Bartek Ogryczak
@vartec.bsky.social
I block dumb people.
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NY style pizza cultural dominance. Erasure of Chicago and Detroit style pizzas.
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
NY style pizza cultural dominance. Erasure of Chicago and Detroit style pizzas.
FWIW, I built mine in a hurry before the tariffs kicked in. I totally didn't foresee RAM price going bonkers independently of that.
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
FWIW, I built mine in a hurry before the tariffs kicked in. I totally didn't foresee RAM price going bonkers independently of that.
I'm glad I built mine a few months ago.
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I'm glad I built mine a few months ago.
Read my post again. I said it's going to go down, which is the same thing you said.
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Read my post again. I said it's going to go down, which is the same thing you said.
We don't know that. Kinda feels insane to make bold predictions about the next 5 years, when you consider that the whole genAI market only existed for 3 years.
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We don't know that. Kinda feels insane to make bold predictions about the next 5 years, when you consider that the whole genAI market only existed for 3 years.
The thing is they aren't valued for just growing, they're valued for a hockey stick growth that's as fast as the AI itself. Their market cap is 30× their current annual revenue. So they have to _at least_ keep growing at 2× for the next 5 years to justify that valuation.
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The thing is they aren't valued for just growing, they're valued for a hockey stick growth that's as fast as the AI itself. Their market cap is 30× their current annual revenue. So they have to _at least_ keep growing at 2× for the next 5 years to justify that valuation.
Their valuation assumes they'll keep eating 100% of the AI pie, which is already not true. They already lost at least a quarter of the market.
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Their valuation assumes they'll keep eating 100% of the AI pie, which is already not true. They already lost at least a quarter of the market.
Remember when electrifying things was seen as a way to cut down pollution? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Remember when electrifying things was seen as a way to cut down pollution? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
The UK electoral system is also first-past-the-post. Theirs is even worse, a party that got 33% of votes got 411 of 650 seats.
I'm talking about proportional representation voting, where the results align more or less with the popular vote. Like in continental Europe for example.
I'm talking about proportional representation voting, where the results align more or less with the popular vote. Like in continental Europe for example.
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The UK electoral system is also first-past-the-post. Theirs is even worse, a party that got 33% of votes got 411 of 650 seats.
I'm talking about proportional representation voting, where the results align more or less with the popular vote. Like in continental Europe for example.
I'm talking about proportional representation voting, where the results align more or less with the popular vote. Like in continental Europe for example.
Isn't the H800 the one that's intentionally less efficient to bypass export restrictions?
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Isn't the H800 the one that's intentionally less efficient to bypass export restrictions?
Is it though? Inference is incredibly power efficient. If I microwave popcorn, that's going to use more energy than 1,000 LLM queries. Roasting a Thanksgiving turkey is like 50,000 queries.
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Is it though? Inference is incredibly power efficient. If I microwave popcorn, that's going to use more energy than 1,000 LLM queries. Roasting a Thanksgiving turkey is like 50,000 queries.
Anyway, but to the topic at hand, the US legislature is incredibly stagnant. Hardly anything ever changes. It took 203 years to pass the 27th Amendment. And that was 33 years ago.
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Anyway, but to the topic at hand, the US legislature is incredibly stagnant. Hardly anything ever changes. It took 203 years to pass the 27th Amendment. And that was 33 years ago.
How do you think modern universal healthcare is financed? Payroll contributions. In Germany for example it's 7.3% of the salary plus 100% match from the employer.
We can no true Scotsman, and split hairs, but let's not pretend that Bismarck's state run public healthcare wasn't public healthcare.
We can no true Scotsman, and split hairs, but let's not pretend that Bismarck's state run public healthcare wasn't public healthcare.
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
How do you think modern universal healthcare is financed? Payroll contributions. In Germany for example it's 7.3% of the salary plus 100% match from the employer.
We can no true Scotsman, and split hairs, but let's not pretend that Bismarck's state run public healthcare wasn't public healthcare.
We can no true Scotsman, and split hairs, but let's not pretend that Bismarck's state run public healthcare wasn't public healthcare.
He established public state run health insurance and public healthcare. Which is more that we have in the US 140 years later.
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
He established public state run health insurance and public healthcare. Which is more that we have in the US 140 years later.
Wrong. Social healthcare and social pension systems were first introduced by von Bismarck in the 1880s, then quickly spread to the rest of Europe.
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Wrong. Social healthcare and social pension systems were first introduced by von Bismarck in the 1880s, then quickly spread to the rest of Europe.
Do they? Like the biggest achievement of the last five decades is Obamacare, which is like 10% of the way to what the developed countries had for a century or two.
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Do they? Like the biggest achievement of the last five decades is Obamacare, which is like 10% of the way to what the developed countries had for a century or two.
It's either a number of another victim or just a spoofed random number.
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It's either a number of another victim or just a spoofed random number.
Counterpoint: For things to be better you need an actual democracy, rather than a two party system. There's no way the two parties in power will ever allow that.
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Counterpoint: For things to be better you need an actual democracy, rather than a two party system. There's no way the two parties in power will ever allow that.
For additional security I always rot13 twice.
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
For additional security I always rot13 twice.