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by Retric 11mo ago
The general public have no issue saying a computer is thinking when you’re sitting there waiting for it to calculate a route or doing a similar process like selecting a chess move. The connotation is simply an internal process of indetermin
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by Retric 11mo ago
Thinking is different than forming long term memories. An LLM could be thinking in one of two ways. Either between adding each individual token, or collectively across multiple tokens. At the individual token level the physical mechanism
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by Retric 11mo ago
I disagree that it’s a point source at distances of peak concern. Also, it’s something of a nitpick but physically point sources still end up as a circle.
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by Retric 11mo ago
The restrictions on top speed runs to 200+MPH are so extreme they are essentially irrelevant, people do use those bikes to hit 150mph though.
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by Retric 11mo ago
Your eyes a much larger sensor area than the opening, they do the opposite of concentrating light in a small area.
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by Retric 11mo ago
The fast ones can which is the only thing that matters in this comparison. Just as there are plenty of slow ICE bikes, but again they aren’t part of this comparison either, this is about 200+MPH bikes like the Lightning LS-218 vs Ducati Pa
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by Retric 11mo ago
Little point to owning a bike like that if you only ever go to 90mph. Transmissions with correctly calibrated gear ratios to the normal use case are useful things for ICE engines.
758.
by Retric 11mo ago
ICE engines lose power when changing gears, so they aren’t strictly grip limited.
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by Retric 11mo ago
It’s still way easier the first time. The 50th time someone comes to the same conclusion nobody on HN is going to upvote the topic.
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by Retric 11mo ago
The issue I was pointing to was a society with a higher technical standard isn’t going to naturally create a brain that remembers a vastly less technologically advanced civilization. It’s possible they would create such structures artifici
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by Retric 11mo ago
Infinite does not mean everything happens. Waking up up the equivalent memories requires a body with that arrangement of neurons that isn’t in ill health. That could easily be looking for a 3 on an infinite sequence of odd numbers.
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by Retric 11mo ago
You say that like it’s untrue, but they measurably prefer a lying but confident salesman over one who doesn’t act with that kind of confidence. This is very slightly more rational than it seems because repeating or acting on a lie gives you
763.
by Retric 11mo ago
It’s not about thinking, it’s about what they are trained to do. You could train a LLM to always respond to every prompt by repeating the prompt in Spanish, but that’s not the desired behavior.
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by Retric 11mo ago
That’s a reasonable mental model for why this kind of thing can happen, but it’s worth remembering that other possibilities exists. Suppose strain R is adding RR, and strain K is adding KK, and you want RK because the combination is more u
765.
by Retric 11mo ago
It’s not unrealistic to want to revert to an early version of something you only have a screenshot of.
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by Retric 11mo ago
By avoiding competition from global markets including highly efficient producers. Transportation infrastructure on this scale is a new thing, though famine essentially going away is a massive advantage for modern systems.
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by Retric 11mo ago
That’s a comment born from ignorance. Farmers want hybrids for a wide range of crops because the are wildly more productive than heirloom varieties thus making them more money. The first generation of Hybrid seeds are on average several tim
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by Retric 11mo ago
Those are just categories. For every major project or festival there’s a long tail of tiny projects on a shoestring budget out there.
769.
by Retric 11mo ago
That’s got its own set of issues, but more importantly would you call that working effortlessly?
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by Retric 11mo ago
Subtract GDP growth and it’s slightly negative, meaning simply borrowing more money and the at current rates the debt to GDP ratio decreases over time. Massive spending sprees are why it’s gotten so huge, kicking it down the road turns it i
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by Retric 11mo ago
> Maybe? You’re making blind assertions with no data. I’ve seen or talked to more than five people doing it (IE called them, showed up at their house, etc) and even more people mentioned doing the same when I asked. That’s plenty of exam
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by Retric 11mo ago
> Turning in the TV means everyone watches. People still do this while home alone, you’re attacking a straw man. > least likely to buy a small TV. People can only buy what actually exists. My point was large TV’s “have been out for d
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by Retric 11mo ago
“The UniFi 5G Max lineup was created with a clear goal in mind: deliver a sleek, versatile, and exceptionally powerful 5G internet experience that works effortlessly in any environment.” If it’s fine if you want to build a golf cart, just
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by Retric 11mo ago
Construction projects, festivals, etc. Bad cellular reception is more likely to be an issue far from other infrastructure.
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by Retric 11mo ago
Veritasium videos are often extremely misleading. In this case the cooling universe lacked carbon for these organic compounds. Life cares about 0-100c because of water which depends on Oxygen would be missing etc. Just as example in one v
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by Retric 11mo ago
37+” isn’t a small TVs. Resolution was an issue in the 90’s but midsized TV’s have been around for a long time. Also, I see plenty of people use tablets to watch stuff laying on the couch in front of a big screen TV. So viewing distance is
777.
by Retric 11mo ago
Not quite, the counterfeit seeds here are dramatically worse to the point where buyers will feel scammed and face significant hardship if they mistakenly use them. Imagine if 90% counterfeit electronics caused house fires, the harm is way b
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by Retric 11mo ago
> people didnt like People loved higher pay / increased safety etc for the same work. In many cases union jobs are paying double the non union alternative. The attack however came from multiple directions, but you often see people
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by Retric 11mo ago
Telling a detailed story is different than telling a compelling story. Andor isn’t as compelling as the original movie or significantly longer than the Harry Potter series of movies. Babylon 5 is probably the poster child for a long runnin
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by Retric 11mo ago
I had an awesome 1080p rear projection DLP TV in a dark room. A brighter screen works better in a bright room, but you really want a dark room for an optimal experience anyway. The technology got quite good but inherently took up more spac

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