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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:53PM (#50348234)
This article really caught my attention, until the end of the article when the author says that the math improvement was only archived because it fixed the model from looping. This should be in the tl;dr at the top!
Re:Show HN:Getting GLM 5.2 running on my slow computer on Thursday July 09, 2026 @08:24PM (#48854269)
fastllm targets the GPU, while colibri uses CPU inference only
Re:Considerations for a long-running Raspberry Pi on Saturday February 17, 2024 @02:43PM (#39412753)
> Your SD card can wear out or completely fill up

Why is the author not considering using an SSD instead of an SD-Card here?

Re:The best way to get unstuck on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @09:11AM (#38926362)
For me it's the opposite: I would think like "Is it really worth my time doing this stupid work just to make it a bit better" and seek for another task that is harder but more fulfilling. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get traction on a single thing because I quickly run out of energy..
Re:I Hate Work on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @06:05AM (#38529413)
I think its already too late for me. I've seen too many negative posts about working as a software engineer that I would rather choose to create something on my own.

I've spent most of my spare time programming stuff for Minecraft, because I liked the game and the challenge + appreciation from others. I could programm all night long for this game. Sadly the motivation has faded.

Nowadays I am constantly scrolling hn, watching yt videos etc. in the hope to find something that finally sparks my interest again.

Not sure if I can find this in a 9 to 5 job.

Not surprising, I think its just a synonym for "try your best".
Re:I Hate Work on Monday December 04, 2023 @11:54PM (#38527256)
I don't know, probably just not putting more children into this world.
Re:I Hate Work on Monday December 04, 2023 @11:39PM (#38527162)
Exactly, one time we will probably realize what a horrible time we lived in, creating stupid software to move some pixels on the screen.

I always wanted to start a company, but the motivation usually fades away when thinking how it could really be beneficial for humanity. People buy useless products, and unfortunately that's where the money is in, but not the motivation for creating it.

Re:I Hate Work on Monday December 04, 2023 @10:30PM (#38526771)
I am still at uni but reading this really makes me questioning if I should go down this path. I think the main problem is the idea of following someone elses business plan for the rest of your life, which can be pretty demotivating.
Re:Tell HN: EmacsConf Live Now on Saturday December 02, 2023 @06:23PM (#38503248)
why is there a conference for a text editor?
Re:Submarine Cable Map 2023 on Saturday December 02, 2023 @05:42PM (#38502913)
Doesn't work
Re:Periodic Table of Tools on Sunday November 26, 2023 @04:57PM (#38425421)
I feel like this could be better visualized in a tech tree.
Re:Minecraft rewritten from scratch in Kotlin, hypixel works on Friday November 24, 2023 @09:02PM (#38410469)
I got it running by replacing

`https://gitlab.bixilon.de/bixilon/pixlyzer-data` with `https://github.com/Bixilon/pixlyzer-data`

in src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/config/profile/profiles/resources/source/SourceC.kt

Re:Minecraft rewritten from scratch in Kotlin, hypixel works on Friday November 24, 2023 @08:54PM (#38410407)
I think the most impressive thing is that this handles all minecraft versions.
Re:Ask HN: Where do you host your own-domain email? on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @08:08PM (#38387818)
netcup webspace
Re:Vertical Tabs in Visual Studio Code on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:43PM (#38340554)
never heard of it, but brave has a toggle for vertical tabs too.
yeah, seems like the author came up with this formular to cope with the fact that others are making way more money off his software because they found a way to utilize their oss software to make profit. Author should do the same or not ask for money.

A more accurate and sane formular would be

   money = time_spent_on_project * avg_salary
The problem is that you ask for money on OSS. Companies use OSS because it is free. If you try to force them to contribute or pay money, there will always be someone who has more passion than you to do it for free. At this point, just pass on your OSS project that is highly demanded but you have no passion for.
Re:We Just Gave $500k to Open Source Maintainers on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @01:16PM (#38002187)
Cool, where can I claim my money?

Oh nvm you only pay devs of projects that you are making money with anyway.

Re:The dark side of touch-screen tipping on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @12:59PM (#38001967)
"experts say the switch to digital tips is meant to generate more participation in tipping and higher overall take-home pay"

The real problem is that your business relies on tipping. Tipping should not be the norm in the first place, just charge what you actually need.

Why do you need a google or apple account to download it?
That website looks horrible.
Re:Become Ungoogleable on Thursday July 20, 2023 @11:40AM (#36802140)
Why making a blog post about it? No one cares, really.
Re:Discord Is Not Documentation on Sunday July 16, 2023 @10:08AM (#36747167)
I've joined the project discord he's ranting about, seems like all the questions he asked could be answered by following through the docs or actually reading the code (or by using the search function on github). Discord is just a place for asking questions and having someone else to do the research because most people are lazy.
Re:Discord Is Not Documentation on Sunday July 16, 2023 @09:24AM (#36746733)
There is also embedchain which you can use in conjunction with a discord bot (create QnA pairs, feed them into embedchain along with your documentations).

I don't know how recurai works under the hood since the discord invite link is broken and there seems to be no documentation on it, so not sure if its worth paying for it.

Re:Discord Is Not Documentation on Sunday July 16, 2023 @09:11AM (#36746609)
Interesting, I've experienced the opposite. People would join the discord server and ask questions that are already answered in the documentations, so you're ending up just sending them the link.
MongoDB compass
Re:0xf.at: Solve Password Riddles on Saturday June 17, 2023 @10:05PM (#36376657)
It was fun until level 23; the telnet server that (should) give the pw seems to be down.