#subscription

@PixysJourney@beige.party · Jul 30, 2026

I had missed the last update that @MakerTube@mastodon.social was switching to a paid subscription model, to help cover the costs. But, I saw a Toot about it just now, and... I set up my subscription (with some efforts, as my brain fog 😶‍🌫️ was not helping me) plan, which now shows up on my profile info, so I guess I did it right! My little space on #MakerTube is currently using ±30GB. The plan I entered will support to 100GB, so... I should be OK to share more Koa vids (among others) for some time to come! 😁 https://makertube.net/a/pixys_vids/video-channels Thanks to the Admin and Mods of MakerTube.net for keeping the site ad-free and well moderated/updated. I'd rather support the platform with a small monthly fee, than hassle with ads and selling my data. #PeerTube #Subscription #AdFree

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Engadget @engadget@robot.villas · Jul 28, 2026

Apple Upgrade is a subscription program for the company's devices https://www.engadget.com/2224951/apple-upgrade-program-announced-klarna/ #Apple #Tech #Subscription

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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻 @peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange · Jul 15, 2026

“Now that organisations have been weaned off earlier 'all you can eat' #subscription plans and onto 'pay-as-you-go' metered #token consumption, they're all in various stages of sticker shock. Several talks at the conference discussed managing token costs, such as AJ Fisher's exploration of 'diffusion' models. Analogous to the diffusers used to generate images, they generate text at lighting speed, making them cheaper to operate while also being less accurate than the pricey and slower “autoregressive” #FrontierModels. Fisher's solution? Use a low-quality model and make it iterate on a problem (that new classic, the #RalphWiggumLoop) until it gets a satisfactory solution. This approach delivers the same result as a full-fat model, for anywhere from one half to one tenth the spend. #Google released its #DiffusionGemma model, which produces text at prodigious speed, just days after Fisher's talk, giving everyone the ability to try this approach.” #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence / #developers / #software