Today’s supercomputers are so boring. A room full of rectangular cabinets has nothing on a Cray that doubles as 70s lounge furniture.
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artifex@lemmy.zipto Technology@lemmy.world•Judge Rules Training AI on Authors' Books Is Legal But Pirating Them Is NotEnglish1181·1 day agoAh the old “owe $100 and the bank owns you; owe $100,000,000 and you own the bank” defense.
Any hallmark channel original content is like white noise for your brain. If you like to have something on in the background but want to have absolutely no stake in the content it’s a good choice.
Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
artifex@lemmy.zipto Technology@beehaw.org•A US law firm is taking NordVPN to Court over "deceptive" auto-renewal pricing – here's what we know14·4 days agoFYI many credit cards will allow you to make virtual numbers which you can then use for individual purchases or groups of purchases. They were originally meant to help combat fraud but I use them for subscription services so that if they give me a hard time about quitting I can simply cancel the card number and file a dispute (which in my few experiences has always gotten me my “overage” fees back)
artifex@lemmy.zipto Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net•I review EVs for a living – these are the 7 best electric cars I’ve tested in 2025 so far26·4 days ago7- Zeekr 7X
6- BYD Dolphin Surf
5- MG Cyberster
4- Cupra Tavascan
3- Peugeot e-5008
2- Porsche Taycan Turbo
1- Renault 5 E-Tech
It goes without saying that this is not a US-centric article :)
Goddamnit. I was sad and still laughed.
artifex@lemmy.zipto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's something you immediately judge a person for when you see them wearing or have?622·5 days agoOn two occasions I made a louder-than-necessary comment to my kids to stay away from those people (MAGA hats too) while they were within earshot and then listed reasons why. Got some dirty looks, but no one ever approached me. Because they’re a bunch of feckless cowards.
artifex@lemmy.zipOPto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the first use of the term "brain rot" was in Henry David Thoreau's WaldenEnglish2·5 days agoYes, but you can medicate ADHD. There’s no entry in the DSM for brain rot (yet).
artifex@lemmy.zipOPto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the first use of the term "brain rot" was in Henry David Thoreau's WaldenEnglish8·5 days agoAgreed. I think I’m fairly well read and I’ve worked through a decent number of philosophical texts, but I’ve never finished Walden.
artifex@lemmy.zipto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Question about harware Raid vs Truenas poolsEnglish11·5 days agoThe safest and most flexible option would be to configure the BIOS to not use the RAID controller and just “see” the drives as a regular JBOD, and then setup a ZFS RAID-Z1 array and configure your zvols, etc. in that instead. RAID-Z1 is functionally very similar to old-school RAID-5. There’s virtually no performance penalty with software RAID these days, and you’re eliminating the proprietary RAID controller as a single point of failure.
artifex@lemmy.zipto Technology@lemmy.world•Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify usersEnglish7·5 days agoHe’s a modern day arms dealer.
artifex@lemmy.zipto Technology@lemmy.world•Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify usersEnglish197·5 days agoOn the one hand, I understand the inherent limitations of pseudonymous social media and why a corporation and even end users might benefit from authoritative user identification.
On the other hand, oh hell no.
Wouldn’t this technically be reflection, not projection?
artifex@lemmy.zipto Science Memes@mander.xyz•Hertz, showing the difference between science and engineeringEnglish2351·10 days agoHe probably would have figured it out had he had time to evolve into Megahertz.
artifex@lemmy.zipto science@lemmy.world•People with social anxiety disorder have a different gut microbiome - transplanting their microbiome to mice causes the mice to suffer from increased social fearEnglish2·10 days agoI think that is literally how it’s done today.
artifex@lemmy.zipto science@lemmy.world•People with social anxiety disorder have a different gut microbiome - transplanting their microbiome to mice causes the mice to suffer from increased social fearEnglish21·10 days agoYes technically, but… I was gonna say “how would you even act on that?” but decided I’d prefer not to know.
Nice try, ChatGPT. No more training data and PII from me, thank you very much.