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Comment Re:2TB SSD (Score 5, Insightful) 66

Demand software developers start caring about memory print of their software again. Both in RAM and storage.

Unironically. We've lived out at least a decade and a half of "this software stack is utterly unoptimized garbage" "who cares, just slap bigger system requirements. We're not spending money on optimizing something that doesn't matter to anyone since hardware is advancing so fast".

It's good that every decade or so we get a memory and storage crunch and developers actually have to rediscover things like better compression algorithms and methods, proper garbage collection, and general software optimization.

Seriously, have you seen the size requirements of modern games? Have you seen the retarded chugging of modern office software running win11 on 8GB RAM machines when they have to actually start swapping? Have you experienced the joys of Chrome and all the memes about it being a ramvore?

What in the actual fuck are those tabs doing eating gigabytes of RAM? And why in the fuck are most Chromium based browser installs now almost a gig of storage?

You could do the same things a decade and a half ago on 4 gigs RAM and tiny SSDs that were less than one gigabyte and the system flew and most things except the porn torrents could be stored on it.

And then you consider "ok, what did we actually get for that insane increase in system demands?"

Built in always on spyware. Slightly redesigned UI according to the latest fashion trends. A few arcane additional features barely anyone uses. Games with "that unreal look" that look worse than unreal games a decade ago. And "modern" webpages that essentially ask you one question: "Would you like scrips with those scripts so you can enjoy scripts while you're enjoying scripts".

While reading a text based news article.

Just kidding. They don't ask.

Comment Re:The end is nigh (Score 1) 52

To be fair, quite a few AIs already use reddit as a source of information.

They just don't elevate it to level of "trustworthy/expert/authoritative" in general.

That said, it's always funny when someone shows you "look AI supports my really stupid take" screenshot of AI answer, and AI shows that it used reddit as a source/reference for the answer.

Comment Re:Reddits as expertise (Score -1, Troll) 52

They're experts in everything.

"I have a problem with my boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife". Expert advice: you need to break up with him immediately.
"How many genders are there?" Expert advice: no one knows. It's probably infinite.
"Are white men uniquely evil and should they be genocided?" Expert advice: Obviously, and you need to check your privilege for merely asking such a stupid question.
And my personal favorite:
"I am 12 and I think I want to fuck my toaster". Expert advice: You should dedicate your entire life and sexuality to exploring ways in which you can fuck a toaster.

Comment Really bad outlet to reveal yourself on this topic (Score -1, Troll) 135

Gotta say, if you talk to BBC about this clandestine smuggling of terminals, assume you're talking to IRGC.

Islamist penetration of BBC has been complete for several years now, with BBC basically posting Iranian propaganda as is during the conflict. It's one of the reasons why political left still thinks US is losing the war, even after Iranian elite has been devastated with targeted attacks, their weapons manufacturing facilities lie in ruins, their navy beyond small boats has been utterly destroyed and their oil infrastructure is rapidly on the way to catastrophic damage to the wells from the blockade they can't reach with any of the weapons they have left.

I.e. if you are in any way acting against IRGC, do not talk to BBC about anything. There are mass media outlets that aren't as thoroughly penetrated as BBC in the West that you could trust with not immediately leaking everything to IRGC connected NGOs. Even national ones, for example DW.

Comment Re:Anti monopoly regulations are great (Score 1) 50

Because I live here, and I have been subject to "conspiracy bullshit" otherwise known as "reality".

ChatControl, DSA, etc are conspiracies, yes. But they are conspiracies that are the law of the land or being aggressively pushed to become law of the land by same politicians and bureaucrats class that is pushing to punish google here.

Comment Anti monopoly regulations are great (Score 4, Insightful) 50

I honestly wish US had anti-monopoly regulation that worked in a similar manner.

But also, I wish EU stopped google from locking down android in a few months. For those not in the know, google plans to do an over the air update to play services which will prevent users from installing apps from sources other than play, unless that dev pays google for the pleasure and identifies him/herself and agrees to terms.

Oh and if your app blocks ads or other "terms violations"? Google says fuck you, we own those phones and you're not installing your app on it. It's the classic "one party consents, other party also consents, but have you forgotten to ask the giant corporation for consent?" moment.

Comment Re:Our infrastructure isn't ready for these anyway (Score 1) 168

The blatant lying continues. You picked out three sentences, out of context. The context was clear, outlined over several posts. You chose to disregard it.

And then you're working very hard to debunk... a very stupid argument you managed to invent through doing that.

Congratulations. You invented a stupid premise and debunked it.

Now instead of "just watch youtube videos yo", try noting the actual point raised above. Do note that to address it, you have to tackle actual civil engineering and existing regulation, as well as well established precedent.

Comment Re:Our infrastructure isn't ready for these anyway (Score 1) 168

>This is about EV charging infrastructure requiring liquid cooling, it's a wild claim.

And you're now straight up lying. I listed a very narrow, very specific scenario, and took great care to ensure that scenario is understood. And all you can is charge back into the motte of "EV charging".

>48kW ready to explode under my house if it isn't actively cooled apparently.

48kW is just barely over one box that can charge at 10kW per parking spot. Do you understand that you're talking about a parking spot for a large apartment complex, where you need to put a couple of dozen of such boxes at minimum (more likely 2-5 times that), and all wiring supplying them has to go in a very small area underground, and they will all need to charge at the same time so long term continuous is necessary?

You're stuck in "houses, low population density" mindset, which is why you don't understand how any of this actually works.

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