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ThunderSizzle

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ThunderSizzle··on Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions
I still run with u matrix though, and most third party requests can be limited, but I no longer have enough patience when a required page doesn't work - I'll just rely on ublock origin to work.
ThunderSizzle··on What my dad taught me about AI coding in the 90s
Right now, at least, I haven't found an AI capable of replacing a software engineer. Ive seen AI that can easily replace basic programmers, however.

I also think AI can replace non-coding artitects, and probably most middle management type jobs (my company has 6 levels of management between the CEO and "individual contributors" in my area (8 counting inclusivity)).

That's a lot of management levels, and every level has to be paid more than the level they manage as a fraud disincentive. So that's a lot of money...

ThunderSizzle··on It’s so hard to finish an idea that is not yours and is just suggested by AI
I use comments for external domain constraints (e.g. this table has three types of records in them that we use for different purposes - I might have the LLM agent be a bit thorough and clearer with the explanation, but I found those type of comments very much helped future iterations)
ThunderSizzle··on The Tariff Cost: analysis of the costs to Americans from new tariffs on Canada
I think MAGA would be okay with the...fly over provinces..is that what they would be called?

The rest is too woke, too British, and too CCP oriented to work with.

ThunderSizzle··on It's Not the End of Programming
Most code I write these days are never directly consumed by anyone or anything. Daily or monthly batch jobs that help keep the data flowing correctly.
ThunderSizzle··on HTML Can Do That
Ive made SPAs in Blazor that make it a point to update the URL whenever a "navigation" occurs. I also made it a point to ensure refreshing or loading the URL restored the state.

It's a small problem compared to the ease of use for development you can gain via Blazor, so I don't see any reason not to solve it.

ThunderSizzle··on Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study
Well, they also need to ensure they aren't spending past their premiums coming in...

Alot of insurers the past few years have actually gone bankrupt from ballooning costs and claims.

So, they want costs to go up, so the next year they can up the premiums, so they can then up their admin spend, but the costs still need to below the premium. And they can't just up the premium without an associated rise in cost, because groups are owed their premium money back if it isn't paid out.

ThunderSizzle··on Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study
It's even worse when they claim to be "in-network" and they make you sign that. To me, the entire point of being in network is I shouldn't have to worry about the provider filing claims correctly on my behalf, and if there is an issue, it should be on the "network" side, not my side.
ThunderSizzle··on Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study
Insurers can only spend 15% of premiums on admin spend (e.g. salaries, etc). That means if the CEO (and everyone else) wants more money, they need to pay more money to the hospitals, so their 15% cut grows.

Also, for beyond that, unspend premiums have to be refunded, which also cuts into the potential admin spend bucket, so it's best to always ensure your paying as much as possible in claims.

Plus, patients hate denied claims, because typically your forced to sign paperwork saying your responsible for anything insurance refuses to pay.

And with most health insurance spending being locked to employer benefits, the big market is the group market, which means your stuck with either getting your job's option(s), finding a new job, or not getting insurance basically.

In other words, you don't have a price choice as an individual in a group.

ThunderSizzle··on Pixel 11 Pro Fold
Welcome to the world of trade offs. I also want a half decent camera. When I switched from. a Google Pixel to a Samsung s20+ to keep a headphone jack, the camera got worse, even though the pixel was at least half a decade old.

I can't trust Samsung again after that. So much marketing claiming how good their cameras are, but the Pixel and iPhone both blew it out of the water.

ThunderSizzle··on Qwen3.8-2.4T
My understanding is the last consumer card that supported that was the 3090. A Google search seems to agree the 5090 does NOT support NVLink...
ThunderSizzle··on Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta
How is this any different than traditional media? Cable news creates fake problems and controversy constantly, and pay their news anchors well to do so.

In return, many companies that rely on these problems, turn around and advertise on these networks.

Social media is just following the same strategy.

ThunderSizzle··on Qwen3.8 Max now ranked as the best overall model by agentic index
This must be the new linked in strat. What I learned about using the best model after talking to a homeless person.
ThunderSizzle··on Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak
So you buy their sugary crap to hide the shit coffee.

Pumpkin spice lattes.

ThunderSizzle··on Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are against LLM usage
That's me. I've just moved the puzzle to figuring out the CC optimal "language" and mode of working with an LLM. At the same time, I haven't lost my love/expertise... Yet.

I explained it yesterday that it's no different than Linq powered by EF Core. You still need to understand the database and how SQL will work, or should. If you don't, you're queries will be slow and inefficient, hazardlessly oftentimes.

LLMs are an impressive abstraction, but they are not magic...yet. or maybe it is, but you still need to figure out the incantations. Not that I like to uptick and witchcraft, so I hate that analogy.

ThunderSizzle··on Why the future is local app
Well, thanks to evergreen and auto updating systems, there's no guarantee that X app will be the same today and tomorrow.

It's probably what I hate most about Android- apps shouldn't need an update as often as they do.

ThunderSizzle··on Kimi-K3 on HuggingFace
I have issues with the vulkan backend. It seems to cause over all GUI sluggishness, but maybe that was actually Firefox. I'll give it another go.
ThunderSizzle··on Kimi-K3 on HuggingFace
An AMD R9700 gets 20-50 TPS at ~300 watts on 27B. 100 TPS for the 35B MOE model. And there might be some more optimizations to that as AMD software support gets better with ROCm's latest versions.
ThunderSizzle··on OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe
Is two generations ago before 2020? Everything is 100% more expensive than pre-2020 prices.

Eating out is there. Power Tools are there. Land is beyond that and Housing has been there for 6 years now.

I'm not surprised. The March of inflation has been a wreckening this decade.

ThunderSizzle··on New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices
I've never purchased rental insurance from a landlord or their recommended place.

I used my insurance company I already had.

ThunderSizzle··on 45% of Enthusiasts 'Seriously Considering' Leaving Sony for PC
I think the point is that an i7, even from ~15 years ago, is probably sufficient for most gaming needs, especially if the game is primarily GPU-bound.

As long as you give the older CPU enough RAM, an SSD, and a good GPU, it probably is sufficient unless your doing sim-heavy games where you want the simulation speed to be maxed out (e.g. HoI4 later years max speed simulation)

ThunderSizzle··on When AI Costs More Than the Engineer
Meh - our dev machines are over-provisioned cloud pc's from MS, that run as fast a laptop from 2005. And I'm sure they are paying a premium for the privledge.

My 10 year old desktop sitting next to me is a lot faster, but alas, I can't BYOD.

ThunderSizzle··on Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions more U.S. chips
Massive immigration would cause the system to completely collapse as imported people will not respect the local economy, culture, etc. in the same as natural citizens that originally built the nation. That's not xenophobic, just reality. Importing people means importing their culture, which might be incompatible with the state.

It's a reason they began to be called nation-states - states without a nation backing it tended to flop, and nation's without a state tended to slowly (or quickly) be absorbed into the dominant culture.

ThunderSizzle··on GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos
If I'm picking a stock to buy (in the "retail" market, it's primarily based on a balance of EPS, P/E ratio, and a low(er) amount of debt.

My P/E filter filters out the likes of Nvidia, Amazon, etc, whereas my debt filter ensures the smaller cap companies won't be swallowed by their debt like many businesses are.

Who knows if I'm smart or an idiot.

ThunderSizzle··on Protect your right to run local AI
The obvious brain-child of this concept is HP and their consumer inkjet printers. Originally, they sold their printers for "cheap" and then sold ink for a premium. However, as consumers realized any old printer ink works just as well as "HP"'s ink, they created DRM for ink-cartridges.

Now, you have to basically use their "Instant Ink" monthly service in order to print anything, based on my understanding. $6 for 50 pages a month: https://www.hp.com/us-en/print

(If you try using non-official cartridges, the printer may refuse to print entirely. If you cancel the sub, the printer will refuse to print until you renew or find DRM ink).

LG is pushing for subscription models in their fridge line-ups: https://www.pcmag.com/news/lg-wants-you-to-subscribe-to-your...

I don't see a price for the subscription yet, but it seems they are targeting 2030 for a subscription fee lock-in.

Intel did "Intel Upgrade Service", which locked already fabricated features on a CPU behind what is equivalent to today's same-day DLC - you paid more money, got a code, and it unlocked more cache and/or hyperthreading capabilities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Upgrade_Service

The backlash in 2010 on Intel was probably severe enough to delay it significantly, but with many industries trying it out (Cameras, TV's, fridges, cars, etc.), consumers probably won't have many options left.

ThunderSizzle··on When AI Costs More Than the Engineer
Which is probably a backwards anti-pattern companies have built.

Your most expensive engineer's time is most valuable, so if you give them standard issue which is half the speed, you are throttling the value you can get from your engineer. Not to mention the mental drain of your cursor barely being able to move due to all the bloated virtual networking systemization.

It would seem to make sense to give more valuable employees faster equipment, so that their time isn't spent toiling with the slow machine, but rather actually producing value.

ThunderSizzle··on When AI Costs More Than the Engineer
Luckily we're not, because then your tip to a waiter/waitress would be dependent on their student loans remaining, especially considering how many expensive liberal arts majors struggle to find a sufficient career.
ThunderSizzle··on Programmers need to start meditating
Catastrophies would be we vibe coded a nuclear plant or space rocket system and we blew up thousands of people due to a vibe coding error.
ThunderSizzle··on Costco is the anti-Amazon
I see this said a lot, but Amazon products I buy actually work (even if the quality of obviously laughable - it actually performs the function and won't break any time soon to justify a 100x price increase for something more...artisan.

The only order I did for temu, everything arrived completely DOA

ThunderSizzle··on Protect your right to run local AI
They'll do local LLMs you have to pay for. Best of both worlds: your LLM processing power will be locked behind a subscription.

You'll be coerced into a subscription to unlock the processing power you already have, and it'll only be usable by official Microsoft, etc implementations.

They get your money, get to control you, and best of all, they don't have to run it themselves in their data centers

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