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    Amazon kills “Just Walk Out” shopping tech—it never really worked

    in The Political Re-Education Camp

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    14 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said:
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    Amazon ends “AI-powered” store checkout, which needed 1,000 video reviewers

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    "AI" checkout was actually powered by 1,000 human video reviewers in India.

    While the concept was that AI would track which items were purchased , "Walk Out required about 700 human reviews per 1,000 sales".  In essence, purchases were mostly tracked by workers watching you on cameras in India.

     

    It wasn't a mechanical Turk situation, they were using a lot of human training. 

    A couple of PC parts questions. [edit] Now with setup questions.

    in PC/Mac Technical and PCCB

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    34 minutes ago, cusideabelincoln said:

    The lever mechanism should stay on. I haven't personally done an AM5 build, but as long as you lined the CPU correctly into the socket you should be good to go. The CPU does need that tension to create good contact with the pins in the motherboard.

     

    Okay cool, pushing through it was fine, it just felt like an unnerving amount of pressure required initially.

    A couple of PC parts questions. [edit] Now with setup questions.

    in PC/Mac Technical and PCCB

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    On 3/29/2024 at 8:07 AM, cusideabelincoln said:

     

    Ah, no they aren't universal. They can be, but a lot of coolers require you to take it off. Then they have you screw new brackets into the backplate, and those new motherboard brackets attach to the adapter brackets on the heatsink. I guess bracket isn't a very precise term here, but some require this method:

     

     

     

    Trying to follow this video and I'm a bit confused about what to do with this:

     

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    Seems like forcing the lever thing closed would crack the CPU so do I just ditch this and the metal backpiece in the second pic and then it's just the cooler that keeps the CPU secured to the motherboard? Or do you really just keep going even when it feels like you're putting too much pressure on the CPU?

     

    cc @Spork3245 @AbsolutSurgen

    Florida back in play for 2024?

    in The Political Re-Education Camp

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    Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation’s strictest abortion bans to take effect

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/01/abortion-florida-supreme-court-ballot

     

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    Florida’s conservative Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state’s constitution does not protect abortion rights, allowing one of the country’s strictest and most far-reaching abortion bans to take effect in 30 days.

     

    But in a separate decision, the high court also ruled that an amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution can go on the November ballot, for a vote that could potentially undo the new strict abortion ban in a matter of month. 

     

    Bees are back, baby!

    in The Political Re-Education Camp

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    24 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

    When Go outside at night in the summer and I’ll notice that the number of fireflies is not nearly what I remember when I was a kid. Even in remote WVa it seems like there’s simply not that many at all when I distinctly remember catching so many growing up (and releasing them after)

     

    Apparently it used to basically be guaranteed that your windshield would be caked in splattes bugs after a highway drive. 

    A couple of PC parts questions. [edit] Now with setup questions.

    in PC/Mac Technical and PCCB

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    On 3/14/2024 at 11:37 AM, cusideabelincoln said:

    Oh yeah, I forgot a cooler. You can get a good air cooler for $40+ or a liquid cooler for around $100. You don't need to spend much, in fact most of the price of spending more is really about making it look cool with RGB and stuff.

     

    Video decoding will be handled by the GPU. The Intel processor will be better if you do productivity that needs more cores, like video editing and such. I'd lean more towards the AMD CPU for your situation, and it's also rumored the next gen of AMD CPUs are going to be a big improvement and should be compatible with the motherboard. The motherboard has multiple PCIE 5.0 slots (one for an SSD, one for a GPU) in case that becomes relevant in the future.

     

    Revised list:

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    This cooler looks like it's the same thing as the one on your list right? Different Amazon listing, reordering from the link in your list it says I wouldn't have it until April 8, this one says I could have it in a day or two. 

    A couple of PC parts questions. [edit] Now with setup questions.

    in PC/Mac Technical and PCCB

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    Just now, cusideabelincoln said:

    The 980 Pro heatsink looks more than adequate, so I'd leave the mobo heatsink off.

     

    I'd also leave the PCIe 5.0 slot open for future use.

     

    Most new cases do have glass panels, but there are a few standard ones. There are a lot of options that are easy to build in and at various sizes. Even a lot of compact cases are pretty easy to build in, but you would need a mini-ITX board. I'd be concerned about cooling with the Fractal Design Silent option though, looks like it only has 1 exhaust fan.

     

    What about this other one by the same company, Fractal Design Pop Air Mid-Tower Case, which is similar to the first one, first one has no RGB lighting in the fans and this one does but I can turn the lights off right?

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