Everyday CyborgMar 3

Quote in September last year for a high-memory compute server. £28,000.

Quote today for the _exact same machine_. £90,500

This is for medical research. Saving lives. When I say LLMs are killing people by killing research computing, this is what I mean.

@davidgerard.co.uk @edzitron.com

Show threadFluffy Kitty CatMar 4

@digitalraven

What a mess. They shouldn't be allowed to.buy up the whole global supply of RAM Like that

out of curiosity, what research are you doing?

Show threadEveryday Cyborg
@fluffykittycat We study cognitive and neurological factors over a long-term population (the first lot recruited in the 1920s). A lot of the results are into markers of Alzheimer's and various kinds of dementia, both potential ways of reducing effects and early detection.
Mar 5 at 9:03amWeb
Show threadFluffy Kitty CatMar 6
@digitalraven cool! Is it statistical computing or are you running simulations too?