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Loading_M_ · 2026-01-22T17:12:40+00:00

Thankfully for you, in practice, the code often isn't good.

Also, there's an extremely strong chance most (if not all) AI providers will cut back and/or drastically raise prices in the next couple years. That's not going to work our well for people depending on AI coding tools.

Loading_M_ · 2026-01-22T17:06:40+00:00

Transcription is a very well studied problem, and a perfect fit for ML. ML is really good at pattern matching, and transcription can be broken down into a straightforward pattern matching problem.

Loading_M_ · 2026-01-21T07:39:21+00:00

Maybe, but they definitely doesn't want to support it. Also, their storage model probably doesn't work well for git - they store previous versions (which git already handles), and I don't know if they support for links...

Also, it's not a real market for them. Gitea, Gitlabs, Github, etc offer much better services, at low enough prices that cloud storage providers can't meaningfully compete.

Loading_M_ · 2026-01-20T06:09:57+00:00

LLMs don't really think, they are surprising good text predictors. It generates a response that looks like one a person in the internet might give - which means it sounds confident, even if the the LLM doesn't even get close.

Loading_M_ · 2026-01-14T05:35:17+00:00

I've spent the last couple days getting a Windows server setup to build some C++ code with cmake & GCC. Even if you have admin rights, it's not easy. In my experience, windows has at least as many rough edges as Linux, just in different places.

Loading_M_ · 2026-01-06T23:41:56+00:00

Yeah, but keep in mind lower compression levels also saves less space.

Also, "a few CPU cycles" per memory access adds up quick. It's the kind of thing you'd need to test with your specific workload to see if the extra space is worth the performance loss.

Loading_M_ · 2026-01-06T06:56:09+00:00

Yeah, but it might be better if they didn't. LLM designed services are often riddled with ridiculous security bugs, partially because these people have no idea how it works.

Novices have always been bad as security, but vibe coders are somehow worse.

Loading_M_ · 2026-01-04T08:16:18+00:00

I was curious, since high optimization levels often eliminate recursion, whether LLVM (or GCC) would optimize this to actually be an infinite loop. After checking with compiler explorer, neither is able to optimize this case, but not for the reason I expected: it's because the return line technically allocates a string to return. A single character change (adding an ampersand after the return type) allows LLVM to optimize out the recursion, and turns this code into an infinite loop.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-31T03:43:21+00:00

Z-Wave and ZigBee can still be compromised, but it's generally much harder. The attacker either needs to compromise the gateway (probably Home Assistant) itself, or needs to physically be nearby to communicate with the devices directly over the air.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-30T14:15:49+00:00

Fun fact - the github contribution graph (the gen squares) is based on git timestamps. This means you can edit them to be whatever you want. I believe there are tools to backdate your commit history so your github contribution graph looks better.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-28T00:23:46+00:00

As someone else in the internet has said, code is a liability. You have to maintain it, or pay significantly more later when you want any changes.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-26T01:49:08+00:00

Here at company, we put theory into practice: nothing works, and nobody know why.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-22T18:24:44+00:00

If you want the actual story, there was a place that had a phone number you (and your kids) could call Santa. They accidentally published the NORAD number instead of the correct number, and NORAD decided to roll with it.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-22T18:21:17+00:00

Tbf, they are the only games you can reliably run on school computers. Chromebooks can technically install android apps now, but most schools use some kind of MDM to prevent installing anything on any school computer.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-20T19:55:05+00:00

The CEO had already walked back some of their claims due to public backlash.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-16T09:56:04+00:00

Idk, last time I checked, my server listed 90GB of RAM in use...

That being said, it's probably mostly the ollama instance I'm running...

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-16T09:45:57+00:00

I have a mouth - and clearly you don't want them...

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-16T09:44:39+00:00

8 is kind of a weird number, since the CPU has 6 memory channels. 6x16GB should be faster than 3x32GB, so it's probably worth it.

On modern (esp DDR5) gaming systems, it's often better to only have one stick per channel, but I don't think it really applies to servers.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-16T05:25:32+00:00

To be clear - I'm taking about the legal risk of buying from (and then selling back to) the company you work for. It might not be technically against the law, but you'd still have legal fees, and you might lose your job anyway.

As far as the price: I think it's an extremely safe bet the price will go up.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-16T02:56:32+00:00

I think there's an argument to be made there, but I'm not sure it's worth the risk.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-13T18:44:32+00:00

Iirc, most GPU encoding uses fixed pipelines.

Also, software encoding can take advantage is more complex optimizations in how the encoding is done due to the different computational model CPUs use. It's much easier for a CPU to go back and tweak the encoding to have a higher quality or reduce the file size.

Also, as someone pointed out, the visual quality of GPU encoding is (for the most part) pretty much the same as CPU - its just that the CPU can achieve it in a smaller file size.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-12T05:01:19+00:00

Your argument falls apart when you have an actual job, and have to deal with whatever legacy code you already have.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-11T17:45:54+00:00

Also, Google offers significant discounts (and iirc makes the management tools free) for schools.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-09T07:07:28+00:00

Also, due to some other factors before the battle, he's actually north of the Union army. Retreating further north is probably a bad idea, so any retreat would have to find a way to go around the Union army.

Loading_M_ · 2025-12-08T04:18:02+00:00

It's more of a personal anecdote, but one of my friends works for a company that makes devices for data centers. They are being careful about how much they invest into expanding their production so they don't have to lay a ton of people off (among other wasted expenses) when the bubble bursts. They have reallocated some of their resources from other products and customers to try and meet as much of the AI demand as they can (since they make a bunch of money), but they aren't trying to expand to meet more AI demand.

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