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If all that the author was saying was "LLM weights are highly compressed encodings of knowledge", I wouldn't have any complaints. He is making much bolder claims than that. And if …

There's a lot of very strong claims made at the start of this article. (emphasis mine) > A Large Language Model (LLM) is like a small zip file that contains all human knowledge. > …

I'm glad the JSDoc type syntax is still getting some focus. It's my favorite way to use typescript in my own projects. Some of the syntax changes will be annoying to update but mos…

Very cool. It's not the ideal environment but it's nice to have those tools available when you need it / are bored. Termux saved me on a few homework assignments in university.

Minus the policy restrictions, this has always been true for all LLMs in general.

My life has changed, but not necessarily for the better.

Yep. If it weren't for cheap / freely available tools (and their limitations) I wouldn't be where I am today. I think about this every time I make a tool of my own.

Microsoft has done their part too. Try using a modern Office 365 program and see how many clicks it takes to get to an actual file browser.

They were right about cars, to be fair

My experience with wxWidgets based apps is that they tend to not handle DPI scaling well. Audacity is a good example, IIRC that's one of the reasons they're moving to Qt.

No mention in the README either. Sneaky

A lot of basic tweaks to windows behavior require those types of unstable hacks. The point is that developers or users who want to modify their system are forced into sketchy softw…

Having spent a few years trying to write Windows utility software, it is really exhausting to be in an antagonistic relationship with Microsoft and have their updates constantly br…

The terms of those licenses are still relevant...

You may have turned this feature off (like I did) but by default Gmail sorts your emails into categories like Promotions, Social, Updates...

Does Debian Stable count? The page didn't include a download link, so I found it here: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/96.0/linux-x86_... And yes, it runs perfectly fi…

Sounds like the iOS model: your app only exists as long as you are alive and able to pay $99/year. This mentality is a nightmare for software preservation.

I paid for "Square Home" a couple years ago and I'm very happy with it. It's highly customizable. The Windows Phone style layout probably isn't for everyone but it works well for m…

At least put the ads in a consistent location so I can cover it with masking tape

TFix is very nice but unfortunately removes the software renderer described in this article. It's very difficult to get the original exe working on modern systems. TFix also brings…

The Win11 start menu used to have a fun bug where pressing Ctrl-Minus would open search with the phrase "zoom out". No other shortcut did this. Just Zoom Out. No idea how a bug lik…

I usually add: which gives you a nice automatic dark theme "for free"