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by theYipster 3mo ago
Two weeks ago I purchased an M5 Max MacBook Pro 16 inch with 128GB RAM and a 4TB SSD from Microcenter for $5100. (They had a $900 discount on the machine.) Not sure if that deal is still around, or if Microcenter still has any stock, but if
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by theYipster 3mo ago
You don't need all of the model in VRAM. 1 or 2 RTX Pro 6000s will do. $50K will get you there very nicely, and on a 1600 watt PSU if you go for the MAX-Q versions. (The same wattage PSU I'm typing this on, and have been using ove
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by theYipster 3mo ago
Mine, for one. M5 Max MacBook Pro 128GB with a 4TB SSD. $5100 after a $1000 discount at Microcenter. Great deal if you can find it in stock.
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by theYipster 3mo ago
Not the new ones. Only the M1 and M2 have good support for Asahi. But you really don't need it. If you need Linux, use a VM (UTM is free and is equivalent to KVM/QEMU in speed, despite being a Type-2 Hypervisor.)
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by theYipster 3mo ago
All for $670 :) In all seriousness, I would probably throw $10 at a project to design and implement a modern turbofan FADEC + all of the certification artifacts.
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by theYipster 4mo ago
I'm amazed at how many folks on this forum see the Web UI as intrinsically tied to the service. As someone else rightly said, e-mail = IMAP + SMTP. That is true of Gmail as well. Frankly, I've always hated the Gmail web UI, so I n
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by theYipster 4mo ago
Very nice. Primary use case is application development, where the applications leverage a mixture of cloud based and local models. Modelling complex architectures. My work is primarily in the aerospace and defense arena, so hybrid and on-pr
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by theYipster 4mo ago
That's about what my OC'd and watercooled 4090 runs at. The cards are designed for it. Only problem I have is when sitting next to the computer under load -- I either have to open windows or blast the AC. Too bad I don't live
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by theYipster 4mo ago
Great article. I'm about to embark on a similar journey.... Doing a ton of AI development right now. Don't need a server, but a very, very high end workstation is super appealing to me right now. Looking at $50-$80k. 1TB RAM. 2x R
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by theYipster 4mo ago
This is awesome.
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by theYipster 4mo ago
Agree 100%. In the early days (before Claude Code mastered Rust,) I would get into this annoying pattern where Claude used different names for variables between tests and implementation, get confused, and then more times than not, would cha
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by theYipster 5mo ago
Yep... Did this 3 years ago in my home and came to the same conclusion. If I were to do it again, I'd run fiber through the walls instead of Cat-6a. It took forever to find SFP+ modules that would work with my Unifi setup... (not wanti
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by theYipster 5mo ago
I remember visiting GitHub's downtown SF HQ sometime around 2014 or so... it was soon after they closed their first significant funding round, and years before they were purchased by MS. I had a friend who worked there as a very early
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by theYipster 5mo ago
It was the best of times. It was the blurst of times.
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by theYipster 6mo ago
Also of Xenosaga, and for the same reasons. Although, that's perhaps a more obscure reference (and is a PS2, rather than PC game series.)
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by theYipster 6mo ago
I'm looking to replace my worn-out Sony XM-3s and am wondering if the AirPods Max 2 could be a better option than the XM-6s. I've always liked Sony's audio quality and ANC, but felt the headphones were not as comfortable to w
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by theYipster 7mo ago
There really is no going back when you go split and tented. I've was on a Kenesis Freestyle for years, then upgraded to a Dygma Raise (V1) about three years ago. It's served me well, but I've been eyeing a CyBoard Imprint, wh
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by theYipster 7mo ago
Just because you’re a good programmer / software engineer doesn’t mean you’re a good architect, or a good UI designer, or a good product manager. Yet in my experience, using LLMs to successfully produce software really works those arch
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by theYipster 7mo ago
With Claude, I built a TUI for managing QEMU/KVM VMs (Rust with ratatui.) Solves a lot of problems I had with virt-manager, so I made it a FOSSS project. https://www.vm-curator.org .
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by theYipster 7mo ago
Superb!
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Show HN: VM-curator – a Linux VM manager with easy GPU-passthrough and more(vm-curator.org)
2 points by theYipster 7mo ago|1 comments
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by theYipster 8mo ago
Assuming you are using the flagship copilot that is a $30 / mo add on to a 365 subscription, and maybe, maybe if Microsoft replaced CoPilot’s “brain” with Opus 4.5. In my experience, while flagship CoPilot does deliver value if setup c
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by theYipster 8mo ago
Actually I just installed it over the weekend in a QEMU/KVM VM on my modern desktop. Took about 20 minutes, and works very nicely. You can give it up to 4GB of RAM. Now, I can't use it for much (aside from playing the welcome tour
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by theYipster 8mo ago
I love the care and polish that went into the Microsoft Windows XP Welcome/Tour app that played after install. That was the peak of the summit—quality wise.
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by theYipster 8mo ago
I’ve been trying out both DMS and Noctalia in separate VMs this week (both on Niri.) I like them both. Noctalia seems a bit more refined out of the box. DMS is more customizable. I foresee both taking over from .dotfile packs (and maybe eve
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by theYipster 8mo ago
But that's the point. Choice and customization. It's the natural result of FOSS and the as-designed modularity of the Linux ecosystem. Exploring popular options and finding what works for you is easier than it has ever been, and f
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by theYipster 8mo ago
Btw, this feature is now available in v0.2.x! vm-curator supports single-gpu passthrough (tested locally,) and multi-gpu pass-through via looking-glass (experimental: needs testing.) single-gpu-passthrough relies on a script (run outside th
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by theYipster 8mo ago
It's really a (good IMHO) sign of the times that us old hats have to remind ourselves that most new comers to Linux today aren't necessarily adept at installing another OS, let alone using the command line. The first time I instal
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by theYipster 8mo ago
Hi! Yes, it absolutely will. The only caveat with single-gpu-passthrough is that when you are passing your gpu to the VM, you can only use the VM with your main display and peripherals. (The host is still accessible via SSH.) When you shut
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Testers wanted: VM-curator v0.2.0 with GPU pass-through support(github.com)
2 points by theYipster 8mo ago|3 comments

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