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byteware

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    Comment #44423147

    polynomial commitment based zero knowledge proof system

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    Comment #43818638

    first order zero knowledge proof system (zk-stark), it works on android, macos, linux, webassembly, vulkan/cuda backend (metal coming), but the composition polynomial evaluation is…

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    Comment #43533082

    zero-knowledge proof framework to prove for example that a bank has the necessary funds, or for a loan application that I make enough without revealing how much

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    Comment #39201110

    why would foveated rendering break down? it does not stop rendering where you are not looking just lowers the resolution

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    Comment #39039655

    how is the "world is on its knees"? also didn't google target net-zero carbon by 2030? https://sustainability.google/operating-sustainably/ what do you want google to do about war?…

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    Comment #38623986

    tangent: do we have to censor words here as well? i thought it was for youtube and tiktok recommendation systems (unalive is particularly funny imo)

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    Comment #38623904

    in theory some publications are available as torrents, in theory they are in batches zipped together and in theory one could, by requesting certain parts of the zip file using a cr…

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    Comment #38447192

    10 races we should sterilize, number 6 will shock you, click here to learn more

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    Comment #38433471

    talking as someone who is building such a system, why would an avarage participant of the network give their own money, i dont think they would for the same reason i'm not running …

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    Comment #38164604

    I am in a such a "meaningless" pickle myself, I have never imagined that hard tasks with strict deadlines are a breeze compared to this, it slowly but surely chips away my will to …

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    Comment #38103078

    well for their definition of tech "approaching zero cost", the only tech companies are pure software ones, the cost of manifacturing a rocket can hardly approach zero

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    Comment #37784157

    I'm trying to find the takeaway, should kids not go to college? or that nobody reads the comments, since one of them raises the question, "is there proof?" and claims that not acco…

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    Comment #37729044

    although zero knowledge proofs can compress the "proof of gradient" so it takes much less time to verify than recompute, it take orders of more work to generate the proof, moreover…

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    Comment #37175000

    not like I am vocalizing this damn, that would be effed up, I am just silently feeling this way then respond and act according to the expected norms

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    Comment #37172005

    yes, coworkers thanking me for a bugfix or a feature bothers the hell out of me. man I am not doing it for you, I am doing it for money that is thanks enough

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    Comment #37119115

    they stated that they print regularly, then without knowning anything of their use case and needs, came the "ackchyually" like they know it better or the original commenter is an i…

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    Comment #36961698

    - Location: EU - Remote: depends - Willing to relocate: depends - Technologies: C++, formal verification, zk-stark - CV: on request - Email: on request

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    Comment #36611788

    the maximum is given by the carnot cycle, which has COP=T_high/(T_high-T_cold) so from room temp 25°C to 250°C it is 2.3, but this is the theoretical limit

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    Comment #36573498

    how is programming "democratized"?

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    Comment #36328369

    out of curiosity, how did you verify the information?

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    Comment #36316294

    "If you work quickly, the cost of doing something new will seem lower in your mind. So you’ll be inclined to do more." well if it is work that I know I can do quickly I'm just gonn…

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    Comment #36310238

    what is gonna prevent someone from upvoting their own (or alt accounts', or friends') hundreds of post, inflating away the value of a single upvote?

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    Comment #36295866

    the article linked on the WHO's site is titled "WHO advises not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control in newly released guideline", I mean why drop the "for weight control…

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    Comment #36284836

    I am curious how one would measure if their "belief network would be strengthened"

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    Comment #36203776

    I mean, depending on the work using it as a thin client would make the most sense imo, compiling still takes a toll on the battery life even with m2 magic