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With purely quadratic attention, the cost of the token at 372K is 87% more than the token at 272K. There are attention mechanisms that help to mitigate this, but you can clearly se…

HN - The topic of LLM jailbreaking is an important one. As machines increase in power their ability to benefit society increases, as does their ability to harm society. This paper …

Markdown has emerged as the "lingua franca" of LLMs. It is structured enough to convey meaning, and yet readable everywhere. However, as document lengths increase: 1. It is wastefu…

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Given that we are in unprecedented economic times, a fantastic economic simulator would be very valuable. Not because it would be correct. Rather because it could potentially ident…

I used this for the camera angle. Works really well. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F1DB2F7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b... On timing – I just had to start planning a bit better. In worst…

I use Camo (lifetime $79 license) and an iPhone SE I picked up on eBay for $200. I've had dozens of people comment how clear my camera is. Many now purchased a similar setup. I use…

This is the closest. https://assets.ctfassets.net/vyse88cgwfbl/1np5dpcwuHrWJ4AgUg... As you can see, the rates don't map to any significant overcollateralization.

You're absolutely right regarding from market highs. To do this correct you'd need purchases and sales versus assets. All that said, it's why I put a rough estimate of 30% (instead…

Important to note that a currency peg is different than a currency. The latter free floats, the former does not.

Investments were this way in the 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of protections have been put into place since then. There's a reason we prosecute Ponzi schemes, offer FDIC and SIPC i…

I follow your theory, but as of the last audit that wasn't close to true.

Tether's underlying assets are almost certainly worth less than $1. You can see this by taking each asset class and marking it to market. I've provided details here: https://twitte…

It's fantastic to see great research combined with great tutorials – bravo. You all have bitten off an incredibly hard problem with pragmatism and tenacity. Keep up the great work.…

To the authors: did you any of your own recordings? I've used my own and clips online, in WAV and other formats, at various sampling rates. All of the results come back gibberish. …

Earning per share....

As I understand they do have a working prototype. I believe their chip is 3mm and works in pockets, etc. There's been so much hype, so little delivered in this area that I'm findin…

There's obviously been a lot of buzz around wireless charging (see uBeam and Witricity). These guys have been addressed in years past on HN, but given rumors swirling around potent…