top | item 46444747 (no title) bdhcuidbebe | 2 months ago > using the local model (Ollama) is 'free' in terms of watts since my laptop is on anywayNow that’s a cursed take on power efficency discuss order hn newest ImPrajyoth|2 months ago efficiency is just a mindset. if i save 3 seconds of my own attention by burning 300 watts of gpu, the math works out in my favor! abeyer|1 month ago "works out in my favor" is a pretty poor metric.If I burn a billion tons of someone else's coal to make myself a paperclip (and don't have to breathe the outputs) it works out in my favor too.
ImPrajyoth|2 months ago efficiency is just a mindset. if i save 3 seconds of my own attention by burning 300 watts of gpu, the math works out in my favor! abeyer|1 month ago "works out in my favor" is a pretty poor metric.If I burn a billion tons of someone else's coal to make myself a paperclip (and don't have to breathe the outputs) it works out in my favor too.
abeyer|1 month ago "works out in my favor" is a pretty poor metric.If I burn a billion tons of someone else's coal to make myself a paperclip (and don't have to breathe the outputs) it works out in my favor too.
ImPrajyoth|2 months ago
abeyer|1 month ago
If I burn a billion tons of someone else's coal to make myself a paperclip (and don't have to breathe the outputs) it works out in my favor too.