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jfrnz

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  • AI Training Slop

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  • The model exists already — abstaining from using it doesn’t make the energy consumption go away. I don’t think it’s reasonable to let historic energy costs drive what you do, else you would never touch a computer.

  • AI Training Slop

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  • The point is that OP (most probably) didn’t train it — they downloaded a pre-trained model and only did fine-tuning and inference.

  • AI Training Slop

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  • Running a 500W GPU 24/7 for a full year is less than a quarter of the energy consumed by the average automobile in the US (in 2000). I don’t know how many GPUs this person has or how long it took to fine tune the model, but it’s clearly not creating an ecological disaster. Please understand there is a huge difference between the power consumed by companies training cutting-edge models at massive scale/speed, compared to a locally deployed model doing only fine tuning and inferencing.

  • Dem Senator Says Party Needs to Stop Attacking ‘Oligarchy’ and Focus on Losing ‘Woke’ Reputation

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  • Sure, but I would say it’s a good thing to focus on for a minority political party.

  • Dem Senator Says Party Needs to Stop Attacking ‘Oligarchy’ and Focus on Losing ‘Woke’ Reputation

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  • Yea but opposing 'kings' isn't even close to the problem of 'oligarchs'

    I don’t disagree, but for the sake of elections, they’re effectively equivalent. I agree the billionaires are most of the problem, but their names aren’t on the ballot. It’s the guy who is trying to play king.

  • Dem Senator Says Party Needs to Stop Attacking ‘Oligarchy’ and Focus on Losing ‘Woke’ Reputation

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  • The article title is incredibly misleading. Even the first sentence of the article makes clear what she was actually saying:

    Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) has urged her Democratic colleagues to stop attacking the “oligarchy” on Thursday, arguing that the word did not resonate with most Americans and should be replaced with “kings.”

    She’s advocating for using a more relatable term, not for a change in party values. The “woke” comment irks me, but again is focused on terminology and not ideology.

    When you need the dumb fucks’ votes, you gotta speak their language. Or at least water it down to be palatable to someone who was “educated” in our broken-ass system.

  • "his grave is annually shot by local police"

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  • You’re on first shift duty

  • I hate people who only release their App on flatpak

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  • Maybe it’s an eMMC chip on an embedded device?

  • Former Rep. Katie Porter launches run for California governor

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  • What hate did he spew?

  • Thousands “Stand Up for Science” Across the Country

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  • I want them to have to explain their idiotic opinion so they can fail to defend it

  • Thousands “Stand Up for Science” Across the Country

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  • What do you mean?

  • Apple board pushes against diversity rollback call

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  • Conservative thinktanks (National Center for Public Policy Research) be conservative thinktanks. Despite all the other major corps rolling back DEI programs, it’s nice to see the likes of Apple and Costco pushing back against the right wing nutjobs. Not sure if they’re doing so for profits or morals, but I’ll take either at this point.

  • Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Fire

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  • Why should my tax dollars be used to bail out someone who bought a multimillion dollar home in a high risk area? Why should home owners get all the profits from owning but get to skirt the risks?

  • Selling out

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  • I try to stay practical about it. A screwdriver manufacturer is not an arms dealer. But if your work only has value in the violent world of war, then I think it’s worth asking yourself if you’re comfortable with that. I don’t always disparage people that are, even though I certainly couldn’t stomach it.

    My rule of thumb is to ask whether the defense industry is the only customer for the product. The company I work for does sell some to defense, but the products were not designed with defense as the primary purpose. It still doesn’t feel great to me, but I’m finding it increasingly difficult to avoid defense funding nowadays.

  • Selling out

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  • That’s a harder question to answer and depends more on your own moral compass. Do you believe that having better defensive capabilities empowers the users of your creation to feel safe enough to do evil things? I certainly don’t think you could absolve the makers of anti-missile systems who supply militaries that are committing genocide.

  • Selling out

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  • Doesn’t make you any less responsible when the fruits of your labor are used to murder civilians.

  • Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops

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  • Judging by the downvote count, I was off by 2x. My apologies to the community!

    (For the record, I have nothing against GrapheneOS, but also no use for it)

  • Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops

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  • All six GrapheneOS users should be proud that the developers of their phone software are genius inventors!

  • China’s plan to get around Western tariffs: Fill the world with factories

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  • Why do we “need” to change laws to artificially inflate the price of cars? Don’t we give enough money and government control to Ford and GM?