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by a_vanderbilt 7d ago
Heretic is a great tool to get around self-censorship and refusals. Many popular models have pre-ablated versions available for download on Hugging Face.
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by a_vanderbilt 2mo ago
I found the AI 2027 paper to be overly optimistic, but not wholly fantastical. This paper feels wildly speculative, and relies on premises I am not confident even pass surface reasoning. Even under optimistic conditions, we are not going to
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by a_vanderbilt 3mo ago
I'm really on the fence about the Steam Machine. The Deck had the benefit of occupying a market niche no one else figured out yet, and the price was good. With component prices at an all-time high I'm not seeing how they can get t
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by a_vanderbilt 4mo ago
For many, the appeal of a Mac is that it isn't running Windows. I'm not seeing how this won't be a repeat of the OG ARM Surface, just with a higher spec'd GPU.
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by a_vanderbilt 4mo ago
I used to help build the CTFs for BSides Orlando. I ended up moving to another con, and at our last event we collected extensive logging for post mortem analysis. We found that AI usage is basically guaranteed now, but certain challenge des
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by a_vanderbilt 4mo ago
You should not consider Tim Sweeney's comments on the matter as a reliable source. He was veiling his true motivations behind that statement. The Switch does not run Linux either, it's a custom OS descending from the Wii's iO
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by a_vanderbilt 4mo ago
That's the same mindset some people had 3 years ago when they said AI wouldn't be capable of software development. Look where we are now.
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by a_vanderbilt 5mo ago
In theory, the market should be pricing in based on future potential. As it has become increasingly clear this past decade, the market is not rational.
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by a_vanderbilt 6mo ago
Sonarr et al.
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by a_vanderbilt 6mo ago
My experience was the same while helping to adapt a Steam Deck game for wider Linux support. The issue wasn't Waylandisms, most of those have already by figured out. It was GNOME. Their preferred resolution to issues seems to be droppi
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by a_vanderbilt 8mo ago
It might be wordsmithing to skirt around "robot" as a fully autonomous entity. Much like their FSD, I expect they aren't going to deliver full autonomy anytime soon.
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by a_vanderbilt 8mo ago
So much of it is a problem of execution. If people could use Linux without ever having to know what a terminal is (much like the average Windows user doesn't know what PowerShell is), then it would actually be quite successful. It has
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by a_vanderbilt 8mo ago
It's been an unfortunate re-occurring issue for me as well. Recent hardware is much better about this, and I too have seen the performance bumps at the cost of software compatibility. I feel like if Adobe brought their CC suite to Linu
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by a_vanderbilt 8mo ago
At least on the latest Sequoia, there has been no hard requirement for an online account. They nudge you towards it, but you can decline and continue. As far as I can remember, macOS has never required an online account to set up a Mac.
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by a_vanderbilt 9mo ago
Hello back pain my old friend. Can you imagine the spinal G forces of getting yoinked by an airplane even at slow speeds?
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by a_vanderbilt 9mo ago
Atlas being created is kinda the shot across the bow. You can integrate with us willingly, or we'll hook into your web apps anyways. One retains at least some control. Same outcome as Disney's deal with Sora.
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by a_vanderbilt 9mo ago
LadyBird cannot come fast enough. I'm not being dramatic when I claim that this will be looked back upon as the nail in FF's coffin.
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by a_vanderbilt 9mo ago
To me it would mean that a git repo should not have scripts, runners, etc. configured that we don't have the means to easily and readily replace. It should all be documented and understood well enough that we could kill the repo and in
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by a_vanderbilt 9mo ago
A core SRE principle is that "machines/servers are cattle, not pets". They shouldn't be special or bespoke in a way that makes replacement painful or difficult.
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by a_vanderbilt 10mo ago
Essentially correct. With a quantum computer you do multiple runs and average the result.
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by a_vanderbilt 10mo ago
And Blink. I used to contract with them a few years back, they all rely heavily on open source.
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by a_vanderbilt 11mo ago
This approach is either a means to delay and allow them to hedge, or it's a shortsighted attempt to stop the inevitable. When Google ships their competitor to Atlas, the outcome will already be decided.
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by a_vanderbilt 11mo ago
The US congress is partially to blame. They saw Japan's rising influence in the digital/industrial space and threatened them with sanctions. See https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-07-11/Lessons-from-U-S-Japa
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by a_vanderbilt 11mo ago
The definition of AGI is diffuse enough to make it an argued point - until we can mostly agree it's already happened. For now, the stats are improving well enough across the industry to maintain investor attention. Will it all come cra
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by a_vanderbilt 11mo ago
Unfortunately, loss of buyers often results in them just leaving the crop to rot, as moving it costs more than what they'd make selling it. Not that they should be surprised though. From soybeans to AI silicon, China has shown it is wi
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by a_vanderbilt 1y ago
Given the advancements of EVs, the death of the muscle car was inevitable. They are almost universally faster, more performant, more efficient, and more "cool" in their designs. Do gear heads dislike them? Sure, but they aren&#x27
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by a_vanderbilt 1y ago
Culturally, the Japanese aren't likely to care. Take a look at Linux usage in Japan to get what I mean. You will have a small but very dedicated group of users who won't change for anything, and then the masses who just use what i
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by a_vanderbilt 1y ago
Absolutely would not be a good candidate for a gov service in the US. Imagine the politicization currently applied to the Postal Service, but on the scale of everyone's email?
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by a_vanderbilt 1y ago
It's insane numbers like that that give me some concern for a bubble. Not because AI hits some dead end, but due to a plateau that shifts from aggressive investment to passive-but-steady improvement.
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by a_vanderbilt 1y ago
At least in OpenAI's case, it raises the bar for potential competition while also implying that what they have behind the scenes is far better.

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