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by bitexploder 13d ago
But running that fast… with a local RAG? Yeah, it is a very interesting model. Maybe you don’t need a lot of parameters, just a really big local database :)
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by bitexploder 13d ago
The thing I didn’t realize for a while is 27B is rather smart. As many (or more) activated parameters as the flash models of the universe that we know about. It reasons very well. It just doesn’t have a lot of knowledge.
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by bitexploder 14d ago
/me points over at Flash 3.8 :)
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by bitexploder 14d ago
It is more fun than serious at this point. Don't overthink it :)
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by bitexploder 14d ago
It is still going to be better at text work, skills, document review, deep reasoning, architecture review, etc. It is only 6 months old, it isn’t like its world knowledge and software knowledge is really out of date. Use it to churn on hard
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by bitexploder 14d ago
Inefficiency is their business model. They just soak $$ into their system. More overall revenue even if most of it is some rube goldberg machine of apathy.
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by bitexploder 19d ago
Models are like programming, language languages. You don’t need to follow them. If you don’t do video stuff don’t worry about it. You could probably digest mode every month or two and be just fine.
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by bitexploder 19d ago
I get that. I use agents a lot and LLMs often reason with code. It is valuable. I just think the floor is a lot lower for general reasoning and common tasks like that. And in 6-12 months it won’t matter. Google will publish better models. T
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by bitexploder 20d ago
Not really. 2 years ago that was a pretty normal amount of GPU hardware for a hacker or gamer. It's all relative. They are not accessible to most people yet, but for someone that cares and is a technologist? Likely accessible.
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by bitexploder 20d ago
AI / LLM is about more than agentic coding. It is one of the least interesting use cases to me, thinking more broadly. HN may be over-indexed on it.
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by bitexploder 20d ago
I work there. I have zero internal knowledge about the model. Opinion my own, etc. I don't think it is worth fighting to win on a month to month time horizon. When you step back and look an inch above this market, Gemini Pro 3.1 as a p
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by bitexploder 20d ago
I only like talking to Opus 4.6 in its default form. I have some pretty aggressive prompting strategies ensuring my language guidance rules are front and center and it really helps with Opus 4.8+, something went wrong with those models. Als
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by bitexploder 20d ago
Use Muse Glimmer. It’s good.
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by bitexploder 22d ago
There is evidence that some forms of ADHD are effectively just the brain falling asleep rapidly and then waking up. This form cam be attenuated with norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor alone. Presents with ADHD like symptoms. But it’s a new t
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by bitexploder 23d ago
Fear and anger are generally distinct emotions. You can have one without the other. Many of the same pathways are active with fear that are active with an anger in your mind, mechanically speaking. You can have anger without fear though. I
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by bitexploder 24d ago
That seems about right. 4.8 is like in between 4.6 and 5 in terms of capability and language and they are all pretty close honestly. I just default to using Opus 5 for a coding agent that I don't interact with and I like driving with O
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by bitexploder 24d ago
Commented elsewhere, I still use Opus 4.6 because it is the only model that feels decent to interact with. 4.8 is decent and some times smarter but you can see it trending towards Opus 5 levels of nonsense. I use Opus 5 when I don't ne
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by bitexploder 24d ago
I kind of still chill out on Opus 4.6 too. 4.8 is good too. I go between them. Opus 4.8 is a little smarter some of the time. Their use of language is both very different from Opus 5. Some of the time I have a hard time believing Opus 5 is
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by bitexploder 25d ago
I don't think we disagree. I'm just outlining a narrow aspect of how I like to operate. I meditate and spend a lot of time thinking about philosophy and neuroscience and cognition. It is a very introspective and contemplative prac
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by bitexploder 25d ago
I think that you will fully misinterpreted what I wrote. Sorry maybe that is not fair. Assuming good intent. Let me expand what I was thinking: You should still do long-term planning and use that to decide how you will stay present. Nothing
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by bitexploder 25d ago
Yes, maybe. Evidence around caveman shows this isn’t a big deal for token consumption (forcing it to respond in a way it was not tuned) and I don’t see a big difference either way. And maybe it increases intelligence in hard to measure ways
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by bitexploder 25d ago
There is something incredibly important about a therapist I would not discard. And that is the human connection. We are hard wired for this and most often what people need out of a therapist is being seen. Another human being to fully and u
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by bitexploder 25d ago
We do have metacognition and should use. It isn’t like we should go off the rails and become fully hedonic to “live in the moment” for example, we need some guiding principles . And when you are younger it can be really hard to know what is
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by bitexploder 26d ago
I’m pretty tall. I find that mostly beneficial except for walking into things. I also don’t fit well in Miata and some convertibles and other small cars, which is a bit of a problem on occasion. I was going to add more, but I kind of forgot
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by bitexploder 26d ago
The problem I have with modern therapy is it that it operates completely within the frame of oneself. They will very carefully walk with you inside of your own narrative, bringing you to a better place of operation within that framework of
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by bitexploder 26d ago
I am mid 40s. Started working at a hyper scaler a couple years ago. I think you are overthinking it. All there is, is to be present and focus on what is important. And no one else can tell you what is important, you already know. Spend your
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by bitexploder 26d ago
What I have learned about neuroscience and philosophy is this: most people are not willing to invest as much time in small pursuits versus understanding the machinery of their mind and what will actually let them understand themselves with
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by bitexploder 26d ago
I don’t use their CLIs. OMP/OpenCode. If you are stuck on them, you can do it in a proxy layer.
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by bitexploder 26d ago
Nope, you gotta understand. This is the move. It is appended at the end of every single message. It is never saved in the conversation that get sent back for inference. So you send it. But when you go back for inference, it’s at the top of
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by bitexploder 26d ago
This is actually funny because I've been doing some RAG experiments and I've basically trained up a RAG on several gigabytes of philosophy and neuroscience. And when I want to go metacognitive about thought processes, I actually r

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