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Re:Software for One on Sunday August 02, 2026 @10:58AM (#49145261)
So many people proving your point by missing it.
Re:Commodore Made a Digital Detox Phone That Isn't Dumb on Friday June 26, 2026 @11:41AM (#48687968)
Where? Going to Shenzhen soon after a long hiatus and need tips.
Thanks for that link -- deserves more attention.
Re:The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @08:47PM (#47698011)
> Free Software types already do for all software

Free Software types also create software...they didn't just argue for a better license and try to regulate Sun/others to re-license their software; they wrote free (libre) versions of proprietary software and released it for free (cost), which is what counteracted the "[putting] what they make behind a wall". If you're saying "[some] LLMs should be free", I agree.

Re:Local LLM App by Ente on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @10:15AM (#47517640)
Looks excellent -- thanks; shame older intel macs don't get it (a lot of those still around)
Any place we can look for you to release this?
Re:OpenAI – How to delete your account on Saturday February 28, 2026 @12:22PM (#47197840)
Ad hominem much?
Re:OpenAI – How to delete your account on Saturday February 28, 2026 @10:05AM (#47196163)
Those of us whose appreciation of da Vinci's mastery are not affected by him painting the Mona Lisa with a moustache are keeping you in our thoughts.

(non-snark: your reply is clever and got a smile but I still think the GP post is overriding: no need for the distraction (c.f.: these asides) of the "S(c)am" swipe)

Re:Voxtral Transcribe 2 on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:16PM (#46895215)
Same here
> Tiananmen square

The Tiananmen Square killings happened independent of one's "worldview".

What's an example of "the exact same thing" done to OpenAI models by western governments?

Re:Dell's version of the DGX Spark fixes pain points on Thursday January 01, 2026 @07:59PM (#46460153)
> you can combine Spark with M3U, the former streaming the compute, lowering TTFT, the latter doing the token generation part

Are you doing this with vLLM, or some other model-running library/setup?

Re:Dell's version of the DGX Spark fixes pain points on Thursday January 01, 2026 @07:58PM (#46460140)
> training smart LLMs like Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct-NVFP4

Sounds interesting; can you suggest any good discussions of this (on the web)?

Re:GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding Capability on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @04:00PM (#46369400)
> with same success you can prove bias in western models.

What are some examples? (curious, as a westerner)

Are there "bias" benchmarks? (I ask, rather than just search, because: bias)

Re:GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding Capability on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @02:21PM (#46368423)
> when do we stop this kind of polarization?

When the tool isn't polarized. I wouldn't use a wrench with an objectionable symbol on it.

> You don't forecast weather with image detection model

What do you do with a large language model? I think most people put language in and get language out. Plenty of people are going to look askance at statements like "the devil is really good at coding, so let's use him for that only". Do you think it should be illegal/not allowed to not hire a person because they have political beliefs you don't like?

Re:GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding Capability on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @02:17PM (#46368388)
> I'm tired of this example everyone tests out, I think it undermines the researchers and engineers hard work.

It's completely valid, IMO. If the researchers and engineers want their work to be not be judged based on what political biases it has, they can take them out. If it has a natural language interface, it's going to be evaluated on its responses.

Re:So you wanna build a local RAG? on Thursday December 11, 2025 @09:17PM (#46240140)
Can you elaborate a bit on your setup if you have time?
Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH on Thursday September 25, 2025 @08:15AM (#45371911)
Oh, itsdrewmiller pointed us in the right direction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551579
Ironically, this fell off the HN front page without enough upvotes...neither hackernews.coffee nor Claude suggested it to me...
Normally I would say you're right, but I read the context opposite to you; I read the "fine" as a straight/literal statement: the author of "this is fine" is disputing the author's parent's statement that "this can be considered [a bug]".
"Axial motors" don't seem to have been discussed much here; In 2022 there was some discussion of the flaws ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30816149 ).
Conifer motors is making a low-cost power plant for everything from scooters to factories
> iPhone [...] blasting an alarm in my ear at regular volume if I happen to be talking on the phone when [the alarm] goes off

This always gets me...is there not a public bug report for this one?

> Lots of little technical reasons why not.

What are some?

Re:Common DB schema change mistakes in Postgres on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:57AM (#40197707)
> To be able to select from a table you need

> * CONNECT

> * USAGE

> * SELECT

Isn't LOGIN (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/role-attributes.html) also needed?

  Only roles that have the LOGIN attribute can be used as the initial role name for a database connection
Re:The surreal life of a professional bridesmaid on Monday February 12, 2024 @12:22PM (#39347579)
hmu
Re:Linear Algebra Done Right – 4th Edition on Sunday October 29, 2023 @08:59PM (#38064500)
It's supposed to be the introduction to rigorous proof, so it is supposed to be "the first book on [formal] mathematics" for its audience.
Re:Linear Algebra Done Right – 4th Edition on Sunday October 29, 2023 @08:57PM (#38064485)
> if you're not comfortable with the basics of mathematical proofs, then you're not ready for the subject of linear algebra

That's quite far from what the author of the book you're discussing wrote:

> [this book/course] is also supposed to be a first course introducing a student to rigorous proof, formal definitions

Re:Linear Algebra Done Right – 4th Edition on Sunday October 29, 2023 @08:55PM (#38064470)
> this book is meant for the audience who can read and write proofs

It seems like the opposite is true:

"It is intended for a student who, while not yet very familiar with abstract reasoning, is willing to study more [than a] "cookbook style" calculus type course."

(from the link).

If your point is one can't learn linear algebra before learning "abstract [mathematical] reasoning"...don't think you're the main target audience of a subject as practical as linear algebra.

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