Tim Tielens
@timmetie.bsky.social
Urbanist. Humanist. Sociologie, geschiedenis en politiek. Sci-fi. Links.
English and Dutch (Apologies to English speakers for the Dutch).
Beginnend voedselbossert. Eindhovenaar.
English and Dutch (Apologies to English speakers for the Dutch).
Beginnend voedselbossert. Eindhovenaar.
Are there even enough GPUs? Was there this much unused production there?
September 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Are there even enough GPUs? Was there this much unused production there?
I do something similar with the shower where I'm only running it hot in the evenings and just cold the rest of the time.
September 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I do something similar with the shower where I'm only running it hot in the evenings and just cold the rest of the time.
Except the soaring stockprices part of the infinite money glitch are still happening.
September 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Except the soaring stockprices part of the infinite money glitch are still happening.
Actually, just realizing that you probably didn't write the clicking noise as often as it was used in the audiobook. At least, I hope, it would be there every few words.
Which would mean they added it themselves.
It seriously made for the worst audiobook experience I've ever had.
Which would mean they added it themselves.
It seriously made for the worst audiobook experience I've ever had.
September 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Actually, just realizing that you probably didn't write the clicking noise as often as it was used in the audiobook. At least, I hope, it would be there every few words.
Which would mean they added it themselves.
It seriously made for the worst audiobook experience I've ever had.
Which would mean they added it themselves.
It seriously made for the worst audiobook experience I've ever had.
Don't know if this is something that would come up in a pronunciation guide but audibly doing the clicking noise every time a certain alien race talks makes me unable to listen to it. Really surprised that audiobook producers wouldn't have asked to skip those.
September 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Don't know if this is something that would come up in a pronunciation guide but audibly doing the clicking noise every time a certain alien race talks makes me unable to listen to it. Really surprised that audiobook producers wouldn't have asked to skip those.
Nvidia gaat investeren in OpenAI zodat OpenAI genoeg geld heeft om te betalen voor Nvidia chips.
Allemaal gigantische deals om te verhullen dat er veel te weinig geld wordt verdiend om de enorme kosten van AI terug te verdienen.
Allemaal gigantische deals om te verhullen dat er veel te weinig geld wordt verdiend om de enorme kosten van AI terug te verdienen.
September 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Nvidia gaat investeren in OpenAI zodat OpenAI genoeg geld heeft om te betalen voor Nvidia chips.
Allemaal gigantische deals om te verhullen dat er veel te weinig geld wordt verdiend om de enorme kosten van AI terug te verdienen.
Allemaal gigantische deals om te verhullen dat er veel te weinig geld wordt verdiend om de enorme kosten van AI terug te verdienen.
This won't alienate the military, Republicans have always been horrible to the troops in real life circumstances.
August 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This won't alienate the military, Republicans have always been horrible to the troops in real life circumstances.
This has been the big tech companies all along, they're hoovering up talent and not producing any new products of note.
People talk about finance wasting talent, there's 10.000 of the best paid people at Google and Microsoft developing Google Workspace and Bing.
People talk about finance wasting talent, there's 10.000 of the best paid people at Google and Microsoft developing Google Workspace and Bing.
August 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This has been the big tech companies all along, they're hoovering up talent and not producing any new products of note.
People talk about finance wasting talent, there's 10.000 of the best paid people at Google and Microsoft developing Google Workspace and Bing.
People talk about finance wasting talent, there's 10.000 of the best paid people at Google and Microsoft developing Google Workspace and Bing.
I think people understate how miraculous LLMs are and overstate the usecases.
August 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I think people understate how miraculous LLMs are and overstate the usecases.
Did just realize that most of those apps already do that it's just called machine learning or modelling there and its expensive because it's niche made and training costs matter more than inference.
But, I still think making a point for super expensive AI is solid and thought provoking.
But, I still think making a point for super expensive AI is solid and thought provoking.
August 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Did just realize that most of those apps already do that it's just called machine learning or modelling there and its expensive because it's niche made and training costs matter more than inference.
But, I still think making a point for super expensive AI is solid and thought provoking.
But, I still think making a point for super expensive AI is solid and thought provoking.
Not for a generic coding app no certainly not, but what if they started shipping it with, for example, already super expensive niche engineering/modelling software that people are already willing to shell out tons for for reasons unknown.
You also need less revenue if the margins are normal.
You also need less revenue if the margins are normal.
August 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Not for a generic coding app no certainly not, but what if they started shipping it with, for example, already super expensive niche engineering/modelling software that people are already willing to shell out tons for for reasons unknown.
You also need less revenue if the margins are normal.
You also need less revenue if the margins are normal.
I mean, 200 dollars for a coding tool is super duper cheap and worth it if it increases employee/team productivity by only 5%.
That was always one of the weird parts of AI, it's priced like a gimmick, not an IT investment. We have way more expensive digital subscriptions per employee as IT.
That was always one of the weird parts of AI, it's priced like a gimmick, not an IT investment. We have way more expensive digital subscriptions per employee as IT.
August 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I mean, 200 dollars for a coding tool is super duper cheap and worth it if it increases employee/team productivity by only 5%.
That was always one of the weird parts of AI, it's priced like a gimmick, not an IT investment. We have way more expensive digital subscriptions per employee as IT.
That was always one of the weird parts of AI, it's priced like a gimmick, not an IT investment. We have way more expensive digital subscriptions per employee as IT.
I mean it's the blog for an AI coding tool, it's still making a positive case.
"Both effects together will push costs at the top level to $100k a year. Spending that magnitude of money on software is not without precedent, chip design licenses from Cadence or Synopsys are already $250k a year."
"Both effects together will push costs at the top level to $100k a year. Spending that magnitude of money on software is not without precedent, chip design licenses from Cadence or Synopsys are already $250k a year."
August 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I mean it's the blog for an AI coding tool, it's still making a positive case.
"Both effects together will push costs at the top level to $100k a year. Spending that magnitude of money on software is not without precedent, chip design licenses from Cadence or Synopsys are already $250k a year."
"Both effects together will push costs at the top level to $100k a year. Spending that magnitude of money on software is not without precedent, chip design licenses from Cadence or Synopsys are already $250k a year."
That's a super solid blog and I think she might be the only one making the point that it's going to be super expensive (100k per dev) and yet still worth it.
That's debatable, bit it's at least internally consistent.
That's debatable, bit it's at least internally consistent.
August 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
That's a super solid blog and I think she might be the only one making the point that it's going to be super expensive (100k per dev) and yet still worth it.
That's debatable, bit it's at least internally consistent.
That's debatable, bit it's at least internally consistent.
Like I don't even care if Copilot is bad, who cares, so is Teams, it still has a billion+ users because they have absolute market control.
So where is the Copilot story? Outside of coding everyone is using it for office documents anyways.
So where is the Copilot story? Outside of coding everyone is using it for office documents anyways.
July 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Like I don't even care if Copilot is bad, who cares, so is Teams, it still has a billion+ users because they have absolute market control.
So where is the Copilot story? Outside of coding everyone is using it for office documents anyways.
So where is the Copilot story? Outside of coding everyone is using it for office documents anyways.
What I don't get is why Copilot isn't the leader of the game, everyone uses Windows, everyone uses Office, I rarely find a business not using Sharepoint/Teams.
My biggest AI fear is that MS will just make it mandatory and raise the price.
But why do I hear so little about Copilot?
My biggest AI fear is that MS will just make it mandatory and raise the price.
But why do I hear so little about Copilot?
July 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
What I don't get is why Copilot isn't the leader of the game, everyone uses Windows, everyone uses Office, I rarely find a business not using Sharepoint/Teams.
My biggest AI fear is that MS will just make it mandatory and raise the price.
But why do I hear so little about Copilot?
My biggest AI fear is that MS will just make it mandatory and raise the price.
But why do I hear so little about Copilot?
Yeah added to this is the modern notion of changing companies each 2 to 3 years.
I work in IT, I'm a 110% sure most people have not achieved anything in those 2 to 3 years.
I work in IT, I'm a 110% sure most people have not achieved anything in those 2 to 3 years.
July 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yeah added to this is the modern notion of changing companies each 2 to 3 years.
I work in IT, I'm a 110% sure most people have not achieved anything in those 2 to 3 years.
I work in IT, I'm a 110% sure most people have not achieved anything in those 2 to 3 years.
Anecdotal but our CoPilot Enterprise license was also officially throttled down to "please use it on down times otherwise it might not be available" which ofcourse makes it largely useless.
Which would be bad if we actually saw much usage, which we don't.
Which would be bad if we actually saw much usage, which we don't.
July 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Anecdotal but our CoPilot Enterprise license was also officially throttled down to "please use it on down times otherwise it might not be available" which ofcourse makes it largely useless.
Which would be bad if we actually saw much usage, which we don't.
Which would be bad if we actually saw much usage, which we don't.
They did in fact protect those rights, and still are where they are in power.
July 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
They did in fact protect those rights, and still are where they are in power.
Doing stuff like giving people healthcare and protecting people's rights.
July 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Doing stuff like giving people healthcare and protecting people's rights.
Horrible liberals actually doing stuff instead of pontificating.
July 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Horrible liberals actually doing stuff instead of pontificating.
I'm amazed they're not aggressively adding advertisement yet.
I've always been amazed at how much advertisement money
is wasted on the internet, but I really expected that to be the actual revenue machine eventually. It is for Facebook and Google.
I've always been amazed at how much advertisement money
is wasted on the internet, but I really expected that to be the actual revenue machine eventually. It is for Facebook and Google.
June 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I'm amazed they're not aggressively adding advertisement yet.
I've always been amazed at how much advertisement money
is wasted on the internet, but I really expected that to be the actual revenue machine eventually. It is for Facebook and Google.
I've always been amazed at how much advertisement money
is wasted on the internet, but I really expected that to be the actual revenue machine eventually. It is for Facebook and Google.
Een flink deel van de reden dat het niet zo voelt is dat media, NRC ook, de hele tijd doet alsof er een economische crisis aan de hand is die niet bestaat.
De laatste jaren doet elke media mee met het hele "Niemand kan meer iets betalen!" circus.
De laatste jaren doet elke media mee met het hele "Niemand kan meer iets betalen!" circus.
May 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Een flink deel van de reden dat het niet zo voelt is dat media, NRC ook, de hele tijd doet alsof er een economische crisis aan de hand is die niet bestaat.
De laatste jaren doet elke media mee met het hele "Niemand kan meer iets betalen!" circus.
De laatste jaren doet elke media mee met het hele "Niemand kan meer iets betalen!" circus.