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New comment by iamtheworstdev in "VMs can't boot with Network Mode set to Bridged on Apple M5 Pro machines"

iamtheworstdev — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:18:09 +0000

Buy better shoes. Quit buying Allbirds and Hey Dudes

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "London Gatwick has launched a robotic airport parking service"

iamtheworstdev — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 19:44:21 +0000

Atlanta/Hartsfield just opened a new parking deck with those cameras and I bet some fancy as f### AI powered system. 7 level deck, I tried 4 of them before I realized the green/red lights were just randomly switching back in forth, so the total on each floor never reached zero. Fortunately, the top deck was free.

When I got back I walked past the kiosk that said "type in your license plate and locate your car" for those who forgot where they parked, like I did. Typed it in - no car found. (this was a recent trip, out on 07/23 and back on 07/25)

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "How to read more books"

iamtheworstdev — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:37:19 +0000

appreciate the response and not passing judgment, i'm intrigued by this idea because I recently found myself "watching" a podcast by listening at 1.5x speed while also reading the transcripts. but I can't bring myself to pay $20 for a book and $20 for the audiobook to do the same. maybe it's time for a library card.

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes Reality of Urban Surveillance"

iamtheworstdev — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:35:45 +0000

look up federal agencies borrowing MQ-9s (sorry, I had the wrong drones) from the CBP for domestic operations.

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "How to read more books"

iamtheworstdev — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:32:37 +0000

so you have to buy the book and the audiobook?

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes Reality of Urban Surveillance"

iamtheworstdev — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:41:06 +0000

domestically we use the RQ-4 and MQ-4 and lie about it

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in Portugal"

iamtheworstdev — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:09:29 +0000

book burnings like this? https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/09/gop-lawmakers-hold-symbo...

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "A retrospective of my time on the internet"

iamtheworstdev — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:53:22 +0000

also leaving out that real competitive gaming at that time was probably in Korea and involved Starcraft and others

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "County with 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to 'Conserve Electricity'"

iamtheworstdev — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:59:38 +0000

hahah that is so wonderfully malicious compliance

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "Rocketlab acquires Iridium"

iamtheworstdev — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:33:24 +0000

Ugh. People already trying to find ways to gate keep space by raising the financial barrier to entry before we've even been able to capitalize on cheap space flights. I'm sure SpaceX and others will be against this until suddenly, they're not, when they realize they're one of the few that can even afford to pay it.

Like when Amazon finally had warehouses in all fifty states and suddenly quit campaigning against online sales tax.

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "Steam Machine launches today"

iamtheworstdev — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:34:17 +0000

because the less wealthy get mad about it

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B"

iamtheworstdev — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:13:09 +0000

when you see the list of major investors in Cursor that will never break even if it stays independent, and compare it to the investors in SpaceX, it all makes sense.

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs"

iamtheworstdev — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:06:34 +0000

if I remember correctly it involves prepaid debit cards that involved no ID correlation, then you bought sims in person using said debit card which you activated online with any made up address because the prepaid debit cards had no mailing address, so it accepted anything. or you "registered" the prepaid sim online with whatever fake mailing address you wanted.

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "Running local models is good now"

iamtheworstdev — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:57:53 +0000

are you running an NVLink? I have the same setup but no NVLink and it feels like it's best just splitting the 3090s to run separate models concurrently. But I also have no idea what I'm doing.

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "US Air Force B-52 bomber crashes after takeoff, Edwards Air Force Base says"

iamtheworstdev — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:33:28 +0000

as a pilot - it's a reminder that if the pros can make a mistake then I absolutely can and I better not take anything for granted when I fly.

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs"

iamtheworstdev — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:25:23 +0000

In the US it gets fought hard because Wall St uses it to dodge state income taxes. Everyone thinks it's drug dealer related for us, but it's actually Finance bros driving into NYC from out of state (NJ or CT) but trying to hide it.

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "SimCity 3k in 4k (2025)"

iamtheworstdev — Fri, 29 May 2026 12:42:17 +0000

that's actually not true at all. today's homes flash up in a matter of minutes, where as older homes can take nearly a half hour. today's homes are designed to minimize the chance of danger, but in situations like a fire, once they happen they are more dangerous today than they were in the past.

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costs"

iamtheworstdev — Sun, 24 May 2026 17:21:47 +0000

isn't there a law for that? as things become cheaper you consume more?

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "Was my $48K GPU server worth it?"

iamtheworstdev — Fri, 22 May 2026 18:03:56 +0000

I thought NVLINK didn't matter anymore because of the latest PCI-E speeds. Am I wrong there?

New comment by iamtheworstdev in "Flipper One – we need your help"

iamtheworstdev — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:42:01 +0000

probably means - more expensive than any of us would spend on a "toy", but far cheaper than what an expert might on an industry standard version of this.