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Maken

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    Comment #49256979

    If that's a pool for human use, the worst case is a bacterial/fungal infection due to incorrect filtering.

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    Comment #49172910

    There are just too many to kill them in a single swoop. Destruction on this scale needs planning, logistics and well supplied stockpiles.

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    Comment #48984797

    These examples mention explicitely ambient light, which is the point of the article. SSAO makes no sense for direct ligth.

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    Comment #48984776

    AO is an approximation of how indirect light behaves. If you have an actual global illumination solution you don't need these tricks.

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    Comment #48946464

    >It is not a good idea to build a bridge that last 500 years. Why not? A well-build bridge from 500 years ago is perfectly functional today [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu…

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    Comment #48942678

    Maybe they intend for Gemini to be the only chatbot with built-in access to internet search.

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    Comment #48780124

    Because the NSA has such a great record of getting punished from their transgressions, right? For foreign countries, handling your data to either the Chinese surveillance apparatus…

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    Comment #48772884

    You are mixing apples and oranges. The infamous Huawei deal was buying tons of HDD servers. Any deal with Palantir is handling all your data to the NSA.

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    Comment #48772855

    You are probably thinking about ketamine.

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    Comment #48772814

    Most homes and public spaces have AC installed, but it doesn't help as soon as you set your foot on the street.

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    Comment #48772784

    The contract with Huawei was about buying storage servers [1], which would then be managed by the Interior Ministry. They were not outsourcing anything. [1] Concretely these: https…

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    Comment #48734928

    If scrapping content is legal, model distillation should be legal too.

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    Comment #48479002

    To be fair, the UI randomly changing in every update is a pain point for people of any age.

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    Comment #48464229

    The bar is just too low.

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    Comment #48383585

    Just in time for fusion energy?

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    Comment #48347330

    Whatsapp used to be a paid app.

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    Comment #48220746

    It's not like they had much of an option, when everybody was hoarding every GPU they could. For the second Colossus they could book future production, but the first one had to be b…

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    Comment #48133825

    The problem is that only works at the advanced courses. However people need to learn the basics before they reach that level, specially when they are starting and are in many regar…

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    Comment #48036096

    The real genius was whoever decided to add fake typing sounds to virtual keyboards on touch screens.

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    Comment #47790807

    Was open source any more secure before LLMs became so cheap? For those same 100$ you could have a North Korean hacking your code for a whole month.

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    Comment #47753660

    The digital Yellow Pages were replaced by streaming teleshopping.

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    Comment #47683241

    Now that's a bleak picture of the future.

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    Comment #47683195

    Let's just be glad somebody talked him out of using nukes. For now.

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    Comment #47682361

    That documentary is a must-watch for any Miyazaki fan. They recorded the entire creation of Ponyo, from Miyazaki's watercolors to the final released movie. It also shows why the mo…

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    Comment #47650698

    The only countries going to war with Iran are Israel and USA. The other countries are negotiating with Iran and reportedly paying the toll. Also, the strait has been open to Spanis…