Skip Navigation

xthexder

@ xthexder @l.sw0.com

Posts
0
Comments
780
Joined
2 yr. ago

  • Should Canada put cancer warnings on alcohol? Doctor says we have a right to know the risks

    Jump

  • As long as the labels don't end up on absolutely everything like in California. It makes sense on things you actually consume, but a lot of other tech products and tools have the California warnings and it's become meaningless to me.

    I have no way of knowing if just holding a thing increases my risk of cancer or if it's just an issue if I was to lick a surface or consume something inside. I mean, aluminum apparently causes cancer?!? What can I even do with that information?

    Edit: I read the wrong list, Aluminum is fine but other metals like Lead and Nickel are bad. The problem is the labels don't tell you what the danger is. Does the product have a literal lead weight inside that you'll never touch? Or is the outside coated in one of the other 600 cancer causing chemicals? (https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/proposition-65//p65chemicalslist.pdf)

    Crazy that wood dust is on there. That explains why basically all IKEA furniture "may cause cancer"

  • Peer-to-peer serverless decentralized social media protocol built on The IPFS

    Jump

  • the comic itself is stupid

    The comic isn't so much a criticism as it is a comedic observation of what happens in the real world.

    At least that's how I interpret it.

  • AI in reality

    Jump

  • Also, a key part of how GPT-based LLMs work today is they get the entire context window as their input all at once. Where as a human has to listen/read a word at a time and remember the start of the conversation on their own.

    I have a theory that this is one of the reasons LLMs don't understand the progression of time.

  • AI in reality

    Jump

  • The context window is a fixed size. If the conversation gets too long, the start will get pushed out and the AI will not remember anything from the start of the conversation. It's more like having a notepad in front of a human, the AI can reference it, but not learn from it.

  • AI in reality

    Jump

  • the kind of stuff that people with no coding experience make

    The first complete program I ever wrote was in Basic. It took an input number and rounded it to the 10s or 100s digit. I had learned just enough to get it running. It was using strings and a bunch of if statements, so it didn't work for more than 3 digit numbers. I didn't learn about modulo operations until later.

    In all honesty, I'm still pretty proud of it, I was in 4th or 5th grade after all 😂. I've now been programming for 20+ years.

  • AI in reality

    Jump

  • I think part of the problem is that LLMs stop learning at the end of the training phase, while a human never stops taking in new information.

    Part of why I think AGI is so far away is because to run the training in real-time like a human, it would take more compute than currently exists. They should be focusing on doing more with less compute to find new more efficient algorithms and architectures, not throwing more and more GPUs at the problem. Right now 10x the GPUs gets you like 5-10% better accuracy on whatever benchmarks, which is not a sustainable direction to go.

  • People who tried La Croix, what is your opinion on it?

    Jump

  • Transported in the same truck as a lime once.

  • People who tried La Croix, what is your opinion on it?

    Jump

  • I definitely agree, but I was expecting you to compare with something more expensive. Personally I really like Spindrift, but it's like 2x the price. On the other hand, you can't beat tap water for value (or filtered water depending on your local water quality).

  • Insiders say cutting-edge graphics are too costly for AAA games

    Jump

  • At this point, to me, "AAA" features means it's full of microtransactions, predatory marketing, and lootbox gambling.

  • It do be like that

    Jump

  • Root's home has been /root on every distro I've ever used ¯(ツ)_/¯

  • What is a habit/thing/technique that most people would benefit from, in your experience/observation? What are some habits that would be best avoided too?

    Jump

  • I've been trying to motivate myself to go out for walks more. I really enjoy hiking, but especially over the winter, the weather is always an easy excuse not to go out (I'm in the PNW, so winter means rain).

    I just bought some nice waterproof hiking shoes that will take away at least one excuse. I'd get wet feet using running shoes, and cleaning mud off was a pain too. Having the right equipment can make going out way more pleasant. (Also it can be exciting to try out new shoes or whatever it is)

  • Instagram will soon allow the option of AI-modified videos via text input, drawing massive criticism from users

    Jump

  • Likewise, AirDrop should have been a drone-based delivery service. Maybe they could partner up!

  • Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched

    Jump

  • It was also moving more volume of air, not just airspeed. Sure I would have loved to see a fully shrouded experiment, but their experiment did show a regular fan moved air faster over a wider area, which would mean it is also moving a higher volume of air.

  • Something something case-insensitive file something...

    Jump

  • And this is why the WSL1 filesystem was so damn slow. WSL2 uses a native ext4 filesystem (usually, you can format it to whatever)

  • A ton of bollocks, more like

    Jump

  • You're thinking of a mammogram , a maritime is a long-distance running event over a distance of about 42km.

  • Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched

    Jump

  • The difference between a vacuum and this fanless cooling device is that a vacuum happens to generate a small amount of static, and usually has grounding wires in the hose to prevent it shocking things, while this fanless device is intentionally ionizing as much air as possible to get it to move.

  • Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched

    Jump

  • As demonstraded by the ActionLab video someone else posted, "bladeless" fans in general are less efficient. The one he tested was not a Dyson and didn't have a HEPA filter.

  • Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched

    Jump

  • I don't think you two are even contradicting each other. The airflow going through the base can be 15x smaller than the total result, but also require more energy than just using a regular fan that moves that amount of air.

    Total airflow and efficiency are two independent things.

    Disclaimer: I have no real data on how Dyson fans work.

  • Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched

    Jump

  • the reason people recommend against vacuuming a PC

    A regular vacuum isn't doing anything with ions or high voltages. Moving air can generate potentially harmful static electricity, but usually the reason people recommend against vacuuming a PC is because if you spin the fans doing that, the motors inside turn into generators and drive current back into your PC parts that could damage them.