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by Casteil 1y ago
Charging is a lossy process. Charging a battery, then using it to charge another battery isn't as efficient. Plus, depending on how/where it's used, having to wait for it to recharge while connected to a power bank might be a
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by Casteil 1y ago
Came here to say as much. No proprietary 'lock-in' with Obsidian, just plain .md, and honestly (if I recall correctly - it's been years now) I felt like I struggled using Notion's 'fancier' features. It seemed
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by Casteil 1y ago
>Esp when the lowest setting isn't even meant to be purchased All current models ship with 16GB so this isn't really true anymore.. 16GB will be good for most folks for years and years (most folks aren't doing heavy virtua
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by Casteil 1y ago
> It then writes a prompt based on your answers, sends the text to models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, creates a combined draft from the three translations, and then sends that draft back to the three models for several rounds of
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by Casteil 1y ago
Might be related to the 'breach disclosed/discovered' date? I noticed some of mine appeared out of chronological order, too.
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by Casteil 1y ago
FWIW, their readme states /nothink - and that's what works for me. >/think and /nothink instructions: Use those words in the system or user message to signify whether Qwen3 should think. In multi-turn conversations, t
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by Casteil 1y ago
Nope. Best for that at the moment is probably gemma3.
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by Casteil 1y ago
The MoE version with 3b active parameters will run significantly faster (tokens/second) on the same hardware, by about an order of magnitude (i.e. ~4t/s vs ~40t/s)
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by Casteil 1y ago
Does this turn your phone into a personal space heater too?
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by Casteil 1y ago
This is basically the opposite of what I've experienced - at least compared to another recent entry like IBM's Granite 3.3. By comparison, Gemma3's output (both 12b and 27b) seems to typically be more long/verbose, but n
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by Casteil 1y ago
They're not the only battery tools I have (also have some Makita), but I am a big fan of virtually all my M12/M18 stuff. From the track saw, to the portable bandsaws, to the band files, oscillating multitools, reciprocating saws,
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by Casteil 1y ago
Notion seemed cool until finding out that getting information into/out of it was more of a painful, messy chore than I wanted it to be. After trying Notion and experiencing the 'lock-in' for myself, I switched to Obsidian yea
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by Casteil 1y ago
Did you completely miss the "while not necessarily 'bad'" part of my post?
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by Casteil 1y ago
>The problem is not the bureaucracy. I'm no expert by any means, but have you ever actually worked with Germans? The existence of Betriebsräte (Workers' Councils, as implemented in Germany), while not necessarily 'bad&#x27
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by Casteil 2y ago
I had a Lenovo S10 netbook too back in the day. I have fond memories of it, but I definitely don't 'miss that tiny size'. It was so tiny that they had to shrink the key size on the keyboard to make it fit, and the trackpad wa
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by Casteil 2y ago
They said it'd be $40k. They currently 'start at' $63k - assuming you can even get those basic models now.
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by Casteil 2y ago
Absolutely. Simple, and modular - with wide availability of (perhaps 'universal') replacement parts. We're observing in real time - mostly via skyrocketing insurance rates - the impact & unsustainability of expensive, all
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by Casteil 2y ago
Sentiment analysis can be pretty valuable in marketing/propaganda.
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by Casteil 2y ago
To all manufacturers: More plug-in hybrids, please! A smaller battery with a range of 40-100 miles would allow most people to do their daily driving strictly on battery. Beyond that, a gas/diesel generator should kick in for range exte
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by Casteil 2y ago
>Better yet us "AI" to determine how productive you were yesterday. You can bet that's exactly where this is going for the corporate world.
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by Casteil 3y ago
Thank you - I love HN for things like this! A Fire Upon the Deep is one of my favorite books/series. RIP
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by Casteil 3y ago
Starlink V2 sats are bigger, so they definitely won't be sending 400+ up at a time with Starship - probably more like 100-200.. but I don't think they've had any official updates/figures on this in a while.
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by Casteil 3y ago
Price gouging seems like standard practice for HVAC companies. I'd like to replace my 25+ yr old system (gas furnace/AC) with a new gas furnace & heat pump so I can have the option of heating with gas or electricity... but whe
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by Casteil 3y ago
70b is probably going to be a bit slow for most on M-series MBPs (even with enough RAM), but Mixtral 8x7b does really well. Very usable @ 25-30T/s (64GB M1 Max), whereas 70b tends to run more like 3.5-5T/s. 'llama.cpp-based&#
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OpenAI compatibility(ollama.ai)
643 points by Casteil 3y ago|188 comments
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by Casteil 3y ago
Maybe, maybe not.. human-rated equipment will (almost certainly) always be held to a higher standard than autonomous drones/rovers.
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by Casteil 3y ago
Yep - I got a Winix 5300 ~3 years ago and it's been great. Nice and quiet, low power, and the squirrel cage blower in it is really good (which is rather important - you need a lot of static pressure to push/pull air through a HEPA
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by Casteil 3y ago
In a just world, royalties would be paid to those whose content AIs were trained on. In reality, the most we'll likely see is a few people who successfully sue for their small piece of the pie, while the big companies carry on like not
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by Casteil 3y ago
Some sort of HDR effect.. very bright on a 14" MBP screen
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by Casteil 3y ago
All I want is a pretty basic 'Hilux style' plug-in hybrid AWD truck that can do 50-80 miles on battery-only and tow ~7k. A truck that isn't UNNECESSARILY HUGE, nor loaded with tons of unnecessary 'features' to try t

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