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Re:Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @12:09PM (#48994238)
GLM was twice as verbose running the Artificial Analysis benchmark. So it ends up being more expensive
There are already quantizations available
Re:SmartTube Compromised on Monday December 01, 2025 @09:29AM (#46107831)
I have premium but also this app. It has SponsorBlock and better UI customization than the official one.
Re:Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg, has died on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @08:36AM (#45668117)
The time we will collectively waste for the next 8k years typing that extra 0 will not weigh up against the benefit.
This feels like an interation on Hotwire
That's EU hosted but not EU trained
Do they really need to be anything more than the best European option to be successful?
Do they really need to be anything more than the best European option to be successful? Especially with how
Re:Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City on Friday August 22, 2025 @01:39PM (#44987358)
Or maybe the agressive drivers get a kick out of inciting a reaction, which they won't get from a robot
Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo on Sunday August 17, 2025 @12:21AM (#44928837)
Yes, because AI made hosting inconvenient.
Anti-cheat does not need to run real-time to be effective
Unlike what some people think you really don't need a 7kW charger at home. A dryer outlet will charge a car fully overnight.
Being dependent on foreign companies is a security issue. The economic value is more subtle and indirect but it is there
Depends on which type of scale you are running. And it's not worth overengineering a project for a scale you hope to achieve some day. It will take away engineering resources from building something that provides value today
This is trying to give users all the benefits of being cloud connected (sync, collaboration, etc) without the requirement of always being connected.
Re:Stop Killing Games – Almost at 160k signatures on Monday August 05, 2024 @06:34AM (#41159821)
Legislation is always intentionally vague so that edge cases can prove themselves in court. I think they made the right choice by adapting the demands and wording to something that appeals to legislators.
Larger footprint, taller, longer traces and signal degradation in the connectors.
You mean pressure from regulators, surely. Because 99% of consumers will not notice or know the difference in a spec sheet.
Depends on which species we're talking about.
Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @04:21PM (#36962175)
Sure, it would make the wiring smaller and more efficient. But I also don't see how it would help in the chemical energy transfer to charge the battery.
An html file with a <script> tag
Re:The weird world of Windows file paths on Friday April 21, 2023 @02:00PM (#35657615)
That's likely to be due to the NTFS file system. Another piece of legacy Windows drags along
Depends on how you define better. I don't mind planes but I hate the process of getting off and on a plane. There is no single best mode of transport. There are so many variables involved. Price, time, proximity, personal preferences,..