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by scrlk 7mo ago
The irony is that, on a technicality, the hereditary peers were the only members of the Lords who had to win an election to get their seats. > Under the reforms of the House of Lords Act 1999, the majority of hereditary peers lost the ri
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Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)(thewave.engineer)
397 points by scrlk 7mo ago|333 comments
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by scrlk 7mo ago
Incremental. If you want a major change, the M6 MBP is rumoured to launch towards the end of the year. It's expected to bring a new design and an OLED touchscreen. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-
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MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max(apple.com)
862 points by scrlk 7mo ago|976 comments
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by scrlk 8mo ago
IME, they definitely nerf models. gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25 through AI Studio was amazing at release and steadily degraded. The quality started tanking around the time they hid CoT.
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by scrlk 8mo ago
> Claude was used to do things their guidelines prohibit (facilitate violence, develop weapons or conduct surveillance) There's Claude Gov models for this: > U.S. national security customers may choose to use our AI systems for a
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by scrlk 8mo ago
Cf. -2000 Lines Of Code: https://www.folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.html
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by scrlk 9mo ago
> MSFT has had an appalling, frankly embarrassing track record in this regard dating back literally a decade plus now. IMO, it's all traceable to their decision to lay off their dedicated QA teams in 2014
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GLM-4.7-Flash(huggingface.co)
378 points by scrlk 9mo ago|135 comments
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by scrlk 9mo ago
> For whatever reason, Tony Blair's think tank is obsessed with this idea. Probably considers it as unfinished business from his administration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_Cards_Act_2006
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by scrlk 9mo ago
It seems so, even niche manufacturers like Getac have adopted Control-Fn for their newer models.
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by scrlk 9mo ago
> Thinkpads are the last major holdout ThinkPads were one of the last major holdouts, they went to the Control-Fn layout in 2024.
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by scrlk 9mo ago
Bismarck introduced socialised healthcare in 1883.
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by scrlk 9mo ago
I know sound signature is a matter of personal taste, but FWIW, Bose QCs track the Harman curve pretty well. E.g.: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/b...
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by scrlk 9mo ago
What I find somewhat humorous: AMD originally wanted to acquire Nvidia, but walked away when Jensen apparently insisted on becoming the CEO of the merged company. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/ins
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by scrlk 10mo ago
Oneshotted by refusing to update priors from 1990s-era 'End of History' thinking.
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by scrlk 10mo ago
Considering that these tools are installed in seismically active areas [0], the last thing a customer would want is for the tool to zeroise itself because of an earthquake. [0] https://www.reuters.com/technology/tsmc-sa
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by scrlk 10mo ago
https://archive.is/pWkBU
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The Factory Workers Who Build the Power Grid by Hand(wsj.com)
2 points by scrlk 10mo ago|1 comments
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by scrlk 10mo ago
gpt-oss is STEM-maxxed, so I imagine most of the praise comes from people using it for agentic coding. > We trained the models on a mostly English, text-only dataset, with a focus on STEM, coding, and general knowledge. https:/&#x2
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by scrlk 10mo ago
> Text surrounded by asterisks is italicized. To get a literal asterisk, use \* or **. See Formatting Options : https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
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by scrlk 10mo ago
Acquiring P.A. Semi got them Dan Dobberpuhl and Jim Keller, which laid a good design foundation. However, IMO, I'd lean towards these as the decisive factors today: 1) Apple's financial firepower allowing them to book out SOTA pro
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by scrlk 10mo ago
It's an EU regulation: > All new motor vehicles, including cars, vans, trucks, and buses now need to integrate intelligent speed assistance solutions, cameras, or sensors for reversing detection, attention warnings in case of driver
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by scrlk 10mo ago
Schitt did step up their engineering and quality in the last few years, in response to Amir/ASR reviews. E.g. https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/s... > No doubt you have noticed my
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by scrlk 10mo ago
> Brussels is considering setting “made in Europe” targets of up to 70 per cent for the content of certain products such as cars, as it pushes to prioritise domestic goods and cut reliance on China. > The policy could cost EU companie
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by scrlk 10mo ago
Speculation on my part, but the X220/230 had a simplified design (e.g. clickpad, no lid latch, fewer blinkenlights) compared to the X200/201. These FrankenPad mods are typically for die hard classic ThinkPad fans.
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by scrlk 10mo ago
Won't fit, the X200/201 use a different chassis design to the X220/230.
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by scrlk 11mo ago
Reminds me of this HN comment about working on the Oracle RDBMS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18442941
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The Engineering Behind Apple's 3D-Printed Watch Cases(hodinkee.com)
2 points by scrlk 11mo ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 11mo ago
Benchmarks from page 4 of the model card: | Benchmark | 3 Pro | 2.5 Pro | Sonnet 4.5 | GPT-5.1 | |-----------------------|-----------|---------|------------|-----------| | Humanity's Last Exam | 37.5%

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