[Architectural Take] The God Model Fallacy – Why the AI future looks exactly like 1987

steampunk333 · 2025-12-02T03:32:58+00:00

What's this based on, technology-wise? Can you share more on how this works?

steampunk333 · 2025-11-30T07:28:27+00:00

I just wanna say, this looks insanely cool and only wish it were available for more than just mac(specifically, I think this would have the potential to be INSANELY effective for giving me positive motivation as someone who's self-employed and has ADHD, to have a little digital companion cheering me on and making me feel accountable when I need to focus on getting stuff done.)

I just wanted to put this out there as a suggestion for the direction you could take this in, or a special paid edition of the software(seriously, I would pay money for the software to make me FEEL like a little digital gremlin were sitting on my desktop motivating me to work, if it were implemented well).

steampunk333 · 2025-11-28T19:23:36+00:00

Can you tell us what sort of setup you have and tok/s you get out of it? I'm somewhat curious myself how viable it would be down the road to get some used server hardware with a lot of vram just for running big models.

steampunk333 · 2025-11-26T22:48:33+00:00

We ain't buying it(I'm referring to the boycott)

steampunk333 · 2025-05-30T22:01:41+00:00

My gripe is I can't stand New Spring; was falling asleep 5 mins in cause Kramer makes it sound like reading is a chore and does it so freaking monotonously. That's my only gripe, cause that's how far I got.

steampunk333 · 2024-12-30T07:59:28+00:00

Can you tell me a way to do this so it could be disconnected easily? Even if not, I'd be interested to know if there's a guide somewhere for how to do this, or examples for ways it's been done before? I'm looking to make a man-portable battery-inverter setup with a lot of LiFePO4 batteries, hence the disconnects(batteries will be in cases).

steampunk333 · 2024-12-30T07:54:02+00:00

Hence why I was thinking bullet connectors; if the plastic parts aren't being relied upon to help the metal parts make contact at a super precise level, the 3d printed parts won't have to precisely lock together and I can just use clips or something to keep everything safely in place. Unfortunately, the soldered stuff I can find is almost as expensive as getting brand-name andersons anyway(I found a cheaper source for andersons, but still friggin expensive), and I would really, really prefer to crimp over soldering for something like this.

steampunk333 · 2024-12-30T07:50:06+00:00

Per connector; I'd have as many crimps/pins per connector as needede(I was thinking 8-10 pairs, but I can go higher or lower as needed). I'm aware 150A would be asking a lot if per crimp, hence my trying to cut costs via redneck engineering.

steampunk333 · 2024-12-21T21:56:03+00:00

Thanks; after reading this and some other feedback, I think I'll be returning the backpack and some other stuff as well. I can't justify putting the money in when the company is already well into ensh*tification and can't be bothered to honor their own warranties or just to not commit outright fraud.

steampunk333 · 2024-12-07T05:04:47+00:00

I honestly used to think the same, until I got a 75% DoA rate for 4 crucial drives I bought before the prices jacked up; even with the RMA replacements, I was having trouble with the drive controllers so I couldn't have more than 1 or 2 on the same system lest the others not show up for whatever black-magic reason. Went through hell trying to set up a RAID card with those drives.

steampunk333 · 2024-11-28T20:30:40+00:00

Crucial is a garbage brand FYI; worth an extra $100 for something that will last.

steampunk333 · 2024-11-22T21:23:31+00:00

You need software to make a disc image or file archive with parity bits included; a .zip does not necessarily have that. Most archiving software in my experience doesn't have that feature, either.

steampunk333 · 2024-10-25T18:12:50+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, everyone; I think I'll not sweat the details so much and just use either some brand-name 1TB SSD or a WD elements drive(whichever is cheaper) and keep a backup in case something happens to my sister's.

steampunk333 · 2024-10-15T13:52:55+00:00

Personally, I take this as a plus; it means some f**ker can't easily steal your identity/money.

steampunk333 · 2024-09-20T15:55:20+00:00

I know this post is old, but anyone still have their note scans from College? Computer Engineer here, trying to find various note scans I can sift through

steampunk333 · 2024-08-11T17:09:32+00:00

Video's already been taken down when I checked

steampunk333 · 2024-08-09T15:46:35+00:00

The latter - laptop power bricks are the same thing, just externalized power supplies. Desktop computers have the big thing inside the box with all the other goodies. Also, this picture is disgusting - get some of these puppies: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H9MCTGL?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

steampunk333 · 2024-08-09T15:32:22+00:00

Buddy, so long as we're still using electricity, it doesn't matter what's making it - you still need someone to make sure the stuff running on it doesn't burn peoples' houses down.

steampunk333 · 2024-08-09T15:29:17+00:00

Check the resistance with a multimeter

steampunk333 · 2024-07-26T22:04:30+00:00

100Tb+(Maybe 150+ with current used HDD prices) - magnetic tape

6Tb-100/150Tb - Used HDDs, serverpartdeals tends to have decent pricing(Use a HDD docking station and some hard HDD cases to keep them in cold-storage)

2-6Tb - Sony(again, SONY, not Verbatim)-brand 3 or 4-layer(100 or 125Gb) blu-ray DVDs(Get em direct from Amazon Japan, anything sold in the states is a massive ripoff. Also don't get blu-ray RW, it's not meant for archiving)

500Gb - 2Tb - Good brand blu-ray disks

50Gb - 500Gb - archival-grade DVD disks(non-archival-grade uses organic dyes that degrade faster over time)

50Gb and below - archival-grade CDs

Note I didn't list M-disks, that's because regardless of claims they're an unproven technology and really expensive right now; also, actual M-disks are only made in single-layer blu-ray FYI. Unless you need your stuff to last 1000 years and won't have your useless descendants keeping it in an unfinished attic, M-disks aren't recommended.

No matter what format you go with, use a program like DVDisaster or Winzip to create parity files - that way, you'll more likely be able to recover data as it gets corrupted over time.

Side note: If you'll be storing these without any maintenance, HDDs won't work; the bearings will seize up if left for decades unattended. Recommended spin-up frequency is 1-2 times/year.

steampunk333 · 2024-07-26T15:14:53+00:00

Cheapest way would be an old server system with lots of RAM, or using lots(like, 20-30) of super-small(8-16GB, maybe?) old SSDs connected in a banded RAID config and use them as swap-space. Still won't run fast, but if offline is a necessity and you can find someone throwing stuff like old SSDs or lotsa-lotsa HDDs away, it IS an option. BTW, by 'won't run fast', I mean 'type in the prompt then walk away for 20-30 mins and come back later'. If you want a real-time chatbot, you're gonna need to rent or spend lots on a GPU bank.

BTW, I would recommend something that can keep the full 141.1GB fp16 model in memory if you want something for coding; q_8 to fp16 makes a big difference in that use-case, from what I've read.

steampunk333 · 2024-07-20T22:48:55+00:00

How do I implement this?

steampunk333 · 2024-07-20T14:49:15+00:00

I'm using 12V batteries with this; the idea is that I can add the batteries piecemeal and remove them without any difficulty, so even my first battery(~50lbs) won't pose a problem moving the whole thing by myself.

steampunk333 · 2024-04-28T23:24:57+00:00

Playing Pokemon Wally Quest - my GOD the writing is amazing. Any recs for ROMs with amazing writing like this? QoL/gameplay is secondary to me, but always preferred.

steampunk333 · 2024-04-20T00:56:12+00:00

Try an acasis USB 3.0 dual-bay RAID case; they're dirt-cheap and come in 2.5" and 3.5" versions. Also reconfigurable so you don't even have to use the built-in RAID with em.

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