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Why use less memory when you can just have more LLM?
Re:Claude Seems Down on Sunday August 16, 2026 @06:03PM (#49324164)
I'm sorry, but why is this on the front page with 2 up votes? Do we really need to be alerted every time the Claude API responds with an error?
It's just a set of skills and Claude commands. You can install via Claude plugins and read the prompts yourself
Who pays the insurance premiums?
Re:Hacker News.love – 22 projects Hacker News didn't love on Monday February 23, 2026 @08:40AM (#47122186)
I do also think its name _has_ held it back.
Re:Maybe the default settings are too high on Friday December 26, 2025 @04:15PM (#46396343)
I've always understood "campground" to be a whole area open to camping with dozens or hundreds of campers. A campsite is where your group's claim is staked and the area you occupy including picnic tables, fires, etc--not just the tent.
Re:FIFA Arrives on Netflix Games on Thursday December 18, 2025 @12:17AM (#46309107)
If only EA wasn't on the name either.
Re:Blender 5.0 on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @05:53PM (#45973370)
Based on what fingerprint?
Re:GPT-5.1 for Developers on Friday November 14, 2025 @01:36AM (#45924469)
It's all vibe coded
Unfortunately tho, it also suffers the same huge design flaw: hold it upside down, ice cream hits floor. =(
I feel like your chosen examples are very disingenuous. If you're comparing data harvesting/leakage and video games to the atrocities caused by Big Military and the direction it's headed, you must be very disconnected from the real human casualty and suffering.

But to answer your point, yes. People have the autonomy to not do business with individuals and corporations that don't align with their values. It's a personal choice. You may not understand it, but if more people had convictions like this the world would likely be an entirely different place.

Seed, to plant

Not cede, to surrender

I think it's great when people argue in bad faith and waste everyone's time.
Nor are animals.
Open source software?
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:23AM (#43114338)
They didn't say they think they are spending too much.
They could just also support the past methods
Re:Workday erases 8.5% of workforce because of AI on Thursday February 06, 2025 @10:37AM (#42963364)
I thought it meant AI messed up a query.
You are arguing against no one. The person you initially replied to explaining RRR obviously isn't talking about RRRing bowling balls specifically. They are explaining the significance of and how to interpret the common way it's taught to reduce unnecessary production and consumption.
Re:Why does AI slop feel so bad to read? on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:38AM (#42928465)
You aren't asking for homework, but I highly recommend The Elements of Style.

They make such boring topics as grammar and composition a pleasure to read and apply. I read it multiple times in high school, and I still find myself repeating some of the rules to myself when I revise my writing.

Including rule 17:

"17. Omit needless words.

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all sentences short, or avoid all detail and treat subjects only in outline, but that every word tell."

What benefit does gambling have?
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't an open source A/V receiver a thing? on Saturday February 01, 2025 @12:45PM (#42900278)
And by then, what new technology will be out? People dropping money on this stuff often don't want to be constantly 3-5 years behind

Just playing devil's advocate. OSS receiver would be cool

We live in it whether we agree with it or not. Most people have limited options when it comes to the location they call home.
For others who also don't know what advanced glycation end-products are/are a bit confused by the headline:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_glycation_end-produ...

Found in humans, they are bio markers for quite a few diseases, including diabetes (type 2 = insulin resistance).

Food sources are animal products.

Wiki says vegetarians have been shown to have more than non-vegetarians, discounting dietary reasons for high levels in humans. This study suggests otherwise.

Re:They See Your Photos on Sunday December 15, 2024 @11:28AM (#42424305)
Don't be irrational
Re:Meta Movie Gen on Saturday October 05, 2024 @02:32PM (#41751899)
I think that's the joke
In this case, the driver would also be a victim and perhaps not stop for the people acting suspiciously, or try to drive off as soon as a threat is identified.
Re:A Stock Prius just drove across America averaging 93.158 MPG on Thursday September 12, 2024 @02:29PM (#41523986)
And distance. As the distance to get from A to B increases, mpg becomes less important of a metric than total fuel consumption.

(1 mile / 60 mpg)/(2 miles / 90 mpg) = 0.75

Traveling 1 mile @ 60 mpg consumes 75% of the fuel as going 2 miles @ 90 mpg does.

Edit: *Assuming the route planning grand-OP mentioned to optimize for mpg goes significantly out of the way.

By whackamole, you mean choosing one of the same two browser extensions that have been around for 2 decades and forgetting about it?

Or one of the DNS blockers that have been pretty consistent too.

It may be a game of whackamole, but it's virtually invisible to end users of these tools.

I hate being forced to use passwordless logins. I avoid apps that do it unless I have to use it for some reason

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