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Re: A Really Big Computer

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Post by georgehotz »

ablyveiled wrote: post #4
bastawhiz wrote: post #3

Maybe I'm overly critical, but if fixing the Twitter search box is too hard, maybe buying solar (and batteries), fabbing chips, and building a giant data center to replicate the current generation of what another company already built is foolhardy.

I armchair-diagnose geohot with bipolar disorder. Only a few weeks ago, he was writing about how he was slated to lose because of his low tolerance for bullshit.

Have you ever met someone with actual bipolar disorder? They think that they are Gods and see symbols and signs and shit. Or sometime they go negative and thing there's a conspiracy targeting them or something.

They don't usually think they are gonna slowly over the next 5 years tape out a chip and build a solar powered datacenter with the company they raised $5M for...all part of the tiny corp master plan. I'll write it up better as it comes together better.

We have 417 preorders for tinyboxes btw. https://tinygrad.org

Re: A Really Big Computer

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Post by georgehotz »

cushychicken wrote: post #13
petesoper wrote: post #10

How does he cool those wafers?

“Put the servers somewhere cool.” No joke. That’s his plan.

And...it's a good plan.

There's two cooling problems, pulling heat off the wafer (water cooled loop or immersion cooling, this is easy) and dumping the heat somewhere. The second part is why the place being cool matters, I imagine a big radiator on the roof. Could also dump the heat into a river if it's chill.

Re: A Really Big Computer

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Post by bastawhiz »

georgehotz wrote: post #21
ablyveiled wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I armchair-diagnose geohot with bipolar disorder. Only a few weeks ago, he was writing about how he was slated to lose because of his low tolerance for bullshit.

Have you ever met someone with actual bipolar disorder? They think that they are Gods and see symbols and signs and shit. Or sometime they go negative and thing there's a conspiracy targeting them or something. They don't usually think they are gonna slowly over the next 5 years tape out a chip and build a solar powered datacenter with the company they raised $5M for...all part of the tiny corp master plan. I'll writ…

You're not describing bipolar disorder, you're describing symptoms of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia (and other similar disorders) affects your ability to think and behave coherently. It's a detachment from reality.

Bipolar disorder is characterized by long (weeks or months) mood swings that range from very motivated and often positive to deeply depressed. When you're "up" you feel overconfident, impulsive, and restless. When you're "down," you are the opposite. There's no notion of false pattern recognition or conspiracy theories.

Not my place to pass judgement either way but don't just make things up when talking about mental health, it's not a good look.

Re: A Really Big Computer

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Post by adfhidnionio »

georgehotz wrote: post #21
ablyveiled wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I armchair-diagnose geohot with bipolar disorder. Only a few weeks ago, he was writing about how he was slated to lose because of his low tolerance for bullshit.

Have you ever met someone with actual bipolar disorder? They think that they are Gods and see symbols and signs and shit. Or sometime they go negative and thing there's a conspiracy targeting them or something. They don't usually think they are gonna slowly over the next 5 years tape out a chip and build a solar powered datacenter with the company they raised $5M for...all part of the tiny corp master plan. I'll writ…

I am someone with actual bipolar disorder. What you are saying is not true. Both mania and depression can involve psychosis and hallucination, but neither necessarily does. Bipolar II does not involve full-blown mania at all, merely hypomania. Hypomania can be easy to miss. People often find it benign or helpful, just a bit of extra energy and motivation.

I would never try to diagnose someone I've never met and disapprove of doing so.

Re: A Really Big Computer

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Post by adfhidnionio »

bastawhiz wrote: post #23
georgehotz wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you ever met someone with actual bipolar disorder? They think that they are Gods and see symbols and signs and shit. Or sometime they go negative and thing there's a conspiracy targeting them or something. They don't usually think they are gonna slowly over the next 5 years tape out a chip and build a solar powered datacenter with the company they raised $5M for...all part of the tiny corp master plan. I'll writ…

You're not describing bipolar disorder, you're describing symptoms of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia (and other similar disorders) affects your ability to think and behave coherently. It's a detachment from reality. Bipolar disorder is characterized by long (weeks or months) mood swings that range from very motivated and often positive to deeply depressed. When you're "up" you feel overconfident, impulsive, and restles…

You've gone too far in the other direction. Mania can be extreme, far beyond what an ordinary person could imagine "very motivated" to mean. Deeply irrational grandiose thinking is common. Either mania or depression can involve psychosis, hallucination, or catatonia.

Re: A Really Big Computer

#27

Post by Turskarama »

georgehotz wrote: post #22
cushychicken wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Put the servers somewhere cool.” No joke. That’s his plan.

And...it's a good plan. There's two cooling problems, pulling heat off the wafer (water cooled loop or immersion cooling, this is easy) and dumping the heat somewhere. The second part is why the place being cool matters, I imagine a big radiator on the roof. Could also dump the heat into a river if it's chill.

I think the modern strategy is to have the whole thing under water.

Re: A Really Big Computer

#28

Post by hruzgar »

bastawhiz wrote: post #3

Maybe I'm overly critical, but if fixing the Twitter search box is too hard, maybe buying solar (and batteries), fabbing chips, and building a giant data center to replicate the current generation of what another company already built is foolhardy.

haters always gonna hate

Re: A Really Big Computer

#30

Post by cushychicken »

georgehotz wrote: post #22
cushychicken wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Put the servers somewhere cool.” No joke. That’s his plan.

And...it's a good plan. There's two cooling problems, pulling heat off the wafer (water cooled loop or immersion cooling, this is easy) and dumping the heat somewhere. The second part is why the place being cool matters, I imagine a big radiator on the roof. Could also dump the heat into a river if it's chill.

You and I have real different meters for "easy", George.
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