honestly given how long ago that was I'd not be surprised if everything's completely peppered with chips... one from the manufacturer, one from inventory, one from logistic, one from corporate espionage agent, one from foreign adversary state actor sky really is the limit with these.
didn't parmesan put some chips in their cheese too?
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alliao commented on Installing a mini-split AC in a Brooklyn apartment probablydance.com/2025/08... · Posted by u/ibobev
The vacuum work, finding/fixing leaks, etc can be a real nightmare, even with the expensive equipment. Personally I would much rather pay an HVAC technician to just come and pull the vacuum. They already have the gear, and they can diagnose when your vacuum still doesn't pull all the way for the 3rd time. Then if you don't get a precharged unit, they can also fill it.
that is IF the technician cares enough... unless you guys have stringent regulatory/right incentives in place. sometimes tech just relies on the brand reputation and pull for 10mins calls it a day
crbox just build boat loads of them? everywhere you're going to spend more than reasonable amount of time is worth it. filters aren't expensive, it's either they suck it or our lung suck it the rest are just talk
alliao commented on I want everything local – Building my offline AI workspace instavm.io/blog/building-... · Posted by u/mkagenius
I'm constantly tempted by the idealism of this experience, but when you factor in the performance of the models you have access to, and the cost of running them on-demand in a cloud, it's really just a fun hobby instead of a viable strategy to benefit your life.
As the hardware continues to iterate at a rapid pace, anything you pick up second-hand will still deprecate at that pace, making any real investment in hardware unjustifiable.
Coupled with the dramatically inferior performance of the weights you would be running in a local environment, it's just not worth it.
I expect this will change in the future, and am excited to invest in a local inference stack when the weights become available. Until then, you're idling a relatively expensive, rapidly depreciating asset.
really depends on whether local model satisfies your own usage right? if it works locally well enough, just package it up and be content? as long as it's providing value now at least it's local...
alliao commented on uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari apps.apple.com/app/ublock... · Posted by u/Jiahang
i've resisted iOS 18 for so long..
Project Indigo was really tempting...but this might just be the thing pushed me to update to iOS 18....
oh google, please get your mojo back this is correct
make fast sexy again... please
growing up I've thoroughly enjoyed seeing workers tapping away at registers where it doesn't have a mouse, all muscle memory and layers and layers of menu accessible by key taps, whether it's airline, clothing store, even some restaurant used to have those dimly lit terminals glowing green or orange with just bunch of text and a well versed operator chatting while getting their work done. the keys were commercial grade mechanical which made pleasing sound.
nowadays it's fancy touch display, requires concentration and often sluggish, and the machine often felt cheap and made cheap sound when tapped on, I don't think the operator are ever enjoying interacting with it and the software's often slow across the network....
I'm all for fast. It shows no matter what, at least somebody cared enough for it to be blazing fast.
I always have to remind myself of the bank transfer situation in the US whenever I read an article complaining about it. Here in the UK, bank transfers are quick and simple (the money appears to move virtually instantly). Feel free to enlighten me to why they're so slow in the US.
IS IT NOW!? last time I visited (long time ago) it was BACS, and the bank clerk told me it takes one day to "properly" register they've received my fund, one day to make sure it transferred and on the third and final day, the other bank can "properly" acknowledge they've received the fund thus why it took 3 FRIGGIN DAYS. I used so much cash back then.
love this... while the politicians busy angle themselves over stances on whether air filtration is required for public space during a pandemic engineers and companies come up with products and solutions ready to deploy.. it is my dream that our last generation gave us clean-ish water, and we can somehow pass down clean-ish air...