might need some odd system builds, improbable with current pricing, to replicate or better the ratio. such as a ~256 GB system for a 4090 (with 24 GB VRAM).

[1] https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/h200/

for thunderbolt enclosures, consider going through the list - https://egpu.io/best-egpu-buyers-guide/#tb3-enclosures

zero idea about mac support so YMMV.

not to takeaway from the obviously bloated website discussed here, but i wonder who much of this is an overhead from the browser than the page bloat itself.

> V3 phases were designed and tuned for LiveCodeBench.

only compared on the above benchmark, while this has been identified and being improved for the next version.

curious to see how it compares across the board against the base model (Qwen3-14B-Q4_K_M)

personally been stretching the most life out of my machines. particularly because there has been some supply-demand "issue" happening ever since i could afford to.

my previous computer was a laptop without any tensor cores. it was bought right on the onset of lockdown-related supply chain issues. i was ok to stretch it beyond the better half of a decade before it died on me.

now had to build a computer out of necessity while paying 5x for ram. it took a lot to suppress the internal rationalisation of waiting it out for overall costs to improve. but in this decade, they almost never have!!

stepping back, we forget to appreciate how the cost of computing against cost of living have been so good to us for almost two decades. now thanks to opportunistic greed and real issues, it is coming back to the older times. one could still, for the price of a month's rent*, afford a decent computer which can last years.

They (still) are. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47404796

at least when focusing on counter-strike (CSGO/CS2), they've tried tons of ways to segregate the player base in terms of trustworthy vs not.

from "anti-cheat" vs not, verifying users using phones, paying vs not, you name it.

none of their initiatives managed to ward off the bad actors from the "secured" version. does not give me the confidence that they could make a system work effectively, but something that can work cross-platform, perhaps.

there are already systems that just use the video feed of the game and provide external inputs for popular games (see [1] for a goofy demo). this goes beyond the pc where the game is being run.

kernel-level anti-cheats came at the wrong standpoint imho, and since there are still cheats in games that support it (e.g. EA FC 25, some CoD Warzone stories, etc.), not quite worth the compromise.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4rrcw_oRVs

too bad there was no apple moment (e.g. with thunderbolt) where a third-party was allowed to make it more widespread.

meanwhile, one of the game that would have been affected by it, Counter-Strike 2, is already rated M by ESRB [1]. it is undergoing a major case in NY as we speak, and there are many professional players, also recognized by the devs, that openly stated they played the game since their early teens. [2]

it does mean that a lot of more suitable games for younger audience, such as the sports title released every year. but a lot of them already have free titles with pay-to-win mechanics. i wonder if the enforcement would really differ any more than it currently is.

[1] https://www.esrb.org/ratings/9406/counter-strike/

[2] https://www.hltv.org/player/19230/m0NESY

with the (premium) chromebook parallels being drawn, having the linux experience, a la chroot, would be a more interesting point for the crowd reading this.

single binary, no install nor admin rights needed. let's you change keybinds and other mouse features.

*might be Windows-only

[1] https://support.logi.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360059641133-Onbo...

installing docker desktop on my personal laptop permanently bricked it, right in the middle of chip/memory shortage. thanks docker!!!

having been in the market for one, i did make some compromise for the build (single stick of 16 GB for now; a non "future-proof" GPU within the budget). however for a decent spec (last-gen x3D CPU, mid-range RTX) build, the GPU price reduction made up for the premium on RAM.

the sad reality since the turn of the decade is that the $1000 mark for a well-rounded (gaming) system has now bumped up to $1500-$2000.

crazy time to be alive, where on laptop side, macs are now a "decent" value. especially if you were going to get the higher spec to unlock the specific memory tier. thanks work for setting me up well with one!

if you want something specific without ever-changing needs, it makes sense to do it with fewer dependencies as possible. this should be even more ideal if you believe the code made is of high quality, as it reduces the pain of updating the project for non-functional reasons.

this sentiment ironically goes against the existence of these services, as they themselves are always working on matching the ever-changing dependencies to give the impression of a stable platform.

only if it was possible to have the cake and eat it too

Unless you've stumbled upon it by chance, the LTSC version of Windows is by far the recommended approach by forums online, particularly for those who do not want to run random scripts to remove unwanted elements.

Windows 11 happen to have its own variant [1], I wonder how it compares to the gold standard of the previous version.

[1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-...

come to realise down the line the "writer's biases" in the latter half of the articles. almost comical to see how nuanced situations are distilled down to "our perspective". recall how you could "learn" about the drug trade situation in almost any country, regardless of how you perceived the country's safeness before reading the page.

not ashamed to say that i am between steps 2 and 3 in my personal workflow.

>Adopting a tool feels like work, and I do not want to put in the effort

all the different approaches floating online feel ephemeral to me. this, just like for different tools for the op, seem like a chore to adopt. i like the fomo mongering from the community does not help here, but in the end it is a matter of personal discovery to stick with what works for you.

somehow almost close to the top 10k despite writing one-hundredth as much as the top guys.