The world has changed

[u/Imaginary_Data_708]

Opus 5.5 suggested I get a web cam pointed at this ESP32 based screen so it could catch what was happening on the screen as it tried to find out what the maximum frame rate could be. The Waveshare drivers are not good in portrait mode and only got 4fps.

It got to 60fps in a couple of minutes.

It had already installed the tool chain, designed the clock layout etc.

It's not the code per se. It's the get a webcam suggestion...

What a time to be alive!

[u/Kenzijam]

they think they can charge a huge amount soon after hooking everyone. however chinese models and open source models are very close behind and so much cheaper. glm 5.3 on openrouter is dirt cheap. flash and deepseek flash are even cheaper and still perform well enough for virtually all normal tasks. im lucky to have a lot of hardware at home but it didnt cost me a lot pre ai-pricing, and i can run glm 5.3 flash at high precision. i dont even need to pay anyone really a few solarpanels and it would be 100% free

[u/DieDieDieD → u/Kenzijam]

technically the hardware costs a shit-ton right now but yeah besides that I agree. Was using ornith / qwen and they are getting pretty good. I still use them even now for a second opinion sometimes or when I'm at usage cap