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by mrandish 10mo ago
> They are so intertwined propping up the same bubble they are absolutely going to share quotes instantly. Reading this line, I had a funny image form of some NVidia PR newbie reflexively reaching out to Lisa Su for a supporting quote an
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by mrandish 10mo ago
Yeah, putting an i9 in any laptop that's not an XL gaming rig with big fans is very nearly always a waste of money (there might exist a few rare exceptions for some oddball workloads). Manufacturers selling i9s in thin & light lapt
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by mrandish 10mo ago
> May 2026 What is potentially significant about May 26?
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by mrandish 10mo ago
I based that on seeing the BBC Science TV series (and books) Connections by science historian James Burke. If it's been updated since, then I stand corrected. Regardless of the specific example, my point was that sometimes modern stand
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by mrandish 10mo ago
Good post. For anyone wondering "why do we have these particular resolutions, sampling and frame rates, which seem quite random", allow me to expand and add some color to your post (pun intended). Similar to how modern railroa
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by mrandish 10mo ago
> I find it funny that casual observers on the outside are so morally opposed. ... It's really going to help mid market and below, for films that don't have Disney budgets. Agreed. I also have a few decades of experience in fil
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by mrandish 10mo ago
Yeah, I have a feeling rebranding might be in their future. As one of the somewhat rare crossover people who are both technical but with some marketing chops, it never ceases to surprise me how branding can elude some people who are technic
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by mrandish 10mo ago
News agencies like AP have already come up with technical standards and guidelines to technically define 'acceptable' types and degrees of image processing applied to professional photo-journalism. You can look it up because it&#x
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by mrandish 10mo ago
This article seems like a purposeful PR 'leak' attempting to deflect criticism of the deal structure. I'm skeptical about the approximate numbers claimed but even if they're ballpark accurate, I suspect the generally ros
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by mrandish 10mo ago
Investors with enough into the deal to fight it in court get enough to not fight it. Key employees needed by the 'not acquirer' get compensation sufficient to retain them, although increasingly much of this is under a deferred ves
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by mrandish 10mo ago
> "In the summer of 1973, during their last day working at Xerox, Ashawna Hailey, Kim Hailey, and Jay Kumar took detailed photos of an Intel 8080 pre-production sample" I was interested in this and followed the links to the ori
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by mrandish 10mo ago
> This is a self-reported survey paper. Thank you for this post! The headline claim struck me as one that would be difficult to evidence with any scientific rigor. Reading the abstract furthered this feeling but I couldn't be bother
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by mrandish 10mo ago
Yeah, even as a software engineering type I immediately thought the question was too broadly posed. I assume the OP must have had something narrower in mind.
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by mrandish 10mo ago
> But it tends to happen for a short amount of time, mostly for events I expect you're correct. While it's fantastic tech, it's also very expensive to keep highly-precise, carefully calibrated micro-machinery like this ali
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by mrandish 10mo ago
The site's text is medium blue on a gray background with a font-weight of 300. I'm all for a bit of visual variety and personal expressiveness but this is pushing the boundaries of accessible legibility on some systems and screens
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by mrandish 10mo ago
I read that WSJ article before seeing this blog post. I found it mildly interesting and a little bit funny but unsurprising that the AI failed. However, I think this blog about the article misses a key point. Anthropic's goal was never
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by mrandish 10mo ago
I've cited Adam's Sirius Cybernetics Corporation so many times in relation to AI chatbots... Somehow he foresaw all this back in the 80s.
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by mrandish 10mo ago
Because I don't follow CPUs constantly and only check in from time to time, all the code names (for cores, CPUs and platforms), generations, marketing names, model numbers, etc make it hopelessly confusing. And it's not just Intel
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by mrandish 10mo ago
> Unlike Apple hardware, the Steam Deck does not need to be jailbroken in any way, and Valve explicitly provides a guide for how to go outside their ecosystem And this is why I'll always trust and prefer Valve over Apple.
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by mrandish 11mo ago
They just launched a Kickstarter for an MST3K table top game. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cze/mst3k-the-game
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by mrandish 11mo ago
Some of those older comedy shows had really good writing. The Bob Newhart shows were also excellent.
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by mrandish 11mo ago
> Genetics is really the biggest determining factor outside of going completely off the rails with binge eating and drug use. So true. I'm fortunate that both my parents have long-life family histories. Both families were old-fashio
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by mrandish 11mo ago
If you already have a "smart TV" of some kind, one strategy is to block it from having Internet access at your router and then use an Android TV based streaming box/stick or other external source for all content (OTA tuner, 4
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by mrandish 11mo ago
I agree. Charging a blanket percentage of gross revenue is an extremely inexact way to monetize what is a broad basket of services that were previously separate including: electronic software delivery, software security verification, marke
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by mrandish 11mo ago
> I say this with no snark or disdain Given the context, I think snark and disdain are called for.
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by mrandish 11mo ago
> you just can't use the HDMI brand Hmmm, okay so maybe HDNI: High-Definition Not Incumbered.
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by mrandish 11mo ago
ARC-AGI was designed specifically for evaluating deeper reasoning in LLMs, including being resistant to LLMs 'training to the test'. If you read Francois' papers, he's well aware of the challenge and has done valuable wo
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by mrandish 11mo ago
> I wonder why they held this back. IMHO, I doubt they were holding much back. Obviously, they're always working on 'next improvements' and rolled what was done enough into this but I suspect the real difference here is th
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by mrandish 11mo ago
Due to the "Code Red" threat from Gemini 3, I suspect they'll hold off throttling for longer than usual (by incinerating even more investor capital than usual). Jump in and soak up that extra-discounted compute while the gett
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by mrandish 11mo ago
> does this thing actually make games run really great It's an interesting question, and since OP indicates he previously had a 4090, he's qualified to reply and hopefully will. However, I suspect the GH200 won't turn out

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