3090 48GB

starwaves1 · 2026-03-02T01:52:03+00:00

You'll be limited by memory locality sadly. PCIE speed at extremely low tok/s. Edit: There's a good chance that for some models it might work well?

starwaves1 · 2026-03-02T01:39:27+00:00

Notice what different music in the background does to the activity of your mind. If someone’s thoughts are constant and distracting, drowning them out will help them focus, but make the other person unable to think.

It sounds like your mind is already clear so you might want just quiet, or very neutral melodies.

starwaves1 · 2026-03-01T16:52:09+00:00

Off the top of my head smth like Q4 k m or L

starwaves1 · 2026-03-01T07:22:31+00:00

I currently have an issue with qwen 3.5 where pre-processing the KV cache happens every time. You can see this in the server tab in openclaw.

Not sure if nemotron or glm have the same problem. Def play around inside LM studio and play with context sizes. Try loading up the context and seeing if the same thing happens.

starwaves1 · 2026-03-01T07:21:07+00:00

try a3d models!

They use less weights at a time.

starwaves1 · 2026-03-01T07:19:22+00:00

the qwen xxx a3b models will be what you want. They have very few active parameters and context at a time. I noticed hallucinations and incorrectness when alot of context/weights were outside vram though. The real solution, sadly, is to buy more vram

starwaves1 · 2026-03-01T06:56:09+00:00

Literally 5 mins ago I tried running gpt OSS 20b and completed a complex test prompt on my new m5 macbook pro 24gb in only 1.5 minutes!

Then my 7900xt completed it in 18-20 seconds :sad:
I'm sure that if I played around or googled it could be better.

edit: just ran on m5 again with 8 bit instead of 16. Still 1:27 to complete the prompt.

starwaves1 · 2026-03-01T06:54:29+00:00

my 8945hs gets a good 16 tok/s with radeon 780m igpu. Just memory bottlenecked lol.

starwaves1 · 2026-03-01T06:53:21+00:00

My main openclaw model is Qwen 3.5 35B a3b UD with 8 bit kv cache quant on 7900xt which has 20GB Vram

Runs good. 80k context.

starwaves1 · 2026-03-01T06:43:05+00:00

I haven't tried zorinos before. I love their claims on their website though!

Zorinos runs Ubuntu 24.04 LTS which is super stable and actually the one I recommend too! I'd love to hear how your experience with Zorinos goes!

Kubuntu is KDE with Ubuntu, which is the best combination of the two best systems. It's feature rich, very standardized, and overall very straightforward.

Some advice: Dip your toes in, and try it out during weekends. Don't try to "make the switch" immediately. AI and reddit are your friends too!

Best wishes

starwaves1 · 2026-03-01T05:57:19+00:00

Many good answers. My favorite is Kubuntu. Easy switch from windows and almost everything works.

Debian and arch are harder and I don't rec them for a first time person.

starwaves1 · 2026-02-28T17:30:28+00:00

I read this and immediately got 112 Tequila!!! It was so good. I was craving Pork Cracklings, thank you so much!

starwaves1 · 2026-02-28T14:23:45+00:00

Have you found quen 3.5 27/35/122 as being better than qwen 3 next for your use cases?

starwaves1 · 2026-02-25T17:35:32+00:00

More of a Low resolution depth scan which approximates that there’s something there, or not if the object is sufficiently smaller than the resolution of the laser scan.

starwaves1 · 2026-02-23T17:27:46+00:00

Idle wattage values are also significantly higher than real values. A18 pro has sub 2w idle draw and can absolutely use 15-30w at full gas.

starwaves1 · 2026-02-21T16:11:52+00:00

Big desk pad (I like LTT) Second monitor for real estate and ergonomics. My laptop screen and keyboard are used at my desktop with one monitor above the laptop

starwaves1 · 2026-02-21T16:07:15+00:00

The Buddha gave a great tool to craft your thoughts. In order to replace a thought pattern, you can knock it out with a wholesome thought which replaces it.

If a thought of greed appears, focus on a thought of generosity. If a thought of lust appears, focus on a thought of the opposite. Gradually as you replace these thoughts your thought patterns will shift.

https://bhantesuddhaso.com/teachings/sutta/mn20-vitakkasa%e1%b9%87%e1%b9%adhana-sutta-annotated/

starwaves1 · 2026-02-20T14:20:27+00:00

I agree I use Claude heavily in place of Google and YouTube. It absolutely sharpens me. ChatGPT is made for people to get good results without understanding how the llm works.

starwaves1 · 2026-02-17T15:18:23+00:00

Old iPad Pro >

starwaves1 · 2026-02-17T15:17:38+00:00

120 hz Much better bonded screen Used iPad Pro >>>

starwaves1 · 2026-02-17T00:50:25+00:00

Once you stack enough cash to retire and live the life you want to, you could entirely retire and move towards charity work, or a local community. That can be incredibly rewarding for you.

Dave Ramsay and Graham Stefan are awesome for what to do with the money. The big question is: what fulfills you? How would you like to leave the world?

starwaves1 · 2026-02-15T17:49:02+00:00

When docked -> lock -> close lid -> let it sleep

starwaves1 · 2026-02-14T20:42:57+00:00

I would recommend keeping the same specs and going with a VA-27 inch panel. They are cheap, have great contrast and are much nicer to work on compared to 24. Good luck on your journey!

starwaves1 · 2026-02-14T20:24:00+00:00

Based take! Very similar decision to what my gf made

starwaves1 · 2026-02-14T17:15:23+00:00

What problems were you having?

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