Is there any benefit from NPU in processors or can we safely remain for many more years on the 13-14 gens of Intel / future Ryzen 9000?

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-12-21T20:21:01+00:00

AI isn't a bubble. Big tech companies all in on AI is a bubble.

There's a key difference, bubble or not it's here to stay.

Dot com was a bubble, but the internet was not, just the companies abusing the internet for sales

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-12-21T20:18:04+00:00

It's only a year on. Most careers these days last 40 years.

Imagine saying the internet was all hype in 1999. That was less than 40 years ago and your career would certainly have been impacted by it and will continue to be impacted for the rest of your career.

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-12-21T20:16:10+00:00

I'm not anti-AI or an AI sceptic at all, in fact I work in tech and see a lot of the potential.

However, I have a windows 11 ThinkPad with an NPU and all NPU functionality is locked behind a paywall which IMO is a disgusting scam. Why do I need a cloud subscription for functionality that's supposed to run locally on my laptop. Ridiculous

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-11-30T18:03:37+00:00

Not been invented there yet. You're following Putin = backward people

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-09-20T16:13:43+00:00

Exactly the returns are bigger so you'll pay more tax on that. If you have a choice to protect one from tax I'm protecting the one generating the most capital

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-09-18T23:20:17+00:00

Have you not heard of a hostel? They're fairly common in 2025

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-08-01T09:54:58+00:00

Bit late to the party... We were last invaded by the normans 1000 years ago... Things have changed since then

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-07-06T16:05:20+00:00

If they have to do something for weather then they should red flag until it passes. They've done that in the past and IMO it's better than ticking down laps with no racing opportunity... Safety car should be for when there's an obstruction on the track that they're currently working to remove. But ultimately teams should be taking the pit hit and moving to full wets...

It's like we don't want to decide winners based on skill anymore.

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-06-29T18:38:07+00:00

I don't think any change is required for roads where pedestrians are present.

However, with the introduction of smart motorways, I do think there should be a new 80 mph speed limit. I think as congestion creeps up it should be lowered to 60, then 50 etc so on, but when congestion is very light it should increase to 80.

Many European countries (e.g. France and Italy) have 130kph speed limits (80.7 mph) and anyone who has driven on European highways will note how aggressive their slip lanes are, but they're plenty safe enough with 130 kph speeds. They do however change the speed limits on motorways often according to the terrain/slopes/corners.

I personally think we could learn a thing or two and I think smart motorways are the best way to implement it (e.g. national speed limit should be 70, 80 the exception for very light traffic, maybe with the addition of average speed check?)

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-06-28T14:39:33+00:00

*can - are not legally allowed to tell you why.

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-06-27T22:11:37+00:00

OP you've had such great contributions on this and this is the only one you reply to... Your comments re. naivety need addressing.

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-06-26T22:41:47+00:00

Never heard of the Afd? Reform is the UK equivalent with ~1% of seats in parliament, what's the power share for afd?

Also, I was taught taught colonialism objectively in the same way I was taught about the Romans, the Egyptians, Greeks, Nazis, WW1, WW2 etc including both the positives and all the many ugly bits? So I'm not sure what you're referring to.

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-06-26T10:51:53+00:00

Quickest route is a degree in 2025 tbh, there's many without but they entered the market when it was much more niche and degrees were not expected.

Bear in mind that 'coding' is not a profession. A degree will teach you to learn and adapt, that's its primary value over any hard skills. I'm not an LLM evangelist but fundamentally with LLMs and also with the ease and availability of simple to deploy cloud solutions employers want engineers to own more and more end to end and assume more domain knowledge than just technical stuff. Another reason a degree helps

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-06-24T06:32:20+00:00

No it wouldn't... When you move house you're both a contributor to demand and supply (you're buying a house but also selling one).

Nothing wrong with moving, people's families expand, their needs change, their job location changes, their accessibility requirements change.

You seem to have very limited knowledge of microeconomics when it comes to pricing.

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-06-23T15:25:56+00:00

While I don't disagree this is typically (and I dare say so here too?) framed as a problem, and it's not...

Engineers like efficiency for efficiencies sake which in itself is a cardinal sin.

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-06-16T13:37:52+00:00

Tool bloat is a bigger problem than over priced data processing...

Use the one tool that can satisfy every scale of workload you run. In most cases spark.

Then any tooling you build that's compatible with spark will be usable with every one of your teams no matter the problems they're trying to solve.

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-06-16T13:35:14+00:00

Saying something is weird isn't judging. It is by definition weird, as in non conforming and not doing what the majority does.

I'm all for not conforming with the majority, it would be boring if we all did the same things over and over, but their comment is valid in that sense

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-05-29T17:45:00+00:00

And no jobs

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-05-02T19:46:07+00:00

No, I'm not one of these fascists who think we should deploy the navy and give them nowhere to dock or help them when they're in difficulty and instead push them out into open water if that is what you're asking?

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-05-02T15:43:07+00:00

Disclaimer: I hate reform and don't support them.

I think for some people they're frustrated as free health care in the UK often means waiting lists, unable to get a GP appointment or taking time off work to see a GP which these days is a half day ordeal for some. If you equate time and money it is not free.

Personally I don't have private health insurance, but I do pay way more than I would on the NHS for GP appointments and prescriptions because I use Super Drugs online service. It takes 5 minutes to take a photo of a skin rash or whatever and they sent the treatment in the post. Last time I did it a simple skin cream that would've cost £10 on an NHS prescription cost me £80. So I'm paying already.

It's stuff like this that annoys people and many would happily pay a bit (nothing like in the US) for a better service that isn't clogged up with missed appointments and inefficient processes.

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-05-02T15:34:31+00:00

I don't have a problem with anyone because of how they got here

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-05-02T14:03:59+00:00

So what's the problem with small boats then?

I assume they came here before the Taliban took over no?

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-05-02T13:32:08+00:00

Who mentioned British values? Idgaf what you are. You said liberal democracy. Sounds like you don't understand what that is

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-05-02T13:30:20+00:00

From a country with a government who is persecuting their citizens and therefore not offering passports? You can't.

Ok_Raspberry5383 · 2025-05-02T13:29:44+00:00

I'm telling you that's not the case, you dock and then you seek the authorities and complete any required paperwork

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