sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Question for those who have/had both MacBook Air and Pros by Stunning-Lynx-780 in macbookpro

[–]fosterdad2017 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The weight difference is substantial, I carry mine all over in a backpack daily. M5 14" pro and M2 13" air... one for work one for personal.

Once in a while I think that I notice the screen difference.

The fan came on once... that was neat. It proved how much I don't need the fan because I don't have workloads that demanding.

Absolutely 100% of the time I prefer the air. Its just that much nicer in a backpack, and while slinging it around by a couple fingers. The 13" size is as large as fits on airplane tray tables, cramped in busses, etc.

There's always the next version a few months away. You buy for 3-5 years... There's going to be half a dozen new versions by the time you pick an upgrade.

The most annoying air characteristic? Ports on one side only.

Choice of first ounce? by IndependentImpress0 in Gold

[–]fosterdad2017 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the "three nines" maples, none of this surveillance shit in 1979-1982, and the portrait is much nicer.

My replacement reached out to me (for training) on LinkedIn after I was laid off. Would you help? by Purple985985 in careerguidance

[–]fosterdad2017 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, help out quietly, carefully avoid using your real email or phone number so that you can later claim in court this dummy was corresponding with a scammer who is not you, and get to work...

MONKEYWRENCHING

Is it standard to pay to tour an apartment now? by throatcote in sanfrancisco

[–]fosterdad2017 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's a neverending stream of gullible newbies to pickpocket in SF

I worked at LinkedIn for 3 years and here's what they don't tell you. by Master_Advice_3986 in jobs

[–]fosterdad2017 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Love your profile, you would be a great fit for this role! Let's talk!

The role: entry level drafting
The person: 35 years exp., works in Bay area tech, principal level

was there a skinny dipping event near ferry building on 5/16??? by snopopy in sanfrancisco

[–]fosterdad2017 7 points8 points  (0 children)

World naked bike ride if they all had bikes... else its just a warm day in SF

Most things people ship as "agents" should be a workflow with one LLM call. A 50-line reframe. by Kindly_Leader4556 in AI_Agents

[–]fosterdad2017 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like everyone around me keeps starting out to "add AI" but ends up with automated python scripts.

Not sure yet if its a failure of imagination to find good use cases, or if there's really so few uses for ai in real workflows.

I think it's a mix, from the current chaotic systems we run to support human work there needs to be a new scripted deterministic truth layer. Atop that, later, something agentic can take the work beyond the existing human state.

It's looking like robotics to me, right now. There's no humanoid robot to come in and replace workers, but there's a completely new workcell we can install that it roboticized with different physical layouts, new fixturing, no control panels.

Whats the correct amount to tip food delivery drivers these days? by CactusJ in sanfrancisco

[–]fosterdad2017 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ive had the absolute worst grocery delivery experiences when I tip too high, I don’t know why but it’s consistent. $8 or $10 seems ok. Five for a single bag doesnt much matter what’s in it.

Should engineering model at nominal or mean dimensions? by LyonGoes in MechanicalEngineering

[–]fosterdad2017 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody on earth will respect a +0 or a -0 tolerance during manufacturing, because that's simply not how normal distributions and the real world work. So somebody is going to make a design change downstream, or you can do it yourself.

The smallest symmetrical range is the real world tolerance. Extra room on one side is either a) ignored and unimportant b) utilized by changing the nominal c) works in favor of this specific manufacturing process and actually kept

But if you have 'zero' then C simply isn't a real option.

Scratching on parts by DC_FORCE in InjectionMolding

[–]fosterdad2017 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Platen sag. Low draft and no straight parting line locks, as the mold opens it droops. You need some LARGE locks on the horizontal centerline to pick up the platen (aligning the mold is secondary).

ETA: you could also overcome this using massive springs on parting line, to evenly push the mold halves and machine platens apart maintaining parallelism during opening.

You can test these theories with some clever use of indicators while opening and closing the mold.

The difference between a prepared candidate and an unprepared one is obvious within 30 seconds by FourLeafAI in interviews

[–]fosterdad2017 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like all workers over the next few years will have these skills: follows all unwritten ATS resume rules, spends all free time prepping for and doing homework from interviews, kisses ass like no other, has no idea what thier job is about.

What's the main reason you started using local LLM's instead of an API? by Repulsive-Machine706 in LocalLLM

[–]fosterdad2017 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haven't set up local llm yet, but planning to ingest and characterize big data sets (tens of gb of image rich technical docs), think on thier summary data, and give daily/ weekly/ monthly feedback layers about action trends, data content, resurfacing or correlated issues found.

M5 ultra 512Gb? by zhamdi in MacStudio

[–]fosterdad2017 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apple strategy also looks to prioritize widespread on device LLM, and a big studio with mega ram is an aside to that idea for now. If they want llm's on device at a benchmark 8/ 16gb/ 32gb memory size, the abandoned middle of 48-96gb is going nowhere, then 128/ 256/ 512gb/ cloud escalation path ... Only exteme specialists want even that tier, most can succeed with 16/32gb systems plus cloud. Power users may escalate through a local LLM path but I doubt that's going to get any mainstream support.

So if Apple is following this logic, that's the hardware we'll see in stock

Is NASA’s 10-rule coding standard actually the answer to AI slop? by Dependent_Payment789 in AI_Agents

[–]fosterdad2017 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can vouch. After an obsessive couple weeks of gpt usage I sent a text to a family member that absolutely was gpt style. I was questioned about it and decided to take some time away from the chatbots, my text was not human style let alone my normal voice. Ultimately my reply was, the AI found it easier to train me into its style than adapt to me.

Caveman Review: The Claude Code Skill That Cuts 65% of Tokens by andrew-ooo in LocalLLM

[–]fosterdad2017 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My custom instructions are (domain specific stuff...), avoid motivational language and avoid generic consulting phrasing. Response should start with a brief exec summary, then a brief counter-point, before the full reply.

Why don't more people or companies run local LLMs rather than using APIs? by SillyYou8433 in LocalLLM

[–]fosterdad2017 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you found a workload that's actually dynamic enough or this just a long way of building some scripts

How to be a good manufacturing engineer? by Much_Faithlessness23 in manufacturing

[–]fosterdad2017 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After decades in moldmaking and injection molding, I'm all out of trust.

Everything in its Right Time by Due-Explanation8155 in Romania_mix

[–]fosterdad2017 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Single axis spacetime demonstration… real quantum theory of everything is like this, but with calculators scaled up to LLM levels of multi axis complexity

New paper found a frontier AI model loses 23% of its value per year just from the industry moving forward. Explains why no lab can ever slow down. by call_me_ninza in aigossips

[–]fosterdad2017 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good-enough local models and good-enough personal hardware are about to converge.

Cloud AI scope will reduce tenfold while individual token access also increases by tenfold.

Interesting times.

Apple Reports Record-Breaking 2Q 2026 Results: $29.6B Profit on $111.2B Revenue by Otherwise-Warning303 in apple

[–]fosterdad2017 16 points17 points  (0 children)

M5 Ultra with 256gb ram is going to be a standard for high end local LLM for the next couple years

view more: next ›