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New comment by dJLcnYfsE3 in "Nvidia Nemotron 3 Family of Models"

dJLcnYfsE3 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:06:04 +0000

I would say it is weird, that NVidia competes with own customers but looking back at "Founders Edition" cards maybe it isn't that weird at all. The better question probably is - with every big corporation having its own LLM, what exactly is OpenAI moat that would explain their valuation?

New comment by dJLcnYfsE3 in "Umbrel – Personal Cloud"

dJLcnYfsE3 — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:23:00 +0000

Maybe Minisforum? But reviews differ from product to product, they are not consistent. Mac minis are also somewhat popular for home servers.

New comment by dJLcnYfsE3 in "Umbrel – Personal Cloud"

dJLcnYfsE3 — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:00:41 +0000

Eh. If it was released in early days of crypto and was dedicated only for that task and quite cheap - I don't think it would be anything wrong with it. Think of hosting a TOR relay or some kind of WiFi/Mesh network . So it is just 10 years late, no one believes anymore that cryptocurrency will be a real decentralized payment method. The only community left is "the line goes up" people.

New comment by dJLcnYfsE3 in "Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space, orbital data centers"

dJLcnYfsE3 — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:50:42 +0000

Microsoft gave up on underwater data centers after trail run. I suspect it also was uneconomical. Easier cooling doesn't help that much when servers are inaccessible for maintenance.

New comment by dJLcnYfsE3 in "SoundCloud has banned VPN access"

dJLcnYfsE3 — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:30:37 +0000

It is easier to block all non-residential addresses, than block VPNs. As an added "bonus" it also kills personal VPNs running on VPS. VPNs in residential space exist but are sold as "premium" product.

New comment by dJLcnYfsE3 in "Deprecate like you mean it"

dJLcnYfsE3 — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:25:35 +0000

In a bit roundabout way Java 11 added `forRemoval` attribute to `@Deprecated` annotation so developers could indicate they really mean it.

New comment by dJLcnYfsE3 in "Size of Life"

dJLcnYfsE3 — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 07:23:35 +0000

It is always going to be controversial but after discovery of prions - needle shifted to "self-replicating means nothing and viruses are also dead". Then scientists also found viruses large enough that they get infected with other viruses, and parasitic cells that are missing most parts required for metabolism, so it is getting more fuzzy again.

New comment by dJLcnYfsE3 in "I Tried the New Android XR Smart Glasses from Google and XReal"

dJLcnYfsE3 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:52:53 +0000

This form factor is much more approachable than full VR headset. That said statements like:

> X is still in its early development stages, but it's full of potential.

Are very common among Steam reviews for never finished early access games :D

New comment by dJLcnYfsE3 in "Google confirms Android attacks; no fix for most Samsung users"

dJLcnYfsE3 — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:38:12 +0000

https://www.androidauthority.com/phone-update-policies-16586... has summary of phone manufacturers update policy. It looks like for now the answer is: if you don't want an IPhone then grab Pixel and install GrapheneOS on it.

So no decent options for out-of-box experience.