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Comment Re:Turn off your computers/laptops... (Score 2) 214

by silvergig (#66217024) Attached to: County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools To 'Conserve Electricity'

Turn off your computers/laptops at the end of each workday.

Stop doing that. Sure, laptops I get. They're likely disconnected from the network anyway. But desktops need to be online after hours to get updates and reboot. Or do you want to waste time during first period as your computer slows down then automatically reboots with an extra boot-wait?

No, I don't want to wait, but I don't think 50 computers should have to be left on in a lab an extra 12 hours a day to do an hours' worth of updates and reboot, either. What would be better is if operating systems weren't absolute shit that requires a gigabyte's worth of updates every 2 weeks.

Comment Re:Amazing if it works (Score 4, Insightful) 111

by silvergig (#66215642) Attached to: IBM Says It Can Fit Nearly 100 Billion Transistors On a Chip

We're an amazing species and everyone needs to remember that now and then.

Yes, amazing how after all the improvements we made on technology we're still waging wars, oppress, steal, believe fantasy characters are real, are selfishly raiding and polluting our only home at the cost of other living beings.

We haven't improved as a species, we only modernised.

SOME people are waging wars, oppressing, stealing, destroying. I don't believe fantasy characters are real, I don't wage wars. I am trying to not destroy the earth. I thought about modding this shitpost down, but I'd like to point out that it's jerky comments like this that keep everyone divided. Not everyone is perfect, just like not everyone is an asshole.

Comment Re:Volvo but not Polestar? (Score 0) 125

by silvergig (#66211710) Attached to: Polestar Banned From Selling Cars In US From Model Year 2027

Tell us what planet you live on? $70K you say. Let's deduct from that the cost of taxes, health care, utilities, food, etc. Plus you'll be wanting to save a bit for a rainy day.

Not to mention, here in Nebraska, if you are driving some little $25k EV, you're going to be dead when you get hit by an 9000 lb truck or SUV, which said person was able to buy for maybe $25k.

Comment AI generates a LOT of words that need to be read.. (Score 1) 67

In my experience with AI tools, they generate a LOT of text that you have to read if you want to understand what it's trying to do. I can't imagine a group of managers reading through 3000 pages of AI output every day, which is what would have to happen to know if your 'AI Engineer' is doing stuff right.

Otherwise, are you willing to spend billions on projects where you don't know what was actually done?

Comment Re:Compatibility catch 22 (Score 1) 81

The catch 22 is this: If you don't maintain compatibility, you'll make it harder for customers using Microsoft formats to migrate. If you do maintain compatibility, then you reinforce MS formats as the de facto standards.

I'm sure they had this debate internally, and my guess is maintaining compatibility is the least-worst option.

So? There are charging standards for EVs just like there are standards for gas nozzles on ICE cars. People are still quite opinionated on what car that they want.

Comment Rich people would love this (Score 1) 35

by silvergig (#66179566) Attached to: Scientists Edited Human Embryo Genes. But Questions Remain
Gene editing would just build a bigger gulf between the haves and have-nots..... and everyone knows it.

All that would happen is that rich people would ensure that their sons were 7'4" athletes and girls were super-petite and ultra-beautiful. That's the only thing that anyone would end up caring about, since those 2 things predict 90% of how your life is going to turn out.

Comment It says a lot more about the industry in general (Score 2) 92

When some youtubers can outperform mega-budget feature films

But some common sense needs to be brought in here. Most people over 35 right now are trying to figure out how to pay their mortgage and credit cards. Gas is $5+/gal, and a lot of people are a bit frustrated with life. That's a totally different place than a bunch of college kids or just out college kids that are still not living in reality and watching their favorite influencers for hours a day.

Comment Reddit for the win (Score 1) 52

AI Overviews was already kinda worthless if you were looking up anything that had to do with human behavior, but I noticed reddit becoming a primary source, and every interaction quickly became like this:

"Why is this X thing happening?"

(Some useless statistic that shows people to be little more than brain-damaged monoliths with no uniqueness whatsoever)

"That can't be right, that statistic has to be wrong"

"You are right to call that out. What is actually happening is (Additional useless statistic that simply shows the other side of an issue being the actual thing happening)

"You just said that X was how things are done, why are you suddenly going the other direction?"

"There are varied and hotly debated topics in this space..." ( thenproceeds to spew useless statistic based on reddit nonsense)

Whatever.

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