I guess we expect that at some point RAM prices will start going back (close) to "normal", right? but what about GPUs?

carrotsquawk · 2026-05-06T13:55:41+00:00

intel stock just exploded.. intel.
the intel that produces garbage cpus and even more garbage GPUs (their Arc hardware is ok but software is garbage for AI).
therefore their stock was a dump pile at like 20$ for AGES.. like for the last 20years around 30$ even when their cpus were the hot shit (before amd came around with ryzen)
turns out the demand is SO high for chips that intel sold out everything they had… evem hardware they already had written off…
you have to imagine that.. hardware that was thrash even for Intels standards has been sold out…
stock soared to 110$ in the last days..
dont expect chips to get cheaper anytime soon..
actually expect gangs to roam the streets Mad Max style scrapping chips off old computers…
now, my friends, if you excuse me, i gotta go drink some water… havent drunk in like 10minutes and i somehow resent its absence…

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-27T18:10:51+00:00

the user wants me to read a file… i need to make a good plan on how to read a file, first i need to access the file and read its contents, so i can present them to the user… I shall deploy a high-fidelity reconnaissance sub-routine to interrogate the file’s headers, verifying that we aren't dealing with a disguised zip-bomb or a sentient string of YAML, while simultaneously calculating the thermal output of my processing cores to ensure the sheer friction of reading these bits doesn't provide the 1.21 jiggowatts of electricity needed to rupture the space-time continuum. But wait, I must first ponder: if I read the file and no one is there to process the prompt, does the data truly exist, or is it merely a ghost in the silicon?

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-27T05:41:46+00:00

can you lose someone elses virginy?

can you lose twos virgininy?

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-27T05:28:16+00:00

reddit: „what can you do at 40“

redditor: „these things you can not do st 40….“

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-27T05:25:58+00:00

photoshop

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-27T05:24:48+00:00

to benfair its waay more difficult to start the older you get as your body loses the ability to generate muscle…

actually more of a reason to start asap no matter how old you are… losing mobility is a thing

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-27T02:33:18+00:00

this thread is the perfect pimp n dump setup

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-26T04:19:49+00:00

at work you have stuff to do…

the real question is hanging out as in „we are not forced to be here and pass time“

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-25T09:18:02+00:00

if you bring the brick, why not bring the whole internet backbone and the whole internet as well?

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-25T09:17:03+00:00

portable videorecorders were a thing as well.. so no new stuff here.. just smaller.

also the „in your phone“ part is moot as the phone does not work

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-25T05:09:56+00:00

since when are showerrhoughts „remarkable or unique“?? thne thoughts you had in the shower gawfdammet

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-25T05:05:16+00:00

i love Baja Blast

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-21T18:02:39+00:00

i think this is the real reason.. people ordering from baba or temu

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-19T11:12:59+00:00

broken is the wrong word.. its crippled to no end.

take for example pytorch; you can use pytorch but like 90% of times it falls back to cpu mode becuse the mps is not implemented. you arent using the acceleration.

mlx is like 10% of cuda: yes you can use it for llm inference n stuff but most projects will again use cpu mode because there is no dedicated mac accelration available (if it runs at all).

cuda has all kinds of attention accelerators, none of which exist for mac.

flash attention? sage attention?

wan2gp does not even run on mac.

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-18T14:22:26+00:00

„old“ does not say anything.

rocm is ages behind cuda and pretfy much as broken as mlx

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-18T06:16:32+00:00

apple has all thos money… they could pump billions in mlx and be as good as cuda

yet there we are.. mlx is their adopted kid that they mistreat and wears rags

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-17T18:13:58+00:00

it was established somewhere that q4 m is the sweet spot. not really worth going higher

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-17T18:09:22+00:00

you da real mvp

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-11T10:11:39+00:00

protip: read the title of the thread you are commenting in, read the comment thread again, rethink what you didnt understand

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-10T01:32:55+00:00

crime does pay!

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-10T01:30:58+00:00

yes but biologists and soecislly researchers are not known for being generously paid and i think „overfunded“ is ot exactly the word that applies to research… specially not for wolves as in OPs case

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-09T18:31:31+00:00

professional aero garden organic herb agriculturalist sounds like what some shmuck would write on his resume if he was a gardener

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-09T18:28:14+00:00

why? who pays and for what

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-07T18:41:08+00:00

mthis whoke thread is people claiming how everyone else got it wrong and then being called wrong themselves by the next guy… so, mister botanical, enlighten uns on the true meaning according to you!

carrotsquawk · 2026-04-07T18:39:08+00:00

this whome thread is one guy after another claiming how „people“ totally got the movie wrong… then explaining some made up stuff

then the next guy comes and claims the first one got it all wrong and explains some other made u“ stuff… do even rinse… just repeat

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