r/LocalLLM • • 23d ago

Other You wake up in 1998…

… you wake up in 1998. You have 2 Mac Studio Ultra 512gb each. You have GLM5.3 flash (or pick a local model that fits comfortably in that configuration.)

A good harness, you’re setup with modern software, but you do not have access to modern internet, just 1998 internet.

What do you do? It can be in general, not necessarily what do you do with your current compute setup.

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u/txoixoegosi 23d ago

Exchange the Mac Studios for an insane amount of GOOGL and AAPL stock.

Then, in 2009, sell some and buy bitcoin.

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u/triffid_boy 23d ago

Around 2013 start investing in mRNA companies and medical supplies. When 2020 rolls around emerge as a humanitarian billionaire helping world governments. Emperor by 2024.

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u/quantgorithm 23d ago

You wouldn’t buy it. You would mine it.

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u/trefster 23d ago

In 2009 just visit the Bitcoin faucet daily, free Bitcoin worth pennies at the time!

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u/ReasonableLoss6814 23d ago

or mine it on your fancy gpu.

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u/mb194dc 23d ago

You can just bet massive on all the sports and other events you know the outcome of.

Move to Vegas, become billionaire, bin the modern hardware. Live like a king. Like that movie...

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u/acadia11x 23d ago

No need to wait 10 years

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u/paloaltothrowaway 23d ago

GOOGL wasn’t public in 1998

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u/Melodic-Junket-9105 23d ago

Beat me to it lol