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by prvc 1y ago
> ~15GB (MLX) leaving plenty of memory for running other apps. Is that small enough to run well (without thrashing) on a system with only 16GiB RAM?
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by prvc 1y ago
There are about 1.58 (i.e. log_2(3)) bits per digit, so they just applied the constant function that maps the reals to 1 to it.
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by prvc 1y ago
Is making yet another twitter clone really the way to build a path towards super-intelligence? A worthy use of the organization's talent?
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by prvc 1y ago
Do they stand a good chance of clawing back any of that funding by suing the government (which they seem to be hinting at doing)?
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by prvc 1y ago
Before asking "How to win an argument with a toddler?", first ask: 1- "Might the toddler be right?" 2- "Am I the toddler in this interaction?"
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by prvc 1y ago
The entire space of smart contracts falls within the intended functionality of the systems that implement them, which make this particular use of them conceptually unlike things like buffer overflows. Calling it a "hack" or an &qu
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by prvc 2y ago
The parts most expected to fail are easy to remove, and they even have separate modules for each port. Also, is the TouchID button not paired to the motherboard (so why would one want it to be easier to access than the motherboard in a repa
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The "Intactivists" Campaigning Against the Cut(newyorker.com)
2 points by prvc 2y ago|0 comments
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by prvc 2y ago
Getting a "Too long video" message in response to a query is frustrating to the user, and, well, redundant information, so contrary to the purpose of increasing information density.
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by prvc 2y ago
>Only congress the authority to control spending You changed your wording to fit your argument. "To spend" became "to control spending", implicitly acknowledging that the two phrases have different meanings.
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by prvc 2y ago
>the power to spend tax money But they're not spending; they're kind of doing the opposite of spending. And reducing waste is a previously known (for a long time) goal of theirs.
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by prvc 2y ago
Which law, specifically?
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by prvc 2y ago
Why did you choose to restrict your data to "senior" scientists? What is that supposed to prove?
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by prvc 2y ago
Why would playback speed become uniformly slower "due to age" (cf. their WM-FS397 test)?
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by prvc 2y ago
There appears to be no purpose to this article other than to publicize and to attempt to launder the dox. I wonder to what extent this exposes "The Daily Dot" to criminal liability.
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by prvc 2y ago
Is it possible that "two-tier policing" exists, while "two-tier policing" does not? In a word, no. I know this a priori .
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by prvc 2y ago
The "ums", "rights", "likes", "kindas", and up-talk were completely unnecessary, though, and their presence just detracts from the product.
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by prvc 2y ago
What sort of tests are available?
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by prvc 2y ago
>I don’t usually watch movies on this, but when I do, I set it to 4K 120 Hz mode. The 120 Hz is nice as it is divisible by both 24 fps and 30 fps, which are common framerates for movies, although The Hobbit running at 48 Hz would benefit
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by prvc 2y ago
Someone still had to pay for them in your case.
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by prvc 2y ago
Slightly tangential, but it is outrageous that high school math classes require their students to buy these expensive calculators. The educational benefit that they supposedly provide eludes me.
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by prvc 2y ago
https://archive.ph/hEZlq#selection-1095.0-1099.204 Section most relevant to your question is highlighted.
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by prvc 2y ago
He appears to be really mad.
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by prvc 2y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41363231 Article contains a short history of Finale, and some added information compared to yesterday. MakeMusic will remain in business, but still intends to shut d
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MakeMusic ends development and availability of Finale; partners with Steinberg(scoringnotes.com)
2 points by prvc 2y ago|1 comments
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by prvc 2y ago
It is unreasonable for the software vendor to impose the task of converting a large mass of files (one by one!) on the users, especially within such a limited time frame. Most users have hundreds, thousands, or more such files to go through
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by prvc 2y ago
And after that period, in one year and one day, any new installation of Finale will be impossible to activate without a keygen (and I am not aware of any having been released, so far, that work with the "final" version). This will
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by prvc 2y ago
The tool would need to output MusicXML. And maybe PDF as a fallback, if they can manage that. Each version of Finale uses its own complex, proprietary, and opaque file format. With no way to activate new installations of the software, the c
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by prvc 2y ago
They should, at minimum, release a freeware file conversion tool.
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by prvc 2y ago
Simple to confirm, much harder to generate. What to strive for!

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