breezeTrowel

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by breezeTrowel 3mo ago
The original HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) was in 1994 and it's where the phrase "Hack The Planet" originated. The "Hack The Planet" phrase was also used in the movie Hackers and, if you look closely, you can spot
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by breezeTrowel 3mo ago
You'd pay for it what you paid for it. Did the "Buy" button specify that you were buying the movie or did it say you were simply leasing the film and that it can be removed at any time due to licensing agreement over which yo
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by breezeTrowel 3mo ago
I wonder if this is the real reason Tim Cook is resigning as CEO. He's a supply chain guy and semiconductor supply chains seem utterly borked right now.
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by breezeTrowel 3mo ago
1996 was 30 years ago. What about comparing prices from 3 years ago? 2023 vs 2026.
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by breezeTrowel 6mo ago
Which article is wrongm Both the article and Wikipedia entry focus on The Backrooms which are a type of liminal space. Yes, liminal spaces have existed in fiction, dreams, etc. However, here the discussion is on The Backrooms and how that i
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by breezeTrowel 6mo ago
The concept did not originate in videogames. The whole thing started from a 4chan post where someone posted a photo of a yellow interior. Then, in 2022, Kane Parsons created a viral YouTube video based on that post. You can see it here: ht
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by breezeTrowel 1y ago
Despite the headline, this is not a toothbrush. This is a "toothbrush-shaped ultrasound transducer". Mind you, I don't know why this wouldn't "increase dentist margin". This is an analysis tool that makes denti
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
I think the biggest change with external defibrillators has been placement. It's now front and back instead of two on the front.
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
I'm not sure I understand this analogy. If Meta changes what underlying model they use, it'll still be called Meta AI. Having the criteria be "what new features does it offer to the users of the site" means that things l
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
They see AI features front and center. They dont see the backend (which may or may not be running Llama). Same goes for React although, with React, the framework is what the end user directly interacts with. So, by that logic, React is more
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
Yes and Facebook uses React and GraphQL. Meta AI uses PyTorch. Does that make them all products?
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
How is Llama a product? It's more like React, PyTorch, GraphQL, etc.
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
Regarding Kim Dotcom, the government allegetions aren't about what users do. You can read them here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-le... Granted, he's moved on to being a Krem
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
He wasn't having trouble with his WiFi since he was connected directly to the device. Although it might have helped to specify an Ethernet link. Still, chatbots are generally a terrible user experience.
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
Are you a rhinoceros?
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
Yes. That's why fundamental particles are called the "building blocks of the universe". It's buildings all the way down!
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
Here you go: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07501-1
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
Superconductors do not generate heat when in their superconducting state. Otherwise they wouldn't be superconductors.
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
These are open weight models released under an Apache 2.0 license. There's nothing to buy.
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
I think there's a fourth option - those little kiosks (like the Little Free Library ones) have started to spring up everywhere so it's a lot easier to just leave one's read books there.
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
Cranking up the parameter count is literally how the current LLM craze got started. Hence the "large" in "large language model".
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by breezeTrowel 2y ago
I know some of these words.
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by breezeTrowel 3y ago
How can it be vaporware if it's already been released?
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by breezeTrowel 3y ago
Simple. The article states they use the UK's death registry. The problem is they have no way to flag an erroneous match for longer than 12 months.
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by breezeTrowel 3y ago
> Capitalism just isnt set up to punish the Bourgeois. Please read your own link. There were coverups and censorship galore. The problem was this story eventually got so big it could no longer be swept under the rug like so many things w
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by breezeTrowel 3y ago
Sure but public infrastructure doesn't magically appear overnight. It takes years, decades even, and costs a ton of money. I think the solutions may come laterally from developments in autonomous construction robots. They're being
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by breezeTrowel 3y ago
How would you measure entropy signals at astronomical distances?
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by breezeTrowel 3y ago
I would think that cancer is "this century's cancer".
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by breezeTrowel 3y ago
It's because we're not that big or small in terms of height and mass. That's why fleas are right in the middle.
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by breezeTrowel 3y ago
Getting real strong "backrooms" vibes from this.

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