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douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•The open-source, DRM-free Open Printer shows off a working prototypeEnglish
8·2 days agolaser printers or toner
Laser printers use toner.
Laser printers are also more complex devices.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Oregon Power company hikes data center bills by 30%, cuts residential electricity costs by 1.3%English
3·2 days agoThe environmental regulation already exists. It’s just not enforced.
Because federal agencies are captured by special interests and gutted.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it wentEnglish
61·3 days agoWait till you use a Mac!
Somehow they saw that and said “Hold my Beer” and went out of their way to ensure their users get maximum RSI pain.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Data Center Emits Constant Screeching Noise Directly Into Man’s HouseEnglish
7·7 days agoWhich is illegal according to EPA regulations, last I knew.
Yeah, here we are.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Fediverse@lemmy.world•What are the platforms on the Fediverse doing to prevent data scraping and prevent bots?English
5·8 days agoThe Fetaverse is wholly and entirely unprepared for bots. Data scraping is a given. It’s completely open to the internet. There’s nothing stopping it.
Things like Lemmy are ill prepared to handle bots from the mid-2010s. Never mind bots of yesteryear, and never mind bots of today.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Companies Are Throttling Employees’ AI Use Because It’s Too ExpensiveEnglish
1·9 days ago3-6 active sessions on different work trees isn’t unheard of either
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Companies Are Throttling Employees’ AI Use Because It’s Too ExpensiveEnglish
3·9 days agoAgent loops for SWE burn a LOT of tokens.
I’m unfortunately temporarily disabled and can’t use my hands for another 2 months. So I’ve leaned heavily into AI based workflows to keep my job in the meantime.
Aside from the nightmare of keeping quality high, not atrophying skills, and avoiding a lack of domain knowledge. It works reasonably okay.
Token usage is insane though. A productive day might cost a few hundred dollars in tokens all things considered. Quality is expensive as well, a good 1/4 of that are automated systems that exist to identify defects, quality, coherence…etc issues early.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Companies Are Throttling Employees’ AI Use Because It’s Too ExpensiveEnglish
62·9 days agoMixed bag.
There are legitimately high value problems that AI works well against. But ungoverned proliferation has a net negative ROI across complex and difficult to measure areas.
When applied expertly, it works great. When blindly handed to your entire workforce as a panacea, not so much
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Virginia county asks all employees, including schools, to conserve power due to AI-driven electricity price hikes — state's 400-plus data centers steadily increasing demand, grid expansion, and prici…English
94·10 days agoOh, there are definitely ethical ways to use these models. It’s just that those methods are not being enforced by local counties or your governments. Thus, companies are able to do whatever the hell they want, which means it’s going to be unethical by default.
What we need is regulation, enforcement, and a stop letting these companies trample all over everything they want to.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•A new, inexpensive Chinese AI model is catching up with Anthropic, OpenAI on their home turfEnglish
2·11 days agoEach new model of OpenAI’s has had increased costs. Where are you getting this trending down thing from?
Anthropic models have stayed largely the same.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Uruky - The Paid European Search Engine (Review)English
141·12 days agoI accidentally went to Google for the first time in months and was wtf’ing over how many results are sponsored.
The complaints about Kagi are valid, mostly, (there’s always that one guy that runs around complaining that Kagi uses Yandex). But damn I’ve gotten spoiled by the results and the ranking customization…
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Residents who live near data centers say a constant low-frequency vibration is ruining their health and homesEnglish
2·18 days agoBecause fans are not highly tuneable devices?
They vary greatly, even within the same device, even at the same rpm.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not goodEnglish
9·23 days agoDid… Did you read the article?
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•SpaceX Stock Plunge Wipes Out $600 Billion After Cursor Deal Spooks InvestorsEnglish
21·23 days agoI don’t know why you’re being downvoted, but you’re right. SpaceX made a lot of advancements on its rockets and in lowering the price per launch.
This is objective. This isn’t sentimental or arguable.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Programmer Humor@programming.dev•When Windows users find the Threadiverse
272·26 days agoThat didn’t take long.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Programmer Humor@programming.dev•When Windows users find the Threadiverse
374·26 days agoInevitably?
My friend, the MAJORITY of the comments will be unhelpful Linux snarks.
douglasg14b@lemmy.worldto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How much of your salary do you spend on your basic needs?
6·26 days agoWell, the mortgage on a 120-year-old house, food, water, electricity, internet, phones, medical bills, and medication, and the usual modern necessity bits and pieces, add up to about $5k/m
Add on childcare and similar that’s $6.5k
:(
So most of it…


The summary OP posted is LLM slop as well