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New comment by pipsterwo in "GigaToken: ~1000x faster Language model tokenization"

pipsterwo — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:55:12 +0000

Totally, edited my comment to specify "based on the assumption above." The main takeaway I was going for was 0.1% is not a small number in this context

New comment by pipsterwo in "GigaToken: ~1000x faster Language model tokenization"

pipsterwo — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:03:19 +0000

1/1000 of inference compute is a non-trivial workload at scale. Gartner estimates ~$28B in inference spend for 2026 making this a $28 million dollar per year workload (edit: based on the assumption above)

Source: https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-07-2...

New comment by pipsterwo in "MacBook Air with M5"

pipsterwo — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:36:47 +0000

They're making a joke using the double meaning of the word fans

New comment by pipsterwo in "Blue Origin lands New Glenn rocket booster on second try"

pipsterwo — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:21:14 +0000

Did anyone else notice the pyrotechnics in the landing feet after touchdown? I'm going to assume that they harpooned the deck surface to secure the booster.

Im pretty impressed at how simple that idea is compared to SpaceX's solution which is to have a robot drive underneath and grab the booster

New comment by pipsterwo in "Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again"

pipsterwo — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:45:15 +0000

They originally claimed the stainless steel panels would replace the internal frame and thus be more efficient to produce. But they shipped with a traditional frame

New comment by pipsterwo in "Git: Introduce Rust and announce it will become mandatory in the build system"

pipsterwo — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:58:36 +0000

If it works on mac & linux I've got nothing to worry about

New comment by pipsterwo in "Protecting my attention at the dopamine carnival"

pipsterwo — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 02:10:20 +0000

I find them really useful, I find youtube to be a good thing in moderation. But its very helpful to have a timer forcing me to thoughtfully use the time I've allocated.