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Re:Our position on open-weights models on Monday July 27, 2026 @10:13PM (#49078406)
its not the tech CEOs its the financial interests behind them (they own all the AI companies)
Re:Why Claude Code feels like magic? on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @09:18AM (#44298844)
Has anyone actually gotten productivity improvements from Claude Code?

What’s the use case?

(I tried some things, and it blew up. Thus far my experience w agents in general)

Past a certain point, money doesn't matter to people of principle.
Re:Carapace: A multi-shell completion library and binary on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @04:13AM (#40129675)
Reminds of of Project Hail Mary. Never heard the word "carapace" before that book...
Re: on Friday March 08, 2024 @02:47PM (#39645456)
Is the hypocrisy of the media and globalist leadership evident to everyone or just me?
Could use some examples of the improved output. It shouldnt be that hard.

What are each models strengths? I know GPT4 has a strength with code.

Re:Dark Patterns in UX Design and How to Avoid Them on Saturday December 02, 2023 @01:43PM (#38500849)
This article should be called “how to get fired as a UX designer”
Re:Hitler-Mannerheim Recording on Thursday November 09, 2023 @09:41AM (#38205564)
Someone told me Hitler is seeing a massive surge in popularity lately.

Anyone know why?

Re:BBC Gives Up on Threads (By Instagram), Sticks with Mastodon on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @12:38AM (#37760917)
X dying? It seems like it gets better every day
While sexual assault is serious if true, it's also the only crime that can ruin someone's life and livelihood with no evidence or actual crime taking place.

Additionally there is often large financial incentive for accusers (and their lawyers) via lawsuits and it serves as a fantastic method of hurting people politically even if they are exonerated.

Two weeks ago i was in San Francisco with a friend that works in "big tech" discussing "profit motives" in technology.

They told me that the lobby behind their company had all sorts of tricks to help government "ignore" all the clearly negative things they are doing in the name of revenue. Lobbying, anonymous stock trading "tips" (see Pelosi), influence pedding, etc..

Modern technology companies are all doing what the Tobacco companies did, only they have more plausible deniability.

Re:Don't "Find" Your Niche, "Develop" It on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @01:51AM (#37477298)
Niche gymnastics are the realm of seriously good zero to one entrepreneurs.
Re:OpenAI admits that AI writing detectors don’t work on Friday September 08, 2023 @01:16PM (#37436452)

    const pattern = /I hope this (\w+) finds you well\./;

    if (pattern.test(text)) {
      console.log("is ai.");
    } else {
      console.log("not ai.");
    }
Re:Bun v1.0.0 on Friday September 08, 2023 @11:30AM (#37434877)
As of today, what are the primary use cases for bun vs Node?

what type of project can I use Bun on without regretting it (due to unforeseen bugs, incompatibilities, etc)?

My friend Jake runs an analytics company.

He's faced enormous challenges due to Google's "privacy" policies... Google is removing nearly all access to user data, they don't even like you looking at the user agent string (which issues a warning)... not to mention its impossible to know about search traffic and even referring urls.

Meanwhile Google has access to all this data, so he tells me all this is just gaslighting so they can illicitly protect their monopoly on web data.

Re:Rotten Tomatoes Still Has Hollywood in Its Grip on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:02PM (#37425545)
Let me tell you a story...

Years ago a friend of mine in SF started a review site, it gained traction by being fair and balanced. Once the website was a top 1000 site on the internet, my friend started to try and make money with advertising.

After a while, he grew dependent on a few select advertisers. Too dependent.

While he had built the business with integrity, at some point, he decided to start "helping" his advertisers get better reviews... to build goodwill and keep the checks coming.

This is fine, except it undermines the purpose of a review site. This is the time when his traffic plained out and started to decline.

I'm sure the same is happening here.

Regarding whether Wikimedia is "for sale," I'm just going to add this here, make of it what you will...

https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2018/10/15/george-soros....

Re:Histoire: A new way to write stories, powered by Vite on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @03:24PM (#37067316)
Looks awesome.

I always check for committed and professional open source devs before I consider a project. The devs behind this one are experienced Vue folks.

Looking forward to giving it a try.

Well written article, the conclusion is a bummer to me… suggesting again that analysis leads to the ferromagnetic conclusion…

Perhaps the original authors didn’t realize that and got over excited… then fell victim to confirmation bias elsewhere…

I still have some hope!

This is more of a “CRE is overpriced” issue than a WeWork issue.

Likely they will use bankruptcy or a complete restructuring (perhaps w re-brand) and use it to renegotiate leases

Re:Svelte 5 is going to be radical on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:49PM (#37052876)
Is Vercel officially backing Svelte now?
Re:Why not tax private jets out of business? on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:45PM (#37052827)
Does anyone, without subversive motives, actually agree with the premise that removing all incentives to be successful is a good idea?
My main concern: Where are the original authors and why are they not helping people synthesize the replications?
They suggest mortality is lower during meetings because:

"the intensity of care provided during meeting dates is lower and that for high-risk patients with cardiovascular disease, the harms of this care may unexpectedly outweigh the benefits."

Not sure if they accounted for delayed surgeries in the study.

Re:The past is not true on Thursday July 20, 2023 @07:18PM (#36808101)
“Who controls the past, controls the future…

Who controls the present, controls the past…”

— Orwell

I could understand an acquisition to quickly launch an Nvidia cloud services platform.

This would also resolve a branding problem for Lambda, people always confusing it w AWS’ similarly named product..

Re:Anchor Brewing Was San Francisco on Thursday July 13, 2023 @12:06AM (#36704898)
Not enough good things said about the Germans and their influence in American culture
Summarized with AI:

- The study demonstrates that certain molecules can effectively 'reverse' the aging process in cells without changing their core identity.

- A system called NCC has been used as a successful indicator of biological age reversal, paving the way for broader research into rejuvenation factors.

- An important element, OSK, helps improve aging cell health, potentially leading to treatment strategies for aging-related diseases.

- Various interventions have shown to reduce signs of aging in cells by changing the way genes are expressed. Six specific treatments significantly decreased both biological and chronological age of cells.

- The study found that early stages of cellular 'reprogramming' can rejuvenate cells without making them behave like stem cells. One particular treatment, VC6TF, showed the most potent rejuvenation effects.

- Further research is required to understand how this cellular 'age reversal' works and how it compares to other similar processes, particularly one triggered by the OSK element.

- Certain compounds play a big role in the process of cellular rejuvenation by affecting the way cells express their genetic material.

- Safety tests in animals are crucial before these rejuvenation treatments can be tested in humans, especially to check for potential signs of abnormal tissue growth or cancer.

Re:The Truth about Svelte on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @12:32AM (#36690505)
Specifics needed (please)

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