roofuskit
@roofuskit@lemmy.world
- Comment on China Is Building the Future 1 week ago:
Why does a publication like the Atlantic need to give a billionaire a platform?
- Comment on Microsoft CEO says the company doesn't have enough electricity to install all the AI GPUs in its inventory - 'you may actually have a bunch of chips sitting in inventory that I can’t plug in' 1 week ago:
Chips that are really only competitive for a year are sitting on shelves. Good thing they reduced consumer GPU capacity to make these. The rest of us might be paying reasonable prices otherwise.
- Comment on Bluesky experiments with dislikes and 'social proximity' to improve conversations 1 week ago:
Did you read it? They’re building an algorithm to control what you see.
- Comment on Bluesky experiments with dislikes and 'social proximity' to improve conversations 1 week ago:
It always starts that way. But the tighter reliance on their control only leads one place.
- Comment on If you can’t afford a vacation, an AI app will sell you pictures of one 2 weeks ago:
Now THAT’S aboringdystopia.
- Comment on Google flags Immich sites as dangerous | Immich Blog 3 weeks ago:
The question that needs to be asked, “why are you still using Chrome?”
- Comment on Aura introduces a $499 e-ink digital photo frame that lets you go cordless 3 weeks ago:
This is not kaleido, this is Spectra 6 which is unusable for e-readers as it’s meant for digital signage. It takes as much as 30 seconds to refresh a spectra 6 screen.
- Comment on Aura introduces a $499 e-ink digital photo frame that lets you go cordless 3 weeks ago:
Be warned, this market is currently exploding with options so if you are considering one SHOP AROUND THOROUGHLY. There are only going to be a handful of different screens all made by the same two companies, so the other features and app functionality will be how these are truly differentiated.
- Comment on Leaked Amazon Plans Say Robots Will Help It Avoid Hiring 600,000 Workers 3 weeks ago:
They’ve been working on it for decades. They got so excited for robots they started treating their human workers like robots.
- Comment on DeepSeek releases DeepSeek OCR 3 weeks ago:
Modern cell phones.
Both cell phones and language models have changed a lot in the last decade.
- Comment on US | Mint Mobile launches 5G home internet service — 415 Mbps MINTernet plans start as low as $30 per month for unlimited data 4 weeks ago:
Wireless Internet always has obscenely low data caps.
- Comment on Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser 1 month ago:
Everyone should care.
- Comment on Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser 1 month ago:
So much for journalism.
- Comment on Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser 1 month ago:
It annoys me every time someone puts out an article about Opera and doesn’t open the article with that.
- Comment on Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser 1 month ago:
Didn’t opera get bought by some shady company years ago?
- Comment on Vimeo is getting acquired by Bending Spoons, the parent company of Evernote 2 months ago:
RIP
- Comment on Nvidia unveils new GPU designed for long-context inference 2 months ago:
It’ll all come crashing down soon enough.
- Comment on China’s Domestic x86 CPU, the Zhaoxin KX-7000, Debuts in an AI PC by MAXHUB, Positioning It as a Viable Alternative to Intel/AMD Options 2 months ago:
The world wants to know how many PCI-E lanes it has.
- Comment on Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal 2 months ago:
I think that’s the inevitable step, because they can tell when you don’t load the ad.
- Comment on A New Zealand mother and her 6-year-old son made a brief trip to Canada. They have spent weeks detained by ICE 2 months ago:
Of my god and I commented on it.
- Comment on A New Zealand mother and her 6-year-old son made a brief trip to Canada. They have spent weeks detained by ICE 2 months ago:
Intentionally so, encourages you to read the article to clarify.
- Comment on AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over 2 months ago:
Do you really think it’s going to get updated to benefit the regular people of the US when the motivation is to support the AI industry?
- Comment on Age Verification Lobby Pushes For Age Verification Checks For VPN Use 2 months ago:
The founding fathers of Gilead, and their fuck maids.
- Comment on A New Zealand mother and her 6-year-old son made a brief trip to Canada. They have spent weeks detained by ICE 2 months ago:
Come on people, the immigration agents are just following orders.
- Comment on AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over 2 months ago:
Well, yes, we 100% do. But the above about shedding democracy was a joke. America needs to majorly reform our system. First and foremost by ending first past the post and the stranglehold of the two party system it enables.
- Comment on AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over 2 months ago:
Articles like this are being pushed by AI CEOs and investors to force the US public to pay for grid upgrades to support their profit making. Socialize costs, privatize profits.
If, like most Americans, you’ve noticed an increase in your electric rates in the last year it is in no small part due to the increased demand put on the system by AI data centers. You’re already paying more to prop this shit up because they’re chasing gains with no regard to efficiency.
- Comment on CATL announces sodium batteries that cost as little as $10/kWh, a massive price reduction compared to the current average of $115/kWh for lithium-ion batteries. 2 months ago:
Yes, outdated info then.
- Comment on CATL announces sodium batteries that cost as little as $10/kWh, a massive price reduction compared to the current average of $115/kWh for lithium-ion batteries. 2 months ago:
Safer.
- Comment on CATL announces sodium batteries that cost as little as $10/kWh, a massive price reduction compared to the current average of $115/kWh for lithium-ion batteries. 2 months ago:
Yes, it’s a great trade off, for particular applications.
- Comment on CATL announces sodium batteries that cost as little as $10/kWh, a massive price reduction compared to the current average of $115/kWh for lithium-ion batteries. 2 months ago:
Keep in mind that due to size these are only viable for industrial or utility grade storage. Not great for cars, devices, or probably houses.