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by mft_ 7mo ago
It would be sensible/wonderful for Apple to release a deliberately lighter version of MacOS for these laptops; but their intransigence and (e.g.) willingness to hold the iPad’s OS back year after year suggests they won’t.
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by mft_ 7mo ago
> 256gb m5 max would've straight up killed both of those products. 1) Not necessarily, as the thermals would presumably be different, the use-case is different (not everyone wants or needs a laptop; expandability of the Pro, etc.) a
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by mft_ 8mo ago
Looking at the M5 Max specifically, two thoughts: 1) The price for a 14" model with the most powerful Max processor with 128GB of RAM ($5099 with all else left at the default settings) doesn't seem to have jumped hugely consider
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by mft_ 8mo ago
Physiologically, a male getting an erection implies stimulation, not consent. However, more broadly I agree with you that laws protecting animals from harm can often lag behind what some might consider necessary. And despite laws protectin
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by mft_ 8mo ago
(Your question doesn't make sense, but) A quick search shows that sex with an animal is definitely illegal in the UK [0] whether it's a male or a female human involved. [0] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga&#x2F
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by mft_ 8mo ago
All very fair points; I was thinking (but didn't specify) of the step-brother/sister relationship as mentioned in other comments. And just to be clear, I'm not an especial advocate here! I'm just interested as always in
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by mft_ 8mo ago
Children and animals can’t consent and are relatively helpless, so must be protected. Real incest leads to a high risk of developmental problems for subsequent children, so a ban makes sense. Logically, none of these arguments apply to “ste
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by mft_ 8mo ago
You definitely need to use a mouse with a middle button/scroll wheel, IME. With this, there are presets which work just like other CAD programs e.g. Solidworks. Without it, it’s very difficult to use, but that’s not unique to FreeCAD.
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by mft_ 8mo ago
Maybe I should file an issue to update the website then ;)
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by mft_ 8mo ago
I’m not usually bothered by this, but the style of this post made me feel mildly stressed while reading it. Not everything needs drama.
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by mft_ 8mo ago
According to the website[0] I’d need 20+ hrs idle time, video recording, Bluetooth, and GPS. I’m being gently snarky, of course, but the goal shouldn’t be an MVP that nerds who are deeply into privacy or FOSS or hate Google can tolerate -
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by mft_ 8mo ago
I agree with the previous post that there's hope that there's a convergence point in the not too distant future where consumer hardware can run powerful models. At the moment, the 397Bn Qwen3.5 model (which I assume is what you&#x
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by mft_ 8mo ago
Tangent, but: > The open source models are extraordinarily effective. Which models are you referring to? (And in particular, which sizes/versions?)
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by mft_ 8mo ago
I’ve experienced similar problems (not totally sure if they were exactly the “topological naming problem” but certainly similar from the description) in Solidworks many times. Not usually a major problem - just a reworking or removal /
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by mft_ 8mo ago
It’s possible for a standard right-handed player to throw a guitar over to that position while playing. Anyway, see the pain on his face; he’s (obvs) just in the middle of an especially aggressive and passionate metal solo.
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by mft_ 8mo ago
Define “stress”. Calorie restriction is demonstrably life-extending in multiple species (that it’s feasible to test it in).
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by mft_ 8mo ago
I agree that HN is not representative, but amongst my definitely-not-tech-aware friends, there's certainty awareness about privacy and social media. This might manifest in avoiding specific apps (for example, I have a friend who refus
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by mft_ 8mo ago
What you’re missing is that there’s maybe a bigger crossover between people (and age groups) who use TikTok and people who might prefer it if they weren’t tracked and monetised, than you are imagining. My experience is that TikTok’e algorit
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by mft_ 8mo ago
Well, if that's the case, I take (that part of) it back and I'll fire up Mint later to explore. Thanks. It wasn't an obvious option when I tried LibreOffice a few weeks ago, but maybe I should have explored further.
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by mft_ 8mo ago
It looks awful and undiscoverable on a standard Mint/Cinnamon install. Anyway, the point is surely that if LibreOffice really wants to attract users from Microsoft Office, then it should do everything possible to optimise that transit
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by mft_ 8mo ago
I think we’re in a similar place. I invested enough time over several years to understand the quirks and avoid the frustrations of a certain CAD package (allegedly, possibly Solidworks). And it’s now helpful to remind myself, each time I fi
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by mft_ 8mo ago
There’s no way around needing a powerful-enough system to run the model. So you either choose a model that can fit on what you have —i.e. via a small model, or a quantised slightly larger model— or you access more powerful hardware, either
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by mft_ 8mo ago
Asset as in, someone that tells you otherwise secret or unobtainable information. That’s one of the ways the FBI and similar organisations works to gain intelligence on criminal enterprises, with the goal of ultimately bringing them to just
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by mft_ 8mo ago
(I’ve posted this before on HN but it’s worth repeating) I’m an CAD hobbyist, and I’ve tried to work with FreeCAD multiple times over past years, always failing…. …until I saw this video and learned about version 1.1: https://you
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by mft_ 8mo ago
One reason that people use Apple phones is they are seen as a less privacy-invasive option than Android/Google. So it would follow that a valid privacy-respecting third option would potentially help Apple customers as well as Google cu
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by mft_ 8mo ago
There are absolutely some (very) weird cultures/behaviours in the Japanese workplace that do set them apart from every other first-world country I've experienced (working in global organisations).
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by mft_ 8mo ago
It should probably be "break free from Google and Apple"?
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by mft_ 8mo ago
> Mass-market newspapers may be in trouble, but that's because it turns out most people were buying those for the classifieds, not really for the news. Genuinely interested in some sort of data on this. My working assumption was tha
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Thanks, TIL.
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> So how much internal memory does the latest Cerebras chip have? 44GB. This puts OpenAI in kind of an awkward position. 44GB is enough to fit a small model (~20B params at fp16, ~40B params at int8 quantization), but clearly not enough

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