edb_123

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by edb_123 2mo ago
From what I gather, the cyber resilience act applies to all products placed on the EU market, regardless of whether the manufacturer is based inside or outside of the EU. So European hardware vendors will be competing on the same terms as A
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by edb_123 2mo ago
CXL Vistara reminds me a bit of the AST Rampage 286 memory expansion ISA card I had in my 286 back in the day, as a kid. Things go in circles, I guess.
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by edb_123 3mo ago
I did actually alert BankID about this potential lock-in issue back when they announced they would be abandoning the SIM-based (and thus phone-independent) solution, to little understanding and just general comments about the cost of keepin
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by edb_123 3mo ago
Thanks! I'm seeing a 10/90 split between CPU/GPU with gemma4:26b, so I guess there's at least something to win there by adding the other GPU. And perhaps something to win by connecting the monitor to the iGPU instead to
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by edb_123 3mo ago
I just recently got into experimenting with local LLMs when I had anyway (for non-LLM reasons) built myself a new desktop system with Intel Ultra 270K-Plus and RTX 5080. With 64GB system RAM and 16GB VRAM. Relatively speaking a high-perform
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by edb_123 3mo ago
Following your parallel: Except the fact that you still need a car in your life, even if you take an uber to the airport when needed :) And in this analogy you need to spend a lot more when buying a car, no matter if it's a new or 2nd
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by edb_123 3mo ago
> 1. We're still in the "$5 airport Uber" era of LLMs. They're heavily subsidized, and everyone still complains about costs. How does that figure look if you count in the current unprecedented LLM/AI-driven price
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by edb_123 3mo ago
These "hidden" costs of AI/LLM driving up IT (and energy) related price inflation are starting to feel more and more as a kind of an inescapable, AI-imposed tax. We should start calculating these increased hardware costs (tha
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by edb_123 3mo ago
Vestax actually did something similar in the early 2000s with the VRX-2000 lathe cutter. It cost around $10K back then. The audio wasn't the best, but hey, you could make your own dubplates, and it did so in stereo!
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by edb_123 3mo ago
Back when Adobe upended their perpetual licensing, Capture One was touted as _the_ alternative and I gave it a try since my new Sony camera's RAW format wasn't supported by the last perpetual-license Lightroom version anyway. And
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by edb_123 4mo ago
Things seem to be on their way up now, and https://status.denic.de/ is working again, at least from here. DENIC's status page currently says "Frankfurt am Main, 5 May 2026 – DENIC eG is currently experiencing a di
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by edb_123 4mo ago
Doesn't work here, at least not anymore. Every single .de domain I have tried doesn't resolve.
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by edb_123 5mo ago
Same. Core i7 2600K clocked to 4.4GHz with 32GB DDR3. It still does its job as my stationary DAW, and basically handles anything DAW-related I throw at it with ease. The only issue is its lack of AVX2 support, and since this is required by
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by edb_123 6mo ago
I found it quite entertaining (as well as deeply disturbing) to picture Zuckerberg & the other social media kingpins as a modern subtype of druglords rather than "traditional" software billionaires. It's just that they de
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by edb_123 8mo ago
FYI OpenLook did have a quite different default colour scheme in SunOS than in these Amix screenshots. Neutral grey window frames with a slightly muted cyan desktop background. In many ways it looked quite pleasant and fresh compared to the
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by edb_123 8mo ago
So, let me get this straight. If I've been lazy, postponed updates and I'm still on 8.5.8 (Oct 2023) - it turns out I'm actually...safer? Anyway, I hope the author can be a bit more specific about what actually has happened t
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by edb_123 8mo ago
So they're basically role-playing or dry-running something with certain similarities to an emergent form of consciousness but without the ability of taking real-world action, and there's no need to run for the hills quite yet? B
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by edb_123 8mo ago
One thing I'm trying to grasp here is: are these Moltbook discussions just an illusion or artefact of LLM agents basically role-playing their version of Reddit, driven by the way Reddit discussions are represented in their models, and
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by edb_123 11mo ago
True for their dishwashers. But to their credit, Miele's washing machines actually come with two additional cassettes that you can fill with your (liquid) detergent of choice. You don't have to use Miele's proprietary ones.
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by edb_123 11mo ago
Well, of course it's a good idea to double check with various output methods. But if a mix sounds good on studio monitors with a flattest possible frequency response (preferably even calibrated with an internal DSP) in an acoustically
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by edb_123 2y ago
Aren't ultra-fine particles still a potential health issue with laser printers? Especially in home office or domestic use, where they typically aren't placed in a separate printer room?
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by edb_123 2y ago
I guess you could say the same about fossil fuel cars and gas stations? I doubt that everyone keeps their tanks full at all times. And just imagine the amount of traffic on roads in such a situation, regardless of your preferred energy sour
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by edb_123 2y ago
You don't have to go further than Norway to be allowed to park on both sides of the street (unless indicated otherwise by signs) as well as park in both directions. I believe many Norwegians have received parking tickets when visiting
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by edb_123 2y ago
Except for the not-so-minor issue for us Android users: The default gain on Apples adapter is far too low for most proper headphones, and Android doesn't touch the gain and just relies on software-mixer for volume control. This results
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by edb_123 2y ago
I haven't had a single headphone jack fail since my 2nd gen. original iPod (and I'm an avid headphone user). It had this special variant with a remote connection in an outer ring around the headphone jack, resulting in a weak plas
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by edb_123 3y ago
That sounds very strange. I got my Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen8 (13th gen i7 U-series w/ 32 GB RAM) with a 4K 16:10 OLED display. Best laptop I have ever had, amazingly fast and lasts the whole day. When I did my research before buying, I kno
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by edb_123 3y ago
A simpler solution: Just physically remove the RFID tag. The unit continues working fine without it, with no further complaints. At least on the 3H model. I think the main point of the RFID tag is mainly to prevent sellers from selling eith
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by edb_123 3y ago
I have the same experience as you with the iPad 2 battery longevity, and was going to mention it before I saw your post. I keep it around with (the good old skeumorphic) iOS 6, for nostalgic reasons and for the old versions of some synthesi
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by edb_123 3y ago
Mine is a deep sinus tone around 50-60 Hz. The amplitude varies between the days/sometimes between the hours. Pretty annoying, even though it's most prominent in quiet environments, and I can imagine having a loud high pitched tin
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by edb_123 4y ago
1.2A doesn't say much without knowing the voltage. If you're in the US and (this being a CRT monitor) it's running on a mains voltage of 120V, this would be 144 watts.

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