| ▲ | solyin 4 hours ago |
| Not everyone grew up in a situation where home was a stable dependable place. Not everyone has a home to go to. If you have it with you, they can't mess with it or take it away from you when you're not there. If you grew up in a broken home, you would understand. |
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| ▲ | Gigachad 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| And those people are buying $10k laptops to run local AI? |
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| ▲ | jeroenhd 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Those people won't be buying the Spark laptop, but asking "why anyone would want to do inference on a laptop" is broader than what the article covers. | | |
| ▲ | c7b an hour ago | parent [-] | | Local AI is an expensive hobby. You're paying big money for small performance (so mainly for the feeling of "owning it", which is a great motivator). It can't match cloud services, not absolutely nor bang-for-buck, especially if you look a bit for cheaper and freebie options. As someone who loves and promotes local AI, in the situation you described my plea would be to use that money to improve your situation more directly (move out, get support,...). The cost of a laptop that can run somewhat decent models should buy you at least several months of therapy (@1 session/week). | | |
| ▲ | throw1234567891 10 minutes ago | parent [-] | | You can't put a price of sending all your IP to a dubious third-party. Sorry. You argument apples vs oranges. |
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| ▲ | Danox 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | The spark laptop in its present form is not very good, in fact, it’s disappointing. |
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| ▲ | barrkel 28 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] |
| If the security of your home possessions is an issue, it should be addressed first before you spend thousands on a very stealable laptop that you need to carry everywhere. |
