Avalon local llm

[Pocster]

M3 96gb arrived ! Now the work begins !!

[-rick-]

Well this escalated.

 

Not trying to win an argument or even have an argument. When a response to a post of mine doesn't seem to engage on the points in my post I wonder if I didn't explain it well enough so try again. I think you understand my points now so not worth going further.

 

The one thing I will point out is that the shortages are all on older gen stuff. M4 mac minis, M3 mac studios. Products expected to have announcements of replacements in the next 2 months. It's a well documented Apple tactic to sell down inventory/put long lead times on products near this point (happens with iPhone, laptops, etc). It doesn't always happen because in general Apple has bigger surplus but if things are running low they don't bother to build more.

[SteamyTea]

Helium is essential for making all electronics these days.

Helium is a byproduct of oil and gas extraction, as well as radioactive geological processes.

We are basically running out of helium, so if you want some RAM, keep filling your car up with fossil fuels.

If, by chance, you own a small BEV, say a Renault Zoe, and you want some RAM, then you only have yourself to blame, you selfish (expletive deleted)er.

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7 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

Helium is essential for making all electronics these days.

Helium is a byproduct of oil and gas extraction, as well as radioactive geological processes.

We are basically running out of helium, so if you want some RAM, keep filling your car up with fossil fuels.

If, by chance, you own a small BEV, say a Renault Zoe, and you want some RAM, then you only have yourself to blame, you selfish (expletive deleted)er.

 

This is not the point you are making but what's going on with Iran is massively constraining the supply of Helium. Qatar is the main producer.

 

US Labs have been told to expect a 50% reduction in supply. This affects MRI's, chip fab and a load of other things. Everything is going to get very difficult very soon.

 

If the global economy takes a real dive, one silver lining is that when the Iran crisis is over the AI companies might not have such deep pockets (or in some cases still exist) and so memory might become more available again. Then again, nobody else will have money either. 🥴

[Pocster]

Oi (expletive deleted)ers !

This is my local llm thread ! Not political or supply issues . Get a (expletive deleted)ing room 👊🏻 

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7 minutes ago, Pocster said:

Oi (expletive deleted)ers !

This is my local llm thread ! Not political or supply issues . Get a (expletive deleted)ing room 👊🏻 

 

Sorry, thought you'd be too busy chatting up your new llm girlfriend to notice 😏