That is EXACTLY the issue.

You’re not wrong, but I’d really like to pretend that you are.

Yeah people like to downvote things that they don’t agree with even if it’s a decent point.

Oh well, at least I don’t base my self-worth on internet points. 😝

Why put ads on a new venue that may reach users that don’t use Google maps?

Even if that ad is less effective, it’s still going to have some effectiveness

I’m an avid user of OSM and OsmAnd, I’m with you there

Well apparently they ask for directions to your destination and 5 random others so that it’s not trackable server side.

I haven’t investigated myself and that’s not entirely fool proof, but it’s leagues better than Google for privacy.

Yep, I can agree with that. Not ideal

Apple actually integrates several “anti tracking” technologies into their maps, so it IS an improvement in theory.

Yes, that’s not great, so ideally there’s an asterisk showing this…

But if you look at the playing field as out exists today in advertising….

It’s not really useable to change political beliefs or support authoritarianism.

It’s not tracking you explicitly.

It’s not profiling you.

It’s relevant to what you’re already looking for

There aren’t many scams you can run with it (except the locksmith scam)

Soooooo, if I have to accept advertising, this feels on the tamer end.

But I agree, it should be upfront.

So I don’t actually mind this.

And odds are good you won’t notice them.

They’ll just be carefully highlighted locations when you’re looking at a larger map, so the random buildings that get labeled in the more zoomed out views are chosen carefully.

It gets better, when you search for “restaurants near me” the order won’t be organic but “pay to win”

So “restaurant chain #5” will be at the top even if you hate their food.

Not really awful as far as advertising goes.

Also, there are some “former crypto miner“ boards that are configured with SUPER wide slots for video cards exactly like this.

They’re great and cheap used because nobody wants them.

If I have to build a second one, that’s my next path.

I have some nvlinks on the way.

Sooooo I’ve got a friend that used pcie-oculus and then back to pcie to allow the cards to run outside the case, but that’s not what I do, that’s just the more common approach.

You can also get pcie extension cables, but they’re pricey.

I stumbled upon a cubix device by chance which is a huge and really expensive pcie bus extender that does some really fancy fucking switching. But I got that at a ridiculous price and they’re hard to come by.

If I do it right, I could host 10 cards total (2 in the machine and 8 in the cubix)

This also means that I’m running 3x 1600w psu’s and I’m most at risk for blowing breakers (adding in a 240V line is next lol)

I’m rocking 4 used ones from 4 different people.

So far, all good

You can’t buy 3090’s new anymore anyways.

4090’s are twice as much for 15% better perf, and the 5090’s will be ridiculous prices.

2x3090 is more than enough for basic inference, I have more for training and fine tuning.

You want epyc/threadrupper etc.

You want max pcie lanes.

Given the price of P40’s on eBay vs the price you can get 3090’s for, fuck the P40’s, in rocking quad 3090’s and they kick ass.

Also, Pascale is the OLDEST hardware supported……… for how long?

Also, you’ll want to look for strange specific things to host multiple 3090’s etc… on your motherboard You want a lot of pcie lanes from your chip and board. You want above 4g decoding (fairly common in newer hardware)

I’d be hesitant to call it bullshit, but it’s certainly not a smoking gun.

Tell me more about my “faults” and “condescension” and “ad hominem”, then reread your comments. Yep, there’s some condescension from me here, but you’re also once again trying to throw judgement. “Glass houses” and all.

You win, Have a nice day.

You’re assuming it was backtracking rather than a simple clarification.

That’s unnecessarily unpleasant, and it’s cool you want to feel like you won the argument, but if you add in the context of “new years eve” and then read it as “some other event external to the reason you want to make a change” it’s not backtracking.

In fact it’s just context you missed because of your own life experiences and emotions.

Which is cool, but you look like an ass when you try and secure a win by pointing out your own misunderstanding rather than hearing my clarification.

Neither of those are New Year’s resolutions.

“The day my niece was born” is actually exactly the type of thing I’m talking about. You didn’t wait until new years, or your birthday, or something else unrelated to your motivations. You picked “now” because that was when you felt the desire.

So yes, special days can matter, but the days that matter to YOU are way more important than a day some guy named “Gregorian” chose 2000 years ago.

Not waiting for a day like new years to make a change that helps you.

The best time to do it was probably years ago.

The second best time is today.

Because if you make it about “new years” or some event, then it isn’t about YOU.

Do it for YOU, because you know that you’re worth the same amount of effort and affection as the others in your life.

Would you want this change for your friend? Turn don’t you think you skills care enough about you to give it to yourself?

Or you can do the dns challenge for letsencrypt