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by vintagedave 5d ago
This is really interesting. I tested it vs an article I just posted [0], and got these results: https://grounnel.vercel.app/check/bgrXR8CzY0T4wEabapJrQAJWpc... Which looks really solid. The example [1] travel diary is
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AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US Military attack(arstechnica.com)
4 points by vintagedave 5d ago|0 comments
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by vintagedave 8d ago
In my experience many execs know what they're talking about. Where I feel you may see real variance is ethical and capability standards: willingness to stick to a line, and competence in analysis and execution based on what is known. S
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by vintagedave 9d ago
> Models may perform better with other harnesses than with their own. So it turns out that your Claude models may not need Claude Code… This is interesting. We built our own harness (CodeBot, an agent for Delphi) and it currently uses
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Black Holes or Black Hole Stars? Astronomers Spar over 'Little Red Dots'(quantamagazine.org)
1 points by vintagedave 10d ago|0 comments
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by vintagedave 11d ago
May I ask: what was different? This is the first time I’ve heard of this and I’ve only seen what was, likely, the new edition.
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by vintagedave 11d ago
This is the grey car theory of real estate. It’s easy to sell grey, white, and black cars. So it’s what you buy. This assumes no purchase is longterm. Which is its own indictment. I should add: I love that you broke this idea. Can you (safe
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by vintagedave 11d ago
Something fascinating that you may not know: traditional architecture is one of those things that is simultaneously: a) Genuinely widely preferred, with many articles on this, ranging from aesthetic preferences through to scientific studi
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by vintagedave 11d ago
I remembered the 1967 Outer Space Treaty as preventing militarisation of space. It turns out, not wholly. Celestial bodies (the moon, asteroids, etc) are out of bounds completely and are only for 'peaceful purposes'. For space its
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by vintagedave 12d ago
Maybe that it's an example of the same pattern in a real-world, non-digital area? It makes it feel more grounded.
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by vintagedave 15d ago
Remember VC 6? That was fast!
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by vintagedave 15d ago
You're right, though I'm not sure about all modern software quite to that extent. VS does have a reputation for being bloated. Even startup is not super fast IMO. I checked just now. A recent Delphi with a project open: 175-200MB.
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by vintagedave 17d ago
Assuming you have a tile cutter for when you hit the walls, why is this diabolical? It sounds enormous fun.
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by vintagedave 17d ago
In Anathem, which Penrose tiling was the Teglon? I have, a bit too late, realized there are more tilings than I thought.
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by vintagedave 17d ago
Is Simon Tatham’s site still online? It would not respond when I clicked the link. The day Paul Bourke’s site goes offline is the day the internet dies. Only slightly kidding: I read it as a teenager and yet it’s still there providing solid
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by vintagedave 17d ago
Yes. You are right.
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by vintagedave 17d ago
I've published and sold my own software. I'm a writer (unpublished as yet, but I hope to use CC4 like Cory Doctorow - ethical copyright.) I've seen my software pirated; I've benefited financially from selling it. I kno
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by vintagedave 17d ago
Good points :) I think you and I likely largely agree, I just expressed myself poorly. > I hate to break it to you, "humans hurting each other over tribal distinctions" is not new. I know! But I have a hope in society, in our
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by vintagedave 18d ago
My point (I'm the one you originally replied to) is that the effects of negative social media are on par with these things. Political violence, violence against minorities and specific genders, and worse. "Even" hurting the w
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by vintagedave 18d ago
> Just as we have basic safety standards for cars, toys or food, the duty of care applies basic standards for the online products we use every day. Aussie here. Great to see this. I don't think this goes far enough: I'd like
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by vintagedave 18d ago
It can take a lot of time to migrate. People who've known about Broadcom's behaviour for some time may still be working towards solving it. Or, they may have been naive. Small companies especially tend to have people with a more,
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by vintagedave 18d ago
That's kinda damning with faint praise, but I agree, I am glad to see something . I've been disappointed in their coding ability -- it's where I'm most focused, I've built and we are selling a (specialised) coding
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by vintagedave 18d ago
Other than investment, such as this news? I know AI has more regulations here in the EU, but what I don't see clearly explained is what impact that has on pure research: creating new comparable models. So I'm suspicious that it&#x
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Tesla's Cybercab has been deployed, and it's already under investigation(wired.com)
4 points by vintagedave 19d ago|2 comments
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by vintagedave 19d ago
For those who are experts on body language, non-verbal communication, psychological communication tricks, etc -- what on earth are we seeing in that trailer?
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by vintagedave 20d ago
> In my experience the kinds of people who run this exact combination of circumstances also tend to be the kind of people that have a wide variance in the level of kindness they display to the authors of open source programs that happen
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Experiment: How easy is it to buy a research paper on the black market?(news.err.ee)
1 points by vintagedave 20d ago|0 comments
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by vintagedave 22d ago
Maybe Z as in 'zed'? It reminds me of yan tan tethera [0], leading to such glorious encodings as 'Yan-a-bub' (eleven, County Durham), 'Tetherabum' (eighteen, Swaledale and Tong in Yorkshire) and 'Fotherydi
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by vintagedave 23d ago
I think you're dropping off the 'new' list without any responses. Try: * Look for the Who's Hiring threads (every 3 months) * Two years is not long, so be prepared to accept a junior position. (I don't know what oth
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by vintagedave 23d ago
Not quite sure what you're asking with 'thoughts?' I had not seen a sensor like this before, are you asking if people think it's reliable, and useful for (eg) health monitoring?

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