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bobbyi

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    Comment #44392598

    That could be habit if she got used to one side rather than brain asymetry

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    Comment #43975675

    I thought this would work: #define C(x) (sizeof(char[x]), x) sizeof is a compile-time operation so x need to be known at compile time. It didn't work as expected. It turns out ther…

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    Comment #41422797

    He's not the boss anymore at this point (2003). Ballmer took over as CEO in 2000.

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    Comment #39493833

    It is if the object can't be meaningfully cast to the type. I'd expect to get an exception. That's why they exist. For example, consider explicitly casting the string "abc" to an i…

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    Comment #39475228

    I'm selecting 70B and it is coming back with "Answer | Phind-34B Model". I'm not sure if it's really using the 34B model or if the UI is wrong about which one it used

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    Comment #39463771

    The other NYC bridges are all (I think?) named Bridge, but they went with Crossing here because Outerbridge Bridge sounds weird. Another NYC one: A lot of people think "major" in T…

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    Comment #39364846

    Why can't you search them? In the android app at least, I've never had a problem with search working properly

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    Comment #38428279

    lsof is also good for seeing what files a process is using https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/08/lsof-command-examples/

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    Comment #38419138

    Searching for /bin/[ gets reasonable results for me https://www.google.com/search?q=%2Fbin%2F%5B

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    Comment #37886486

    The usual justification for having a concept of "undefined behavior" at all is specifically to allow compilers to "rule out this possibility" so they can make this sort of optimiza…

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    Comment #37682316

    Materialized views handle this scenario, but sqlite doesn't have them

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    Comment #37475680

    log.exception is also usually bad when you are re-raising the exception. That often results in same stacktrace logged multiple times in a row which can be confusing or at least ann…

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    Comment #37227996

    Walking past an eatery with outdoor seating, I overheard one diner say the phrase "process raw logs" and I thought, "wow, I guess that is one of those tricky problems that basicall…

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    Comment #37203230

    Is this similar to std::optional? It's a box containing a value. Copying the optional copies the value.

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    Comment #37091859

    I wanted to get tickets to see Messi when his team (Inter Miami) comes to my area (NYC). This is a typical weekend NY Red Bulls game. Tickets are available for $10 : https://www.st…

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    Comment #36839787

    That project already exists https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp

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    Comment #36741711

    I don't think it's desired for chatgpt which is a back and forth chat. But this application seems to take one query and give back one answer so its workflow wants a complete respon…

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    Comment #36247292

    > There is no scalar instruction for calculating the absolute value, so it uses a negate and conditional move instead. Wait, what? x86 has specialized instructions for all kinds of…

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    Comment #36232899

    Recycling Bin is the normal name in US English too. I'm in the US and when I search google for "Recycle Bin" ( https://www.google.com/search?q=recycle+bin ), the results (in order)…

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    Comment #36145351

    The roadmap here is completely focused on ChatGPT and GPT-4. I wonder what portion of their resources is still going to other areas (DALL-E, audio/ video processing, etc.)

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    Comment #36018594

    The June issue of the Atlantic has an article about giving control of nuclear weapons to AI https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/06/ai-warf...

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    Comment #35808162

    I haven't watched it yet, but the Practical Deep Learning for Coders course that's available on YouTube is often recommended https://course.fast.ai/

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    Comment #35708433

    Theres also Py Spy, a profiling tool that can generate flame charts containing a mix of python and C (or C++) calls. https://github.com/benfred/py-spy It's worked really well for m…