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AMD GPU Driver Package Installs 6 GB AI Companion By Default

2 days ago 221.4K views 0 shares

So you just wanted to update your GPU drivers to get that sweet 2% performance boost in your favorite game, but AMD said "Hold up bestie, let me throw in a 6.4 GB AI chatbot you absolutely didn't ask for!" Because nothing screams "essential graphics driver" like an offline virtual assistant that probably can't even tell you why your framerate drops during boss fights. The actual chipset drivers? A reasonable 74 MB. But the AI companion? That bad boy is consuming more storage than most indie games. It's giving very much "would you like to install McAfee with your Adobe Reader?" energy. At least they're being transparent about the bloatware this time, with helpful buttons like "Do Not Install" and "Do Not Enable" practically BEGGING you to opt out. Fun fact: This is AMD's way of competing in the AI race—by forcefully making you their AI beta tester whether you like it or not. Welcome to 2025, where your GPU drivers come with more baggage than your ex.

Node Big Modules

Javascript Webdev Programming Frontend Backend

2 months ago 238.1K views 0 shares

SWEET MOTHER OF DISK SPACE! Node modules are not just big—they're the black hole of your hard drive! One tiny project and suddenly you've got 500MB of dependencies because apparently you need 47 packages just to check if a string is empty! 💀 Your poor SSD is literally SCREAMING as node_modules consumes more space than your entire operating system. Meanwhile, you're sitting there wondering if you really needed that left-pad package or if you could have just written those 3 lines of code yourself. But who has time for that when you've got deadlines?!

Node Modules: The Black Hole Of Your Hard Drive

Javascript Webdev React Programming Frontend

2 months ago 238.0K views 0 shares

Node Modules: The Black Hole Of Your Hard Drive

Ah, the classic "dedicate an entire hard drive to node_modules" approach. When your dependencies need more space than your operating system, university education, and actual web development code combined. That 402GB drive labeled "node_modules" isn't even a joke anymore—it's just documentation of the JavaScript ecosystem's storage requirements. At this point, NASA could've sent npm install to Mars and back with less data than what's sitting in that folder.

Me Choosing Which Game To Delete To Install A New One

Gamedev Hardware Windows

3 months ago 233.4K views 0 shares

Me Choosing Which Game To Delete To Install A New One

The dreaded "storage execution" scene! That moment when your SSD is at 99% capacity and you need to install a 60GB game. Suddenly you're Negan from The Walking Dead, bat in hand, deciding which of your precious game installs gets the digital axe. The 45GB game is sweating bullets while the 92GB behemoth is practically begging to be spared. "But I'm only 30% through the campaign!" Meanwhile, the 58GB and 89GB games are silently accepting their fate, knowing they haven't been launched in 8 months. Bonus pain: after deleting 200GB worth of games, you realize the new one needs another 50GB for the day-one patch.

Showing Off My Massive Node Modules

Javascript Webdev React Programming Frontend

3 months ago 287.2K views 0 shares

The seductive whisper of "come under the blankets, I have something to show you" takes a hilarious turn when instead of anything romantic, it's just a developer proudly displaying their bloated node_modules folder with 113,652 items taking up 120GB of precious disk space. Nothing says "I'm a JavaScript developer" quite like needing an entire hard drive just to import left-pad. The modern equivalent of "I swear this never happened before" is explaining to your PM why installing a simple date picker requires downloading half the internet.

Heaviest Objects In The Universe

Python AI Devops Javascript Programming

7 months ago 394.9K views 2 shares

The cosmic weight scale has a new champion! While astronomers worry about black holes and neutron stars, developers know the true gravitational monsters: Python virtual environments, Node modules, and PyTorch/CUDA installations. Nothing collapses spacetime quite like waiting for npm install to finish or watching your disk space vanish as PyTorch downloads half the internet. At least black holes have the decency to be millions of light years away—your Python venv is right there, crushing your hard drive and your spirits simultaneously.

The Storage Arms Race: My 1TB SSD Vs. Modern Game Library

Gamedev Hardware Windows

7 months ago 232.6K views 0 shares

The Storage Arms Race: My 1TB SSD Vs. Modern Game Library

Remember buying that fancy 1TB SSD thinking "I'll never fill this up"? Fast forward to installing Call of Duty and three AAA titles, and suddenly you're getting those pathetic "low disk space" warnings. Modern games are like digital hoarders—200GB here, 150GB there, with updates bigger than entire games from the 2000s. Your SSD never stood a chance against the bloated behemoths that are today's game engines with their 8K textures nobody asked for. The worst part? Half your library sits unplayed while consuming precious storage like a digital black hole.

The Unstoppable Growth Of Call Of Duty

Gamedev Hardware Windows Programming

7 months ago 228.1K views 0 shares

Remember when games fit on a 1.44MB floppy? Now Call of Duty is like that friend who keeps saying "just one more beer" but shows up to your house with a U-Haul full of storage requirements. At 105GB, SpongeBob thinks the madness has peaked, but Patrick knows better - slapping us with a 300GB reality check. Your SSD isn't crying, it's having a full-on existential crisis. And game developers are just sitting there like "What? It's just 4K textures of the same gun from 37 slightly different angles."

The Real Exponential Growth Champion

Javascript AI Webdev Programming Frontend

10 months ago 318.8K views 0 shares

Someone needs to tell Elon about the exponential growth of node_modules folders. While AI might be growing fast, any JavaScript developer knows the true speed champion is watching your disk space vanish as soon as you run npm install . That 5MB project somehow needs 500MB of dependencies, and God help you if you're on a slow internet connection. The real technological singularity isn't AI - it's when a single node_modules folder finally consumes all available storage on Earth.

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