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DrNosferatu

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    Comment #48405206

    I use a rechargeable card for subscriptions - just let it go to zero.

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    Comment #47941156

    How far can your LLM go with OpenSCAD?

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    Comment #47937272

    In fact, descriptor languages for everything...

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    Comment #47937250

    It's only a matter of time before parametric approaches (think LaTex for CAD, ie: via a descriptor language) enable LLMs to start 3D modeling.

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    Comment #47444658

    I would say optical computing will be practical well before QC is. Time will tell.

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    Comment #47429856

    The math might be beautiful, but I'm very skeptical - practical - quantum computers will ever deliver their promise.

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    Comment #47328210

    Then soon there will be a port for the N64!

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    Comment #46765611

    The killer app for the Data Discman would have been early (early 90s) use as a storage medium for digital cameras. Huge lost opportunity for Sony.

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    Comment #46515219

    The EU must leave NATO and start its own Military Alliance - without the US. This time the alliance mandate, instead of fighting Communism, should be enforcing ICC rulings.

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    Comment #46422527

    Awesome! Anyone for a port to the MSX? A web version would also be cool.

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    Comment #46280908

    Prototype in Matlab, production in C.

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    Comment #46280850

    What about SciLab?

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    Comment #46212121

    Very good! But I expected a humorous touch in stating that fusion is still 10 years away…

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    Comment #46175469

    But, for example, isn't Cannonball (SEGA Outrun source port) open source? https://github.com/djyt/cannonball

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    Comment #46174944

    More than an overview, a step by step tutorial on this would be awesome!

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    Comment #46174868

    This day will arrive. And it will be great for retro game preservation. Having more integrated tools and tutorials on this would be awesome.

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    Comment #46136519

    I visited - really nice! They also have a Philips VG8020 MSX on display.

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    Comment #46136297

    Isn't there a fund indexed to their portfolios?

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    Comment #46080532

    The proof is in the pudding! I want to believe: let's see that software stack working effectively.

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    Comment #45973298

    We need a MAME for electromechanical arcade games!

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    Comment #45972953

    Anyone has any idea if/when it’s coming to paid Perplexity?

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    Comment #45951344

    If AI is used by “fire and forget”, sure - there’s a good chance of slop. But if you carefully review and iterate the contributions of your writers - human or otherwise - you get a…

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    Comment #45949854

    Humans get things wrong too. Quality prose usually only becomes that after many reviews.

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    Comment #45847437

    Note the EU-Moonshot project is based on own silicon / compute sovereignty. GPT4 parity on a own silicon trained indigenous model is just an early goal. Indeed, the ultimate goal i…

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    Comment #45839856

    Maybe Jart's APE could "host" the multiple flavors of the executable: https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan/blob/master/ape/specifi...