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  • Yes, I didn’t mean cryptography of course. :)

    There are some very useful use cases. One that I have a decent amount of experience in is upscaling SD (or even VHS) content. Depending on the quality of the source material, you can get very good results.

    I’ve also found LLMs helpful as a compliment to web searching for my work (I deal with lots of public datasets from international organisations); LLM queries have helped me find sources that I missed via directed search.

    It can also be helpful as guided learning/reference system for Linux CLI (I tend to forget the parts I rarely use) or even software application more broadly (used it to help learn about GIS applications that I needed to use to access historical weather data for a work project).












  • With that in mind, the DoE hopes microreactors could be used to power small, remote sites, with an eVinci described as a possible power source for a remote datacenter. The Radiant Kaleidos, meanwhile, is described as an alternative to a diesel generator, being a similar tractor-trailer-mounted size while being able to operate for five years without needing refueling.

    Alternative to diesel generator does not inspire confidence.

    I support nuclear power, but not litering the landscape with random small scale reactors that may or may not be well contained.







  • 486 were generally better up until Pentium 2 came out.

    No way. Late stage Pentiums were markedly better than 486.

    My parents bought a Pentium 1 133 mhz with Windows 95 in late 1996 and it worked great (for the time)

    At my parents work they had an 486 with Windows 95 and it was noticeably less responsive. It was not a fun experience. I don’t remember the exact model number of the 486 (I wasn’t even 10 years old back then), but I do remember Pentiums being generally much more performant than computers with 486. From memory, 486 computers generally ran Windows 3.11 and were not upgraded to Windows 95 (keep in mind that everything was pirated, licensed Windows copies among business users was more of mid-2000s thing where I lived).