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by nabla9 10mo ago
You could form a cooperative that periodically negotiates with providers a cheaper bulk price. If the co-op grows into millions of users they could start having their own data centers. Each person should still have to pay for their usage, b
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by nabla9 10mo ago
That's not a loophole. Non-exclusive licensing agreement is the opposite of loophole.
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by nabla9 10mo ago
DJB has a good counter "Looking at some claims that quantum computers won't work" https://blog.cr.yp.to/20250118-flight.html In the middle of the text he specially addresses Peter Gutmann's argument.
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by nabla9 10mo ago
It's a non-exclusive deal. No reason for antitrust action whatsoever.
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Classical billiards can compute (2d billiard systems are Turing complete)(arxiv.org)
32 points by nabla9 10mo ago|5 comments
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The "Unix v4 tape" running in simh PDP11 emu on IRIX(oldbytes.space)
6 points by nabla9 10mo ago|1 comments
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Invisible infrared surveillance technology and those caught in its digital cage(apnews.com)
3 points by nabla9 10mo ago|0 comments
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Nvidia Is the Only AI Model Maker That Can Afford to Give It Away(nextplatform.com)
7 points by nabla9 10mo ago|1 comments
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by nabla9 10mo ago
Natural languages being in MCSL (Mildly Context-Sensitive) is the consensus among linguistics, not some random individual's viewpoint.
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by nabla9 10mo ago
Strictly speaking natural languages fit into Context-Sensitive (Type-1) in Chomsky Hierarchy, but that's too broad to be useful. In practice they are classified into MCSL (Mildly Context-Sensitive) subcategory defined by Aravind K. Jos
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by nabla9 10mo ago
They are combined. Chomsky Hierarchies are the core of modern Computer science because they map perfectly into automata theory. They are always taught together in computer science. >E.g. would it be possible to create an algorithm that t
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by nabla9 10mo ago
You saw name "Noam Chomsky" and that started a process in your mind that generated the standard spiel about Syntactic Structures. Chomsky Hierarchy is his more fundamental work that joins computer science and linguistics. It was
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by nabla9 10mo ago
> Snowden revealed PRISM meant the US government just had straight access People read this and think that US government had unhindered access to all data in major providers. According to Edward Snowden, PRISM allowed the government to co
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by nabla9 10mo ago
Crypto is a zero sum game. "The Public" can't be making millions on aggregate. Probably something like 90+% lose over longer term. And you make nothing until you sell.
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by nabla9 10mo ago
Generating code has never been very valuable. When you are building a reasonable software project (10k to 300k LOC), the actual generation of code is not a significant cost. If code generation were the true bottleneck, a 300k LOC project wo
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by nabla9 10mo ago
Do most people read the article and think "F-4 couldn't see the F-22 simply because of stealth, even at close range." In reality, these fighters have forward-looking radars. An F-4 could do the same to a lone F-22. The real i
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MI6 chief: Tech giants are closer to running the world than politicians(inews.co.uk)
30 points by nabla9 10mo ago|6 comments
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by nabla9 10mo ago
As the top comment in MR points out this is not that impressive. > 12 hour ahead prediction is .0581. The "ahead" is Before Markets Resolve. Brier score 0.0581 12h before markets resolve is usually not impressive score and info
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Get to Know iPhone Privacy and Security Settings(ssd.eff.org)
1 points by nabla9 10mo ago|0 comments
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by nabla9 10mo ago
You don't get any important information from this single automated transaction. Look at the Nvidia executives disposition/acquisition schedule. Here is Shoquist https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/insiders&
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Ask Your Cryptographer If Context-Committing AEAD Is Right for You(iacr.org)
3 points by nabla9 10mo ago|0 comments
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by nabla9 10mo ago
"fuck you Apple" is not a correct response either. Bad Apple, good Apple, is just more of the same. Asking Lords to be benevolent is not what we should want. Just like landlord can't just lock you out of your house, with all
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by nabla9 10mo ago
Agreed. If the only way to get your digital property back is a public plea to your Lord, that's called feudalism. Everyone should be treated fairly, not only those who can get their public pleas heard.
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by nabla9 10mo ago
The difference between Oracle and Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Nvidia is that Oracle takes debt to finance its AI investments. If things go south, Oracle is left naked.
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by nabla9 10mo ago
I think we all can agree that Comic Sans MS reflects the current US government best, both spiritually and aesthetically.
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by nabla9 10mo ago
Wealth translates easily into political power and influence. Do we care if Saudi Royalty and billionaires have power to shape societies, use power over us, determine what media we consume etc. Most of the history the rich and powerful rule
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by nabla9 10mo ago
With EV's this gets relatively worse because they are heavier. EV SUV worse than gas SUV.
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by nabla9 10mo ago
Tires and brakes. With EV's this gets relatively worse because they are heavier.
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by nabla9 10mo ago
As a company this is the second incarnation. The company sold to out to Russians and Chinese, then went bankrupt when Russian sanctions arrived. Management bought the company and apparently received new secret financing. As long as I don&#x
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by nabla9 10mo ago
Not a benchmark. Just a test with a single task. There is so much variance depending on prompting that single task test does not measure anything. Give 5 different tasks to 5 different programmers who each can choose to write their own prom

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