Chris Ainsley

Author of Adventuron.

Enjoys old movies, AI, text adventures, programming.

DGX Spark x 2.

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@AiXsatoshi GPU 1枚だけでどうやって動かしてるの？2-bit量子化？もしそうなら、GPU 2枚の場合でもNVFP4のメリットはあるはずだよね？

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

As I get older I have less and less tolerance for complexity. I just want to chill in space, and look at my pods on my #raspberrypi. Works best with space cabin white noise.

I used codex / shadcn / Radix UI to help create the dashboard.

Bit of work remains on design (inconsistent colors for example on the system memory card and the namespace card). Needs logo / app name. Optional glass. Search bar.

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@Hikari_07_jp NVFP4だと思ってる。もしそうなら、品質の低下はどうやって評価してるの？ あと、将来的にはもっと積極的な speculative enhancements を入れられる可能性もあると思ってる？

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@Hikari_07_jp すごいですね。RTX Pro 6000を2枚搭載した場合、単一セッションではどの程度の速度を見込んでいますか？（トークン生成速度［tokens per second］とプリフィル速度［prefill］の両方について）

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@mr_r0b0t Memory will be capped at 64GB to stop them from cannibalising the spark.

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@mr_r0b0t It's probably going to be a consumer version of the spark. Less CPUs, probably less memory. Likely same memory bandwidth. That's my guess anyway. 64GB of RAM for $2800 with 1TB of storage is my guess.

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@tomwarren Nvidia has come a long way. The VIA deal to break in x86 CPUs falling through. Then Nvidia was blocked agin with the original Project Denver which was going to be x86. 15 years later now they don't have to ask permission. The door may still be closed but the walls are gone.

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@tomwarren Nvidia has come a long way. The VIA deal to break in x86 CPUs falling through. Then Nvidia was blocked agin with the original Project Denver which was going to be x86. 15 years later now they don't have to ask permission. The door may still be closed but the walls are gone.

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@stevibe On two sparks? nvfp4? What config?

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

Whenever I feel imposter syndrome I remember that Ed somehow floated to the top. So tone deaf that your plan is more conditional handouts, which is to say, the taxpayer will pay to save themselves money, or the taxpayers children.

[Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband]

1/ The rise in the price cap because of a war we did not choose is deeply unwelcome news for households across the country.

We know people were under pressure before this crisis, and that’s why easing that burden is our number one priority.

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@JamiescottUV 20 - 60%.

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@hardistymark This really is the end of days. What future for the young in this our green, pleasant and broken land?

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Hot water bottles are back.

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Two days in a row without hot water bottles and counting.

Is this global warming?

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@mabanham Hanging midway for me too. Slow.

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@hardistymark Evergreen

https://t.co/jPxB0cUNDe

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@PixelCNinja I was in Japan when the PSP was released and picked this up along with the original PSP. I couldn't believe that they fit what looked like PS2 into a handheld. God tier handheld but so happy the ds was underpowered as we had continuity of great 2d games.

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

Terrible isn't it? I had to study for 12 months in my mid 40s, just to get past the stunt algo question layer. Not useful technology. I studied interview questions and algorithms that I would never ever be require to cite from memory in my daily life. Memorisation is not skill.

[Aditya @_adityaa21]

One of my online friends shared this with me yesterday.

Working full-time job.
Sleeping 4 hours daily for months.
No gym.
No social life.
Just office + LeetCode + stress.

He solved graphs, DP, trees… grinded every single day.

Then in the interview they asked some random O(1) data structure problem he had never seen before.

Rejected again.

And the worst part?
He genuinely loves tech.
Distributed systems, databases, backend engineering… that’s what excites him.
But now he feels like he’s not smart enough because interviews keep breaking him.

Sad reality:
A lot of talented developers are burning out trying to crack interviews instead of actually becoming better engineers.

One bad interview doesn’t mean you’re a bad engineer.
But this industry really makes people feel that way sometimes.

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@hardistymark What is the endgame of all of this? Anyone who is at all hard-working and entrepreneurial will leave.

[Chris Ainsley @ainslec]

@hardistymark It's madness. Absolute madness. These regions are not Florence. If they ever flirted with tourism this puts an end to it now.