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The original HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) was in 1994 and it's where the phrase "Hack The Planet" originated. The "Hack The Planet" phrase was also used in the movie Hackers and,…

You'd pay for it what you paid for it. Did the "Buy" button specify that you were buying the movie or did it say you were simply leasing the film and that it can be removed at any …

I wonder if this is the real reason Tim Cook is resigning as CEO. He's a supply chain guy and semiconductor supply chains seem utterly borked right now.

1996 was 30 years ago. What about comparing prices from 3 years ago? 2023 vs 2026.

Which article is wrongm Both the article and Wikipedia entry focus on The Backrooms which are a type of liminal space. Yes, liminal spaces have existed in fiction, dreams, etc. How…

The concept did not originate in videogames. The whole thing started from a 4chan post where someone posted a photo of a yellow interior. Then, in 2022, Kane Parsons created a vira…

Despite the headline, this is not a toothbrush. This is a "toothbrush-shaped ultrasound transducer". Mind you, I don't know why this wouldn't "increase dentist margin". This is an …

I think the biggest change with external defibrillators has been placement. It's now front and back instead of two on the front.

I'm not sure I understand this analogy. If Meta changes what underlying model they use, it'll still be called Meta AI. Having the criteria be "what new features does it offer to th…

They see AI features front and center. They dont see the backend (which may or may not be running Llama). Same goes for React although, with React, the framework is what the end us…

Yes and Facebook uses React and GraphQL. Meta AI uses PyTorch. Does that make them all products?

How is Llama a product? It's more like React, PyTorch, GraphQL, etc.

Regarding Kim Dotcom, the government allegetions aren't about what users do. You can read them here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-le... Granted, he's m…

He wasn't having trouble with his WiFi since he was connected directly to the device. Although it might have helped to specify an Ethernet link. Still, chatbots are generally a ter…

Are you a rhinoceros?

Yes. That's why fundamental particles are called the "building blocks of the universe". It's buildings all the way down!

Here you go: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07501-1

Superconductors do not generate heat when in their superconducting state. Otherwise they wouldn't be superconductors.

These are open weight models released under an Apache 2.0 license. There's nothing to buy.

I think there's a fourth option - those little kiosks (like the Little Free Library ones) have started to spring up everywhere so it's a lot easier to just leave one's read books t…

Cranking up the parameter count is literally how the current LLM craze got started. Hence the "large" in "large language model".

I know some of these words.

How can it be vaporware if it's already been released?

Simple. The article states they use the UK's death registry. The problem is they have no way to flag an erroneous match for longer than 12 months.

> Capitalism just isnt set up to punish the Bourgeois. Please read your own link. There were coverups and censorship galore. The problem was this story eventually got so big it cou…