copirate

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by copirate 6mo ago
Why do these tools never have the equivalent of sketch contraints in FreeCAD? That's how I build my models and it avoids a lot of math. I'd really like a "CAD as code" tool that's basically the FreeCAD Part Design w
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by copirate 6mo ago
One thing I love about NixOS is how easy it is to run packages from different sources. For example, I needed an old package that's been removed from nixpkgs several years ago. To run it I just had to add an old release of nixpkgs as in
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by copirate 6mo ago
So if I have to reinstall my phone it won't be usable for 24h because I won't be allowed to install my F-Droid apps?
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by copirate 6mo ago
> After all, real humans – even geniuses – are trained on much much less data than the whole Internet. It's certainly different data, but one could argue that real humans have been trained on 3.5 billion years of evolution data.
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by copirate 7mo ago
I'm not saying they invented anything. I'm saying it's a different workflow than what what I've seen on HN. I don't care about Visual Studio, I don't use it, but the page you've linked seems to describe ye
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by copirate 7mo ago
Making the model write a research file, then the plan and iterate on it by editing the plan file, then adding the todo list, then doing the implementation, and doing all that in a single conversation (instead of clearing contexts). There&#x
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by copirate 7mo ago
A detailed workflow that's quite different from the other posts I've seen.
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by copirate 7mo ago
They are different Boris. I was using the names already used in this thread.
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by copirate 7mo ago
But the author's workflow is actually very different from Boris'. #6 is about using plan mode whereas the author says "The built-in plan mode sucks". The author's post is much more than just "planning with clar
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by copirate 8mo ago
Sure, I was not talking about Signal. Something like Bitmessage[1] can. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitmessage
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by copirate 8mo ago
It can protect the identity of the members, though.
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by copirate 8mo ago
There's also this issue[1] with about 300 participants about limits being reached much more quickly since they stopped the 2x limit for the holidays. A few people from Anthropic joined the conversation but didn't say much. Some us
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by copirate 8mo ago
If it's the same author they can reuse the code. They can copy the code but they can't link it.
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by copirate 9mo ago
But my config files (/etc, ~/.config, etc.) are either managed by nix (and no program can modify them), or they are not and in that case nix will never touch them. In what situation would nix overwrite a file?
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by copirate 9mo ago
This problem may be specific to Darwin because on NixOS I've never had a file overwritten by nix (even with home manager). When a file is managed by nix it's a symlink to a read-only filesystem (/nix/store), so no progra
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by copirate 9mo ago
No, I'm saying it's not clear at all who is in a better position. I'd even argue that the miner hiding his block is in a worse position. But I'll stop discussing that with you. It's pointless and you're way too
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by copirate 9mo ago
But yesterday's jackpot is still running, here. If you find a block on the public chain while the other miner kept their block secret, your block becomes the main chain. If they publish their block after you, both blocks compete for th
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by copirate 9mo ago
What advantage does it provide vs not withholding? If you don't keep your first block secret and find a 2nd block, you get the same rewards. On the other hand, if someone finds a block while you're keeping yours secret, it's
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by copirate 9mo ago
Yes, but when you find that block you don't know whether you will be 10 blocks ahead in the future. You have to make the decision to put the reward of this block at risk before you know you'll be able apply your strategy. That&#x2
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by copirate 9mo ago
Mining on the hidden chain is not necessarily a head start. It would be if it was certain that this hidden chain will become the main chain. But if it doesn't, then mining on it was a waste, not a head start. Of course you don't k
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by copirate 9mo ago
But to get 10 blocks ahead you have to withhold blocks before knowing you'll be ahead. If you don't get ahead, you'll likely lose the reward of the blocks you withheld. So, you have to risk a lot of rewards, and for what pote
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by copirate 9mo ago
But by withholding you also increase the risk that your first block will never end up in the main chain (if the remaining 90% find a block while you're withholding). And you would sill have 10% chance of mining another block if you don
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by copirate 9mo ago
> Except that by withholding their block, they got a headstart so they are more likely to find the second block. So it's not the same. Withholding their block (5s or whatever) doesn't make them more likely to find the second bl
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by copirate 9mo ago
> You can determine statistically whether you have found a block relatively early, and conversely whether other miners are unlikely to find one soon. Finding a block relatively early doesn't affect the odds of others finding a block
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by copirate 9mo ago
> The key idea behind this strategy, called Selfish Mining, is for a pool to keep its discovered blocks private, thereby intentionally forking the chain. The honest nodes continue to mine on the public chain, while the pool mines on its
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by copirate 9mo ago
But the head start doesn't change anything. At this point A is mining on their block, B is mining on theirs. There's no advantage. I'd even say that B is slightly more likely to keep their reward because they started propagat
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by copirate 9mo ago
> In a lottery, the more tickets you buy, the higher your chances to have the winning number. Yes, and it's exactly the same in bitcoin with the hashing power. Each hash is a ticket. > If we played with a roulette and said "
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by copirate 9mo ago
No it's not a race, it's a lottery. It would be like saying you've an edge if you start earlier at the roulette.
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by copirate 9mo ago
But what do they gain by doing that? What's the edge? Starting earlier doesn't give you any advantage.
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by copirate 9mo ago
There's no edge. Having spent time mining in the past doesn't increase your odds of finding a block in the future.

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