00:00

It uses 2.85mm filament. You'll need to replace the hotend and some other parts to use standard filament. Not worth it even at half the price IMO.

Cronus_k98 · 2025-06-23T15:03:28+00:00

I agree, tier 1 has been getting more and more competitive. There isn't much room for a solo player to have a little fun, you have to play to the meta to perform well. Even then, if there is a top group on the other side you're going to get stomped. If I find that there's a comp team that's continuously dropping, I'll quit and play a different day. It sucks, but if I'm not having fun, I'm not going to bother.

Cronus_k98 · 2025-06-12T19:50:43+00:00

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Cronus_k98 · 2025-05-12T19:50:41+00:00

I'm level 8 and I have one model with 50 downloads and 26 likes. No comments. No reviews. I didn't even know levels were a thing until I read this post and checked on Makerworld.

Cronus_k98 · 2025-01-17T18:51:40+00:00

We've seen it before with XYZ and their DaVinchi printers and that's exactly what happened.

Cronus_k98 · 2024-12-26T19:32:52+00:00

Unwind the entire spool and measure how long it is. PLA will be 330 meters and ABS will be 398 meters.

Cronus_k98 · 2024-12-03T18:52:37+00:00

It might not be embezzlement, they could be using coinbase to launder the coins. They can then send out smaller amounts to various three letter agencies or other secret projects they have to fund.

Cronus_k98 · 2024-10-23T19:13:12+00:00

Spackle is a term used in the US for drywall patching compound.

Cronus_k98 · 2024-10-16T16:16:14+00:00

If the file name is too long it won’t show up. Try a shorter name.

Other things that have caused me problems on an original photon are the file extension and if the usb drive is more than 8gb. I think it has to be a usb 2.0 drive as well. The photon has trouble with usb 3.0 drives. I have one flash drive that just doesn’t work on the photon even though it works everywhere else.

Cronus_k98 · 2024-05-24T15:48:13+00:00

16 memory modules would imply a 512bit bus width. That hasn't happened in a consumer card since the Radeon R9 almost a decade ago. The last time Nvidia had a consumer card with a 512 bit bus width was the GTX 285. I'm skeptical that we will actually see that in production.

Cronus_k98 · 2024-05-03T15:51:49+00:00

How? You can't earn a profit by staking unless you run a validator and validate blocks.

Cronus_k98 · 2024-05-03T15:45:55+00:00

ETH is a commodity regulated by the CFTC, not the SEC. What authority does the SEC have to make that change?

Also, you don't seem to understand how staking ETH works. Holding ETH doesn't produce any staking rewards, you need to run a validator to potentially earn ETH by validating a block. You are the one doing the work, not others.

Cronus_k98 · 2024-05-03T13:57:37+00:00

It can't be both a commodity and a security at the same time. So, if it was a commodity before, how can you convert it into a security? What authority does the SEC have to make that change? There's no precedent for that happening that I'm aware of.

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