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by mortsnort 8mo ago
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/04/03/multimedia/00biz-...
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by mortsnort 8mo ago
It's definitely cooked in the sense that the content is garbage, but whenever was that not true? I'm hoping they're cooked because they're putting all of their eggs in the AGI basket instead of making useful AI products,
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by mortsnort 8mo ago
Piracy took a huge toll on Dreamcast. It came out during the rise of P2P file sharing and you could just burn CD's of the games to play without needing to mod the console in any way.
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by mortsnort 8mo ago
Move fast and break things...
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by mortsnort 8mo ago
They also have a strange obsession with stories about vaccines, rare scary ailments, and child porn. I suppose these topics get them good engagement, but not something I want to read about (constantly) on a tech blog.
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by mortsnort 8mo ago
They may quantize the models after release to save money.
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by mortsnort 8mo ago
By your logic, it would be really easy for the code creator to run an agent to find and fix exploits in their own code.
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by mortsnort 9mo ago
They were just waiting for someone in the comments to ask!
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by mortsnort 9mo ago
I think they're going to do the least funny thing imaginable: make Windows software require a valid Windows install. It might all be moot tho if nobody can buy RAM and we're all pushed to cloud computing (yay Azure...). Then your
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by mortsnort 9mo ago
The money quote: In the meantime, should the public be worried about MNPs in their bodies? Given the very limited evidence, Prof Lamoree said she could not say how concerned people should be: “But for sure I take some precautions myself, to
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Show HN: A holiday side project to make Anki flashcards without breaking flow(github.com)
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by mortsnort 10mo ago
Legendary channel and dude, but everything must succumb to the Law of Enshittification eventually.
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by mortsnort 10mo ago
Yeah why isn't anyone else making hardware for niche operating systems that is on par with a $4T luxury, bespoke hardware company's products!
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by mortsnort 10mo ago
Stupid and smart are stupid terms. There are many, many dimensions to intelligence and a lot of tech elite are too "stupid" to not recognize that being a really "smart" at coding doesn't mean they're really &qu
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by mortsnort 10mo ago
Netflix paid $500M for the rights to Seinfeld for 5 years to give you an idea of what people are using Netflix for. Why make new content when you can sell old content?
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by mortsnort 10mo ago
I use a small model as a chatbot of sorts in a game I'm making. I was hoping the 3b could replace qwen 4b, but it's far worse at following instructions and providing entertaining content. I suppose this is expected given smaller s
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by mortsnort 11mo ago
The site could make it clear that Bazzite is an operating system (it is right?). It wasn't until I scrolled to the bottom and saw built on Gnome and Fedora that I understood what Bazzite is.
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by mortsnort 11mo ago
Happiness isn't a good survival trait.
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by mortsnort 11mo ago
I've been having good results with Roo Code/Cline + Claude Code as the provider. I feel like using CC CLI effectively requires manually recreating Roo/Cline
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by mortsnort 11mo ago
I suspect that if this number gets much higher and I also suspect it will, MS is going to deploy nuclear options to break Proton and, with it, Valve's Linux ambitions.
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by mortsnort 1y ago
I've been using Android phones since the OG Droid (2009) because I could install software on it. My next phone will be an iPhone if this doesn't change.
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by mortsnort 1y ago
Will MS implement some kind of software signing that breaks wine?
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by mortsnort 1y ago
https://www.statsignificant.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-tvs-g... This is a pretty well known fact. Netflix is the best example. They created the prestige streaming market with House of Cards, and now they're primar
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by mortsnort 1y ago
It's obviously just a stop gap product to test the tech before they launch a foldable.
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by mortsnort 1y ago
Apparently learning HTML and CSS is how one becomes a real "web developer".
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by mortsnort 1y ago
The massive cost of this product is unique though (not even counting the copyright lawsuits/settlements coming). I can't think of any side projects that require this level of investment.
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by mortsnort 1y ago
The strix halo can also be used as a capable gaming/dev Pac with your OS of choice.
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by mortsnort 1y ago
He should use AI for that
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by mortsnort 1y ago
Often the buying company brings synergies from their own company that unlocks extra value (in theory).
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by mortsnort 1y ago
Apple chips are ARM chips.

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