#Linus Tech Tips

[madeupfromglue]

new biotech video on pinkie tech tips

[river-taxbird]

What does AI actually look like?

There has been a lot of talk about the negative externalities of AI, how much power it uses, how much water it uses, but I feel like people often discuss these things like they are abstract concepts, or people discuss AI like it is this intangible thing that exists off in "The cloud" somewhere, but I feel like a lot of people don't know what the infrastructure of AI actually is, and how it uses all that power and water, so I would like to recommend this video from Linus Tech Tips, where he looks at a supercomputer that is used for research in Canada. To be clear I do not have anything against supercomputers in general and they allow important work to be done, but before the AI bubble, you didn't need one, unless you needed it. The recent AI bubble is trying to get this stuff into the hands of way more people than needed them before, which is causing a lot more datacenter build up, which is causing their companies to abandon climate goals. So what does AI actually look like?

First of all, it uses a lot of hardware. It is basically normal computer hardware, there is just a lot of it networked together.

Hundreds of hard drives all spinning constantly

Each one of the blocks in this image is essentially a powerful PC, that you would still be happy to have as your daily driver today even though the video is seven years old. There are 576 of them, and other more powerful compute nodes for bigger datasets.

The GPU section, each one of these drawers contains like four datacenter level graphics cards. People are fitting a lot more of them into servers now than they were then.

Now for the cooling and the water. Each cabinet has a thick door, with a water cooled radiator in it. In summer, they even spray water onto the radiator directly so it can be cooled inside and out.

They are all fed from the pump room, which is the floor above. A bunch of pumps and pipes moving the water around, and it even has cooling towers outside that the water is pumped out into on hot days.

So is this cool? Yes. Is it useful? Also yes. Anyone doing biology, chemistry, physics, simulations, even stuff like social sciences, and even legitimate uses of analytical ai is glad stuff like this exists. It is very useful for analysing huge datasets, but how many people actually do that? Do you? The same kind of stuff is also used for big websites with youtube. But the question is, is it worth building hundreds more datacenters just like this one, so people can automatically generate their emails, have an automatic source of personal attention from a computer, and generate incoherent images for social media clicks? Didn't tech companies have climate targets, once?

[nonenosome2]

Stop accepting the premise of assholes.

-Louis Rossman

[sillywolfsoup]

Osaka Tech Tips

[transfaguette]

whenever another victim chooses to share their story when the perpetrator is currently already under social media scrutiny assholes are always like "hmm convenient timing to come out with your story" like yeah actually its a lot easier to speak out against someone when their bad behavior has already been exposed vs when their public opinion is at an all time high. who would have thought.

[thisismybrainrot]

thank you, content creator ADHD awareness

(tw: mental health)

I recently watched the “accidental technical difficulties podcast” Jan (PChal) and Tanner (Smallant) made, and it made me feel so validated and hopeful.

For context: I got diagnosed with ADHD earlier this month, but have probably had it since childhood. I've been struggling with it hard, and have had severe self-worth issues due to my seeming inability to get anything done productively and control my impulsive tendencies. I suspected that I had it for a while now, but between self-doubt and a waiting list that was over a year long, getting the diagnosis took some time.

In the video, Jan and Tanner talked about their ADHD, how they deal with it, and that they know a lot of other content creators that have it (with Jan going so far as to say he thinks content creation might self-select to favor people with ADHD). I heard that, and felt so much better about the situation I'm in. These are creators I look up to, who's work I respect, who do things I wish I could be able to do. That made me, for the first time really, be hopeful about my future.

I've since found out about many other content creators I know have ADHD, like Jacob Alpharad, Linus with the Tech Tips, RubberRoss, Giwi etc. (I guess Jan might be onto something). It's been a great awakening, and I guess I'm writing this to say thanks:

Thank you, all you content creators, that are open about your ADHD.

It really means the world to me to have you to look up to as role models, as a proof for me that there are ways to deal with this, do the things you love, and live a happy and successful life.

PS: Here is the link to the "podcast" episode mentioned at the beginning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYMbif-BmWM

[ierofrnkk]

Is this too niche

[btrandkittens]

how could these two be so adorable??? ❤️

[pand-ashh]

I was probably in the middle of work when I got the email I won --When I found out I won - I told Chapman of course but I also told my Dad. His first reaction was 'Are you sure it's not a scam?'

[awesometrollingman10]

Conspiracy theorist who thinks tap water is dangerous: "Yeah I changed all my water spouts over to reverse osmosis: there's not a single mineral in my water now!"

Conspiracy theorist who thinks the robot revolution is imminent: "You what?"

[gaykarstaagforever]

I love how every time a new shitty underhanded influencer scam / advertising thing comes up, Linus Tech Tips is somehow involved in it.

Like this guy isn't already a terrible person who fakes reviews, barely does any work himself, and would sell his own mother for $200.

Why are people still watching him? What is it going to take to piss people off? It's not like the videos are even better or different than a hundred other YouTubers at this point. Like he is absolutely not worth it, especially with the loss of trust.

Apparently seeing promos for gaming hardware you can't afford and don't need is prime entertainment to everyone but me. I don't know why else people are latched on to this guy like the giant tit he is.

He's not even particularly charismatic! He's just some guy! Come to where I work and I'll show you 7!

You mystify me, YouTube.

Unless this is just the most embarrassing white girl sex thing in the universe.

...That CAN'T be it...

[fontesdev]

How that apology came off to me, to be honest

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[syn4k]

hello?

[kirbyddd]

[stgroversfire]

off topic but if anyone who sees this watches linus tech tips i'd recommend you unsub and never support them again

atrocious fucking treatment of a female employee- harassment, physical and verbal abuse, belittlement, no unbiased HR team to do anything about it

misrepresented a small startup company and then sold their prototype when they were supposed to return it

monetized the apology video

some of the most disgusting behavior ive seen. fucking embarrassing