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by gcanyon 4mo ago
I read the article -- nothing there explains why Meta wouldn't be using their own models instead of Google's.
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
Meta builds its own models. How similar is this to a story with the headline “OpenAI limits Anthropic’s use of its ChatGPT AI models.”?
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
Seems likely that ticks should go in the same category as mosquitoes -- how long until we use gene-drive tech to completely eradicate them?
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
This is not new. I just watched a video a few days ago talking about Levittown, built in the post-WWII boom, where the house lots were just big enough to build septic systems for each, given the current state of the ground/drainage.
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
Hopefully this points toward Fable becoming available again.
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
I'm not sure why "cringey" has to enter the conversation. People seem to be taking this personally. QR codes work across a conference room (personal experience) how old is your phone, exactly? QR codes have gotten easier to u
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
The assumption that I'm just being contrarian is inaccurate and a bit rude. To respond to just one or two items: Printing is no longer as easy as it once was. I bought an ink jet printer a few weeks back because my wife needs to prin
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
You're very rude.
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
I’m in exactly the same boat. I’ll have to look at some of the suggestions here
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
Ah, good call, I should have included the threads, thanks! I tried several variants of the GitHub URL and the main web site and got errors until I cut it back to what I posted and rushed out of work to have dinner with my wife.
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
I can't include the links because HN filters dead links.
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The open source DOCX editor submitted to HN a few weeks ago has been deleted
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
Apple to skip high-end versions of M6 Mac chips... I read it as the M6 being "high-end" in general, and Apple skipping the whole generation, which made no sense to me. But they are going to use the M6 at all , just not bother t
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
I'll be the contrarian and take the opposing position: this story -- the doorman fallacy itself, ignores the obvious counter-narrative: - physical menus are hard to update - physical menus are often too simple, requiring asking
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
They absolutely don't have warehouses of hardware. Tim Cook is a supply-chain-efficiency hawk from before he was CEO -- he was famous for reducing Apple's inventory.
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
> the Duke failed to pay Mozart for his work You stiffed Mozart!? A curse on your ghost!
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
> Ford CEO I wonder how this compares to the late '60s and through the '70s, when small, higher-mileage imports were eating the US car manufacturers' lunch. It feels more existential, but maybe not?
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
I'm a software developer from way back, using tools and languages that coding agents are far less familiar with. So when I use an agent to write code, it's in languages I'm less familiar with, and often using libraries I kn
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
I went to that site, said "awesome!", bookmarked it, and left the tab open in the background for an hour or so, and then noticed my laptop was warm. That page was taking over 6GB
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
I've seen articles that say that absolute perfect pitch is a curse, not a gift, because it wanders with age, and then everything is "out of key".
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
If this is what it takes to get access to Fable I'll be sad, but go along with it. Fable was (at least in my testing) remarkably good.
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
Yeah, I was expecting some sort of "slow breathing produces calmness/more considered behavior" conclusion. But, the exact opposite? Everyone knows what party monsters those zen meditators are? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
I've seen the pictures of ballerinas' toes -- in this era of 3D printing is there no way to distribute the load up to where the foot widens into the heel?
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
Nice to hear N=2. I'm really hoping Fable comes back soon. In my case two people are making very-near-light-speed trips to a star 20-ish light years away. Originally, I had one leaving a month earlier and making the journey with a Lore
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
> it is clear that actual intelligence has plateaued significantly N=1, but I disagree strongly. I'm writing a hard-science science fiction story, and the physics of it is at (and frankly, beyond) my skillset. The story's plot
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
Ed Harris acted the crap out of that scene. And the whole dynamic between him and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in that film was awesome. I wish James Cameron was bringing that same level of characterization to Avatar :-/
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
I was looking for this. Didn't find it, so I posted it myself.
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
Each person should be able to make their own decisions. You seem to wish to be preserved on the off chance of improvement. GP (and I) would prefer to be let go.
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
As the say goes, "you're not dead until you're WARM and dead." Still, that recovery sounds rough on everyone involved.
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by gcanyon 4mo ago
> What kind of person isn't curious about the puzzle of their own existence A person who is certain they already know the answer.

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