Is this real? Reads like a joke. They sell a $12K machine, a $60K machine, and a $10M machine???
Tinybox – A powerful computer for deep learning
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#242There's some irony in the fact that this website reads as extremely NOT AI-generated, very human in the way it's designed and the tone of its writing. Still, this is a great idea, and one I hope takes off. I think there's a good argument that the future of AI is in locally-trained models for everyone, rather than relying on a big company's own model. One thought: The ability to conveniently get this onto a 240v circu…
Big companies are pushing cloud really hard, and yea the hardware prices too is a problem. People still buy Google cloud and OneDrive when they could literally pickup an old computer from trash and Frankenstein it into a NAS server.
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#243Skeptical of their engineering, with replies to questions like this: https://x.com/jgarzik/status/2031312666036146460?s=20
Can't see replies, what did they say?
Re: Tinybox – A powerful computer for deep learning
#244There's some irony in the fact that this website reads as extremely NOT AI-generated, very human in the way it's designed and the tone of its writing. Still, this is a great idea, and one I hope takes off. I think there's a good argument that the future of AI is in locally-trained models for everyone, rather than relying on a big company's own model. One thought: The ability to conveniently get this onto a 240v circu…
When you’re dealing with this kind of power it’s easier just to colocate where you’ll typically get two separate feeds of 208v
Re: Tinybox – A powerful computer for deep learning
#245There's some irony in the fact that this website reads as extremely NOT AI-generated, very human in the way it's designed and the tone of its writing. Still, this is a great idea, and one I hope takes off. I think there's a good argument that the future of AI is in locally-trained models for everyone, rather than relying on a big company's own model. One thought: The ability to conveniently get this onto a 240v circu…
I don't view this as irony. This seems like good sense in understanding when AI usage will make things better and when it will not.
Re: Tinybox – A powerful computer for deep learning
#246Who is the intended customer for this product? I am genuinely curious.
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#247> In order to keep prices low and quality high, we don't offer any customization to the box or ordering process. If you aren't capable of ordering through the website, I'm sorry but we won't be able to help. Has this guy never worked on a B2B product before? Nobody is going to order a $10 million piece of infrastructure through your website's order form. And they are definitely going to want to negotiate something ,…
The specs for the “exabox” scream “this is a joke” to me.
> 20,000 lbs
> concrete slab
Huge-scale IT systems are typically delivered in one or more 42/44u cabinets, and are designed to be installed on raised floors.
Re: Tinybox – A powerful computer for deep learning
#248> In order to keep prices low and quality high, we don't offer any customization to the box or ordering process. If you aren't capable of ordering through the website, I'm sorry but we won't be able to help. Has this guy never worked on a B2B product before? Nobody is going to order a $10 million piece of infrastructure through your website's order form. And they are definitely going to want to negotiate something ,…
The specs for the “exabox” scream “this is a joke” to me. > 20,000 lbs > concrete slab Huge-scale IT systems are typically delivered in one or more 42/44u cabinets, and are designed to be installed on raised floors.
It's also funny that they explicitly list driver quality as "good" for the base option and "great" for the intermediate one. You're really going to deliberately provide worse drivers for the machine I paid you for, just because I didn't buy the more expensive one?
I mean I'm sure lots of companies do this in practice because tickets for higher-paying customers naturally get prioritized, but directly stating your intention to do it on your home page is hilarious.
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#249> In order to keep prices low and quality high, we don't offer any customization to the box or ordering process. If you aren't capable of ordering through the website, I'm sorry but we won't be able to help. Has this guy never worked on a B2B product before? Nobody is going to order a $10 million piece of infrastructure through your website's order form. And they are definitely going to want to negotiate something ,…
The specs for the “exabox” scream “this is a joke” to me. > 20,000 lbs > concrete slab Huge-scale IT systems are typically delivered in one or more 42/44u cabinets, and are designed to be installed on raised floors.
It's a shipping container that you install outdoors.
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#250Earlier quoted context omitted.
The specs for the “exabox” scream “this is a joke” to me. > 20,000 lbs > concrete slab Huge-scale IT systems are typically delivered in one or more 42/44u cabinets, and are designed to be installed on raised floors.
It's also funny that they explicitly list driver quality as "good" for the base option and "great" for the intermediate one. You're really going to deliberately provide worse drivers for the machine I paid you for, just because I didn't buy the more expensive one? I mean I'm sure lots of companies do this in practice because tickets for higher-paying customers naturally get prioritized, but directly stating your inte…
I took that as a dig against AMD vs Nvidia driver quality.