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Re:I am definitely missing the pre-AI writing era on Monday March 30, 2026 @06:58PM (#47580756)
I long for the days of hand written scrolls. Fresh papyrus adorned with the latest calligraphy and stamped with a warm wax seal…
Re:Why is Zig so Cool? on Saturday November 08, 2025 @05:09AM (#45855607)
I am surprised Native SIMD support is not mentioned in an article with this title. Not sure if it could be applied to the sudoku example he used.
Re:This Message Does Not Exist on Sunday June 02, 2024 @05:09AM (#40552647)
You could argue from the perspective of the server this is a true statement. The message does not exist. If the server stored a history of messages, current and deleted, it would not be in the logs. What you received is something different. Like a message but not a message.
I am very bullish on this approach. Is already showing promise with StableDiffusion (https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI).

I have built humans in the loop feedback models before and they are always very targeted to a specific task. This approach modular and intuitive. I think the scope is too small though.

I spent the weekend starting a project to use this approach using a GPT model and FlumeJs (https://github.com/chrisjpatty/flume) but now that I see noFlo i am excited to try it

Re:Will We Know Alien Life When We See It? on Saturday January 07, 2023 @01:05PM (#34290734)
Hot take, no explanations:

- Planets are sentient

- Alien Robots outlive Aliens

- Photon life makes more sense

- Carbon based life is fragile

Re:Ask HN: What'd be possible with 1000x faster CPUs? on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @07:11PM (#32932852)
More bloat
Re:Chatbots: Still dumb after all these years on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:15PM (#29826365)
The expectation seems a little harsh for the setup. GPT just generates acceptable text. You still need to model and verify object relationships, use facts from a knowledge base and discriminate the generated responses at the very minimum.

Any GPT model is just one component inside of a chatbot, not a chatbot itself.

Re:Confessions of a Michelin Star Inspector on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @08:16PM (#28611681)
I think your rating system is too focused on food. The service, environment and food sourcing also play a large part in the rating. I bet you would see a difference if you try sparking a conversation with the staff from LeCinq.
Re:1% rule on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @09:40PM (#22623496)
Long time lurker here.I often feel I have nothing useful to contribute.So I don't. You're welcome.
A standardized test should consider all contributing variables when determining a score. In any other context this wouldn't be news.
Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format on Friday May 03, 2019 @03:45PM (#19821622)
PDF is the perfect tool for maintaining document formatting but the worst tool for maintaining document data. The format is not concerned the the actual data of document. Programatically extracting data from the simplest PDF is an exercise in patience. I find it kind of odd that this was chosen as the standard all things considered
Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @03:38PM (#19039194)
Reddit
Good work. It's fun and has clean code too!
>"This is a great example where it is okay to lose a message"

It's not, if a client is in trail with your service and they miss a message you risk losing that client. It's only "Okay" to not deliver on non-client facing services. Anything else is an unmeasurable risk

Unfortunately the media makes aggressive predictions either to get a point across or for ratings but it is happening.

Miami is investing in mediating current and future floods. I feel the fact that flood prevention is a significant part of your budget and planning that says something https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1dnlHPzhQA

Re:Twitter Is Expected to Field Bids This Week on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @10:32AM (#12644104)
Had only they charged a penny for your thoughts
Came here to see all the reasons should be converted to A SaaS Based solution, was not disappointed.

I've seen questions about - Required tech specs - Potential upgrades - Trial periods - Varying pricing schemes - General support

These things are handled differently with SaaS. Its easier to address with continued income too.

Re:Left-pad as a service on Thursday March 24, 2016 @01:37PM (#11354724)
100 times on the board http://bit.ly/1RzOIK2
Re:Medium's Policies and Guidelines on Friday February 26, 2016 @10:01PM (#11185874)
I think have seen this used for laws and law changes. Im surprised it has not been massively adopted
Re:NASA's last original Voyager engineer retires at 80 on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @10:55PM (#10462626)
"Though NASA found a younger engineer who was brought on to work with Zottarelli for a year and eventually replace him, Dodd said it's an impossible task. No one will replace him,' Dodd said."

That's a lifetime of job security