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by throwaway2037 27d ago
> Unfortunately, the project was cancelled for moronic political reasons. From Wiki[1], I see: > In March 2022, in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Finnish Government declared that a rapid independence fro
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by throwaway2037 27d ago
This is a weird take. Before the rise of AI/LLMs, a lot of Finland's industry was paper products and high-end manuf'ing. Both of these require a lot of electricity. Did people say the same before? No (or much less).
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by throwaway2037 27d ago
What do you make of the fall of the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain in Europe? In the last thirty years, lots of countries have gotten more democratic.
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by throwaway2037 27d ago
A quick search shows that there are plenty of alternatives. First, all nuclear power plants keep a excess supply of fuel on site, about 2-3 years. If Russia says tomorrow: "No more nuclear fuel exports to any 'unfriendly' E
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by throwaway2037 27d ago
> Sweden is struggling a lot with scaling its power production, to the point where it's a problem for existing and new industries Some light research shows that Sweden has annual electricity exports of about 30 TWh (equiv
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by throwaway2037 27d ago
It is worth noting that Finland is a member of Nord Pool (for electricity) which includes all Nordic nations. You cannot consider Finland alone in your supply and consumption expectations -- you need to include Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and
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by throwaway2037 27d ago
> Google will build new data centres in Kajaani, Muhos and Vaala Wow, these are really far north. I checked on Google Maps: They are all about as far north as Oulu. It must get incredibly cold during the winter. Wiki tells m
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by throwaway2037 27d ago
> From the perspective of high level application development, I can't see a technical use case for a language other than Rust these days. What is wrong with C# and WinForms/WPF? It is an excellent platform to write e
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by throwaway2037 27d ago
> Microsoft managed to add arbitrary code execution to Notepad. You write as though this was an intentional feature. Not, it was a CVE. I had to Google about it. For anyone else who didn't know about this CVE: "Mic
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by throwaway2037 27d ago
> This requires the Windows 11 operating system to be more conservative about RAM usage, Rust can be a part of that. Most of Windows is written in C and C++. How would Rust help to reduce RAM usage?
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by throwaway2037 27d ago
> But I work in a space where C and C++ have been the only option for the last 30 years with absolutely no production-ready alternative. What "space"? My guess: HFT or HPC.
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by throwaway2037 27d ago
Can you give an example where an LLM produced low quality Python code? Python is such a simple language. This seems hard to imagine. Plus, the amount of open source Python that LLMs can be trained upon is enormous.
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by throwaway2037 28d ago
This sounds interesting. What make/model?
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by throwaway2037 28d ago
> Gas is surprisingly, weirdly cheap, often not even metered in apartments. Yikes. How is this possible? My guess: You are paying for it in a building fee.
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by throwaway2037 28d ago
Related: Today, I was in an elevator, and a middle-aged Japanese woman next to me was text chatting with ChatGPT on her mobile phone about a Chinese brand of spicy (mala/麻辣) instant noodles that she was holding in her hand. Chinese fo
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Framework cuts 32/64GB memory prices for 13 Pro, issues retroactive refunds(tomshardware.com)
7 points by throwaway2037 28d ago|1 comments
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by throwaway2037 28d ago
If you have a 13 Pro in flight, they are issuing refunds thanks to a recent batch of cheaper LPCAMM2 memory. Very impressive customer service!
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by throwaway2037 29d ago
Thinking deeper: If the Tesla car was only going 4mph, was it (1) slowing down because it detected the other car, or (2) effectively performed a rolling stop at the (previous) stop sign? Probably we will never know.
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by throwaway2037 29d ago
What bothers me most is the off-handedness of it all. They pop into the conversation like whack-a-mole a say "end copyright", yet offer no reasonable alternatives. Are we suddenly going to stop paying authors for their artistic
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by throwaway2037 29d ago
> I forget that most of them don't have the same information diet that I do It is interesting that you conflate "information diet" with "tech". The biggest info junkies I have ever met are: (1) medical
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by throwaway2037 29d ago
I confess that when I ride the subway, I like to peer at other people's phones to see what they are doing. The ones that interest me the most are other people talking with an LLM. I am always surprised by the wide variety of people w
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
> I'm all for ending copyright I don't understand this sadly, common sentiment on HN. How will authors and artists that produce copyrightable artefacts earn income via royalties without strong copyright laws? Are th
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
You raise a very good point. I didn't consider the other car.
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
This part is wild to me: > Subject vehicle (Tesla) pre-crash speed: 4 mph If true, how could the driver of the other car have been killed?
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
I started reading this blog post in good faith. At the end of the first paragraph I stumbled across this sentence: > In the morning, the air in Mongolia is soooooo crisp that it cleanses your soul, and you feel like you’re breathi
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
> need to taste foods from around the world Since the 2000s, in most highly developed countries, you are spoiled for choice if you live within 20km of a medium-/large-sized city. You don't need to travel more than a
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The Danube River's water is dropping so low that World War II ships are emerging(pbs.org)
3 points by throwaway2037 1mo ago|0 comments
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
Can you give an example of a "badly planned flight"? And did local regulators agree with your opinion?
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
> You can use it for ~125 mile flights, and remain 100% electric on ~95% of flights. The video says that in the United States about 1 in 1000 flights are diverted from their intended destination airport.
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by throwaway2037 1mo ago
The world has plenty of lithium in reserve in many different countries, including the United States, China, Australia, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile.

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