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"Prompt Repetition Improves Non-Reasoning LLMs " - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.14982

What instance of ChatGPT are you doing that with? (Reasoning?)

https://legalclarity.org/what-is-a-rate-case-and-how-does-it...

This comes down to having quality regulators on your public utility commission which is heavily state dependent.

https://www.multistate.us/insider/2025/10/27/nine-states-fac...

I'm no expert, but this is a basic explanation of the technology they're studying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfME3e7aSNk

The paper describes some experiments that are attempting to profile the technology against magnetic storage drives.

Re:IT employment grew by just 700 jobs in 2023 on Monday January 08, 2024 @10:21AM (#38913194)
Can anyone explain how the 700 number makes any sense?

The analysis referenced by the article: https://e-janco.com/career/employmentdata.html#p7TP3c2_3

The table "Change In IT Job Market Size - December 2023" seems to indicate that 5.5k jobs were added to the 'job market' in 2023, contradicting what's being said. (Which isn't even representative of total employment in the sector, only the open job postings for the sector).

Re:Screw motivation, what you need is discipline on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @04:08PM (#34699673)
Procrastivity
Re:How We Read Now on Monday October 03, 2022 @03:20PM (#33072339)
I've seen this advertised as a similar option for books and podcasts. https://www.blinkist.com/en I haven't used it though, so can't vouch for it's effectiveness.
Re:I reverse engineered McDonalds’ internal API on Thursday October 22, 2020 @03:27PM (#24862328)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ZxgI59_Ak

Employee showing how the machine shuts down

I had an electronics learning lab from radio shack and loved the hands on aspects. https://www.amazon.com/RadioShack-28-280-Electronics-Learnin...

You can still find them on ebay, or similar kits if you look around.

I don't think I like the failure mode of your app getting slower (losing your ApplicationDN) right at the time it's really popular. I don't have a better solution though.
Re:Jeff Bezos' Day One fund gives $97.5M to first 24 recipients on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @11:11AM (#18503675)
That isn't a very in depth analysis of the situation. Those tax dollars pay for things like infrastructure and services, that all those new employees will be consuming. I would be interested in seeing a more detailed analysis than what's provided in that post.
Re:iPhones are allergic to helium on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @09:12AM (#18345338)
One of my favorite conference talks is semi related to problems like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE2KDzZaxvE Brian Cantrill - Zebras all the way down
Re:Java libraries you can't miss in 2017 on Sunday February 19, 2017 @09:31PM (#13683786)
The Jooq blog is pretty great as well. https://blog.jooq.org/
Re:Magnet Ban Cleared on Monday November 28, 2016 @01:51PM (#13057505)
I wonder how an MRI would turn out in this scenario.
Re:What If Evolution Bred Reality Out of Us? on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @08:05AM (#12442608)
You forgot

3)Believe in the wrong God and go to Hell anyway

Re:Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon on Thursday July 14, 2016 @04:56PM (#12097108)
Thank you very much!
Re:Cloud9 Acquired by Amazon on Thursday July 14, 2016 @10:55AM (#12094339)
I've been looking to set up a cloud IDE and was wondering if anyone could compare / offer insight into Cloud9 vs. Eclipse Che?
Re:Second Gravitational Wave Detected at LIGO on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @04:05PM (#11911770)
So you could theoretically build a black whole generator by building a sphere that could emit gravitational waves with precision?
Re:How a 4-Pound Engine Can Replace a 40-Pound Engine on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @10:11AM (#11909404)
Pretty informative video about rotary engine dis-advantages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3uGJGzUYCI
Re:Michael Dell Bought His Company Too Cheaply on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @03:14PM (#11817296)
Probably so they no longer have to go through all the reporting and auditing required of a publicly traded company.
Hi Dave, I was looking at this page http://datausa.io/profile/geo/pennsylvania/#housing I noticed that a lot of the ranges on the x-axis are not consistent. Is there a reason for that?
Re:The Search for the Perfect To-do List on Thursday March 24, 2016 @10:34AM (#11353091)
I realized I was heading down that path, and just went full into. I use https://kanboard.net/ to manage a couple todo lists (projects) like upcoming purchases, bills, chores. It's worked out amazing so far.
Re:Badlock Bug on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @12:20PM (#11337641)
Can anyone explain to me the need to release the exploit information the same day as the patches?
Thanks for the explanation!
Just poking around, could you explain why https://jsperf.com/indexof-vs-object-lookup/32 indexOf is the fastest in this revision?
Re:Myrddin: a systems language that is powerful and fun on Friday January 22, 2016 @04:05PM (#10955622)
Have you used the D programming language at all? http://dlang.org/

If so, does myrddin have any benefits (current or planned)?

Re:Teaching Operating Systems with Tracing on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @11:39AM (#10778651)
You should start writing that book! https://leanpub.com/
Re:UberHop: More people in fewer cars on Thursday December 17, 2015 @04:56PM (#10754868)
If I had any money, I'd probably take you up on that. I think the technology might be ready in that time frame, but bureaucracy and safety concerns will push it back. We don't know how well the vision/detection methods of driver-less cars will handle certain scenarios, like a solar flare, or direct subversion from other humans. Would someone be able to disable my car from moving and rob me with a few small devices?
Re:New technique can weld “un-weldable” metals on Thursday October 29, 2015 @04:35PM (#10474077)
If you haven't already, check out this youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Matthiaswandel
Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @02:52PM (#10388579)
I don't really know much about how Uber works, but is there something in place to stop taxi drivers from using it while driving their cab?

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