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Re:Open-R1: an open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1 on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @04:48AM (#42850584)
Crypto is a disease of the skin; AI is a disease of the heart. – Chiang Kai Shek
get tae fuck
Re:YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster on Thursday November 23, 2023 @05:21PM (#38398278)
>skip ads

>download videos locally on your phone

>the audio continues in the background when you switch to another phone app

Y... you mean like NewPipe already does?

Re:Arwes: Futuristic Sci-Fi UI Web Framework on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:42AM (#36448437)
Futuristic UIs peaked decades ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xfTryfN050

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exz1KzuthrQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC3k0d4u5BQ

I really wish we had more interesting and functional examples nowadays - the web is bloated anyway, why not make more elaborate use of that bloat? Here's another example, albeit just a singular art project:

https://virtualself.co/

Still, it requires taste and an eye for design, and balancing all the maximalist elements makes it especially hard to nail.

Re:The Original AI Doomer: Dr. Norbert Weiner on Saturday June 03, 2023 @06:15PM (#36181040)
I've been meaning to read it ever since I saw this quote, which I found quite beautiful and sad:

The Machine is much, but it is not everything. I see something like you in this plate, but I do not see you. I hear something like you through this telephone, but I do not hear you. That is why I want you to come. Pay me a visit, so that we can meet face to face, and talk about the hopes that are in my mind.

- The Machine Stops (1909)