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Re:We're releasing the weights of Mistral Large 4 on Thursday October 29, 2026 @12:58PM (#50292258)
No, it's open-weights, as in you can inspect them. This is not Free Software.
Re:A Health Update on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @11:14PM (#50284163)
it was originally a chemo drug that was expanded to rheumatoid arthritis. nasty stuff
Re:A Health Update on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @11:14PM (#50284158)
Ai can accelerate a lot of things but drug development is mostly depending on long processes involving human reviews and human trials that can't be shortened unless you do a massive regulation reform.
Re:Valve Responds to Developers Fearing AI Slop and Clones on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @11:27AM (#50275292)
in what world?
No way they will block Canada. They will be happy to comply
Lol you must be joking. Most individual rights are long gone in Europe.
> The second experiment, which involved 19 other dogs, was identical in design except that the owners wore headphones playing rock music to stop them from hearing the 'Bouba' and 'Kiki' sounds. The idea here was to remove any owner cues the dogs might have been following.

Oof, the statistical power of 19 subjects is... not great

> alien technology.

its not an alien technology, its a direct application of... maths.

make it legal
Re:Furifont, a Japanese font that shows furigana on Saturday October 17, 2026 @10:32PM (#50137314)
> 大人気 can be read だいにんき or おとなげ, so Furifont shows no furigana

frequency wise it should be dai-ninki for sure

i thought HN loved to complain about bullshit jobs?
so you are saying vaccines dont work?
EP class are the lawmakers so good luck with that...
where?
which brand is non harmful?
if you sell them ASML equipment your market gets destroyed tomorrow instead of 10 years later so what options do they have?
people have been claiming Nvidia will get competition too for years but you guys seem to be forgetting that the current leaders are not asleep at the wheel in the meantime.
Re:The Scourge of x86 Emulation on Sunday September 20, 2026 @07:18AM (#49774664)
an traditional emulator emulates all the hardware of the target machine. WINE does nothing of that.
Re:The Scourge of x86 Emulation on Friday September 18, 2026 @10:50AM (#49755231)
a dominant position is not a monopoly
Re:The Scourge of x86 Emulation on Friday September 18, 2026 @10:48AM (#49755210)
its closer to a translator than an emulator
wow why is prompt processing so slow?
Re:More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older on Thursday September 17, 2026 @10:32PM (#49749593)
investing in senior people is not good ROI but at the same time they are the ones who vote the most...
Re:More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older on Thursday September 17, 2026 @10:30PM (#49749580)
> few F35s and bomber squads could reliably deplete and destroy the entire Iranian drone stock and manufacturing capacity if there was the desire and higher tolerance for civilian casualties

the current admin does not care about civilians casualties. remember the tomahawk on school girls? so what are they waiting for if it was that easy?

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