teknologist (u/teknologist)

teknologist commented on Claude now has access to a server-side container environment anthropic.com/news/create... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

mh- · 3 days ago

This can't be understated. I started using it heavily earlier this summer and it felt like magic. Someone signing up now based on how I described my personal experiences with it then would think I was out of my mind. For technical tasks it has been a net negative for me for the last several weeks.

(Speaking of both Claude Code and the desktop app, both Sonnet and Opus >=4, on the Max plan.)

teknologist · 3 days ago

Here's a useful tracker for how "stupid" the models are now and over some preset time periods: https://aistupidlevel.info

teknologist commented on Fuckarounditis (2011) leangains.com/fuckaroundi... · Posted by u/fzliu

justonceokay · 6 months ago

Man finds his narrow conception of fitness is better than other people’s. If you can’t bench 190 pounds then you are wasting his precious time. PT and postural exercises are for weak losers who can’t measure up.

Don’t go to the gym to feel good or meet with friends, don’t do yoga. Well do yoga, but only for the muscle recovery.

For good measure he posts a picture of his swollen muscles to prove he isn’t fucking around. He’s one of the good ones.

teknologist · 6 months ago

Overcompensating is a word that comes immediately to mind...

teknologist commented on Apple Exclaves randomaugustine.medium.co... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

teknologist · 6 months ago

I wonder if it's possible for app devs to use Exclaves. The thing that irks me about Apple is that they invent this new amazing internal stuff but then completely wall it off from devs, leaving everyone else (banking apps, wallets, secure messaging, etc.) to continue running in unsecured user space.

teknologist commented on Apple M3 Ultra apple.com/newsroom/2025/0... · Posted by u/ksec

teknologist · 6 months ago

Something nobody mentions is the power draw. This kind of compute horsepower for so little power usage is outstanding.

teknologist commented on Apple M3 Ultra apple.com/newsroom/2025/0... · Posted by u/ksec

icedchai · 6 months ago

The high end Intel Macs supported over a TB of RAM, over 5 years ago. It's kinda crazy Apple's own high end chips didn't support more RAM. Also, the LLM use case isn't new... Though DeepSeek itself may be. RAM requirements always go up.

teknologist · 6 months ago

Just to clarify. There is an important difference between unified memory, meaning accessible by both CPU and GPU, and regular RAM that is only accessible by CPU.

teknologist commented on Apple M3 Ultra apple.com/newsroom/2025/0... · Posted by u/ksec

jahewson · 6 months ago

That's absurd. Fabing custom silicon is not something anybody does for a few thousand internal servers. The unit economics simply don't work. Plus Apple is using OpenAI to provide its larger models anyway, so the need never even existed.

teknologist · 6 months ago

That could be why they're also selling it as the Mac Studio M3 Ultra

teknologist commented on TikTok goes dark in the US techcrunch.com/2025/01/18... · Posted by u/mfiguiere

squarefoot · 8 months ago

It will return, and very soon. 100% sure. They just need to turn it into something they can control through a local "broker" while maintaining some compatibility with the platform; 170 million users willing to be indoctrinated by government propaganda are hard to ignore.

teknologist · 8 months ago

It won't be anywhere near as popular as it was. The average user has the app "TikTok" and that's as far as they will ever go to get access.

teknologist commented on TikTok goes dark in the US techcrunch.com/2025/01/18... · Posted by u/mfiguiere

simonmysun · 8 months ago

> China doesn’t allow US social media companies to operate there.

This statement is not entirely accurate. It is possible for a US social media company to operate in mainland China, provided it complies with local regulations, including hosting its servers in China and adhering to censorship requirements. For instance, LinkedIn operated in China until August 2023. However, it may ultimately prove unfeasible due to factors such as user preferences, the volume of censorship requests, or even perceived unfair competition. Since at least 2010, when Google faced demands for compliance with Chinese censorship regulations, the requirements for foreign companies to operate in China have been clearly outlined.

No comment on these policies, but it is undeniable that businesses operating in foreign markets must comply with local laws. However, by intervening in business activities, undermining corporate property rights, and contradicting its own stated principles of free market economics and international trade rules, the U.S. has demonstrated economic nationalism. I can't tell who is playing defect in this case.

teknologist · 8 months ago

Western companies operating outside China are often forced to agree with China's censorship requirements too. Look up the "great cannon" on wikipedia. Many such examples.

teknologist commented on TikTok goes dark in the US techcrunch.com/2025/01/18... · Posted by u/mfiguiere

amatecha · 8 months ago

I wonder how much ByteDance got from the incoming administration to pull that stunt. Super shady. "We voluntarily shut down our service in your country (er, I mean, we HAD TO, for real!) but don't worry, a true hero is soon arriving to save the day!"

teknologist · 8 months ago

Probably nothing. That was their last hope...

teknologist commented on Apple is America's semiconductor problem semiconductor-digest.com/... · Posted by u/yedava

aleph_minus_one · a year ago

> To show them that their battery life could go from 2.5 hours to 8 or more, perhaps.

x86 already was on its way towards such a goal.

teknologist · a year ago

x86 is an overcomplicated behemoth never intended for low power computing. It’s lipstick on a pig for mobile x86 at this point