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Re:There is minimal downside to switching to open models by handoflixue on Monday June 22, 2026 @06:06AM (#48628134)
You're being entirely unreasonable. 640 kilobytes of memory was enough for Bill Gates, and yet somehow your special project needs more?
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Re:There is minimal downside to switching to open models by moomoo11 on Monday June 22, 2026 @03:19PM (#48634766)
it's 2026. my work machine is a macbook pro with 64gb ram.

i would rather spend a few hundred or thousands of dollars a month to make way more, than waste time and still lose to people who are using the latest commercial models which are 3 months ahead of the open source.

what are you even talking about?

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Re:There is minimal downside to switching to open models by handoflixue on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @04:15AM (#48641914)
I am jokingly agreeing with you: Bill Gates famously claimed 640 kilobytes of RAM was sufficient for everyone, which felt like a funny parallel to people telling you "open source models are sufficient for everyone"

There's obviously a competitive advantage to having better tools, and I find it amusing/absurd that some people don't get that.

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Re:There is minimal downside to switching to open models by moomoo11 on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @12:58PM (#48647883)
my apologies. lol i see now. thank you, i did not intend to be a joke killer lol.
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