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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen on Monday November 02, 2026 @08:09PM (#50346678)
I wonder what would happen if it was modifying its own weights during inference.
The issue is I’ll have to vibecode all the laws and the laws could be wrong.
Re:Ask HN: What Makes AI a Bubble? on Monday April 27, 2026 @08:10PM (#47928900)
It’s important to keep in mind that railroads, airplanes, and the internet also caused bubbles.

Just because of an invention is useful and world changing doesn’t mean it won’t cause a bubble.

Re:If AI Can't Code It, It's Already Dead on Monday May 26, 2025 @07:05PM (#44102429)
If AI is going to deliver on its promises, it’s gotta do better than that. Learning a new framework or library is the easy part.
Re:Hoarder: Self-hostable bookmark-everything app on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @02:38PM (#42504328)
These types of projects always look really cool, but I always doubt they will be maintained so I decide not to use them.
Re:Ask HN: Best way to remove CO2 in a bedroom? on Sunday June 16, 2024 @07:52AM (#40696382)
I want to experience pre-industrial co2 levels
This is far beyond what is expected from a 16 year old. Great Job!

I see some comments giving you suggestions that I don't agree with. I suggest you keep going.

Are people surprised that the app is written in code that can run on a different computer? Of course it can.

It would be much weirder to learn they built an entire tech stack specifically for the device and that it was technically impossible to port it.

“long-term damage to adolescent rat brains”

I keep hearing warnings from intelligent people that you shouldn’t trust conclusions drawn from rat studies because they are preliminary and usually sensationalized.

Re:Ruby Heaps Inspired by Python on Friday April 05, 2024 @12:23AM (#39938657)
Defining a new class is probably the most Ruby way to do it. There are two implementations that define a new class: rb_heap[1] and algorithms[2]. However, algorithms[2] use a Fibonacci heap, which should technically have better time complexity but is slower in practice, and the library pulls in a lot of unnecessary stuff. rb_heap is good, although I think using a symbol to specify if it's a max/min heap is a little strange.

There is something satisfying about using an array like Python. It's very straightforward and doesn't require you to convert back and forth between a queue and a array.

That's an interesting idea to use Queue. I do need random access to implement the binary queue, so I'm not sure if Queue would work.

1. https://github.com/florian/rb_heap 2. https://github.com/kanwei/algorithms

Re:YouTube addiction, one month sober on Thursday February 22, 2024 @12:38PM (#39470389)
If you are using Arc, I created a boost to block Youtube. You can add a custom message to yourself in the CSS settings.

https://arc.net/boost/208CA384-0BC8-4EEF-A944-BC551D4AD48D

Re:OpenAI's chaos does not add up on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:26AM (#38350070)
OpenAI designed safety breaks into their organization that exploded at the first sign of profits.
I legitimately might try this.
Is it really so bad to release the prompt?
Re:Land Ownership Makes No Sense on Thursday May 04, 2023 @10:14AM (#35815660)
I grew up in Oregon, where all the beaches are public. Later I discovered that some people in different places owned beaches, which blew my mind. How can you own a beach?

I then wondered why I felt that way about beaches, but not about other lands.

Re:Haskell in Production: Standard Chartered on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @08:21PM (#35809680)
Really? I can’t imagine people turning off the lazy evaluation. It’s a deep part of the language. You can force things to evaluate strictly, but that’s not disabling it.
I always feel like these discussions are built upon extrapolating on assumptions based on speculation.

How could we, a species that hasn’t progressed that far, know what advanced civilizations look like?

Re:WikiScroll on Sunday April 23, 2023 @01:37PM (#35678478)
Now I can train myself the way the AIs do it
I used to never understand these types of arguments. But then I read “Consequences of Capitalism,” and I started to take these sorts of ideas seriously.
I'm sure we could find things for all the people who live there to lower their expenses. But there is an asymptote to how much people can save.
You can’t anticipate a 25% increase in your largest expenses living on that salary. Pets are awesome, and people want to live life.
Re:Is life too short to fight Rust's borrow checker? on Sunday March 05, 2023 @02:02PM (#35032755)
This is a common feeling when struggling with anything. You need a break.
Re:'I Worked on Google's AI. My Fears Are Coming True' on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @11:25PM (#34978755)
True. We’ll feel like they are sentient way before they are.
There is an asymmetry here, because, for the most part, you can’t know what it feels like to be an age until you’ve been it. So it will be more common to feel your age or younger because that's what you've experienced.

If you feel worn out when you are 25, you just think that’s what being 25 feels like.

Re:My class required AI. Here's what I've learned so far on Monday February 20, 2023 @12:47PM (#34870596)
Yeah, there are a lot of positives. It's not just about stopping kids from cheating. It's a better system, in my opinion.

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