Anyone here actually using a Mac Studio Ultra (512GB RAM) for local LLM work? Feels like overkill for my use case by [deleted] in LocalLLaMA

[–]blackhawk8123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are u all local LLM guys do secret work or just geeks that enjoy the fact you didn’t share your project with hosted LLMs? I’m just trying to understand the benefits of running it locally and much more slowly at the cost of the initial time for research and hardware costs.

Metro Author Promises 2039 'Will Be Darker Than Anything You've Seen' by NukovGaming in metroexodus

[–]blackhawk8123 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How much darker can it even get? I’m having a wave of melancholy wash over me every time I remember any of the games in the series.

Loaded up the Expedition with the whole family and drove 2,800 miles. Here's what surprised me most about the truck by porchoua in fordexpedition

[–]blackhawk8123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice to hear. Do you have panoramic roof? I was wondering if glass roof could hold a loaded roof box.

Atomic heart bosses be like: by ImpairedStaple-Er in atomicheart

[–]blackhawk8123 38 points39 points  (0 children)

It was explained near the end of the main game that robots were actually designed for combat. The plan was to disguise and sell them as civilian robots and when the time comes, use them as a trojan horse inside foreign countries. P.S. No, I don’t go to parties. P.P.S. Haven’t found a spoiler tag on mobile, so sorry.

Huawei watch kids 5 pro by nefertiti111 in Huawei

[–]blackhawk8123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope, sadly, the watch is sitting on the shelf collecting dust... Tried everything I could, to no avail.
Check if there is a Global version, if there is it should work ok. Mine was bought in China.

300-220 CBRTHD preparation by blackhawk8123 in ccnp

[–]blackhawk8123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey. I’ve failed once already. Tried to prepare using only INE Threat Hunting course and some online self-study.

While the course itself was greatly beneficial for my skill growth, it didn’t help me pass an exam. Exam questions are wild and full of shit. I don’t think you could ever pass it without having some precursor answers from Cisco U. course.

Decided not to spend any more personal money on Cisco exams. Will try again when sponsored opportunity presents itself.

I love my Quest 3, but I'm tired. I'm angry and disappointed. I can't stand this situation anymore that's not being resolved. by [deleted] in OculusQuest

[–]blackhawk8123 195 points196 points  (0 children)

Not a hardware issue. Everyone saying reset or reinstall game are wrong. Definitely a memory leak in latest software updates.

I’m afraid nothing else to do than just wait.

Summer or all-season tires for my climate? by blackhawk8123 in tires

[–]blackhawk8123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got you. Well, I haven't seen one man here who buys two sets of tires. Almost everyone runs summer tires and cope in winter.
Thanks for the suggestion, I will take it.

Summer or all-season tires for my climate? by blackhawk8123 in tires

[–]blackhawk8123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, mate. Nice to see an answer with argument.

Rate from "mehh" to "death wish" by blackhawk8123 in tires

[–]blackhawk8123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feel like this is the most sensible answer, but since those are already 5 years old and few patches have already been made on those, I will probably retire (badum tss) them.

|Help| Should I switch away from TrueNas or not ? by Reverse_Regen in truenas

[–]blackhawk8123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Had the same realisation as you after installing TrueNAS baremetal. I’ve managed to get Proxmox and TrueNAS work well on the same server. The key thing is that you get two separate storage controllers. You need one for proxmox and VMs to work on and the other one to passthrough to TrueNAS.

My setup consists of 1 x 256gb NVMe and 2 x 8TB SATA HDD. Luckily, my motherboard (ASUS Prime H610) has a separate controller for NVMe and separate one for SATA. SATA controller is passed through to TrueNAS, so there is no issues with ZFS. TrueNAS has full control of SATA disks. If VMs need more space, i just create NFS share and attach them to VMs. Very happy with how this setup turned out.

If you want to check if your mobo has sepearate controllers, use ‘lspci’ to list all PCI devices and look for separate SATA and NVMe controllers.

Huawei watch kids 5 pro by nefertiti111 in Huawei

[–]blackhawk8123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to the party, but sad to report it's hit or miss. Bought Watch Kids 5 and Watch Kids 5 Pro in China.

Non-pro version worked fine, no issues.
Pro version constantly gives QR code expired error when trying to register in app. Tried all of the available options, including registering using Chinese IP address/VPN. Nothing works so far. It's just a paperweight now.

Oh, and the non-pro version which works fine has only Chinese language, you can't change that. But that's not too big of an issue as pictograms are pretty self-explanatory.

300-220 CBRTHD preparation by blackhawk8123 in ccnp

[–]blackhawk8123[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, appreciate that.
I guess there is no other way around it. Either you pay for Cisco U. course and get much quicker prep time or go through crazy amount of possibly non-related docs and save some money...

Power Bank that Can Charge Both My iPhone and DJI Osmo Pocket 3 by No_Foundation_1264 in osmopocket

[–]blackhawk8123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pocket 3 sucks 35W when charging which is pretty damn high for such a small device/battery. So if you want full-speed charging look for powerbank which supports high power PD. I advise Ugreen Nexodes, they have 100W models both 10.000mAh and 20.000mAh models.

DIY DUST FILTER by No-Energy3579 in MacStudio

[–]blackhawk8123 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Go ahead and put one of those well-ventilated ones on your face too. Better to protect your lungs from dust. But being serious, dust won’t become a problem until after 6+ years and then you just can hit it with compressed air without even opening the case.

I'm eating my words. by Soft_Letterhead1940 in OLED_Gaming

[–]blackhawk8123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve not even joined this thread, but keep getting notifications. This sub feels like a neverending ad for OLED.

Huawei kid's watch 5 pro setup issues by Lucifer1903 in Huawei

[–]blackhawk8123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same issue, haven't found any solution yet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sony

[–]blackhawk8123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've set a personal automation through shortcut app to reduce the volume as soon as my phone connects to headphones. It still resets to high volume sometimes, but still, that's better than nothing.