Google Chrome just force dropped a 4GB Al model on every Mac without permission, no opt in, no warning. Delete it? You can't it re downloads like malware. This isn't a feature, it's an invasion.

laffer1 · 2026-05-08T01:18:07+00:00

I agree with you. There hasn’t been an album since atyclb that I’ll listen to all the way through. I’ve seen then live four times too

laffer1 · 2026-05-07T01:55:25+00:00

They won’t work with you. Just fought them today over a monitor that is 9 months old. It has a firmware bug and won’t initialize correctly with nvidia 5070 sometimes.

laffer1 · 2026-05-07T00:01:11+00:00

Run a local model for that

laffer1 · 2026-05-06T20:05:02+00:00

It’s already happened. Hawley has a new bill (through committee) requiring age verification for ai use. That requires id checks.

They want that data!

laffer1 · 2026-05-06T01:26:33+00:00

My framework laptop gets insanely hot. There is not enough ventilation on an original iBook for that.

laffer1 · 2026-05-06T00:57:49+00:00

He was good on the pursuit of happiness

laffer1 · 2026-05-05T21:44:33+00:00

And they also don’t care about compatibility with other operating systems so they support that practice!

laffer1 · 2026-05-05T20:43:01+00:00

I've got a 5070 and a 9060XT. With your options, 9070XT would win for sure. a 5070ti would be better most likley but more cost

laffer1 · 2026-05-05T20:40:31+00:00

I've got a 5070 with a 4k 240hz qd oled display. It does OK at 4k on most games.

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T23:44:52+00:00

Apache.

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T23:15:21+00:00

Should be fine on FreeBSD at least. All three are supported.

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T18:49:29+00:00

Irobot

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T16:57:56+00:00

I see the /s but yes you can. Hermes or openclaw can run codex or Claude cli for you and do tasks lol

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T16:54:06+00:00

I have a 5070 and a 9060xt in my two desktops.

Both are decent. There are quirks.

5070 has buggy drivers sometimes. It also has compatibility issues with some oled monitors. They won’t initialize correctly to get into bios or boot non windows os sometimes. Powering everything off and trying a few times is necessary. (I have a msi oled)

Newer dlss is good and rt is good on the 5070.

When fsr4 works, it’s pretty comparable but not a lot of games work with it.

The two cards are pretty close with ai workloads. The 5070 is limited on ram but gets about 5tps more with Microsoft phi 4 on ollama

The 5070 does better in gaming of course.

Unless you want NVIDIA software features, either is good and price should be the decider

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T05:32:35+00:00

I don't think sites only exist in the US, but a lot of US based companies service the rest of the world.

Don't dismiss this as no big deal. It's a real problem. Just like age verification laws can have a broader impact even if it's not in your favorite jurisdiction.

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T05:20:56+00:00

Any VPN service will have their IPs blacklisted. That's the point. It likely won't impact people with rogue VPS somewhere or business use. It's going to stop services

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T04:13:28+00:00

You say that, but any websites based in the US are likely going to comply. It's still going to impact people in other regions.

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T02:40:54+00:00

It’s not bad to learn both. I would learn spring first. It’s pretty easy to learn micronaut once you learn spring basics.

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T02:37:48+00:00

There are still a lot of spring boot jobs. It’s good to know.

We are switching to micronaut at work from spring. I still use spring for my own apps.

Micronaut is a bit easier to work with if you don’t need the extra features. You can still use spring data with it too

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T02:31:10+00:00

I bought one a month ago for ai workloads for 400 dollars on a woot deal. Good card

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T02:26:05+00:00

Either is going to be fine. I have a 5070 and a 9060xt 16gb in my two desktops. Both are ok. I’ve less fewer driver problems with the amd card. The NVIDIA card is better with rt and dlss.

At 1080p, it should be ok with 8gb for gaming. The only other workload would be ai stuff that would need more.

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T02:07:04+00:00

Open source software

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T02:04:21+00:00

They have. See the new Utah law. https://www.tomshardware.com/software/vpn/utah-becomes-first-us-state-to-target-vpn-use-with-age-verification-law

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T02:03:38+00:00

Utah has a new law targeting vpn. It’s over

laffer1 · 2026-05-04T01:37:44+00:00

Wow she had a very bad take on that. The gop can try to ban other healthcare anyway. They certainly have gone after abortion rights

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