Hacker News: LabsLucas

GTX 1080s: Testing a Legend

LabsLucas — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:25:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/07/15/gtx-1080s-revisiting-legends

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926594

Points: 96

# Comments: 45

Memory is needed for more than just weights

LabsLucas — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:39:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/07/10/llm-quantization-part-2-youre-gonna-need-a-bigger-vram

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48862265

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by LabsLucas in "AMD Ryzen AI Halo – $4k AI Dev Kit"

LabsLucas — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:46:34 +0000

Comically, the 512 GB M3 Ultra Mac Studio that we tested isn't even available for purchase any more. The highest you can purchase from Apple is 96 GB.

AMD Ryzen AI Halo – $4k AI Dev Kit

LabsLucas — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:01:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/07/06/amd-ryzen-ai-halo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48805624

Points: 374

# Comments: 262

Belkin's Cable Won't Charge Your Switch 2 More Quickly

LabsLucas — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:04:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/07/01/does-the-belkin-cable-charge-the-nintendo-switch-2-faster

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48749988

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Intel Arc G3 Extreme Handheld Gaming Performance

LabsLucas — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:33:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/06/23/msi-claw-8-ex-ai-cg3em-with-intel-arc-g3-extreme

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48645609

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Steam Machine game testing

LabsLucas — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:17:29 +0000

Related ongoing thread:

Steam Machine - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48632884

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48632989

Points: 57

# Comments: 1

New comment by LabsLucas in "LLM Quantization Project Part 1: What Even Is an LLM?"

LabsLucas — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:36:17 +0000

Note: This is Part 1 of 3 in our LLM Quantization series.

Part 1: What Even is an LLM? Part 2: Why do LLMs Need So Much VRAM? (coming soon) Part 3: How Do We Compress an LLM? (coming soon)

LLM Quantization Project Part 1: What Even Is an LLM?

LabsLucas — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:36:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/06/19/llm-quantization-part-1-what-even-is-an-llm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600968

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

Controller Face Button Force-Displacement Curves

LabsLucas — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:56:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/06/16/controller-button-force

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558250

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Measurement of Dynamic EQ in AirPods

LabsLucas — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:01:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/06/09/priming-revisited-its-not-just-the-airpods-pro-3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48463867

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Asus GB300 NVL72 Test Lab Tour

LabsLucas — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:16:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/06/06/asus-test-server-tour

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48426957

Points: 17

# Comments: 0

Carbon Nanotube CPU Cooling with Carbice Ice Pads

LabsLucas — Tue, 26 May 2026 18:14:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/05/26/carbice-ice-pads

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48283543

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Dual Intel Arc Pro B60(48G) Inference, Virtualization, and Gaming Testing

LabsLucas — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:06:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/05/15/maxsun-intel-arc-pro-b60-dual-48g-turbo-review

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152540

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by LabsLucas in "Testing UPS Output Waveforms"

LabsLucas — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:50:59 +0000

Testing the output of some UPSs from around the office. Checking out the results and finding avenues for further exploration.

Testing UPS Output Waveforms

LabsLucas — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:50:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/05/12/ups-exploration

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48110858

Points: 72

# Comments: 100

Finding the differences in a series of power supplies

LabsLucas — Tue, 05 May 2026 15:50:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/05/05/testing-psu-series

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48024164

Points: 58

# Comments: 7

New comment by LabsLucas in "We Tried Popular Linux Gaming Distros"

LabsLucas — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:49:38 +0000

It can be slightly daunting to take the first step to trying out Linux so we've thoroughly documented the setup process for a few of the most popular(ever changing) gaming-specific distros.

We Tried Popular Linux Gaming Distros

LabsLucas — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:49:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/04/29/we-tried-popular-linux-gaming-distros

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47951001

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by LabsLucas in "Intel Binary Optimization: Worth it for the few?"

LabsLucas — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:30:15 +0000

Intel provides a suite of software optimizations in the form of Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU), Intel Application Optimizer (APO), and the new Intel Binary Optimization Tool (IBOT). This takes a look at which ones are worth taking the time to enable.