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rainclouds commented on 'A hostile state': Why some travellers are avoiding the US   bbc.com/travel/article/20... · Posted by u/isaacfrond
dnel · 9 months ago
My wife is a huge Disney fan and I accepted my fate years ago that eventually we will take our kids to Disney world when they are the optimal ages to get the most out of it. That time comes next year and we had already pencilled our visit for the spring but now we are considering our options and may look at going elsewhere, it's a real shame as it's been a long standing dream for my wife to repeat her childhood experience but it's a different world now.
rainclouds · 9 months ago
I think Disney is nicer in other countries these days. Could still make a good trip elsewhere.
rainclouds commented on Ozempic is causing trouble on Savile Row   thetimes.com/life-style/l... · Posted by u/cwwc
harrison_clarke · a year ago
it's currently expensive, until it's off patent and a generic comes out

so rich obesity sufferers are getting it before poorer fat people

rainclouds · a year ago
So doing the clinical trial publicly for the rest of us…
rainclouds commented on Complete hardware and software setup for running Deepseek-R1 locally   twitter.com/carrigmat/sta... · Posted by u/olalonde
morphle · a year ago
I'd love to visit your house then. You have 768-1400 GB DRAM with 6000 GB/s memory bandwidth? Nice house.

In my house I currently have almost 900 GB/S memory bandwidth in aggregate but only 132 GB total DRAM.

rainclouds · a year ago
I’ve got a terabyte of DDR4, and a bunch of old thread rippers. They can take 256 each and 8 channel.
rainclouds commented on Complete hardware and software setup for running Deepseek-R1 locally   twitter.com/carrigmat/sta... · Posted by u/olalonde
morphle · a year ago
As this is HN, I'm curious if there is anyone here on HN who is interested in starting a business hosting these large open source LLM's?

I just finished a test of running this Deepseek-R1 768 GB model locally on a cluster of computers with 800 GB/s memory bandwidth (faster than the machine in the twitter post) and I can now extrapolate to a cluster with 6000 GB/s aggregate memory bandwidth and I'm sure we can reach higher speeds than Groq and Cerebras [1] on these large models.

We might even be cheap enough in OPEX to retrain these models.

Would anyone with cofounder or commercial skills be willing to set up this hosting service with me, it will take less than $30K investment but could be profitable in weeks?

[1] https://hc2024.hotchips.org/assets/program/conference/day2/7...

rainclouds · a year ago
Hardware requirements? I think I can hit the memory bandwidth building from parts I have in my house. Maybe even 2x. Asking for fun not profit.
rainclouds commented on Higher potassium intake at dinner linked to fewer sleep disturbances – study   nutraingredients-asia.com... · Posted by u/hilux
TriangleEdge · a year ago
Bananas aren't high in potassium. That's a myth. A banana has 450mg and a potato has 650mg.
rainclouds · a year ago
Sadly I don’t think French fries have the same effect.
rainclouds commented on Psilocybin bests SSRI for major depression in first long-term comparison   medscape.com/viewarticle/... · Posted by u/Thomvis
neom · a year ago
Psilocybin saved my life. I'm no longer suicidal, I'm no longer a practicing alcoholic, and outside of a few things here and there, I'm generally at peace with my life. I cannot express how grateful I am for psilocybin.
rainclouds · a year ago
Psilocybin has always made me not want to drink for extended periods of time after use. Always saw that as a great benefit.
rainclouds commented on Americans dying younger than their English-speaking peers worldwide   studyfinds.org/americans-... · Posted by u/pseudolus
someguydave · a year ago
It is simple to resolve the criminality but the voters have decided they don’t like the answer (much more policing and incarceration)
rainclouds · a year ago
We already have more % population in jail than any other country. Mostly for drugs. The social cost is much less for getting in trouble for drugs in the US, but the incarceration rate is really high.
rainclouds commented on AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X Deliver Excellent Linux Performance   phoronix.com/review/amd-r... · Posted by u/timlatim
timlatim · a year ago
The 9950X seems more exciting than the last week's 9700X/9600X. It is comfortably ahead of the previous gen (including X3D) in code compilation and video/image processing, which I care about more than performance in games, and it's also in a class of its own in workloads heavy on AVX-512, though they might be a bit niche.

I think the TDP on the 9700X and 9600X may have been set a bit too low (in fact, there are indications it will be raised in a future BIOS update [1]), which led to a relatively cool reception from reviewers focused on raw performance. When looking at performance-per-watt in Phoronix tests, 9700X and 9600X often fare better than the bigger chips with higher TDP, but for desktops I guess efficiency is just not that big of a concern.

[1] https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-set-to-boost-tdp-for-ryzen-5...

rainclouds · a year ago
I want to replace my 5950x, but that’s a huge TDP jump. Be interesting to see how well it down clocks.
rainclouds commented on Fake job interviews are securities fraud   bloomberg.com/opinion/art... · Posted by u/ioblomov
Terr_ · a year ago
Working in some hiring-tech stuff right now, there are systems where the business-domain/database-model explicitly incorporates "evergreen" job postings, meaning ones that are left up constantly often because the company really is always hiring due to high turnover.

In other words, there are some legitimate reasons for a job posting to be indefinite, even if it doesn't seem common for software engineering jobs in particular.

rainclouds · a year ago
Also tons of places that interview then say they don’t have a slot.

Seems too easy to be abused.

rainclouds commented on FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations   ftc.gov/news-events/news/... · Posted by u/ChrisArchitect
altairprime · 2 years ago
Amex will let you permanently block a merchant that has previously charged you from making any further charges, but you have to call and ask for it. Goldman Sachs, under the guise of Apple Card, does not permit this by phone or by app. I have no other experiences to report data on. (Note that this does not exempt you from any contractual obligations to pay ETFs or whatever.)
rainclouds · 2 years ago
Wow that is great. I’ve been told that was impossible by several cards and ended up reissuing.

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