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7 votes
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Best video editing apps for mobile in 2023
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Three lessons from Threema: Analysis of a secure messenger
7 votes -
Defective vapor chamber may be causing RX 7900 XTX overheating issue. A recall could be on the horizon.
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These are my old PC spare parts. I wanna build a new PC. What's the best I can do with those? (details in the post)
So I disassembled my old PC, and there are a few spare parts that I believe are still good. According to the technician, the motherboard is fried. I have no way to test this, so I'm believing him...
So I disassembled my old PC, and there are a few spare parts that I believe are still good. According to the technician, the motherboard is fried. I have no way to test this, so I'm believing him for now.
I wish to use those parts on a new desktop PC, but I have no idea where to begin... what do I need to buy new? Of what kind/brand/specification/pricepoint?
So here's what I got:
- AMD Ryzen 5 2400G processor
- with the AMD cooler that came with it
- 1TB 7200RPM non-SSD hard-drive
- 1 Ballistix by Micron 16GB 2400MHz RAM stick
- 1 240GB WD Green Sata SSD M.2 2280
I may have access to another 8GB RAM stick of unknown origins from my partner's old PC, but she's a bit protective of those things so I'll way for her to be home to open it in front of her :P
There's a power source attached to the case, which reads
ATX-600W
. Image1, image2.The computer case itself is a little beat up but I don't care about looks at all. Its external dimensions are 34.5cm by 35cm, with a width of 16cm. Here's how it looks (Xbox controller for scale).
I wanna build a new machine with the goals of:
- video editing
- so Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, some audio work, and maybe streaming.
- gaming
- nothing super high-end, I'll probably get one or two 1080p 24" monitors because 4K reduces my options quite a bit. But here are some of the games I'm looking forward to playing (all MMOs): World of Warcraft Classic and Retail, FFXIV, Guild Wars 2, and the upcoming Ashes of Creation (which I believe is an Unreal 5 game).
My budget (including the monitor or monitors) is roughly 1400 US dollars. I understand that is not a lot of money for the majority of Tildes users, but that is just my reality. My 1400 US dollars PC is very much a luxury around here.
If needed for budget purposes I can get just one monitor now, and another down the road.
So, what's the best I can do?
Thanks! ;)
10 votes - AMD Ryzen 5 2400G processor
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A bit of math around Cloudflare's R2 pricing model
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Apple introduces new AI-based audiobook narration service
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The hard truth about the cost of providing free ROMs and monthly updates…
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Non-binary DDR5 memory could be a game-changer for businesses everywhere
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KmCaster – Screencasting software to display keyboard and mouse status
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Mozilla to explore healthy social media alternative
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Meta prohibited from use of personal data for advertisement in Europe
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How to handle long-polling of XHR requests in PHP
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Private and public Mastodon
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The VHS-Decode project is an effort to improve the archiving of old analog video tapes
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MOSFET: A simple technology news source
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AI: Markets for Lemons, and the Great Logging Off
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The predatory US prison phone call industry is finally about to be fixed
15 votes -
3D printing my own abdomen for robot surgery
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Two C64s plus a pile of floppy disks equals one accordion
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Mastodon, the small web, and decentralisation: Thoughts on running a small instance
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Megathread for news/updates/discussion about Musk's takeover of Twitter – Part 1
The chaos doesn't seem likely to end anytime soon, does it?
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Comcast Xfinity accounts hacked in widespread 2FA bypass attacks
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DIY Blu-Ray laser scanning microscope
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[SOLVED] Google logged my mother out of all devices and now she can't login
[SOLVED] Thank you so much for everyone's support and suggestions, it seems that I may have overreacted a little bit. One of the things that I did was send a form to Google, but the form was not...
[SOLVED]
Thank you so much for everyone's support and suggestions, it seems that I may have overreacted a little bit. One of the things that I did was send a form to Google, but the form was not really for this issue, so I wasn't hopeful at all. To my surprise, I received a message just now with instructions to recover the account and change the 2-factor phone number to my mother's current one. The cause of the issue is not clear, but whatever it was, they sorted it out. She is obviously ecstatic, when I went to her house two days ago I couldn't disguise my pessimism.
I set her recovery email to my own and will generate recovery codes shortly, so we're good for now. I instructed her on how to download all her data from Google (it's easier than I thought), just because this made her quite paranoid, and I'll take the opportunity to gradually move my family out of Google, as well as myself. Thanks for being so supportive, this was very stressful, to say the least! Sometimes it's nice to know we're not alone ;)
Original post
So, for some reason Google logged my mother of everything at once: browsers in two laptops and two smartphones (one Android and one iPhone). Trying to recover the account sends a message to a cellphone number she no longer has. I understand Google is basically unreachable, but there must be something I can do, right? We're not famous, but she does pay for YouTube Premium.
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Netflix will be next on Microsoft’s shopping list
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YouTube moderation bots will start issuing warnings, 24-hour bans
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Readup's 2022 in review
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Discovering Language Model Behaviors with Model-Written Evaluations
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A tech worker is selling a children's book he made using AI, then the death threats started
15 votes -
Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras. Despite claims of only using local storage, Eufy has been uploading identifiable footage to the cloud.
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Riffusion – Stable Diffusion fine-tuned to generate music
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ChatGPT part 2: Let’s talk implications
The previous thread is pretty crowded with running a variety of prompts. I would like to create a separate one dedicated to talking about the implications and applications of such AI systems in...
The previous thread is pretty crowded with running a variety of prompts. I would like to create a separate one dedicated to talking about the implications and applications of such AI systems in the everyday world.
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Mastodon and the Fediverse explained (Why you can follow PeerTube users on Mastodon)
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ChatGPT Dec 15 update
We're excited to announce several updates to ChatGPT! Here's what's new: General performance: Among other improvements, users will notice that ChatGPT is now less likely to refuse to answer...
We're excited to announce several updates to ChatGPT! Here's what's new:
- General performance: Among other improvements, users will notice that ChatGPT is now less likely to refuse to answer questions.
- Conversation history: You’ll soon be able to view past conversations with ChatGPT, rename your saved conversations and delete the ones you don’t want to keep. We are gradually rolling out this feature.
- Daily limit: To ensure a high-quality experience for all ChatGPT users, we are experimenting with a daily message cap. If you’re included in this group, you’ll be presented with an option to extend your access by providing feedback to ChatGPT.
To see if you’re using the updated version, look for “ChatGPT Dec 15 Version” at the bottom of the screen.
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes
9 votes -
Try not to be evil
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Students rebel against heat-sensing crotch monitor surveillance devices
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A blameless post-mortem of USA v. Joseph Sullivan (Uber’s former CSO)
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What's the best laptop for performance?
I am looking to buy a new laptop soon because of the holiday deals. I am looking for a laptop with: high performance (most important) high battery life (i dont mind carrying a charger around, but...
I am looking to buy a new laptop soon because of the holiday deals.
I am looking for a laptop with:
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high performance (most important)
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high battery life (i dont mind carrying a charger around, but I would like not to).
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does not overheat too much (not much of a problem since I will be living in basically a tundra for the next few months, but it might be a problem around summer).
My current laptop is a Macbook. I don't mind buying another one but I prefer Windows so I can game. My one problem with Windows is that every time I buy a Windows laptop, it gets slow as fuck for no reason after a month of use, which isn't a problem I've had with my Mac.
Cost isn't much of an issue. And feel free to get into the nerdy details. I don't know much about hardware and would like to learn.
Thanks!
EDIT: If you have any recs for cool accessories, let me know about those as well.
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Let's talk about ChatGPT
Edit: Some interactions with the bot I posted in the comments, if you are curious about potential prompts: https://tildes.net/~tech/13lj/lets_talk_about_chatgpt#comment-7lw6 I have been...
Edit: Some interactions with the bot I posted in the comments, if you are curious about potential prompts: https://tildes.net/~tech/13lj/lets_talk_about_chatgpt#comment-7lw6
I have been obsessively reading about ChatGPT since it came out. I'm going to skip introducing it for those who don't know yet (please go ahead and click the link, and do some googling), because I just.. need to vent.
I have experimented with it. A bunch. I'm also pretty familiar with GPT's capabilities from before. And ChatGPT still took me by surprise.
Still, as of four days ago, I did not believe we were there yet. Hell, I didn't believe we would get there within my lifetime, and now, it's there.
"But Adys, you don't understand the limitations!"
Yeah, no, see, I understand the limitations. I understand this is the version that is still in its infancy, is crippled by stupid decisions from OpenAI, is not running on GPT-4 yet, and doesn't yet have things such as some layer of eg. checking correctness.
But I also understand the potential. HN has been full of people crying out how we're not at AGI yet but DOES THIS MATTER? Planes are still decades away from displacing most bird jobs.
I think anyone who isn't currently in utter shock at how good ChatGPT is, is either:
- Somehow woefully misinformed (eg. the less tech literates I've shown it to have asked me "Can't Siri do this?")
- In complete denial about the potential of the technology
- Utterly thick
I want to cry on every corner of every street that we are at the edge of the AI revolution.
The "problems" that are left are not necessarily easy, but they're also not necessarily hard. For example, GPT's tendency to bullshit is problematic but there are ways to verify output, and those ways can themselves be automated and feed back into GPT.
I have never, in my life, been so taken aback by a technological advancement. I'm flashing back to the scene in Westworld: "It's not possible. Technology isn't there yet."
Like, no, this isn't skynet, person of interest, westworld, or anything like this. But it is something. Something very different, very unique. The world is about to completely change. And I want to stress this: EVERYONE I've seen argue against this has been in very obvious denial. I'll be happy to hear you out if you disagree, but if your only argument is that this isn't exactly the AI you expected / it can't solve the exact problem you throw at it, I'll refer you to better birds and faster horses.
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Common sense keyword research: The quickest way to find niche ideas for free
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AI homework
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Signal’s president Meredith Whittaker on what’s next for the private messaging app
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ChatGPT's political compass
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Twitter turns its back on open-source development
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Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s US bank fraud charges to be dismissed
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Apple makes plans to move production out of China
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Transporting a desktop PC
So, next year, I will spend two 3-month periods at a place that is 1400km away from my home. Because of my somewhat large, superfast dog, with a tendency to run away and topple people, I will have...
So, next year, I will spend two 3-month periods at a place that is 1400km away from my home. Because of my somewhat large, superfast dog, with a tendency to run away and topple people, I will have to go by car, dog in hand (don't worry, I won't be driving :P). Each roundtrip amounts to 42 hours on the road.
At the same time, I'm budgeting for a new desktop workstation for gaming and video editing (so both fun and work). I could get a much inferior gamer laptop with the money, but I wanna have a good machine for things like Adobe After Effects, and the inferior part bothers me quite a bit.
Hence the question: how can I safely transport a desktop PC plus monitor for an 84-hour car trip? Should I take it "whole"? Disassembled? Or not at all? I really don't wanna screw up my brand-new PC!
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Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices. CryWiper masquerades as ransomware, but its real purpose is to permanently destroy data.
12 votes -
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company does not have plans to stop selling the antisemitic film that gained notoriety recently after Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving tweeted out an Amazon link to it
8 votes