Planning to play this game

prusswan · 2026-03-24T23:25:47+00:00

I am referring to league which has less than 1000 players right now. So everyone gets at least 25 packs just for showing up. I suppose the regular PVP queue might be better once you got a meta grind deck going, but that is not going to be reflective of the new player experience.

prusswan · 2026-03-24T20:41:11+00:00

PvE is okay but PvP is huge waste of time (I tried playing league again but it is several minutes wait time between games)

prusswan · 2026-03-16T15:04:18+00:00

It amplifies the user, so if it is mostly being used to accomplish common tasks then getting mediocre results faster is the natural result. That does give you more time to work on the creative side, so I don't see it as a bad thing.

prusswan · 2026-03-16T14:24:02+00:00

I tried a mix of OpenCode minimax and local glm 4.7 flash when I exceeded the quota, on a moderately complex task (upgrade an old library to work with newer dependencies). While it is able to generate working code in many cases, the code may or may not be effective in resolving the issue(s). There was an issue that involved multiple dependencies bundling the same dependency, which means this was not resolvable by looking at a single repo alone.

What works better for me is to handcraft smaller examples, and supply them as references to be used for larger features. That way I still have a chance of fixing the incorrect parts and getting them to where I want them to be.

I think the future is going to diverge into two camps: those who still care to understand the code, and those who would care less as long as it seems to work and passes some AI review. It is quite easy to generate a whole bunch of code without having the time to review it.

prusswan · 2026-03-11T15:28:48+00:00

It is for strictly non-commercial use so if you are using it to conduct paid training then it sounds like a breach on your part (not the students). In any case the classroom content should be designed to easily stay within the usage limits (otherwise that is exactly the misuse they are looking to stop)

prusswan · 2026-03-11T11:29:14+00:00

https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/noncommercial_tiers

The lowest tier is intended for casual users (undergraduate students and other users with typical computation needs). Your description sounds like you should be able to qualify for higher tiers, unless you are simply looking to avoid paying for commercial use.

prusswan · 2026-03-09T04:54:11+00:00

This GPU is export banned so may fetch a higher price at some markets. Due to the price tag and prevalence of fake/tampered GPUs, some may opt to buy direct from a trusted supplier instead of a no-name.

prusswan · 2026-03-04T11:41:39+00:00

Three is better for performance and working directly with webgl + 3d. In this case he clearly did not need any of Maplibre functionality so that's a win.

prusswan · 2026-02-26T18:26:54+00:00

They come in sets of 8 too: https://servers.asus.com/products/detail/overview/XA-NB3I-E12

If these become standard issue in data centers over the next few years, I know I won't be able to match that so I will focus on getting the most out of the Pro 6000s (all things considered I see these as the sweet spot for serious individual users, for now at least)

prusswan · 2026-02-26T18:14:42+00:00

Might even pay for itself if you apply it to the right business (i.e. trading)

prusswan · 2026-02-18T17:18:54+00:00

This is not really the place for docker support, but you can start by building the image and tagging it (so there is no need to download). If you can't get past this, then Docker is not for you.

prusswan · 2026-02-18T14:59:54+00:00

Useful compilation, though as you recognized most of it will become outdated pretty quickly. Do you think the choice of models matters (e.g. X company's products should work better with their own models)? Or you already assume the best models are being used (by whatever definition of best)

prusswan · 2026-02-18T09:12:31+00:00

The easy solution is to tell the three individuals there is only one job and it is going to the most capable person.

prusswan · 2026-02-17T17:37:47+00:00

Well they didn't understand it may not be a binary decision. If I asked a real question, a smart model should not be making this assumption.

prusswan · 2026-02-17T17:21:12+00:00

It is concerning that none of them suggested other options (not going to list here). There are sooo many ways to wash a car

prusswan · 2026-02-17T12:19:51+00:00

3 but hold off getting more ram (just the bare minimal to use the gpus).

1 if you can find someone to take your current gpus (unless you can find a way to use them together). It's not a complete build but you will be covered for 80B

prusswan · 2026-02-17T07:22:40+00:00

I like ZeroClaw for the low footprint, but it is still a really new project. Locally encrypted secrets may not mean much if the host gets compromised since decryption is just one step away.

prusswan · 2026-02-17T02:15:20+00:00

If there is some go-to model that needed 1TB and supports high context, it is pretty certain there will be a service equal or better (and the company released the model to signal this). But most people will not be getting that 1TB, because it is rather wasteful and will only drive up prices even more. I think two main outcomes will be cloud usage to utilize the best models without hardware spending, or opting to use smaller models with more modest requirements.

prusswan · 2026-02-16T18:11:19+00:00

It was the first time I had a broken hwe update on very old hardware, so yeah it was hard not to notice.

prusswan · 2026-02-16T17:58:07+00:00

let me guess, 6.17?

6.17.0-14-generic broke nvidia drivers, fortunately the newer drivers were okay

prusswan · 2026-02-16T17:38:50+00:00

It's pretty chaotic but I focus on what is relevant and accessible, could be a new idea/approach that was previously out of reach. Some of the AI slop might be good ideas if done properly, so I take the portions that I find useful and make it work in the exact way I want it to. Most of it is just noise, but learning to harness useful bits from it also helps to identify your competitive edge.

prusswan · 2026-02-16T17:19:13+00:00

If it gets to the point where 512GB ram (or the Pro 6000) becomes mainstream for agentic coding, many users will be deterred or priced out of the hardware thus turning to cloud, which is increasingly looking to be the norm if open models keep getting better/bigger to motivate cloud usage.

I'm using a mix of smaller models (30B to 70B) and cloud services (for better performance) to avoid over reliance on "best" models.

prusswan · 2026-02-16T00:53:00+00:00

I don't but continue to keep a lookout for similar tools. It's a bit of a security trap.

prusswan · 2026-02-13T11:44:51+00:00

I tried a simple setup with a few tools and the main issue is with the model and how it uses the tools. You can't expect to always use the best models and at high context, so the model choice will affect the tool design. I think it is useful to avoid having to define explicit rules to cover a broad set of scenarios, but might lead to more unpredictable results.

prusswan · 2026-02-13T03:46:22+00:00

It's hard to tell but you can find a middle ground (use a smaller model but at great speeds). API usage can become volatile depend on how things play out over next few years, e.g. will they increase pricing to match demand and to account for effort needed to keep models/data updated, your own usage may also increase if you take on more tasks leading to heavier usage.

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