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by Tadasuke
Tue May 21, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: Computers & the Internet
Topic: GPU and CPU news and discussions
Replies: 234
Views: 132996

Intel Xeon vs AMD EPYC

EPYC 4004 series are 4 to 16 cores CPUs for the AM5 platform, TDP 65 to 170 watts, clocked anywhere from 3.7 to 5.7 GHz, prices anywhere from 149 to 699 USD. As we can see, they seem to be significantly above current low-end Intel Xeon in performance, efficiency and value proposition. https://cdn.wc...
by Tadasuke
Tue May 21, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Computers & the Internet
Topic: Computers & the Internet News and Discussions
Replies: 240
Views: 237739

open tabs in a browser VS system RAM

This single website uses between 310 and 330 MB (!!!) of RAM on my computer in Google Chrome browser: https://i.postimg.cc/4xGTqjG8/24-05-21-GSMArena-Apple-i-Phone-SE-comparison-2016-vs-2020-vs-2022.png I remember browsing WWW using Sony PSP with 32 MB of total RAM back in 2005. Or earlier using a P...
by Tadasuke
Tue May 21, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: Biology & Medicine
Topic: Aging & Longevity News and Discussions
Replies: 314
Views: 286164

making good decisions

I've been saying since the 2000s, that what we want and need is not robotic nurses, caregivers or more human nursing, but making our bodies better, longer-lasting, less frail, more enduring (in whichever ways work best). We don't want to just be sickly mammals relying on robots to care for us all th...
by Tadasuke
Sat May 18, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: Home & Leisure
Topic: Smartphones News and Discussions
Replies: 60
Views: 37235

true smartphones performance, comparison to PCs, trends

As we know, smartphones are being gradually designed, engineered and produced to be faster and faster. 📱..↗️..↗️..↗️.. Real-world performance is a resultant of CPU speed, storage speed, memory speed, GPU speed, ASIC speed and all the latencies combined (bottlenecks are the worst). My observation is ...
by Tadasuke
Thu May 16, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: Biology & Medicine
Topic: Biology & Medicine News and Discussions
Replies: 636
Views: 504526

Dean Kamen talking about his ambitious enterprises and projects

In this episode, recorded during Abundance360 2024, Peter Diamandis and Dean Kamen discuss future of organ manufacturing, Moonshots, and more: • 15:40 | Creating Organs for Life-Saving Results (in the coming years) • 25:10 | Custom-Made Organs Now Possible (needs regulatory approval and production f...
by Tadasuke
Thu May 16, 2024 3:39 pm
Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
Topic: General gaming news and discussion
Replies: 423
Views: 340248

Mario Kart

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is now Nintendo's best-selling game ever with over 70 million copies! :o MK8D currently features 96 different race courses (divided into 12 different cups), 48 playable characters and 23 different items. On May 29th, the game will have its 10th anniversary (came out for Wii U and...
by Tadasuke
Wed May 15, 2024 7:41 am
Forum: Energy & the Environment
Topic: The Future of Food, Agriculture, and Aquaculture
Replies: 273
Views: 808514

lab-grown slaughter-free meat banned in 2 states ... why?

Why are some people making it harder for other people to do good and actually move their country forward? Not only scientists need to do difficult and costly science for extended periods of time, but also entrepreneurs need to be wary of difficult people, including politicians who make their lives h...
by Tadasuke
Mon May 13, 2024 7:08 am
Forum: Society & Demographics
Topic: Technological Unemployment News & Discussions
Replies: 225
Views: 1455702

a podcast episode talking about 'technological unemployment'

35 minutes talk between Chelsea Follett and Jay Richards - American analytic philosopher who focuses on the intersection of politics, philosophy, and religion. https://humanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DSC1215.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J3iFxn3fxos/maxresdefault.jpg https://open.spotify.c...
by Tadasuke
Tue May 07, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
Replies: 287
Views: 1511451

better and worse points regarding accelerating change

Some of Kurzweil's graphs are certainly true, correct and important. Here's an example - USA's GDP per capita graph in constant 2023 dollars, which is probably about correct (although it's unfortunately not purchasing power parity - PPP): https://i.postimg.cc/bvW2NP7y/image.png Some of his points ma...
by Tadasuke
Tue May 07, 2024 1:31 pm
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
Replies: 287
Views: 1511451

Re: The Singularity - Official Thread

Here's a short Amazon review of Terry Grossman's and Ray Kurzweil's 2004 book Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever : https://i.postimg.cc/YSjKpB7C/image.png It seems like the bridges to radical increases in longevity are not coming as quickly as some predicted. However, much of the sci...