Luminous5481 [they/them]

self hosted. I don’t use anything from a corporation that I don’t absolutely have to.

It’s absolutely a fair comparison. An LLM can’t use any more than 100% of the system resources. neither can a video game. for an individual, there’s no practical difference between being an avid gamer and someone who uses LLMs if you’re comparing environmental impact.

if you don’t agree, then perhaps you could explain to me how using 100% of my GPU for an LLM is different than using 100% of my GPU for Cyberpunk 2077? both use cases are using the same amount of power, so how is one use worse for the environment than the other? especially since I might use an LLM for a few minutes of work, whereas I’ve had many, many days where I spend 8 hours or more gaming. surely my gaming causes far more damage to the environment than my using LLMs does, but perhaps you’re more educated on the matter than I am and can show me otherwise.

LLMs as a technology are also extremely inefficient and resource intensive; by writing yourself off as “just one person” doing it we’re ignoring the global effect of many “one persons” all consuming resources by using this technology.

the same can be said of gaming. criticizing LLMs for being resource intensive even for individual use would be hypocritical if you’re not also criticising gamers for using their PCs to their full potential while gaming.

saving as much as we can

an economic depression is going to make your spending power tank. don’t save all of your money, invest it in things that will allow you to support your well-being when things get hard. I don’t mean in stocks or whatever, I mean in things like a garden to grow as much food as possible. water filtration like a Katadyn hand pump water filter. solar panels large enough to charge your small electronics like a phone at least, and big enough to power things like your lights if you can afford it. hand tools for repairs around the house. a bidet so you don’t ever need toilet paper again. whatever you need to route your rain gutters into tanks to store water for drinking or watering plants.

you know, practical things that will help you. if you do save money, keep it hidden away in a fireproof safe inside your walls. money saved won’t do much if it’s in a bank that might decide not to let you withdraw it during a recession. I’m not saying you should go crazy and become a prepper, but taking a few steps to decrease your reliance on a functioning society will make things easier when times get hard.

I fucking hate gen AI art and it has made my life more difficult in many ways… suddenly it infests shit in a way it shouldn’t

seeing as how using genAI even during development is still rare enough that it makes the news, I can’t imagine it’s been as big of a problem for them as they make it seem. this sounds more like a smaller publisher taking a popular public stance for the PR.

our revenue is down close to 80%

oof. that’s not something very many groups come back from. losing that much of their business and team, the project is on life support.

Is that SSD taped on?

That’s nonsense. They would be selling the poor to the AI. Think the Matrix, but it’s powering a stock market machine that makes money for Bezos.

I pay a total of $6/month for an indexer an usenet service, and $8 for a VPN. all other media, including games, I get through that.

lol I remember watching that

I imagine what they earn depends on how many ad impressions they get.

no don’t ruin the romance for me 😭

maybe I’m sappy, but the idea of trolley cars seems romantic to me. the little ding ding of their bell as they roll along. I’ve never heard of anyone having a bad day while taking a trolley ride.

yeah that would be kinda funny too

I mean, it would be pretty based if he did say it, but this seems quite a bit less charismatic than he usually is. and I also could not find any story matching this quote when I searched.

did he actually say this tho?

I’ll take that as you giving up. Good. Now as I said before, have a nice day.

Literally the best-case scenario for you is that you’re incensed over an optional feature.

personalized advertising is on by default. you have to opt out, the support page lied on that one detail. turning it off does not turn off advertisements, it just makes them generalized to people in your area because the advertising is not optional. this is pretty basic, and how all advertising platforms work, not just microsoft. and you know that, you’re just pretending you don’t.

Now go back and do the bare fucking minimum

I’m not gonna waste my time reading novels by fanboys just because your feelings are hurt. you’re under no obligation to like that. you can rage and throw a fit if you want, but I’m not going to play your game because I’m under no obligation to humor you in any way.

now, are we done here, or do you want to whine at me some more about how the thing that microsoft announced themselves can’t be true because a corporation would never be mean to you?

or you found the most passive aggressive AI chatbot. I hope it’s the latter because it’s funnier if you imagine the bot was mimicking sarcasm.

That’s a lot of words for “distro I’ve never used before“

you baited me into roasting you over the coals. well done. the only reason we’re still talking is because we made a bet over matrix on how long I can keep you responding. I figure you’re the kind of person who can’t walk away without getting the last word, so I expect you’ll keep feeding the troll for a day or two until you give up.