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New comment by sxates in "Can I run AI locally?"

sxates — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:05:48 +0000

Cool thing!

A couple suggestions:

1. I have an M3 Ultra with 256GB of memory, but the options list only goes up to 192GB. The M3 Ultra supports up to 512GB. 2. It'd be great if I could flip this around and choose a model, and then see the performance for all the different processors. Would help making buying decisions!

New comment by sxates in "[dead]"

sxates — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:29:53 +0000

A real question - who or what are we building software for? If we're using AI to build apps that are just used by other AIs, then yes, why does anything need a UI?

But while AIs are doing all the creating and all the consuming, what exactly are us humans doing all day? Do we really think software for humans will shrink to just an Agent interface?

New comment by sxates in "Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch"

sxates — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:03:06 +0000

That exists, it's called a pi-hole, and it's very popular. It will block the 'tv spy' apps.

New comment by sxates in "Oakland's new school buses reduce pollution and double as giant batteries"

sxates — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 23:19:12 +0000

You're right - turns out as someone who's lived in Oakland for more than a decade I didn't know what it was like. Sometimes you need an outside perspective. Thanks.

New comment by sxates in "Oakland's new school buses reduce pollution and double as giant batteries"

sxates — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:53:35 +0000

Me and a lot of other families. You are clearly unfamiliar with the city if you think it's just constant shootings.

New comment by sxates in "The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets (2020)"

sxates — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 22:23:14 +0000

Heaven is a CiCi's Pizza or Mr. Gattis!

New comment by sxates in "Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer data"

sxates — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:38:05 +0000

For Google Drive files, you don't need a special account or service to back up to Synology and B2, which I also do. I use the Synology Cloud Sync service to automatically sync all Google Drive files to the synology, then another Cloud Sync task to backup the Synology to B2. Works great.

New comment by sxates in "ChatGPT Enterprise"

sxates — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:44:10 +0000

I'm holding out for the Signature Edition

New comment by sxates in "Most cars still cost more to charge than to fill up with gas"

sxates — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 22:05:40 +0000

A rebuttal: https://cleantechnica.com/2021/10/26/about-that-scary-evs-co...

tldr: lots of shady figures went into this to make EVs look as expensive as possible and ICE vehicles look as cheap as possible. Garbage "study".

New comment by sxates in "Real-time monitoring of aerosols generated from toilet flushing"

sxates — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 22:23:05 +0000

Do we have any data about people actually becoming sick because of toilet flushing aerosols? Everyone enters bathrooms and flushes multiple times per day, but is not constantly sick. So is this actually a problem or just "gross if you think about it"?

New comment by sxates in "Tesla Vision Update: Replacing Ultrasonic Sensors with Tesla Vision"

sxates — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 21:22:19 +0000

Cars delivered today without USS will not have: "Park Assist: alerts you of surrounding objects when the vehicle is traveling <5 mph." (among other features like Summon)

This is the most basic feature that almost every car has had for years - but not your $60k Model Y. Why can't they wait to remove sensors until they've achieved feature parity with the vision only system? This seems crazy.

I don't really understand the push to do everything through the cameras. This has caused other problems too - like their decision to control automatic wipers with just the camera. Which meant in my Model 3, the automatic wipers were erratic and ineffective while in every other car with a normal $5 rain sensor the feature worked great.

New comment by sxates in "Despite faster broadband every year, web pages don't load any faster"

sxates — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:22:23 +0000

To be clear, I wasn't complaining about the speed. 1/2 a second is pretty quick when the average is 6 seconds.

New comment by sxates in "Despite faster broadband every year, web pages don't load any faster"

sxates — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 02:47:20 +0000

Ironically this page loaded for me in about 500ms on my 1GB fiber connection.

New comment by sxates in "Weird Al had 100 gigs of RAM"

sxates — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 23:36:52 +0000

If anyone want's to one-up Weird Al, you can configure an Apple Mac Studio with 128GB of RAM for a mere $4800.

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio/20-core-cpu-48...

New comment by sxates in "Final thoughts on Ubiquiti"

sxates — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:26:43 +0000

They are: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63197557/ubiquiti-inc-v...

New comment by sxates in "The man who made the “worst” video game in history (2019)"

sxates — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 02:36:31 +0000

I had this game as a kid, and actually managed to muddle through it, collect all the phone parts, and win the game. I have never heard about anyone else completing it, but it was possible!

New comment by sxates in "DOE announces breakthrough in residential cold climate heat pump technology"

sxates — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 22:17:37 +0000

Do you mean 15kw? 1.5 is only like 4 panels, it wouldn’t make $400 per month and wouldn’t cost anywhere near $25k.

New comment by sxates in "Ring Basic Plan 40% Price Increase"

sxates — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 18:40:15 +0000

Not OP but I have a Ubiquiti 'UniFi Protect' system in my home that works well. Lots of different cameras to choose from, including a doorbell.

New comment by sxates in "Why is California wasting millions on hydrogen fuel pumps?"

sxates — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:52:05 +0000

The number one selling EV make (in the US) sells every car they can build (hundreds of thousands) with no incentives.

New comment by sxates in "Why is California wasting millions on hydrogen fuel pumps?"

sxates — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 22:02:33 +0000

The only benefit Hydrogen had over BEV was refueling time. I think what we've learned in the last few years is that charging at home overnight makes up for the perceived disadvantage BEVs have, and we're seeing rapid improvement in DC fast charging times (18 minutes for the 800v Hyundai Ioniq5 and it's platform cousins, for example) for longer road trips. In fact I just drove 450 miles across california in an EV and the car was always done charging before I could get my kid out of the car for a bathroom break and a quick snack and then back in the car.

So if refueling time isn't as big a deal as it was 5-10 years ago, and will be even less of an issue in another 5-10, Hydrogen starts to look pretty lousy actually. For those who own BEV's, having to stop at some point in your day to go to a fuel station feels archaic. Home charging is a game changer.