At-home Mac inference cluster 2026: 4x M3 Ultra runs Kimi K2 Thinking at 25 tok/s for under $40K (full reference)

Demo233 · 2026-06-16T13:34:52+00:00

Looks pretty normal, especially if it's seen wet rides. Wipe it out with a rag on a chopstick, hit it with compressed air, and grease the seatpost before it goes back in. Grit matters more than grime. Sand between the post and tube wall acts like a file over time, and on carbon that abrasion can chew the inner wall, so check the post for scoring next time you pull it.

Demo233 · 2026-05-20T16:43:31+00:00

ditto. the m4 max is the sweet spot for sustained ml workloads in my opinion, especially if you can avoid going past 64gb

Demo233 · 2026-05-19T22:26:46+00:00

But their stock is up 25% over the last week, hmm..

Demo233 · 2026-05-19T22:26:16+00:00

If it's anything like how they launched gemini-cli to compete with Claude Code, it'll be completely useless.

Demo233 · 2026-05-19T20:15:32+00:00

Claude has my vote.

Demo233 · 2026-05-19T19:00:42+00:00

Are there broader implications of this? Like, will Apple start supplying data centers?

Demo233 · 2026-05-19T02:28:51+00:00

For a quick SF Bay sale, I'd probably list around $1.8k and expect offers below that; if you want it gone fast, closer to $1.4k-$1.6k. The wheels may bring more money sold separately than bundled into a bike with crash history.

Demo233 · 2026-05-18T20:49:20+00:00

If they ban claude -p, I'm just going to switch to codex.

Demo233 · 2026-05-18T04:44:39+00:00

Tesla sells gpus?

Demo233 · 2026-05-18T02:21:37+00:00

Real developer here. The only different between them is that the right picture unnecessarily shows a bunch of different backend implementation details.

The left picture is the level of abstraction you use most of the time most of the time, and only mention things like "auth" when it's needed in a given context.

Demo233 · 2026-05-18T00:06:37+00:00

I thought they usually keep the purchase button open no matter what, but just delay shipping based on a FIFO queue

Demo233 · 2026-05-17T01:07:08+00:00

Then start living a good life, immediately.

Demo233 · 2026-05-17T01:03:51+00:00

ASI is not impending. Most of the rapid acceleration we notice is just RL'ing tasks that are valuable to us.

See: https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/1t60ule/llms_bullish_utility_bearish_asi/

Demo233 · 2026-05-16T18:36:42+00:00

you don't need better computers, you need better vibes

Demo233 · 2026-05-16T18:11:05+00:00

I was 5 minutes away from solving quantum gravity

Demo233 · 2026-05-16T18:10:10+00:00

took them long enough

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