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[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I wonder if they sell just the case. That's what I really want. That front plate screen is dope as fuck. Too bad what I have rn wouldn't fit in it. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Though I am also not sure about its actual dimensions (they have that info somewhere, right?) It might be slightly too tall to put it on the shelf I want to so it would end up in the same place my PC is right now: Behind the TV where I can't see it. ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

[โ€“] qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

3d print it.

[โ€“] apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

Its approx a 6 inch cube

[โ€“] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 138 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[โ€“] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's really unfortunate how much Anthony Bourdaine looks like Jeffery Epstein. Anthony doesn't deserve that

[โ€“] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

I literally thought it was Epstein on first look

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[โ€“] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anyone paying for Ai are also responsible for this. They are those who rent and create a profitable business. And I'm not just talking about users like Microsoft, but also people like you and me and smaller companies.

[โ€“] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

True, but paying a company $20 a month versus paying a company $200 or $2000 or $20000 or $200000 or $2000000 a month are all vastly different numbers.

[โ€“] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As an individual, yes. But the mass makes a big difference. Just because there are terrible companies throwing trash in the ocean does not mean it is okay for you to throw your single trash into it too. And if you do, you are not better than them, you just have less money to throw at it. That's the kind of message I'm trying to communicate.

[โ€“] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That's true too, there is a cumulative effect.

I guess I'm a shitty person then because I use AI (even outside of work where I'm chosing to use it and not forced to use it), although I guess shitty people can still do good things so maybe it's not all bad.

I do get it though, the way AI is being used, the way companies abuse it to replace employees and layoff thousands, tens of thousands, etc, and the environmental impact AI has from the sheer scale of it is destroying the environment is all terrible and indefensible, but ultimately I find it too helpful for me to go without using it.

[โ€“] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 hours ago

Mind you, I'm not 100% against using Ai. But it should be used responsibly, and only on your local hardware without paying money to support them. This doesn't solve the issue that the models are trained unethical. I have a few local Ai models installed, but my hardware is weak and it is only semi helpful for simple questions or brainstorming, or looking at simple functions (programming) to help with refactoring. Nothing else though.

Before you accuse me of being a hypocrit, I never said nobody should ever use Ai tools ever. My initial comment was about being bad person if you pay these companies money and support them this way. But ultimately you have your own definition of bad person, and if that is the most important thing in the world for you. And no, I'm also not Jesus. lol

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[โ€“] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 81 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah at 750 I'd buy one for my living room instead of an extra long hdmi cable from my gaming pc to the TV

[โ€“] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, I bought my current pc for that price in 2018. The steam machine is a step up in every department and comes preset to play games. At that price I'd get one for each member of my family so we could game together.

I'll turn to burgling data centers before I turn to steaming my pc.

before I turn to steaming my pc.

Typo?

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[โ€“] snoons@lemmy.ca 68 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (13 children)

To anyone that gives money to the ai companies:

Fuck You.

Anyone with a 401k

[โ€“] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Considering they lose money on every prompt, it's fuck them, not me

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[โ€“] FlordaMan@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago

That would have been awesome ):

[โ€“] shrewbacca@piefed.social 22 points 2 days ago

That was the price I was kinda hoping for.

Well, maybe next time.

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