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by cowmix 1y ago
US academia has a ridiculous amount of institutional entropy” — I wouldn’t count on that saving it. These institutions aren’t built for a top-down attack on the very core of how they operate. They’ve spent decades aligning to how grants are
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by cowmix 1y ago
The “activism” angle is a red herring — they’re screwing with all foreign students now, regardless of what they do. And honestly, activism is one of the things that made the US stand apart — or used to. The US government, while far from per
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by cowmix 1y ago
The government doesn’t just “fund innovation” — it creates the fertile ground where it can happen at all. It also bankrolls the unprofitable, high-risk research the private sector can’t or won’t touch. Cut that, and you’re ripping out the r
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by cowmix 1y ago
I’m sorry, but when someone posts about a medical miracle here on HN — sure, I spend 2 seconds appreciating it — and then my mind immediately jumps to the fact that the very system that directly and indirectly made it possible is being dism
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by cowmix 1y ago
I’m not saying everyone should “come to the US.” But I don’t want people avoiding the US because of insane, self-inflicted barriers our own government chooses to put up. I’d rather see top candidates pick Canada, the EU, or even China becau
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by cowmix 1y ago
MSFT simply has done half-assed attempts at ARM for each wave / attempt over the past 10+ years. APPL, for each processor move, "bet the company" and it was full speed ahead whereas MSFT has never HAD to align everything for
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by cowmix 1y ago
Most of my build config run on either platform (Gitea and Github) interchangeably.
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by cowmix 1y ago
Heh.. this comment made my day.
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by cowmix 1y ago
I’m just getting into MCP (building my own server and trying some canned ones), and one thing I’ve noticed — some servers seem to devour your context window before you’ve even typed a single token / question. My favorite example is the
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by cowmix 1y ago
Yeah, it’s wild how many projects—especially container-based ones—have already jumped to Debian Trixie as their “stable” base, even though it’s still technically in testing. I got burned when linuxserver.io’s docker-webtop suddenly switched
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by cowmix 1y ago
OTOH, no. Been self-hosting for 35+ years. Docker's made the whole thing 300% easier — especially when thinking long term.
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by cowmix 1y ago
Oh thank god Google has stayed so principled under political pressure! Even with the threat of being broken up, they’ve been a rock. And rest easy—your Gmail definitely isn’t being quietly indexed and funneled into some RAG system to help c
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by cowmix 1y ago
I use Windows 11. Podman/WLS2 works way better than I thought it would. And when Gitbash was finally ported (officially) - that filled other gaps I was missing in my workflow. Windows ARM Python still is lacking all sorts of stuff, but
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by cowmix 1y ago
This sorta reminds me of the lie that was pushed when the Snapdragon X laptops were being released last year. Qualcomm implied the NPU would be used for LLMs — and I bought into the BS without looking into it. I still use a Snapdragon lapto
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by cowmix 1y ago
WSL/2 has a lot of overhead and it NOT Windows native. I used it all the time, but I also use Windows Git Bash -- which is also like this project.
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by cowmix 2y ago
OTOH, artistic choices were made at the time with these limitations in mind.
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by cowmix 2y ago
I'm not sure what bugs me more. People using GenAI for making content or people using GenAI AND being lazy about it.
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by cowmix 2y ago
I think we're gonna find that there are different ways to quantify "humanness" other than IQ. Someone with an IQ of 95 might seem "more real" than an LLM with a computed IQ of 145.
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by cowmix 2y ago
jwz makes the list -- against his will.
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by cowmix 2y ago
About three years ago, when the major state university my wife worked for was starting its "return to office" push, the head of HR gave a Zoom town hall filled with condescending remarks. He said things like, "I don’t know wh
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by cowmix 2y ago
It is always shocking to me that someone with those kinds of resources can get duped like that -- with little checks and balances.
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by cowmix 2y ago
I love, love all the energy in the ‘self-hosting’ space. These apps are all that stand between us and the cloud hegemony goin' on.
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by cowmix 2y ago
This is correct. I just submit the prompt and 'rate it' in my head. I wish there was a 'historical' or fiction version of that subreddit though.
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by cowmix 2y ago
When I test new LLMs (whether SaaS or local), I have them create a fake post to r/AmItheAsshole from the POV of the older brother in the parable of the Prodigal Son. It's a great, fun test.
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by cowmix 2y ago
Which hospital system is this?
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by cowmix 2y ago
The other day, I finally decided to kick the tires on Coolify. I had a few small projects lined up and thought it’d be a good fit. So, I mindlessly installed it and was pretty impressed at first. But then I discovered it was written in PHP,
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by cowmix 2y ago
100% - this could be Intel's ticket to capture the hearts of developers and then everything else that flows downstream. They have nothing to lose here -- just do it Intel!
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by cowmix 2y ago
THIS. The ARIYA is the first EV they've widely released (last year) with any active thermal management. I live in AZ, and all my friends with Leaf's all have had to have their batteries replaced at least once. All my Chevy based E
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by cowmix 2y ago
Made my day. No notes!
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by cowmix 2y ago
I JUST tried this in ChatGPT (4o) and it ignored the instructions in the image.

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