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Post by jareklupinski »

xtracto wrote: post #148
geodel wrote: post #138

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I don't want to live in a society where RAM inflation is higher and food inflation. Future generations will ask me where were you when Computer prices were rising, internet bandwidth was rationed and people had to wait overnight to continue vibe coding because vendors blocked further API calls for many hours at a time.

> people had to wait overnight to continue vibe coding because vendors blocked further API calls for many hours at a time Tangential but this is funny. Back in the early 90s, I did a lot of BASIC programming in the family computer, this was before we had Internet. I could spend hours.and hours in front of the computer doing stuff. Fast forward to around 2010 I remember a distinct feeling one time the internet went of…

gotta wait for your turn to use The Brain

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Post by krabizzwainch »

azan_ wrote: post #199
wiseowise wrote: post #180

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Thank god they can do it now! I'm willing to add thousands more to my bills, I'm sure AGI is around the corner and will make life so much easier.

You don't need AGI. If AI progress stopped right now, LLMs would still be amazing and extremely useful technology. It already makes life for many much easier. But it's easy to miss it when you are entombed in anti-AI bubble. But I've got something that may placate your fears - remember that horses did not vote.

It’s certainly easier to have a computer do all the thinking for you.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by krabizzwainch »

xtracto wrote: post #148
geodel wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't want to live in a society where RAM inflation is higher and food inflation. Future generations will ask me where were you when Computer prices were rising, internet bandwidth was rationed and people had to wait overnight to continue vibe coding because vendors blocked further API calls for many hours at a time.

> people had to wait overnight to continue vibe coding because vendors blocked further API calls for many hours at a time Tangential but this is funny. Back in the early 90s, I did a lot of BASIC programming in the family computer, this was before we had Internet. I could spend hours.and hours in front of the computer doing stuff. Fast forward to around 2010 I remember a distinct feeling one time the internet went of…

I keep going back to Sublime Text when everything in VS Code becomes too much. Last time I looked at Sublime, I was like “Damn, the last update was from 2024? Must be dead.” Until I realized the lack of updates was because it was fully functional for what they wanted as is without connecting to the internet at all.

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Post by charcircuit »

pesus wrote: post #184
charcircuit wrote: post #144

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>The average person does not really benefit from recent AI tech ChatGPT and Gemini offer enormous consumer value for free.

What value do they get that both couldn't be done before and outweighs the costs?

Personalized learning. Some people on the US were paying over six figures to be educated and now they can do it at a much better quality for free.

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Post by milkytron »

everdrive wrote: post #46
bluescrn wrote: post #24

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I’m much more concerned by the skyrocketing cost of housing, energy, food, and transport than the cost of tech luxuries. If I never buy another GPU or console again, there’s more than enough quality gaming for several lifetimes available on older hardware and often very inexpensively.

>I’m much more concerned by the skyrocketing cost of housing, energy, food, and transport than the cost of tech luxuries. I'm with you, but given that I have no control over any of them I wouldn't have minded that my luxury fun was still cheap. About a decade or so ago, I remember saying something like "We're in an odd period historically: if you except housing, healthcare, and education, everything else is _stunning…

> I'm with you, but given that I have no control over any of them

We all have a little bit of control over at least housing and transport. Local politics determine land use, and municipalities in the US have consistently voted for more car dependency (leading to more expensive transport) and limited housing construction (leading to more expensive housing).

Local politics aren't really paid attention to, which results in any amount of participation and influence having a relatively large impact compared to state or federal politics.

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Post by azan_ »

krabizzwainch wrote: post #232
azan_ wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't need AGI. If AI progress stopped right now, LLMs would still be amazing and extremely useful technology. It already makes life for many much easier. But it's easy to miss it when you are entombed in anti-AI bubble. But I've got something that may placate your fears - remember that horses did not vote.

It’s certainly easier to have a computer do all the thinking for you.

If current LLM can do all the thinking for you then I'm terribly sorry. I use it mostly to do the boring and tedious tasks.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by SequoiaHope »

throwmeaway876 wrote: post #58
amazingamazing wrote: post #39

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Save us with their cheap labor and worse working conditions? Damn, if only we were more like China we wouldn't so dependent on them...

The point is that new entrants are less likely to play the cartel game as they have been excluded and would rather cash in on the business opportunity of making and selling as much as they can.
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