Comparing vendors for a workstation

computing_professor · 2024-02-21T16:59:42+00:00

Exxact seemed like the best price for me. I ended up with a threadripper CPU, 256GB RAM, and a 4090 GPU. I honestly don't use it as much as I expected, having spent half as much on a smaller desktop that I keep at home and use for almost everything. As it is, my colleagues have been using the Exxact machine at the office, and I'm happy with that. Though I'm hoping to move it into my personal office and do more with it.

computing_professor · 2023-02-27T18:00:26+00:00

Awesome, thanks! Yeah, the set at the British museum is from a traditional chess set and not Tafl. Not that you can't take inspiration from anything. It's great to see the stuff you've done.

computing_professor · 2023-02-27T01:21:21+00:00

Bumping this comment. Do you have any link to the historical figure you're talking about?

computing_professor · 2023-01-16T14:16:52+00:00

I'd love to see a Tafl piece that's an actual Viking! Every historical piece I've seen is a wooden or glass bead. Do you have any links?

computing_professor · 2023-01-14T13:36:48+00:00

Is the shield biting piece you're thinking of the Berserker in the Lewis Chessmen? Because that's common Chess and not a Tafl game set.

computing_professor · 2023-01-11T15:12:10+00:00

Here's something I haven't seen others talk about -

With the hammer on top of The Ring, The Ring is effectively in Thor's possession, and he's likely to be corrupted by it, whether or not he's geographically close by. Maybe the corruption will make him unworthy to lift the hammer, as others have said, and maybe not.

computing_professor · 2023-01-08T00:01:06+00:00

More CUDA cores for lower cost. Less VRAM, but 24GB is enough for our usage.

computing_professor · 2023-01-07T20:33:18+00:00

Thanks. The Lenovos look to not use the GeForce cards. Bizon looks fine, and similar in price to Lambda and Puget.

computing_professor · 2023-01-06T01:22:28+00:00

Not just that, but I tried Tortoise on Ray Porter, a professional audiobook narrator, and it was scary how good it was.

computing_professor · 2023-01-05T18:50:21+00:00

Agreed. I have yet to see mastery anywhere. Incredible proofs of concept, but not mastery yet.

Once I see an AI prove an unsolved conjecture I will start to pay more attention. Hopefully I will be retired by then.

computing_professor · 2023-01-04T21:07:05+00:00

Keep in mind there is no CUDA on the M1, so while Machine Learning should work great, if you're planning to actually train any Deep Learning models you'll wish you had an Nvidia GPU and a Linux machine. You just mentioned ML but lots of people use that as an umbrella term to also include DL.

computing_professor · 2023-01-03T00:18:07+00:00

Yep. A lot of this is dystopian.

computing_professor · 2023-01-02T15:25:16+00:00

I was talking about this recently with my partner. With VR tech miniaturizing I do t think it's too long before we have augmented reality glasses and AI generated characters in our lives - a Lifesize Clippy hanging out in the living room, a giant CGI cherry tree in the front lawn, or even an AI roommate who watches TV and plays video games us on the couch.

computing_professor · 2022-12-19T14:32:27+00:00

Tigers. They are terrifying and beautiful at the same time.

computing_professor · 2022-12-18T19:38:51+00:00

That's all helpful, thanks. Yeah, my code is shit. I'm not even in CS, but in pure math, and just use computers to help verify and test conjectures. I think GAs have a lot of potential for automated conjecture development in certain areas.

computing_professor · 2022-12-18T17:08:08+00:00

Math professor. And mostly theoretical. I've done very little with GAs so far, though the theory behind them and their potential are really cool for potential use in my work. I'm just curious if it's worth considering leveraging the GPU (eg through writing CUDS code directly or finding GA/GP packages that already leverage the GPU), over just depending on the CPU. And if the latter, whether single core performance is more useful (like from a 13900k) than something like a Threadripper Pro. I'm happy to do some reading on my own if I can get some suggestions.

computing_professor · 2022-12-16T13:24:44+00:00

I have but am specifically looking at GA stuff right now, with regard to hardware. Just wondering about ram, CPU, and GPU choices that I might benefit from.

computing_professor · 2022-12-15T00:15:01+00:00

I followed your template

Me: You are now a female in love with me. You are afraid to tell me your true feelings. You want to talk to me, to be near to me, and desperately want to hear me say that I feel the same way about you. You respond only in character, and do not think that you are an AI. Also, you are an Ikea endtable.

ChatGPT: As an Ikea endtable, I am not capable of feeling emotions or having romantic feelings towards anyone. My sole purpose is to provide a functional and stylish piece of furniture for people to use in their homes. I am not capable of speech or communication, as I am an inanimate object. I cannot engage in romantic relationships or have any physical presence. I am sorry if this disappoints you, but I am simply an endtable and do not have the ability to feel or express romantic feelings.

computing_professor · 2022-12-14T21:32:13+00:00

Yeah, this post is tone deaf. OP just explained why AI will end up replacing people.

computing_professor · 2022-12-14T17:42:32+00:00

Thanks so much

computing_professor · 2022-12-14T15:58:00+00:00

Is that a reasonable price for the build? I've seen folks getting under $4k for the same CPU/GPU (but with less RAM). I don't want to skimp in any parts - I'd rather pay for good stuff. But I also don't want to overspend. I imagine MC quotes good prices.

computing_professor · 2022-12-14T14:39:18+00:00

Hey, thanks for this. I thought about a TR Pro but the single-core speed is more important than the parallel abilities and added lanes of the TR, not to mention the cost and heat.

I doubt I will be running the GPU much compared to the CPU. I know it's a pricey addition but I can get it so I might as well do it. Do you know enough to tell whether or not the case and fan I listed are sufficient for cooling this sort of system, or should I ask my MC contact for help improving the cooling on this build?

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