News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

awestley

Re:Incremental Context Testing for LLMs on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @12:53PM (#43623861)
Wrote a small script to test how LLMs handle growing context sizes. It sends larger prompts step by step and measures slowdown or failure. Pretty rough but useful so far. Curious if others have ideas for improving it.
Yes! It's a tell-tale sign something is written by AI.
If lifestyle differences are not accounted for, I'd put little stock in this.
Re:Can I Build My Own Jarvis? Let's Find Out on Thursday February 27, 2025 @07:30AM (#43193774)
Inspired by Iron Man, I’m building an AI that actually does things, not just talks.
Re:Johnny.Decimal – A system to organise your life on Friday February 21, 2025 @10:53AM (#43128927)
I see this pop up every few years. I wish I had the follow though to do this.
Re:Notepad++ is 21 years old on Friday November 01, 2024 @02:11PM (#42019862)
I can finally take it out for drinks as a thank you.
Re:OpenAI is reportedly going all-in as a for-profit company on Monday September 16, 2024 @12:18PM (#41557651)
"Didn't see this coming"

- No one ever

After this who on earth would trust the "home" version will stick around?
Re:Gordon Bell has died on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @07:20PM (#40435399)
RIP. I loved the Computer Museum as a kid. It’s probably one of those thing that had a much bigger impact on me than I realize.
Re:The Rise of the Carbon Farmer on Monday May 06, 2024 @06:52AM (#40273188)
The Wired article explores the promising practice of carbon farming and its potential to revolutionize agriculture. Carbon farming involves adopting regenerative techniques that not only enhance soil health and biodiversity but also mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon in the soil. By implementing methods such as rotational grazing, cover cropping, and agroforestry, farmers can enhance soil carbon levels while improving crop yields and resilience to extreme weather events. The piece highlights successful carbon farming initiatives around the world and underscores the urgent need for widespread adoption to combat climate change and ensure food security in the face of environmental challenges.
That is why I said more permanently. 10 years is better than 72 hours. To say "get rid of the houses" as a solution to beach erosion without considering legal, social, and economic implications is a classic case of oversimplifying a complex problem.
Re:Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @07:52AM (#39765208)
That sound like a fun project to try out. I may try that out. Thanks.
Re:Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @07:51AM (#39765201)
I haven't had great luck with shortcut reminders. I always feel like there are cases it didn't trigger, then I don't trust it.
I didn't mean it literally. a "line in the sand" is an idiom.
I agree, but to be fair it was also the state that limited them such a silly option. They can't do anything more permanent than sand. Which, I understand has an environmental impact, but the beaches are going to keep eroding so why not "draw a line in the sand" so to speak and help protect the beaches more permanently. Regardless of how lives there now.

* I live in the state but no where near the water. So I'm sure my taxes will be paying for this.

Re:Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @07:34AM (#39765068)
Many apps lack a good means of triggering "reminders" on iOS and MacOs. Apple seems to keep the secret sauce to themselves. 3rd party apps just miss the mark IMO. However, the reminders app itself leave a lot to be desired. So something like this that ties a great app into what the native apps reminders is a great idea. Thank you for sharing!
Of course the value value your privacy. They are selling it to 1532 partners.
Re:Akira Toriyama has died on Friday March 08, 2024 @07:37AM (#39640495)
Wow, this hit me. RIP
Re:The Beauty and Danger in Victorian Glass Fire Grenades on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @08:03AM (#39012821)
Tetrachloroethylene
Re:The Cult of Mac on Friday January 12, 2024 @01:50PM (#38972218)
Is the cult as strong as it has been? I feel like this "cult" is absolutely what Apple leveraged to get where they are and they not doubt played into it. But it doesn't seem like that is really the case anymore. Or is it?
Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth on Friday December 15, 2023 @09:46AM (#38654674)
RIP little dude
Re:Another UFO shot down over Canada by US on Saturday February 11, 2023 @08:39PM (#34758591)
Sounds like a shiny balloon to me.
Maybe he saw Office Space one too many times.
I read the experimentation bit as Twitter (Elon) trying to push the boundaries of what Twitter can get away with from a PR perspective.

Older »