OpticalMoose

OpticalMoose, 3 days ago

Why replace torrents? Why not use both? It’s a bonus if your usenet provider includes a VPN.

OpticalMoose, 2 days ago

One thing I love about usenet is that it’s great if you’re just looking for one episode, song, etc and don’t want to download a whole collection.

OpticalMoose, 5 days ago

Awesome. I never heard of Kino Lorber before they announced Monk on Blu-Ray, but now I’m a fan.

OpticalMoose, 6 days ago

Ollama doesn’t currently support mixing CUDA & ROCm. github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/3723#issuecomment…

One thing to keep in mind about adding RAM your speed could drop depending on how many slots you populate. For me, I have a 5700G and with 2x16Gb, it runs at 3200Mhz, but with 4x16Gb(same exact product), it only runs at 1800Mhz. In my case, RAM speed has a huge effect on tokens/sec, if I have a model that has to use some RAM.

You can check AMD’s spec page for your processor, but they don’t really document a lot of this stuff.

OpticalMoose, 6 days ago

Yep, I had been hoping for the same thing.

Also, to @projectmoon, you might want to wait and see what gets announced at Computex next month. Hopefully they announce some new stuff and the current gen prices drop.

OpticalMoose, 7 days ago

This is why I want Intel Arc to succeed, because maybe it’ll make AMD take Radeon more seriously. It’s been a steady decline since the ATI days (2006)

https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/0a54a224-3cd1-40ba-96c4-3147de40cac6.pngSource

I love my Ryzen though.

OpticalMoose, 7 days ago (edited 2 days ago)

I think it’s because architecture-wise, these are more in line with the 8000 series. The 7500F is a full featured Ryzen 7000, but with broken graphics. These are basically 8000 series APUs, so they have the lower PCIe version, lower cache and fewer PCIe lanes, and broken graphics.

I suspect the price will come down soon because no one should be buying these at this price. The 8400F is only $10 less than a full 8500G.
Edit: I just saw that the 8400F is a six-core, so maybe that helps justify the price.

OpticalMoose, 7 days ago

I think it’s a decent metric. The important thing to know is that no single guide is going to work for everyone, everyone has to adjust it to their situation.

Me, for example, I have a 401K balance of zero. Every time I leave a job, I roll that over into my IRA, then into my Roth. I just like having control over my accounts; 401Ks have too many restrictions. But to each his own.

OpticalMoose, 11 days ago

I’ve been looking to try Civ 5 or 6, but haven’t decided which one yet.

OpticalMoose, 11 days ago

I think 5 is what I’m looking for. Sometimes Civ (in general) gets out of hand with the micromanagement. I want something that’s kind of casual.

OpticalMoose, 15 days ago

Did they give up on trying to put X3D into laptops?

OpticalMoose, 19 days ago

Is this the generation where they’re only making mid-range and lower cards?

OpticalMoose, 19 days ago

That would be nice. And maybe a bridge for sharing memory between cards, since Nvidia got rid of theirs.

I’d love a 24Gb card, less than 270mm, without the cursed power connector.

OpticalMoose, 19 days ago

He pretty much had 2 choices:
A. Hire the best auditor you can afford, to make sure your company is within all financial regulations.
B. Hire an auditor that you can pay a few extra bucks to “overlook” your shady bookkeeping.

Trump’s whole life is like the first half of a Goofus and Gallant comic strip.

OpticalMoose, 22 days ago (edited 18 days ago)

I was so excited to buy a condo with a fireplace. I haven’t built a fire in years, it just doesn’t get cold enough here.
Edit: In South Carolina. If you haven’t tried our barbecue sauce … consider yourself lucky🤮.

OpticalMoose, 17 days ago

It’s wired. Sorry, I should have mentioned that.