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Andy Vitek
Andy Vitek
@avitek.bsky.social
Political science professor. Teacher/researcher of terrorism and extremism with a focus on the far-right. As likely to post about 40k, gaming, hip-hop or football as stuff that actually matters. #BillsMafia
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To everyone responding to this with some variation of "well, it's Iowa:" provide literally any amount of evidence that shows Democrats benefiting from opportunistic transphobia. Like you can't even pull the realpolitik > ethics card because it's both morally abhorrent and politically worthless.
Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.
To be clear: I don't despise Matt Yglesias because he's an insipid dipshit who spent his entire career failing upward. I despise Matt Yglesias because he's an insipid dipshit who spent his entire career failing upward AND has the political instincts of an over-ripe butternut squash.
A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"
At this point the Atlanta Falcons are just trying to turn @mikesenters.bsky.social into the Joker.
It's more euthanasia, as Bioware has been a shell of itself for over a decade, but this is still so bitter. EA now adds the slow murder of one of the most iconic developers of all time to its generationally rancid track record. I might have to roll up a Mass Effect run in tribute 🕯️
BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ok, time for a teaching thread, because responses both to this and other posts make it clear that there are some fundamental misunderstandings about the realities of modern computer hardware, and it's causing people to take the bullshit of AI hucksters seriously, so here we go.
I will say this again: running an AI model on a phone or smart TV is like trying to run the latest 'Call of Duty' game on a potato battery. A SINGLE server rack in an AI data center has the computing power of literally thousands of high-end gaming PCs. This is pre-IPO bullshit.
Network hardware is another equally critical bottleneck. bsky.app/profile/tmon...
You could also talk about the networking components since the computing would be distributed in both cases. Your smart fridge: 100 Mbps Typical ISP connection: 10-1000 Mbps Interconnects between nodes in an AI data center: 400,000-1,600,000 Mbps They need to be able to talk to each other QUICKLY.
Ok, time for a teaching thread, because responses both to this and other posts make it clear that there are some fundamental misunderstandings about the realities of modern computer hardware, and it's causing people to take the bullshit of AI hucksters seriously, so here we go.
I will say this again: running an AI model on a phone or smart TV is like trying to run the latest 'Call of Duty' game on a potato battery. A SINGLE server rack in an AI data center has the computing power of literally thousands of high-end gaming PCs. This is pre-IPO bullshit.
The problem is that raw computing power is only one variable in this situation. The other, and equally important variable is bandwidth, in particular with memory. Think of bandwidth as your data transport pipes, which is why your newer smartphone with newer RAM loads apps faster than your old phone.
Ok, time for a teaching thread, because responses both to this and other posts make it clear that there are some fundamental misunderstandings about the realities of modern computer hardware, and it's causing people to take the bullshit of AI hucksters seriously, so here we go.
I will say this again: running an AI model on a phone or smart TV is like trying to run the latest 'Call of Duty' game on a potato battery. A SINGLE server rack in an AI data center has the computing power of literally thousands of high-end gaming PCs. This is pre-IPO bullshit.
I will say this again: running an AI model on a phone or smart TV is like trying to run the latest 'Call of Duty' game on a potato battery. A SINGLE server rack in an AI data center has the computing power of literally thousands of high-end gaming PCs. This is pre-IPO bullshit.
The most indebted corporations in America right now are, at their core, computer virus companies. They think the computer viruses are their girlfriends, so they think this absolves them of guilt. Let's find out!
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My “A Short History of Nazi-Satanism,” the first comprehensive overview of Nazi-Satanism, is finally out! Runs from the 1970s alliances b/t the Church of Satan & neo-Nazi groups thru today’s Order of Nine Angles and NVE. Link for PDF download. (captcha req) escholarship.org/uc/item/1f57...
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There are too many people in congress who would be happier doing this, and that's part of why our politics is so stupid bsky.app/profile/avit...
So Nancy Mace is now hosting a podcast called 'Get Maced' in a leather catsuit. And no you did not hallucinate that sentence.