I'm a software architect. I work with large amounts of data. And a sizeable RAM disk is generally useful for many purposes. And yes, I also run AI locally, though that's what my RTX 4090 is for.
IBM stopped their support for LTFS, unfortunately. Which I kinda want to use despite all the drawbacks. And well, the RAM disk workaround does the trick, so there's not enough pain to compel me into investing more time into the issue.
Oh, there can be all kinds of uses.
For example, I own an LTO tape drive. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the IBM drivers to compile on my particular flavor of Linux, but I do have a dual boot system.
Now, Windows is a shitty, shitty OS that I only boot up when I really need to. It interferes with all kinds of stuff in ways I hate, for example - copying files. It just refuses to read large files in a continuous, reliable data stream without any interruptions from my SSD when backing them up to tape. This causes the LTO drive to slow down, speed up, rewind, which is not a good thing because it causes additional wear on the tape.
Fix: Create a large RAM drive, copy files to RAM drive, run backup with RAM drive as source.
"Degenerate art". A term the Nazis used for all art they did not understand or like because it didn't fit their ideology.
As a German, the first thing that came to my mind when reading this, was the term "Entartete Kunst".
Built my new PC in late 2023... so glad I put 96 GB of RAM into it, despite several people asking me why the fuck I need so much RAM...
Whenever I read Schopenhauer's name, I'm instantly reminded of this part of a song by German punk pop band Die Ärzte.
Sorry if I'm mistaken or failing to detect your irony, but isn't Utah this highly conservative state, with a vast majority of the population being white (or Hispanic, which to me counts as "white but speaking Spanish") and where most people follow a crackpot religion which basically views fun things like sex, drugs, alcohol and homosexuality as a sin?
Comparing that to Berlin, a permissive, irreligious, hedonistic, multi-ethnic place, brimming with culture and open-minded people, seems rather far-fetched to me.
And Berlin would be in fucking Utah... as someone who lives in Berlin, I strongly resent this notion.
As a fan of Terry Pratchett's wonderful discworld novels, I would love Mango Mussolini to meet someone who speaks just like he writes his crap on Truth Social - in all caps.
"But our taxes are so low and our incomes are so high!"
boom 30+ years in debt because student loan
boom Diabetes
boom Insane living costs
boom Hospital bill
boom Homeless
How do Americans sleep at night knowing they could be royally fucked the moment they have just a little bit of bad luck?
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I think he wants to build this city on rock and roll.