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by zucker42 3y ago
Signal Desktop is available in the Arch repositories. https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/signal-desktop/
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by zucker42 3y ago
Do you mean OpenCL using Rusticl or something else? And what DL framework, if any?
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by zucker42 3y ago
Teams in the FIRST robotics competition community use the Raspberry Pi for computer vision. There's an open source program called Photonvision that provides an easy way for talented high school students to set up CV. Some of the better
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by zucker42 3y ago
Exactly. I recently started a NN side project. The process for setting up PyTorch was to run `pacman -S cuda` and `pip install torch`. I was using a GTX 1060. If it was a project with a bigger budget, I could have rented servers from AWS wi
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by zucker42 3y ago
This video discusses that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zG-ZrC4BO0 But, keep in mind that Undecided is overly optimistic about pretty much every emerging technology.
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by zucker42 3y ago
The fact that the first example has a bug (it doesn't handle file names with spaces correctly) sort of proves the point of the commenter you responded to. I personally don't use nushell (or another alternative, oil) because bash f
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by zucker42 3y ago
Federal statute says the following: > In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include: > 1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use
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by zucker42 3y ago
I first heard of TensTorrent from Dr. Ian Cutress's YT channel TechTechPotato. https://youtu.be/AFVDZeg4RVY It's a good source for trends in hardware.
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by zucker42 3y ago
Correct, it's called the Grace Hopper superchip because it using Nvidia Grace CPU (which are ARM) and Nvidia Hopper GPU. For OS, it will run some form of Linux. I'm not sure if the particular recommended build has been (or will be
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by zucker42 3y ago
How hard is it to get GPT-4 API access?
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by zucker42 3y ago
Saying that extinction has infinity disutility seems reasonable at first, but I think its completely wrong. I also think that you bear the burden of proof if you want to argue that, because our current understanding of physics indicates tha
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by zucker42 4y ago
> they envision a world where the ROC governs all current PRC provinces Is this really true? Sure, recapturing the mainland was the ideology of the KMT at the end of the Chinese Civil War, but KMT politicians would have to be extremely d
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by zucker42 4y ago
Why do you not take donations?
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by zucker42 4y ago
Stepping down peacefully in 5 years seems pretty unlikely. Stepping down peacefully in about 10 years, in favor of a younger leader who's amassed political power either within or outside of his camp seems entirely possible. Some previo
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by zucker42 4y ago
You are thinking of Hu Jintao.
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by zucker42 4y ago
I don't want to defend the Chinese government, but the transitions of power in China have been peaceful since Deng Xiaoping.
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by zucker42 4y ago
A similar find: I asked it to play a game where it responded to "oranges" with "strawberries". Then, in the next prompt, I said "oranges" and it responded "strawberries". I asked a few unrelated quest
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by zucker42 4y ago
Is the mechanism for disabling browsing for ChatGPT just to send it a message that says "Browsing disabled". That seems incredible irresponsible from a AI safety point of view (if ChatGPT were smart enough to be dangerous).
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by zucker42 4y ago
My assumption was that depository banks are limited in what sorts of investements they can make, but maybe I'm wrong in that assumption.
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by zucker42 4y ago
> SBF's claim is that Alameda took a margin loan as an FTX customer just like any other customer might, and then lost their money gambling. Is it normal for margin loan funds to come from customer deposits? For example, if I deposit
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by zucker42 4y ago
An investment fund which is successful early on then is not successful but still pays investors high returns is a Ponzi in my opinion. Many Ponzis in history have been backed by a legitimate business.
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by zucker42 4y ago
From what I've heard about Jane Street interviews from people who interviewed there for intern and new grad positions, they involve solving mathematical puzzles about probability, statistics, and betting. I know multiple people who wer
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by zucker42 4y ago
There's a slide deck floating around[1] purported to be from Alameda research in 2018. That deck claims they offer 15% fixed returns to investors. If that slide deck is genuine, it seems possible that the unaccounted for money at Alame
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by zucker42 4y ago
Effective altruism and cryptocurrency are related because SBF's pledge to donate his wealth represented a significant portion of total wealth pledged to EA, and the FTX Future fund represented a large portion of the present funding ava
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by zucker42 4y ago
SBF lent the money that customers deposited to Alameda research, which proceeded to lose it all.
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by zucker42 4y ago
Being rude is grounds for being banned from HackerNews, not for being arrested and thrown in jail. You can not say you support free speech but also support the arrest of someone for a "abolish the monarchy, fuck imperialism" sign,
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by zucker42 4y ago
Do people pay to use DreamWorks renderer? I would think they pay DreamWorks to animate stuff. That hasn't changed.
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by zucker42 4y ago
According to Wikipedia, Palo Alto to the south is twice as dense as Atherton, and Redwood City to the north is almost twice as dense. And both those cities are not entirely residential, which Atherton appears to be. Also, neither Palo Alto
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by zucker42 4y ago
Not included in the break even calculation was the cost of colocation, or the cost of hiring someone to make sure the computer is in working order, or the less hassle upon hardware failures. Also, as the author even mention in an article, a
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by zucker42 4y ago
It can and is used as an argument. Unfortunately, the people who believe in this argument generally do not have enough power to end capital punishment.

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