0
42
nef

@slrpnk.net

nef 39 points 2 years ago

Maybe for certain AI workloads, absolutely not for any games. Their drivers are already very well optimised, and the raster performance barely changed this generation.

path: 0 14705769 14706081, hotness: undefined, score: 39, children: 1
nef 33 points 2 years ago

To be fair, it does have the most potential to cause harm if you exclude every kind of fossil fuel. And hydroelectric. That said, there isn't a chance in hell I'm going to protest fission if the only alternative is more coal/gas.

path: 0 12933659 12934019, hotness: undefined, score: 33, children: 5
nef 30 points 2 years ago

Rainbolt, it's in the post title.

path: 0 14293038 14294554 14294699, hotness: undefined, score: 30, children: 1
nef 22 points a year ago

It can also include inline JS. HTML alone cannot be turing complete, but HTML+CSS is.

path: 0 17431460 17431831 17436242 17438109, hotness: undefined, score: 22, children: 6
nef 18 points a year ago

If you believe that AI is "conscious" while it's processing prompts, and also believe that we shouldn't kill machine life, then AI companies are commiting genocide at an unprecedented scale.

For example, each AI model would be equivalent to a person taught everything in the training data. Any time you want something from them, instead of asking directly, you make a clone of them, let it respond to the input, then murder it.
That is how all generative AI works. Sounds pretty unethical to me.

And, by the way, we do know exactly what happens inside processors when they're running, that's how processors are designed. Running AI doesn't magically change the laws of physics.

path: 0 16182691 16183015 16184030 16184517 16184734 16184846 16185784, hotness: undefined, score: 18, children: 7
nef 12 points a year ago

To their credit as of 4 years ago all their devices come with high-speed SSDs, the issue is they charge 5x market price for storage and RAM size upgrades.

path: 0 17977877 17987289, hotness: undefined, score: 12, children: 0
nef 12 points 2 years ago

I'm not against the idea, but I do think it's a bit unfair. There are dozens of projects KDE relies on that never even get the chance to ask for donations this way, simply because they don't need a GUI.

I believe KDE should at least offer to share the donations with other projects, projects that would otherwise have no voice. Something like the old Humble Bundle donation method would work really well, and let users to choose how their money is allocated.

path: 0 12055333 12057361, hotness: undefined, score: 12, children: 2
nef 11 points 2 years ago

I don't think that's a good example.

The answer is simple: there is no "correct" way to enjoy art. Anyone saying vinyl is higher quality than digital is deluding themselves, but that doesn't make vinyl a worse way to listen to music.

It's more convenient to beat a video game on easy, and yet, many people find greater satisfaction in playing harder difficulties. It depends on how you would rather spend your time.

path: 0 11571499 11572534, hotness: undefined, score: 11, children: 0
nef 10 points a year ago

Where does it say the first ship is traveling near the speed of light?

path: 0 16413120 16413181, hotness: undefined, score: 10, children: 0
nef 10 points 2 years ago

This looks mostly right. The precision slider is definitely probably only for the output, not calculations. The (up | 5/4 | down) is (always round up | round 5+ up and 4- down | always round down)

What I'd like to know is how the A and F settings are different.

path: 0 14414762 14417634, hotness: undefined, score: 10, children: 5
nef 9 points 2 years ago

AlphaPhoenix is definitely one of the best scientists on YouTube, that video is good.

path: 0 15013015 15013939 15017733, hotness: undefined, score: 9, children: 0
nef 8 points 2 years ago

Are you sure vsync is disabled? It looks like you're getting a very consistent 144fps.

I personally keep vsync enabled, but you should absolutely disable it if you're testing your hardware since it forces the fps to never exceed you monitor's refresh rate.

As for throttling, it's only useful as a diagnosis tool. First and foremost you should be finding other people's benchmarks of your hardware (cpu/gpu) and running those benchmarks yourself at the same settings. Phoronix is a great resource for Linux benchmarks.

path: 0 14959940, hotness: undefined, score: 8, children: 1
nef 7 points 2 years ago

I would've thought they install licence plate frames when they put the cars out on display, though I do find the idea of dealerships running around randomly mounting them to other people's cars amusing.

path: 0 11685209 11685885 11685948 11686646 11686913, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 1
nef 7 points 2 years ago

It wasn't "easy" at all, they had to put in over 2 years of useful contributions before there was chance to insert the malware. If you're worried just stay on an older version, it should still open new files perfectly fine.

path: 0 13755470 13756880 13758514 13758977, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 2
nef 6 points 2 years ago

Are you suggesting that no one is allowed to see Nintendo do a new bad thing and say "I'm no longer willing to give them my money"?

Not to mention there's nothing 'amicable' about a massive corporation, infamous for their lawsuits, approaching a single programmer with a deal that is obviously the only way to avoid being sued, despite the fact that emulators are legal.

If someone purchases a Switch game they have every right to back it up and use an emulator to play it. Instead of strongarming these projects into submission, the ethical thing would be working with them to sell legal access to ROMs.

path: 0 12675893 12677760 12677939 12678900 12680724, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 0
nef 6 points 2 years ago

If you still think Depp didn't abuse Heard then clearly no amount of evidence is enough for you.

path: 0 14704158 14704214 14704254 14705843, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 2
nef 5 points a year ago

Why not plug a dumb dehumidifier into a Home Assistant controlled outlet?

path: 0 17985382 17987168, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 1
nef 4 points 2 years ago

It's actually impossible to detect someone doing this without storing passwords in plaintext, which is incredibly insecure.

path: 0 14626502 14631421, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
nef 4 points 2 years ago

They're saying 50Mbps 4k is shitty, not that 4k is a bad example. Modern Wi-Fi can definitely handle high-bitrate video 99% of the time, but that 1% where someone turns on a microwave can cause hella buffering. If you have the ability to run ethernet there's no benefit to using Wi-Fi.

path: 0 14053241 14054429 14054516 14055924 14062576 14063652, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 2
nef 4 points 2 years ago

This is nothing like GregTech! Where's the tedious microcrafting to enjoy before every search?

path: 0 14329069 14330475 14343725, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1

thanks for using Leebra!

go to feed...