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by acka 2y ago
Google or Apple could be forced by authorities to perform correlation on the map tiles being requested by users under investigation. Not as accurate as GPS coordinates but probably useful nonetheless. One more reason to prefer offline maps
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by acka 2y ago
Reestablishing your WhatsApp account on a new device doesn't give access to your old chat messages, you need to restore a WhatsApp backup for that. The backup doesn't need to be stored in the cloud, you can choose to create a loca
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by acka 2y ago
What about the very similar sounding EuroLLM[1] project mentioned elsewhere[0] in the comments? If that is indeed a different project, why not pool resources? EuroLLM has already delivered some models, they are up on Hugging Face[2][3]. [0]
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by acka 2y ago
It is possible that the original article is no longer accessible online. The only link I have found is a reproduction of the article[1], but I am unable to access the full text due to a paywall. I no longer have access to academic resource
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by acka 2y ago
Do you have Google SafeSearch or Bing's equivalent turned on perhaps? I reckon it might be triggered by the word 'pussification' to refuse to return any results related to that. If you're using a corporate account, it&#x
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by acka 2y ago
I asked ChatGPT+ using Scholar GPT as GPT. This is the answer I got back, not too bad: The species Brachiosaurus brancai was reassigned to its own genus, Giraffatitan brancai, by paleontologist George Olshevsky in 1991. Olshevsky proposed t
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by acka 2y ago
Repetition of topics and subtopics is by far the most important part, reinforcing attention on the topic at hand even if the text in the chunk appears unrelated to the topic when viewed in isolation. Keeping the indentation is also importan
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by acka 2y ago
A very good example of the Chinese mindset of Chabuduo (差不多): 'close/good enough'. "If it's good enough to keep the authorities off our backs, it's good enough for us."
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by acka 2y ago
This is why I keep advocating that JSON should die, or at least no longer be used with LLMs. LLMs (and human brains) are simply not wired up for counting nested curly brackets across long spans of quoted text joined by colons and commas, an
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by acka 2y ago
I hope this lesson has become clear more clear with the recent deepseek upset. That proved that simply throwing more money and hard to wear at a problem doesn't guarantee a better outcome, innovation seems to favor the opposite. As as
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by acka 2y ago
Not to mention axing third party API access instead of coming to a licensing agreement, forcing DJs, dance class teachers and others to jump ship to Tidal/Beatport/whatever at high cost, losing all their carefully curated playlist
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by acka 2y ago
Off topic: why the hell are you converting json to xml? I would rather convert json to yaml instead, a step forwards instead of backwards in evolution, but that is my opinion.
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by acka 2y ago
Sadly that isn't true: it requires a server to be running to receive message content from the phone app, run inference using the LLM and send back responses. All of that requires electrical power and maintenance at the very least. In t
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by acka 2y ago
> We built this because we believe: Universal Access: AI assistants should be accessible from anywhere on my computer, not just in the browser or in specific apps. I find this somewhat ironic, given that the software only supports Apple
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by acka 2y ago
Easy, consider a parent taking pictures of their kid's genitals to send to their doctor to investigate a medical condition, the pictures getting flagged and reported to the authorities as being child pornography by an automated enforce
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by acka 2y ago
As I cannot read the article without tapping 'Accept' on the monstrously big cookie pop-up (tapping "Manage Settings" leads to an even bigger pop-up whose presumed buttons are outside of the (non-scrollable) viewport), I
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by acka 2y ago
Whenever I read replies like these, I feel jealous of people who dropped out of college yet still managed to land a job in tech. In my country, the Netherlands, it was almost impossible in the late 1980s to land a tech job other than a low-
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by acka 2y ago
> Along with analysis and debugging tools, Apple still gives away everything needed to build apps for the Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Very conveniently glossing over the fact that developers still have to pay an annual Apple Developer Program
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The Dutch benefits scandal: a cautionary tale for algorithmic enforcement(eulawenforcement.com)
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by acka 2y ago
Unfortunately I can no longer edit my original comment. It is about the so-called "Toeslagenaffaire" (childcare benefits scandal)[1] in the Netherlands. Also, here is a blog post[2] warning about the improper use of algorithmic en
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by acka 2y ago
More than the hypothetical risk of Earth being consumed by a paperclip-making machine, I believe the real and present danger in the use of ML and AI technology lies in humans making irresponsible decisions about where and how to apply these
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by acka 2y ago
"We started with Lisp, so let’s go back there. What is Lisp? Lisp is a feeling, an emotion, a sentiment; Lisp is a vibe; Lisp is the dew on morning grass, it’s the scent of pine wafting on a breeze, it’s the sound of a cricket ball on
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by acka 2y ago
> Industry “conventional wisdom” often argues that FCC requirements somehow conflict with the software right to repair. SFC has long argued that's pure FUD. We at SFC and OpenWrt have now proved copyleft compliance, the software rig
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by acka 2y ago
Lazydocker sure looks interesting, but self-promotional ads - for products in an entirely different space - in an OSS project's README.md? Seriously? At least for me it is the first time I have come across anything like this. I'm
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by acka 2y ago
DAR (Disk ARchiver)[1] looks to be a good alternative. It supports random access, encryption, and individual file compression within the archive. [1] http://dar.linux.free.fr/
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by acka 2y ago
Thank you very much!
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by acka 2y ago
OP, the link you provided keeps redirecting me to the Google Play store to install the SoundCloud app, no matter what browser I use to open it. Could you please create a link which stays on the SoundCloud website? Not everyone wants to use
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by acka 2y ago
Although I also enjoyed reading the article you linked to, I found the following quote from it somewhat condescending: > Symbol servers are good. If you are on Windows then make sure you are using symbol servers. If you are not on Window
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by acka 2y ago
I see. Interestingly, in my country smart devices have been banned from schools for more than a year now. I'm pretty sure that besides keeping students away from distracting social media during class, not being able to just Google stuf
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by acka 2y ago
> The mathematics is simple. The rest of it is stuff that is simple to Google. Perhaps I am out of the loop, but are kids allowed to Google stuff during tests nowadays? In my days we were not allowed to bring any books or notes to a test

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