How a cat debugged Stable Diffusion (2023)

> Maybe the motherboard? Could that have a speaker built into it? That must be terrible for acoustics, but maybe useful for a little beep when something is wrong?

Yes, it was called the PC Speaker, and that's pretty much exactly what it was used for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_speaker

It was standard equipment through the (mid?) 90s, and completely independent of the (optional) PCM sound card.

Now PCM sound is built in to motherboards and the PC Speaker long ago faded into irrelevance. Modern motherboards don't even have headers to connect a PC Speaker. Some motherboards will emulate the PC Speaker over the built in sound output, but of course you need speakers plugged in and on to hear those beeps.

The title is so forced and click-baity that I got secondhand embarrassment. The article has barely anything to do with Stable Diffusion except that it consumes more power than typical apps (ofc it does). No one 'debugged Stable Diffusion' in this story.

But glad to see 'slapping AI buzzwords on top of your article to get more views' has been a thing since 2023.

How my cat helped me troubleshoot an issue when I'd use stable diffusion.

Also cheers for the PSA, I don't think the draw is something I'd considered when using my ups.

Now imagine all the power that "AI" datacenters use, and for what purpose? Generating code you could have written yourself? Generating pornographic images of people without their consent?

Cute story. But slightly misleading headline: it led me to expect that the guy did some rubber-duck debugging talking to his cat. Turned out it was "I can't figure out where the beeping is coming from, but my cat, who is smaller than me and can fit into tighter spaces, found it for me".

Anyone else noticing a considerable uptick in personal blog posts hitting Hn? I'm not necessarily complaining, I enjoy organic content, but sometimes they feel like conversations you'd have near the water cooler.