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OpticalMoose

@OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de

Technology fan, Linux user, gamer, 3D animation hobbyist

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

shrikant, to technology
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> NSA officials told Wyden that not only is the intelligence agency purchasing data on Americans located in the US but that it also bought Americans' Internet metadata.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/

Why do you need to spy, when you can simply... buy?

We gave up our data willingly and made it easy for all the 3-letter agencies of the world. We only have ourselves to blame. 🤷‍♂️

(Link HT: @technology)

OpticalMoose,
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Seriously. Why act like the NSA are the bad guys? It’s literally their job. They would be negligent in their duties if they didn’t do it.

If people want more privacy, they need to change the fucking laws.

We should stop saying "The customer is always right" because it's not true

In the grand scheme of things, the customer may have slightly more pull than the cashier ringing up their order, but it’s the CEO and the board of directors that control the narrative. That’s why we’re getting bigger and less fuel efficient vehicles, bigger and more fattening meal portions in restaurants, and bigger less...

OpticalMoose,
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Well, it’s the midwest, so there’s that radon gas thing in the basements. 😐

I’m joking, though. Underground is best if you can find it. I grew up in Indiana.

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

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

OpticalMoose,
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Awesome. I’d heard that Pat was one of Redd’s old friends from the “Chitlin’ Circuit” era of comedy, but I’ve never actually seen him do standup.

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

OpticalMoose,
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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, (edited )
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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,
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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,
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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,
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Sorry it’s not in the UK, but I think it’s interesting still. Mods feel free to delete.

OpticalMoose,
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Probably better to ask on !localllama. Ollama should be able to give you a decent LLM, and RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) will let it reference your dataset.

The only issue is that you asked for a smart model, which usually means a larger one, plus the RAG portion consumes even more memory, which may be more than a typical laptop can handle. Smaller models have a higher tendency to hallucinate - produce incorrect answers.

Short answer - yes, you can do it. It’s just a matter of how much RAM you have available and how long you’re willing to wait for an answer.

OpticalMoose,
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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.

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