mattstir

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by mattstir 3y ago
Presumably he's talking about the intent of the law, which seems to have been to ensure news outlets actually receive money for linked articles. It seems that the government didn't expect Google or Facebook to just stop linking to
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by mattstir 3y ago
I'm quite curious about this sentiment because I've seen it more than a few times here on Hackernews. I have ADHD and have been very successful in my work life so far. I'm on a prescription medication for when my focus is nec
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by mattstir 3y ago
The bash script is downloading llama.cpp, a project which allows you to run LLaMA-based language models on your CPU. The bash script then downloads the 13 billion parameter GGML version of LLaMA 2. The GGML version is what will work with ll
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by mattstir 3y ago
> Most of the preferences in this will actually reduce the target-able attack surface Can you point to anything specific that reduces the attack surface? When looking at the "securefox" config, it does a bunch of strange things
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by mattstir 3y ago
> but I really, really hope Mozilla doesn't even remotely consider implementing this. Apologies for the simple question, but wouldn't forks of popular browsers crop up without this attestation API implemented? Or is it a thing
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by mattstir 3y ago
> The only reason people are protesting api pricing is because they want to protest. The actual concern here isn't what they are protesting. No...? It's a decision that impacts millions of people that rely solely on third-party
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by mattstir 3y ago
> That's exactly what they are doing with the API lol No, they're charging exorbitant rates for API access lol. I honestly can't understand how people can look at $2.50 / month per user for a few JSON responses and th
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by mattstir 3y ago
> Why does an alternative need to exist? Because there are a great many people that have legitimately used Reddit as their "frontpage of the internet" for years and don't enjoy the form factor that other websites / ap
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by mattstir 3y ago
Basically the only thing that comes to mind is that our collective views and knowledge about topics can change over time. If we had a hypothetical LLM in the 1930's, it would have had quite different views on things like mental health,
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by mattstir 3y ago
What's the point of paying 65% more per month for the 1080p plan if you're just going to receive 720p anyway? Do you enjoy wasting money?
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by mattstir 4y ago
I find it strange that the author is clearly trying to convince some kind of audience, but then goes about it in the least convincing way possible. The self-righteousness and arrogance won't help relay their point to the people they wa
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by mattstir 4y ago
Interestingly, the same companies who made the paid service by analyzing all of that open-source code would never, ever consider open-sourcing the code for that service. > if you don't want people to learn off your code "Learn&
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by mattstir 4y ago
Yes, Copilot has had issues with copying entire blocks of code verbatim. There's a decent number of examples like the following: https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/1410886329924194309 .
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by mattstir 4y ago
The main sources of discomfort come from when Copilot really does copy-paste code blocks verbatim. It doesn't happen all the time, but there are still many examples like the following: https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko&#x2F
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by mattstir 4y ago
The issues stem from Copilot frequently regurgitating code verbatim, as seen in examples like this: https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/1410886329924194309
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by mattstir 4y ago
You seem to completely miss the point about using data which was freely given. I would say that most of us like the idea of Copilot what OpenAI is accomplishing. The main issue stems from violating licenses which require attribution etc. As
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by mattstir 4y ago
It seems clear to me that google simply doesn't track these kinds of requests in general. It's insanely wasteful to respond to "thousands" of ad-hoc access requests made through blog articles. Google has a lot of resourc