bitwaba

bitwaba , 20 hours ago to Comic Strips in Empathy Man [yolo swag studios]

That's Captain Obvious.

Captain Hindsight would point out leaving your scented candle burning unattended in the bathroom was a bad idea, or something like that.

Slightly different.

bitwaba , 2 days ago to linuxmemes in Switched to linux before it became mainstream

Praise!

bitwaba , 2 days ago to linuxmemes in Switched to linux before it became mainstream

I dual booted it as a desktop for about 6 months around the same time, but honestly all I did is use it as a desktop and browser. I could hardly figure out how to do anything else. I've forgotten everything about the experience, and anything I happen to accidentally remember I try to also forget.

bitwaba , 2 days ago to Technology in Key misinformation “superspreaders” on Twitter: Older women

Send 'em this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/MJ3e9EIr3f8

bitwaba , 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago) to Technology in CEO of Google Says It Has No Solution for Its AI Providing Wildly Incorrect Information

I'm agreeing with most of what you said, but Google has been working on AI for a long time. Google's purchased DeepMind in 2014 and kept it as a separate subsidiary, and started their own AI division inside Google itself in 2017.

They also developed a machine learning processor called the TPU, which has been used in their data centers since 2015.

So to Google, AI really means All In. Which is particularly concerning since they don't even have the best performing AI after a decade of research with a bottomless pit of money.

bitwaba , 7 days ago to Technology in EcoFlow’s $200 PowerStream is so clever, you might buy a $4,000 solar generator

This particular product says it's 800W max. Most residential wall outlets installed in the last 30 years should be able to handle that (in the US). Also, it's a product only available in Europe at the moment where they do 220 through the wall, so less than 4 amps which is stupidly low.

Yes, being able to power your whole house through a single outlet is insane. Unless your house draws less than 800W

bitwaba , 7 days ago to Technology in Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination

Yeah. When I'm looking for information on how something works or a problem I need to solve (which usually ends up with a Wikipedia or Reddit result being what I need) it's usually one of the first three (non sponsored) results. But if I'm looking for a new light weight breathable rain coat? Awful experience

bitwaba , 9 days ago to Technology in Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold

Yeah I was a Gentoo user a long time ago so when I finally installed Arch I had a little mental note in the back of my head to update every week unless I wanted to sort out things I shouldn't have to sort out.

bitwaba , 10 days ago to Technology in Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold

And my... hang on, I just need to apply this tweak from the wiki...

And my axe!

bitwaba , 10 days ago to Selfhosted in [Jellyfin] PCIe x4 graphic card for transcoding

Great stuff. Thanks!

bitwaba , 11 days ago to linuxmemes in And Debian is supposed to be the stable one

Yeah, the difference in distributions is that even though there's a fix on the Arch wiki that solves the Debian issue, Debian shouldn't have released the update in the first place.

bitwaba , 11 days ago to Technology in FBI Arrests Man For Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

Minors are people. It knows what clothed people of all ages look like. It also knows what naked adults look like. The whole point of AI is that it can fill in the gaps and create something it wasn't trained on. Naked + child is just a simple equation for it to solve

bitwaba , 11 days ago to Selfhosted in [Jellyfin] PCIe x4 graphic card for transcoding

Do you need to run the Intel cards with an Intel CPU to get the quick sync benefits? I upgraded my desktop last year and am going to convert my old Ryzen 5600x system to ... something. Not sure what yet though. Just working on my options.

bitwaba , 12 days ago to Selfhosted in How much uplink Internet speed needed for flawless remote Jellyfin watching (2-3 people at the same time, no 4K).

The real answer?

Data is transmitted in packets. Each packet has a packet header, and a packet payload. The total data transmitted is the header + payload.

If you're transmitting smaller packet sizes, it means your header is a larger percentage of the total packet size.

Measuring in megabits is the ISP telling you "look, your connection is good for X amount of data. How you choose to use that data is up to you. If you want more of it going to your packet headers instead of your payload, fine." A bit is a bit is a bit to your ISP.

bitwaba , 15 days ago to linuxmemes in Gotta stab a new drive into computer

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