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by opisthenar84 4y ago
The fact that Weaviate only recently started calling themselves a vector database is completely irrelevant here. They had this type of vector data infrastructure before Pinecone did, and that's all that matters. Example: I'm going
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by opisthenar84 4y ago
This is awesome. Is it open source?
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by opisthenar84 4y ago
I think the difference is in the layer of abstraction i.e. FLANN is just the underlying search functionality whereas vector databases are fully managed solutions. Even so, Weaviate came out in 2018, so saying that they are the "first&q
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by opisthenar84 4y ago
Cautiously optimistic here for the return of supersonic travel. The Concorde failed due to low passenger numbers after various technical issues. Hoping that doesn't happen with Boom and other supersonic passenger aircraft makers.
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by opisthenar84 4y ago
I don't understand the emphasis here on vertical scaling. Move a database to a bigger machine = more storage and faster querying. Not exactly rocket science. Horizontal scaling is the real challenge here, and the complexity of vector i
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by opisthenar84 4y ago
Safeway suffers from a similar pricing problem. Ordered items that cost $42 on the receipt but $35 on DoorDash, with fees and tip.
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
My guess: an A/B test gone wrong.
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
Hasn't this been a feature for a while?
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Does the National Debt Matter?(lynalden.com)
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Accused stalker of Tim Cook agrees to stay away from Apple CEO for next 3 years(abc7news.com)
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
This is a good introductory article, but I would not recommend it for more advanced use cases. Just because two numbers are "close" does not mean that they are "equal". If truly precise floating point math is needed, sym
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Nvidia to Benefit from Software-Defined Vehicles(eetimes.com)
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Groundbreaking set for bridge billed as world's largest wildlife crossing(abc7.com)
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
Outsourcing engineering can result in friction and needless overhead. Strong companies will also prefer to hire engineers who believe in the company's mission rather than just a bunch of merceneries. I understand what you're tryin
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
If there aren't government subsidies or tighter regulations around donating blood, I unfortunately don't see any major changes happening.
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
Asian American students' academic achievements are largely due to differences in culture. Without structural and societal changes, there's just no good way to lower Asian admission rates without artificially penalizing Asians as
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
> go out with a whimper Not sure that's ever going to happen.
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I became a product manager (as an engineering/computer science grad)(bootcamp.uxdesign.cc)
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
Very cool. How do you guys differentiate from crunchbase?
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Yuri Gagarin, first person in space, has had his name removed from fundraiser(businessinsider.com)
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
I remember reading that at 5nm, electron tunnelling through transistor gates would be a major problem. What happened to that?
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
Cool hack. Would it be possible to use a Python library instead of Imagemagick for the last two steps?
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
It's a damn shame Phil Ivey lost in court. He found a way to increase his odds of winning and got punished for it.
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
Programming language or spoken/written language?
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
Can you be specific a bit more... specific? When you Show HN, there's usually something to, you know, show.
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
It's much safer than it used to be imo, but that's due to internet security and not changes in the WiFi stack.
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
I doubt nukes would ever be purely controlled by AI. There will always be humans in the loop.
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
The invasion of Iraq took place over weapons that did not exist. The invasion of Ukraine is happening because of non-existent neo-Nazis in the Ukrainian government. Not identical, but there are parallels.
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
People frequently forget that the actions of one's government do not necessarily represent an individual's standpoint. Go after high-level officials and oligarchs, but do not go after common folk - they've already lost enough
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by opisthenar84 5y ago
> his income increased by more than $1 million, going from $1.4 million in 2014 to $2.5 million in 2015 You're already in the top 1% of earners in the US. Is the extra 1M per year really worth the risk of being caught? Sometimes I f

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