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by eigenspace 1mo ago
Flatpak is proving to be a very important piece of underlying infrastructure if government agencies want to switch to Linux computers running distributed graphical applications for their workers. Yes, it has major problems, and you might be
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
I don't really agree here. I think what they are doing is pretty strategic, especially given the relatively limited money they have. There's basically two sides to funding software that are actually rather different 1. Accele
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Sovereign Tech Agency invests €500k in Flatpak(modal.cx)
274 points by eigenspace 1mo ago|140 comments
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
I don't think the comic is claiming that all tariffs in any context are bad, that would indeed be a reductive, bad take. Given the timing and the metaphor of blood being sent to and from a limb, this is almost surely a reference to the
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
So, here is one of the major problems with having a US administration run by liars, crooks, and bullies: your arguments lose all credibility. I'm a Canadian who is pretty unhappy with our protectionist dairy lobby, and thinks there pro
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
Nearly 70% of eligible Americans didn't think that Trump was a enough of a problem to vote against him in 2024. This betrays a complete lack of civic seriousness, and a childlike belief of invulnerability to consequences.
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
If you want to run reasonably big, local AI models, what are your alternatives? That may not be many people, but there certainly will be some people who want to do that, and are willing to pay big bucks to do so.
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
> Every basis point of artificial yield suppression is a subsidy to procrastination. Trump's entire modus operandi for his entire career has been to heavily borrow against the future to chase short term benefits, and hope that the
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
I should have been more clear. While distillation is part of how we got lucky here, what I really think is that it's just surprising and lucky that such a heavily data-driven approach ended up being so powerful here. Transformers are l
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
Even if the transformer paper wasnt published, the info would have diffused out eventually. Its not that wild of an idea. It's not like e.g. chipmaking where even just knowing how things are done doesnt mean you can copy it.
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
Im sure that's well on its way.
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
Jeeze, what are you doing that uses so much electricity? I live in Germany where people won't stop whining about electricity prices, and I pay 75€/mo.
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
Yes, but 10 or 15 years ago, I would have thought that there'd be more to it than just a slight modification on the ideas behind a CNN to get this level of AI. There were somewhat good reasons to think it needed more than just this dat
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
I wouldn't be so sure about that. The popping of a bubble is usually just as irrational as its rise. If investors start fleeing from senseless businesses in the AI sector, that does not mean that sensible businesses will be spared. The
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
I'd take a market crash over a monopoly in the hands of a ghoul like Altman. The economy he and his ilk want to build is infinitely worse.
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
The fact that AI models can be so easily distilled and replicated is such a stroke of luck. 10 or 15 years ago if one had asked me to envision a future where a private company invents artificial intelligence, I'd have thought for sure
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
It's not really about learning to rank yourself against other people's bodies more or less accurately. The point is to stop obsessing so much over how your body compares to other peoples' bodies in the first place. My experie
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by eigenspace 1mo ago
Oh wow, I missed that they had spoken out on this. Yes, if that's real, it is truly disappointing.
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
We still haven't seen what the EU's reaction is to Apple's latest app store stunt. This would not be the first time that Apple unilaterally claimed something was DMA compliant, and then the EU had to come out and say "no
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
While I agree I wish this would happen faster, it certainly is happening, and it's happening pretty quickly. Saying it "couldn't be further from the truth" is just silly hyperbole.
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
Rheinmetall's current output is 1.1 million per year, aiming to hit 1.5 by 2027 and continue to scale up from there. That is just one company in one country in the EU, though they are the largest one. The EU also simply has way more
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
You are not very informed on the EU's artillery shell production capabilities. If anything, the major gap is the EU's lack of cheap drone manufacturing, but even that is starting to make progress with help and integration from Ukr
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
They paused some investigations while the negotiations happen, but most of those are back on track now.
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
Yes, the EU does rely on buying US gas as an important part of its energy mix. But that is true independent of whatever deal the EU struck with Trump. The EU simply does not have control of who its gas importers buy from (other than sanctio
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
The EU would strongly prefer to have US military support, but does not fundamentally need it. In the miltiary domain, but also lots of other domains, the EU is using these fake promises they made to Trump as a mechanism to buy time while
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
That's what I was talking about with the false promises. The EU has no mechanism to make those investments in the USA, and no mechanism to force any member state or company to make investments. They literally just made up a number and
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
The EU didn't really fold, they blew him off. It was just a bunch of "yeah sure Donny, here's a bunch of meaningless promises we have no ability or mechanism to actually enforce". For example they promised to buy a bunch
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
Oh I hadn't noticed, but youre right!
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
They briefly trialed a feature that told you how many reviews for a restaurant were deleted in the past year, and that was quite nice. I hope it comes back.
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by eigenspace 2mo ago
This is part of why VW now contracts Rivian for their user-facing software after their own in-house software daughter company failed. Bad timing though, in an age where talking about software sovereignty is all the rage.

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