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achompas

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About achompas

I do things with AI, machine learning and software.

Reach me at achompas+hn [at] Google's email [dot] com.

http://acompa.net http://github.com/acompa

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/achompas; my proof: https://keybase.io/achompas/sigs/KdHH4LRgVwgb9n-pCR99fnRFnF9gH-kmTCR0P8_jFRg ]

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    The onus isn’t on me. It’s on anyone contradicting findings by most benchmarks, because most of them show a clear advantage for Opus and GPT over OSS models.

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    Comment #47447299

    The problem isn’t the SDK but the API usage. Users will say this-or-that about choice etc etc. It’s about subsidized tokens. Otherwise th users (and OpenCode) would have stopped pu…

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    Comment #47447221

    I’m sorry but you’re demonstrably incorrect. Listen, I want more open weight models in the world. They create entrepreneurial opportunities and support use cases which the foundati…

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    Comment #47447115

    This is both true and immaterial to Microsoft’s net profits.

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    Comment #47447040

    Yep, well said and great, sharp explanation. I think we can attribute a bunch of consternation here to drift between assumed and actual licensing terms. The actual licensing terms …

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    Comment #47446927

    Yes, it is true that companies often litigate against customers who violate their Terms of Service. The TOS is put into place to protect the company’s interests from user abuse. Pa…

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    Comment #40850556

    LMSYS consistently provides a high standard for open, collaborative exploration of LLMs. Cool to see them explore LLM routing - this feels like a fertile area for problemsolving.

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    Comment #40658841

    My experience this is common for specialty knowledge the founders might not possess. They know enough to know they cannot assess, say, AI/ML or infrastructure, and seek interview s…

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    Comment #28436212

    I took Adam’s point here to be that an Airflow DAG author primarily concerns themselves with the configuration of those objects, since the underlying components (Celery worker, Pyt…

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    Comment #21977431

    But at no point did OP claim it was a scam? They even ask if this is normal for American franchises, instead of accusing 7-11 of predatory behavior.

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    Comment #21160518

    I use a trackball next to my keyboard which barely cracks the $100 barrier right now. The trackball won't change when the keyboard does in a few months.

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    Comment #20314234

    I regret using the word "person." luv too be nitpicked on HN The better version of my argument is "the product is not the same because it was not appropriately transferred between …

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    Comment #20265927

    You're making my point for me - that's a legally approved transfer of assets. This is not.

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    Comment #20264806

    I don't think this excuses the cloning. If you wanted to keep the project running, the first step would be to speak with the real site's maintainer to develop a plan.

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    Comment #20264800

    But it is not the same product, because it is not run by the same person. That matters.

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    Comment #20073044

    Yikes, I’m sorry. What were your application developers doing to persist this messy data?

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    Comment #20073040

    Their service is high-touch. Stylists speak with clients constantly, so they record this information. They also have mobile apps, they run product experiments, they source and sell…

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    Comment #19846902

    I don’t think I questioned CP’s HOF credentials anywhere, except on whether he’s a dirty player. Which he is.