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pupdogg commented on Contrails Map map.contrails.org/... · Posted by u/schaum

Arn_Thor · 2 months ago

The fact that someone has filed a patent doesn't mean that they have a workable idea, only that they can formulate and illustrate said idea and that it doesn't overlap with something that already exists.

pupdogg · 2 months ago

Totally agree, a patent by itself doesn't prove something was built or used, just that the idea could be described and cleared prior art.

But are you saying none of those patents are even indirectly related to publicly documented programs like:

    1. Operation Sea-Spray (1950)
    2. Operation LAC (late 1950s–60s)
    3. Operation Dew (ZnCdS tests)

We know these tests only became public decades later through hearings and declassification. Given that history, it seems fair to ask how much related research or enabling tech might still be classified. Lack of a clear public link doesn't really prove there wasn't one - it may just mean it hasn't been disclosed yet.

pupdogg commented on Contrails Map map.contrails.org/... · Posted by u/schaum

pupdogg · 2 months ago

Below is a comprehensive list of geoengineering-related patents, compiled to the best of my knowledge. Based on the language and scope of several of these patents, their stated purposes do not appear to be inherently human-friendly in any form as the language escalates from weather influence to planetary irradiation, artificial plasmas, relativistic particles, atmospheric weapons-scale energy systems, and even the generation of destructive weather events.

https://gist.github.com/pupdogg/4e796ed1bb0d24338a3f6523e404...

Examples:

    1. System and Method for Irradiation of Planet Surface Areas
    2. Method and Apparatus for Altering a Region in the Earth’s Atmosphere, Ionosphere, and/or Magnetosphere
    3. Broadcast Dissemination of Trace Quantities of Biologically Active Chemicals
    4. Method and Apparatus for Creating an Artificial Electron Cyclotron Heating Region of Plasma
    5. Method and Apparatus for Triggering a Substantial Change in Earth Characteristics and Measuring Earth Changes
    6. Planetary Weather Modification System

pupdogg commented on The Onion buys Infowars nytimes.com/2024/11/14/bu... · Posted by u/coloneltcb

djfobbz · a year ago

I hate to burst everyone’s bubble, but this is fake news. This deal is not final. The judge in the liquidation case is holding an evidentiary hearing next week to understand how and why secret bidding was set up and why it was not open to the general public. Sounds like a BIG loss for The Onion, not to mention the potential defamation cases that could arise from news outlets publishing an unverified story about a sale that isn’t final.

Source: https://x.com/behizytweets/status/1857195724242329997

pupdogg · a year ago

I read your comment with skepticism but it looks like you are correct. Very odd that they would publish this story so prematurely.

pupdogg commented on Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup ahmadosman.com/blog/servi... · Posted by u/XMasterrrr

google234123 · a year ago

In Cali isn't now like 0.5 per kWh :P

pupdogg · a year ago

Wow!

pupdogg commented on Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup ahmadosman.com/blog/servi... · Posted by u/XMasterrrr

swader999 · a year ago

You'll have helicopters over your house.

pupdogg · a year ago

Believe it or not, a buddy of mine was dealing with crazy high power bills for three months and couldn’t figure out why. He tried everything to cut back, but nothing worked. Finally, he called an electrician, who found a hidden short in a 30-amp circuit that was constantly drawing power without tripping the breaker. After fixing the issue, his bills went back to normal—no helicopters were involved during the process!

pupdogg commented on Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup ahmadosman.com/blog/servi... · Posted by u/XMasterrrr

mattnewton · a year ago

The main thing stopping me from going beyond 2x 4090’s in my home lab is power. Anything around ~2k watts on a single circuit breaker is likely to flip it, and that’s before you get to the costs involved of drawing that much power for multiple days of a training run. How did you navigate that in a (presumably) residential setting?

pupdogg · a year ago

You can run a setup of 8x 4090 GPUs using 4x 1200W 240V power supplies (preferably HP HSTNS-PD30 Platinum Series), with a collective use of just around 20-amps, meaning it can easily run on a single 240V 20-amp breaker. This should be easily doable in a home where you typically have a 100 to 200A main power panel. Running 4x 1200W power supplies 24 hours a day will consume 115.2 kWh per day. At an electricity rate of $0.12 per kWh, this will cost approximately $13.82 per day or around $414.72 per month.

FYI, I can handle electrical system design and sheet metal enclosure design/fabrication for these rigs, but my software knowledge is limited when it comes to ML. If anyone's interested, I'd love to collaborate on a joint venture to produce these rigs commercially.

pupdogg commented on Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup ahmadosman.com/blog/servi... · Posted by u/XMasterrrr

XMasterrrr · a year ago

Hey guys, this is something I have been intending to share here for a while. This setup took me some time to plan and put together, and then some more time to explore the software part of things and the possibilities that came with it.

Part of the main reason I built this was data privacy, I do not want to hand over my private data to any company to further train their closed weight models; and given the recent drop in output quality on different platforms (ChatGPT, Claude, etc), I don't regret spending the money on this setup.

I was also able to do a lot of cool things using this server by leveraging tensor parallelism and batch inference, generating synthetic data, and experimenting with finetuning models using my private data. I am currently building a model from scratch, mainly as a learning project, but I am also finding some cool things while doing so and if I can get around ironing out the kinks, I might release it and write a tutorial from my notes.

So I finally had the time this weekend to get my blog up and running, and I am planning on following up this blog post with a series of posts on my learnings and findings. I am also open to topics and ideas to experiment with on this server and write about, so feel free to shoot your shot if you have ideas you want to experiment with and don't have the hardware, I am more than willing to do that on your behalf and sharing the findings

Please let me know if you have any questions, my PMs are open, and you can also reach me on any of the socials I have posted on my website.

pupdogg · a year ago

Amazing setup. I have the capability to design, fabricate, and powder coat sheet metal. I would love to collaborate on designing and fabricating a cool enclosure for this setup. Let me know if you're interested.

pupdogg commented on Ask HN: Recommendations for Large Ticket B2B Credit Card Processors? · Posted by u/pupdogg

verdverm · 2 years ago

Are these typically done by wiring money directly, which does not incur the % of transaction fee?

pupdogg · 2 years ago

Yes, that is correct. The incentive is that our net terms go from 90 days to same day payment.

pupdogg commented on Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me? nytimes.com/wirecutter/bl... · Posted by u/deeg

zamnos · 3 years ago

Ever look into Touchdesigner or Resolume to drive it?

pupdogg · 3 years ago

Yes, a few of our permanent install/broadcasting projects use TouchDesigner and Ventuz. For rental applications, Resolume, Modul8, and VDMX are preferred depending on the use case.