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The race to understand the mysterious world of Africa's fungi
The Origin of AI's 'Reasoning' Abilities
Spain's Wind-Farm Bargain
A teenager redrew the Alabama voting map – and it's now state law
How Google's DeepMind tool is 'more quickly' forecasting hurricane behavior
The working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn't see in the movies
New Dataset Makes Health Chatbots Like MedGemma More Mindful of African Contexts
The mountain retreat – upholding an Italian tradition (football)
Vienna Could be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis, climate change
Logical Fallacies
Re:Keep if clauses side-effect free
on Saturday May 24, 2025 @04:21PM (#44083564)
I do this often:
```ruby
if (user = User.find_by(email: '[email protected]'))
user.update(status: 'active')
end```
Is it better to do this instead?
```ruby
user = User.find_by(email: '[email protected]')
user.update(status: 'active') if user.present?
```
Keep if clauses side-effect free
The Pedestrians Who Abetted a Hawk's Deadly Attack
What Goes in $Path? (2018)
Space probe to map carbon content of remotest tropical forests
Beekeepers halt honey awards over 'huge fraud' in global supply chain
AI is transforming weather forecasting. Is the U.S. falling behind?
AI assistants are blabbing our embarrassing work secrets
The African Tour de France cyclist racking up historic wins
Yet Another Applied LLM Benchmark
Re:Took part in Apache ceremonies. schools expelled them for satanic a...
on Thursday June 27, 2024 @09:25AM (#40810239)
Morality aside, I was hopping to see a discussion on the legal side of this issue.
1. Doesn't Title VI apply here?
2. Could a company legally fire an employee for practicing their religion/tradition on the weekends, outside of the office grounds?
Took part in Apache ceremonies. schools expelled them for satanic activities
Large birds can boost forest carbon storage – if deforestation doesn't interfere
More profitable than farming: how Ecuador's birding boom is benefiting wildlife
Abalobi: The app that's transforming lives in South African fishing communities
Re:Ask HN: 16 yo Nephew, in E. Africa, wants to train an LLM with on d...
on Sunday May 05, 2024 @12:41AM (#40262292)
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Starlink is an option.
Re:Ask HN: 16 yo Nephew, in E. Africa, wants to train an LLM with on d...
on Thursday May 02, 2024 @12:03AM (#40232576)
I have been thinking about that, but I haven't gotten around to researching its availability in the country yet.
I will do some research over the weekend. Thanks for mentioning it!
Re:Ask HN: 16 yo Nephew, in E. Africa, wants to train an LLM with on d...
on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @11:56PM (#40232535)
Thanks for the detailed response.
I wasn't aware of Phi-3 - I will look into it.
Re:Ask HN: 16 yo Nephew, in E. Africa, wants to train an LLM with on d...
on Sunday April 28, 2024 @04:40PM (#40191635)
That's interesting. Could you expand on this a bit more? Which models, and I am curious about how the CS teachers/students will be using this?