FrankLaskey

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Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace (crimethinc.com)
Apple Maps May Soon Feature Ads, But Not Everyone's Onboard - gHacks Tech News in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is it possible to use StreetComplete on iOS?

Perplexity open sources R1 1776, a version of the DeepSeek R1 model that CEO Aravind Srinivas says has been “post-trained to remove the China censorship”. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

I think we can all agree that modifications to these models which remove censorship and propaganda on behalf of one particular country or party is valuable for the sake of accuracy and impartiality, but reading some of the example responses for the new model I honestly find myself wondering if they haven’t gone a bit further than that by replacing some of the old non-responses and positive portrayals of China and the CPC with a highly critical perspective typified by western governments which are hostile to China (in particular the US). Even the name of the model certainly doesn’t make it sound like neutrality and accuracy is their primary aim here.

Linux's Sole Wireless/WiFi Driver Maintainer Is Stepping Down - Phoronix in c/technology@lemmy.world
Is it possible to set a minimum number of upvotes for a post to be shown in my feed? in c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah I use voyager pretty much exclusively on my iPhone so maybe I should request a feature like that there? Seems like it would be something that many people would appreciate. Not sure why I end up seeing posts with -10, -15 votes.. Those are generally trash haha

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Is it possible to set a minimum number of upvotes for a post to be shown in my feed? (lemmy.ml)
 

I love the idea of the ‘scaled’ feed but I would like to eliminate posts with negative scores (more downvotes than upvotes) or maybe even scores less than 5 or so. Can this be done?

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[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Is this what the Leonard Cohen song is about?

Are there communities to post videos of police brutality / excessive use of force? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
NTSYNC for Proton / Wine now in Linux kernel 6.14 that "Should make many SteamOS users happy" in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the info. I don’t know a ton about them but I’m honestly massively impressed at the talent of the Proton devs. The fact that they have made most games run as well and some games run better on Unix operating systems through a translation layer than on Windows (the OS they were designed for) is ridiculously impressive. And this just shows they aren’t resting on their laurels but are being proactive in preventing issues before they happen which is immensely commendable and impressive.

NTSYNC for Proton / Wine now in Linux kernel 6.14 that "Should make many SteamOS users happy" in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Thanks for the context. I figured I must be missing something since performance increases like this for proton would be huge news and likely not possible.

NTSYNC for Proton / Wine now in Linux kernel 6.14 that "Should make many SteamOS users happy" in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Anyone have more context on this? These are some pretty massive increases if the games in the table are in any way representative of all games.

YSK there's a tool to check US non-profit compensation in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

It would be cool if they would provide some useful statistics about the aggregated data as well. Maybe something like showing the percentile for pay to the ED/CEO or for the total compensation compared to other organizations in the sector.

I didn’t scour the site so maybe this does exist.

It’s pretty easy to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, actually in c/politics@beehaw.org
[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

By having China create a more efficient and capable government and open source it so you can run it locally?

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The Tech to Build the Holodeck [Gaussian Splatting] (www.theverge.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24963389

Gaussian splatting, a new way of capturing 3D content, is taking the AR / VR industry by storm — and could one day allow anyone to create photorealistic 3D worlds.

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The Tech to Build the Holodeck [Gaussian Splatting] (www.theverge.com)
 

Gaussian splatting, a new way of capturing 3D content, is taking the AR / VR industry by storm — and could one day allow anyone to create photorealistic 3D worlds.

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Bioshock creator Ken Levine discusses the future of narratives in games (www.gamesindustry.biz)
 

In an interview with gamesindustry.biz, the acclaimed developer also discusses his next game, ‘Judas’, generative AI and why it "wasn't easy to step away from BioShock"

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In praise of mixing coffee beans (lemmy.ml)
 

I have been discovering the joy of mixing different types of whole bean coffees before preparing them in my French press. I find that as long as you don’t do something crazy like mix a very light roast with a very dark roast you can end up with a lot of extra depth and roundness to the flavor. Thoughts? Am I insane? A heretic??? Have you tried it?

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Images blurry / low res (lemmy.ml)
 

In the last day or so I have noticed that images on nearly all posts appear to be low resolution / blurry. Anyone else experiencing this? I am on version 2.18.4 iOS 17.6.1 iPhone 13 Pro.

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How do Graphics Cards Work? Exploring GPU Architecture - YouTube by Branch Education (28:29 minutes) from Oct 19, 2024 (youtu.be)
 

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/16899034

Invidious, an alternative YouTube client in the browser without using YouTube directly (more private): https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=h9Z4oGN89MU

I recommend watching or listen this video at x1.4 playback speed. If you can't set the speed to this value, then at least watch at x1.25.

Description:

Graphics Cards can run some of the most incredible video games, but how many calculations do they perform every single second? Well, some of the most advanced graphics perform 36 Trillion calculations or more every single second. But how can a single device manage these tens of trillions of calculations? In this video, we explore the architecture inside the 3090 graphics card and the GA102 GPU chip architecture.

Note: We chose to feature the 30 series of GPUs because, to create accurate 3D models, we had to tear down a 3090 GPU rather destructively. We typically select a slightly older model because we're able to find broken components on eBay. If you're wondering, the 4090 can perform 82.58 trillion calculations a second, and then we're sure the 5090 will be even more.

Table of Contents:

00:00 - How many calculations do Graphics Cards Perform?
02:15 - The Difference between GPUs and CPUs?
04:56 - GPU GA102 Architecture
06:59 - GPU GA102 Manufacturing
08:48 - CUDA Core Design
11:09 - Graphics Cards Components
12:04 - Graphics Memory GDDR6X GDDR7
15:11 - All about Micron
16:51 - Single Instruction Multiple Data Architecture
17:49 - Why GPUs run Video Game Graphics, Object Transformations
20:53 - Thread Architecture
23:31 - Help Branch Education Out!
24:29 - Bitcoin Mining
26:50 - Tensor Cores
27:58 - Outro
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[Epic Games] Alan Wake 2 | ($24.99 / 50% off) (store.epicgames.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml to c/gamedeals@lemmy.world
3 comments fedilink
 

All-time low

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[Steam] Resident Evil 4 (2023) | ($16.79 / 58% off) (www.fanatical.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml to c/gamedeals@lemmy.world
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Aurora CO police under fire for sending recruitment team to Trump rally (sentinelcolorado.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20948276

Archived at https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ln4rX

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Boebert finishes fifth in straw poll of new district (thehill.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11339586

Boebert finishes fifth in straw poll of new district

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) came in fifth place in a straw poll of voters in the district where the controversial congresswoman recently relocated and is trying to win reelection to the House.

Boebert, who was first elected to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020, announced last month she would switch districts and instead run for reelection this year in the 4th District, after its House member, Rep. Ken Buck (R), decided to retire from Congress.

The new district for Boebert would likely give her a significantly better chance at reelection if she wins the Republican nomination. She currently represents a swing district, and Boebert had seemed likely before her switch to face off a second time against Democrat Adam Frisch, whom she defeated in 2022 by fewer than 600 votes.

The 4th District, meanwhile, is a solidly Republican district that has elected a Democratic House member only once in the past 50 years.

But the results of the straw poll Thursday, which followed the first debate among GOP candidates running for that district, indicates Boebert may have an uphill battle.

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