entropicdrifter

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by entropicdrifter 6mo ago
I'd rather see a distill on the 26B model that uses only 3.8B parameters at inference time. Seems like it will be wildly productive to use for locally-hosted stuff
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by entropicdrifter 6mo ago
Your posting of the pelican benchmark is honestly the biggest reason I check the HackerNews comments on big new model announcements
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by entropicdrifter 6mo ago
In many cases, children do cause poverty
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by entropicdrifter 6mo ago
They compared purchasing power for an actual apples to apples comparison. Did you even read the article, or just look at the graph without context?
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by entropicdrifter 6mo ago
Both ring true, in this case.
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Better yet, it's literally a complex system!
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Relevant power metal song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z769xf9ET5A
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Why would they do that when they already paid for a corrupt new regime to do it for them?
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Also the latest model year Bolt and Leaf are both awesome and under 30K
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
And yet, they're also directly supporting the developers of OpenTTD via a donation and not giving them any legal harassment. This is, at worst, a morally-neutral compromise that's far better than any worst-case scenario
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Why would you put that evil thought into other people's heads? Now someone might do that
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Trolleys and Regional Rail work great in the Philadelphia suburbs. When the state actually gives SEPTA funding so they can keep their vehicles up to date and pay their workers fairly
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
The Diamond Age is feeling more and more prescient to me as time goes on
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Yeah, I have a $60 dongle that does it in my Kona EV
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Pretty sure by putting "me too" in quotes and not saying #MeToo, what they're talking about is really FOMO. The companies are performing layoffs because of the trend
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
I feel like "most repairable macbook" is a bit like saying "most edible dirt". While it's good that there's progress, it's pretty telling that they need to only compare it within the same company's pr
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Agreed. They've been consistently high quality for the 12 years they've been put out at this point. I'm glad they stopped trying to force them into the "monthly update" mold because so many ended up being like &quot
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Right? I started reading them before I became a programmer. I think they helped me learn how to think about the inner workings of programs
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
It's also part of their longer-term trend of buying or burying any company that starts to get any press as a social media site of note outside of major players where that hasn't been an option.
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Perhaps killing the corporate internet would be. The ability to connect to people from all over the world was improving society at an astronomical rate before virtually everyone was brainwashed by money-making addictive algorithms
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by entropicdrifter 7mo ago
Thinkpad build quality depends heavily on the model. The flagship T-series are still tough as nails, generally speaking
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by entropicdrifter 8mo ago
I live in the Philly area, so IDK man, kinda just seems like you got lucky
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by entropicdrifter 8mo ago
Who do you think is behind the current Vice President?
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by entropicdrifter 8mo ago
It's simultaneously an RTS and a third person action game, during combat in singleplayer campaigns. You command your troops in real-time, but you have a limited POV. Realtime Strategy doesn't necessarily require that you have a to
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by entropicdrifter 8mo ago
Counterpoint: People do this on Amazon all the time . One time I ordered a kick drum stand on Amazon. All I got was the foot of the stand and a brick in the box. It was supposed to be brand new, not a used item.
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by entropicdrifter 8mo ago
>is this the first GitHub-drama? You must be new here
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by entropicdrifter 8mo ago
2-3% of 1 ton is 40-60 pounds of gold, and that's using the smaller, non-metric tons. 200g is about half a pound, so you'd be looking at 80x more gold per ton from traditional mining on the low end
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by entropicdrifter 8mo ago
>And according to Google, they always delete data if requested. However, the request form is on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard'.
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by entropicdrifter 9mo ago
It tries to, in bouts
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by entropicdrifter 9mo ago
Then say that. If someone goes on to say, "well you ruined my vacation" or something like that, they weren't asking at all, they were demanding and now they're bullying you about having boundaries to try to tear your b

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