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by mrob 1y ago
With the default ext4 filesystem, mounting 'ro' doesn't actually prevent writes to the disk. For that you need 'noload' too, to prevent journal replay. This can result in a broken filesystem if it wasn't unmoun
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by mrob 1y ago
>No implementations of models you’re talking to today are just raw autorrgressive predictors, taking the most likely next token. Set the temperature to zero and that's exactly what you get. The point is the randomness is something a
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by mrob 1y ago
It's not. The LLM itself only calculates the probabilities of the next token. Assuming no race conditions in the implementation, this is completely deterministic. The popular LLM inference engine llama.cpp is deterministic. It's t
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by mrob 1y ago
Mercury has higher thermal conductivity than alcohol. The temperature reading stabilizes faster with mercury.
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by mrob 1y ago
I'll try some. For a long time I've been wary of organic oats because of concern about mycotoxins. I first thought about this after buying some Tesco non-organic oats that tasted of mould. I thought maybe pesticides reduced that r
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by mrob 1y ago
>I'm not sure why they have a he-man scale going up to 11 There's a big difference between air resistance and magnetic resistance machines. Air resistance scales with the square of velocity, the same as real rowing, while magne
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by mrob 1y ago
As somebody who uses both, I personally think a rowing machine is better for general cardiovascular exercise than a bicycle. The work is better spread over your whole body instead of mostly the legs. You can get cheap ones with magnetic res
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by mrob 1y ago
What would it care? We experience loneliness because social interaction is necessary for reproduction, providing strong evolutionary pressure for mechanisms that encourage it. The hypothetical AI will not share our evolutionary history.
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by mrob 1y ago
The version without a prominent Behringer logo is no longer sold (possibly there was legal action; I don't know the details). I agree that the old version was potentially misleading. The current version has a prominent Behringer logo.
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by mrob 1y ago
If it was never patented then whoever produced it clearly didn't care about preventing competition. And Behringer products all have a Behringer logo clearly printed on them, so there is no attempt to deceive anybody.
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by mrob 1y ago
Those synths are famous and expensive because they're an important part of musical culture. E.g. if you want to make dance music it's likely you want 808- or 909-style drums. You could use samples or software simulations, but I th
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by mrob 1y ago
Companies like Behringer are necessary for patents to be ethically justified. The deal with patents is a temporary monopoly in exchange for greater competition once the monopoly expires. Cheap re-implementations of expired patents is the pa
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by mrob 1y ago
"Open Source software" was never a popular term before the OSI promoted it. "Open Source software" is a reworking of the original term "Free software" to be more palatable to businesses. The Open Source Definit
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by mrob 1y ago
It's an unhelpful one because it implies the danger is somehow the result of irrational or impulsive thought, and making the AI smarter will avoid it.
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by mrob 1y ago
Why does an AI need the ability to "dislike" to calculate that its goals are best accomplished without any living humans around to interfere? Superintelligence doesn't need emotions or consciousness to be dangerous.
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by mrob 1y ago
In that case I incorrectly thought (like the other forum posters) it was like DDR5 on-die ECC. What you describe is better than DD5 on-die ECC. Is this error reporting supported by Linux? Is there some way I can do fault injection (e.g. und
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by mrob 1y ago
>NAS' routinely run just fine without it. How do you verify your data to confirm that?
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by mrob 1y ago
The specs claim "ECC" [0], but give no further details. ejolson on the Raspberry Pi forums [1] thinks it is on-die ECC, not traditional ECC, which would mean transfers between the RAM and the memory controller are not protected an
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by mrob 1y ago
Which SoC boards have ECC ram? ECC ram is essential for any reliable data storage system. Disks have built-in error correcting codes, and RAID can detect errors, but none of this helps if the data is corrupted in RAM before it ever reaches
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by mrob 1y ago
One big advantage of iron is that you can forge it. Bronze has to be cast or cold worked (with annealing steps as necessary). You can't forge weld bronze either, so you need to braze/solder parts together. A skilled blacksmith can
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by mrob 1y ago
Optional meaning you have the choice of using the existing physical ID. I don't see how this is deceptive. "A lot of pressure" is not the same as being unable to legally work without the digital ID.
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by mrob 1y ago
AFAIK, the UK gov has only said there will be solutions for people unable to use a phone, not people unwilling to use a phone.
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by mrob 1y ago
Unlike the proposed UK digital ID (which is not a "card"), this one is optional. Nobody is being forced to buy a smartphone and accept Apple or Google's terms of service.
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by mrob 1y ago
Chess has memorization; go has counting. Go endgames especially require a lot of counting. I don't think either skill is particularly fun.
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by mrob 1y ago
There is a theoretical maximum: the open circuit voltage of a single photovoltaic junction cannot exceed the bandgap of the semiconductor used, no matter how much light you apply. The manufacturer knows the semiconductor used and the number
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by mrob 1y ago
Thin films of gold are reflective in the infrared and transparent in blue/green optical wavelengths. Gold can be applied to most surfaces by various physical vapor deposition processes in a vacuum.
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by mrob 1y ago
They have said it will work for people who "aren’t able to use a smartphone". Nothing is said about people who are able but unwilling. I can only assume I will forced to submit to the terms and conditions of a foreign corporation,
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by mrob 1y ago
A real constitution is not a vague collection of traditions. Every other country understands "constitution" to mean a written document. A collection of traditions cannot meet the primary aim of a constitution, which is granting pe
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by mrob 1y ago
It's incredibly misleading to call a phone app a "card". This is much worse than it sounds. Am I going to be forced to buy a smartphone? Am I going to be forced to run non-Free software? Am I going to be forced to enter into
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by mrob 1y ago
And "become customers" means it will become mandatory to sign away your rights to a foreign corporation by agreeing to their terms of service. This kind of abuse of power is a clear example of why the UK needs a real constitution.

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