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  1. Comment on Shadow fleet dominates Hormuz crossings as Iran ramps up bypass loadings in ~transport

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    For anyone who like me wanted mostly to know what the Shadow Fleet is, it's at the very end and it's about what you might expect:

    For anyone who like me wanted mostly to know what the Shadow Fleet is, it's at the very end and it's about what you might expect:

    • Lloyd’s List defines a tanker as being part of the Shadow Fleet if it engages in one or more deceptive shipping practices indicating that it is involved in the facilitation of sanctioned oil cargoes from Iran, Russia or Venezuela. Or it is sanctioned for participation in sanctioned oil trades or is sanctioned for links to a company that is sanctioned for facilitating the export of sanctioned oil. Or it participates in a cargo delivery where at some point over the course of the delivery one party in the chain engages in one or more deceptive shipping practices.
      Lloyd’s List defines an LPG carrier as being part of the LPG Shadow Fleet if it engages in one or more deceptive shipping practices, or if it is sanctioned by the US, UK or EU.
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  2. Comment on Why do I almost never catch colds anymore? in ~health

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    Interesting observation! I feel like I too get way fewer colds than I did before covid, but in my case it's probably because I also drink 99+% less than I did before covid. Maybe something like...

    Interesting observation! I feel like I too get way fewer colds than I did before covid, but in my case it's probably because I also drink 99+% less than I did before covid. Maybe something like that is a factor for you too - do you live a more healthy lifestyle now?

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Charli XCX reveals she wants to ‘quit music’ for new career path in ~music

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    That would make me so sad but really, after years of relative obscurity followed by the phenomenon that is Brat, I'm not surprised. Topping Brat would be nearly impossible, and so many musicians...

    That would make me so sad but really, after years of relative obscurity followed by the phenomenon that is Brat, I'm not surprised. Topping Brat would be nearly impossible, and so many musicians futz along releasing mediocre music after they've lost the spark.

    At least this way, if she's making movies that she's jazzed up about, we might still get to see some some more magic out of Charli XCX.

    13 votes

  4. Comment on Is it worthwhile to run local LLMs for coding today? in ~comp

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    So interesting timing on this question. Replying to you because you seem to know what you're talking about and I'm curious what you think. I'm waiting on delivery of a pair of Nvidia Tesla P40...

    So interesting timing on this question. Replying to you because you seem to know what you're talking about and I'm curious what you think.

    I'm waiting on delivery of a pair of Nvidia Tesla P40 data center GPUs. You can get them used on ebay right now for a little over $200/ea, shipped. They each have 24gb vram, and I'm planning to put them into a machine with 64gb ram. (You do have to come up with a cooling solution as they're made to have server-grade blower fans wind-tunneling them, I found some cheap 3d printed shrouds that funnel 120mm fans through them. They also have non-standard power inputs so you need adapters for that too.)

    My understanding is I should be able to run 70b parameter models with a decent context window and speeds - does that sound realistic to you? In any case I'll find out next week!

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  5. Comment on Living human brain cells play DOOM on a CL1 in ~tech

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    When a person has a stroke or other traumatic brain injury, parts of their brain stop working, and their awareness dims. When we were little kids, our brains grew and our awareness brightened....

    When a person has a stroke or other traumatic brain injury, parts of their brain stop working, and their awareness dims.

    When we were little kids, our brains grew and our awareness brightened.

    Where is the line? Who's to say that there isn't a glimmer of consciousness in these smears of human brain cells that are showing us they can learn and remember?

    It's fascinating research, but also horrific.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Tell me about your favourite web-based logic puzzles! in ~games

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    Wow, thanks! I'll try it out now! Edit: it worked! If that was you who friend-requested me sorry but I accidentally removed you after adding. The "remove" button was cut off visually and I didn't...

    Wow, thanks! I'll try it out now!

    Edit: it worked! If that was you who friend-requested me sorry but I accidentally removed you after adding. The "remove" button was cut off visually and I didn't realize what I was clicking. Also friends show up as a GUID so idk who it was that requested me lol.

  7. Comment on The fifty most underappreciated movies of the 21st century in ~movies

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    It's been a very long time since I've seen it, but this is how I felt about Donnie Darko. To me that movie was like, "Oh look, here's a series of weird images," which is fine if they're telling a...

    It's been a very long time since I've seen it, but this is how I felt about Donnie Darko. To me that movie was like, "Oh look, here's a series of weird images," which is fine if they're telling a coherent story, but in the end Donnie Darko just added up to nothing. Someone once told me that you have to read/watch some companion piece or other to understand it, which completely loses me.

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  8. Comment on Tell me about your favourite web-based logic puzzles! in ~games

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    I'll keep an eye out for that! I really enjoy it and expect I'll keep playing. I wouldn't have tried it if I had to make an account, but now I'd like one so my entire play history isn't just in FF...

    I am currently working on a guest -> account conversion flow so you don't lose your progress and that will allow cross device play/progress rather than being tied to a single browser instance.

    I'll keep an eye out for that! I really enjoy it and expect I'll keep playing.

    Out of curiosity, is creating an account a deal breaker for you?

    I wouldn't have tried it if I had to make an account, but now I'd like one so my entire play history isn't just in FF mobile's LocalStorage or whatever.

    Right now, the only sign up options are Google/Discord. I also have username/pwd but that's a bit clunkier for the daily game flow with needing to confirm email etc. Are there other "social logins" you would prefer? Was looking into adding Sign in with apple and Meta

    I would probably use the username/password signup, but might use the Google option if I was feeling especially lazy.

    Thanks for making it! 😊

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Tell me about your favourite web-based logic puzzles! in ~games

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    Noun Sense is great! Sent it to a friend and he seems hooked too. Is there a way to set your name? The top right menu just says "Guest" for me, but it also has the option to log out. Did I create...

    Noun Sense is great! Sent it to a friend and he seems hooked too.

    Is there a way to set your name? The top right menu just says "Guest" for me, but it also has the option to log out. Did I create a user named "Guest"? 😂

    2 votes

  10. Comment on What's an obscure book/series that you've read that you would like to recommend? in ~books

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    I've read Lord of Light! It's my favorite Zelazny that I've read (Amber, Damnation Alley, The Dream Master, This Immortal). The way that book is fantasy but it's also scifi just kills me, so...

    I've read Lord of Light! It's my favorite Zelazny that I've read (Amber, Damnation Alley, The Dream Master, This Immortal).

    The way that book is fantasy but it's also scifi just kills me, so unique. And the "Biblical" prose defies easy categorization but works so well for the story.

    Part of me hopes that at the end of A Song of Ice and Fire, GRRM reveals that his Westeros/Essos world is another planet in the same system as the one where Lord of Light takes place, that the humans in the story are descendants of ancient marooned spacefarers, and all the magic elements in the story are explained by hyper-advanced technology. Martin did acknowledge borrowing his Lord of Light's name from his friend Zelazny, so it's possible!

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Why Vegas doesn't care if you visit anymore in ~finance

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    I get turned off by how they sensationalize things. And I seem to recall a conversation on Tildes in the last few months were some folks had some criticisms of them, but I can't remember beyond that.

    I get turned off by how they sensationalize things. And I seem to recall a conversation on Tildes in the last few months were some folks had some criticisms of them, but I can't remember beyond that.

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  12. Comment on Hold on to your hardware in ~tech

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    Now I understand why all the ECC RAM I buy usually comes in generic packaging! Thanks.

    Now I understand why all the ECC RAM I buy usually comes in generic packaging! Thanks.

  13. Comment on Hold on to your hardware in ~tech

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    I guess maybe things have changed since then, but at the end of 2023 I bought this Samsung RAM kit from Newegg...

    I guess maybe things have changed since then, but at the end of 2023 I bought this Samsung RAM kit from Newegg

    https://www.newegg.com/samsung-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/1X5-000A-001B3?tpk=1&item=1X5-000A-001B3

    Or maybe this was some kind of grey market sale, even though it was sold and shipped by Newegg themselves?

    In any case thanks for the clarification on what Micron's announcement means.

  14. Comment on Hold on to your hardware in ~tech

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    Well I've also got Samsung- and Hynix-branded RAM, though I can't recall if I've ever seen Micron-branded RAM. So you're saying that Micron will keep selling RAM to consumers, just not under the...

    Well I've also got Samsung- and Hynix-branded RAM, though I can't recall if I've ever seen Micron-branded RAM.

    So you're saying that Micron will keep selling RAM to consumers, just not under the Crucial line?

  15. Comment on Hold on to your hardware in ~tech

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    I have SSDs that are branded Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron. Are you saying that Micron is going to stop selling the more consumer-targeted Crucial-branded products, but that they will keep selling...

    I have SSDs that are branded Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron. Are you saying that Micron is going to stop selling the more consumer-targeted Crucial-branded products, but that they will keep selling the more prosumer/SMB Micron-branded products to consumers?

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Ponderings on unicode support on the site, re: punycode, tags, etc in ~tildes

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    I don't have much to add except that I wonder how often you would get collisions? Like, how often is the transliteration already taken by another real source?

    I don't have much to add except that I wonder how often you would get collisions? Like, how often is the transliteration already taken by another real source?

    4 votes

  17. Comment on US Supreme Court strikes down Donald Trump's tariffs in ~society

  18. Comment on AI is coming for culture in ~tech

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    https://ghostarchive.org/archive/UB3tc Edit: damn, the article content loads for a second and then the paywall pops up. It's probably something you could get around in devtools but I'm on mobile atm.

    https://ghostarchive.org/archive/UB3tc

    Edit: damn, the article content loads for a second and then the paywall pops up. It's probably something you could get around in devtools but I'm on mobile atm.

    4 votes

  19. Comment on Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin, European nations say in ~society

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    ???

    I still vividly remember his phone call with the agent who poisoned him where he pretended to be the guy's higher up and was grilling him about why he fucked up the assassination, and getting the guy to explain exactly how he carried out the poisoning (the whole toxin in the underwear thing).

    ???

    2 votes

  20. Comment on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend $38 billion on warehouse conversions in ~society

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    You can. They'll probably use a concrete saw or jackhammer to break a channel where the water and sewer pipes need to go, lay them, and then concrete back over the top.

    You can. They'll probably use a concrete saw or jackhammer to break a channel where the water and sewer pipes need to go, lay them, and then concrete back over the top.

    5 votes