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No one is assuming printing costs are the only costs to produce the catalogue. The point of pricing the catalogue at printing costs is to cover the marginal cost of offering the ca…

That eval hasn't been relevant for a while now. Performance there just doesn't seem to correlate well with real-world performance.

It's because those markets are based on the LLM Arena leaderboard ( https://lmarena.ai/ ), where Claude has historically done poorly. That eval has also become a lot less relevant …

Call that tip to tip efficiency ;) * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmwYxLaaQ5s (reference - which really fits this whole thread)

Hi Simon. Do you recommend aider over Cursor? I've always used aider, and like it, but it just seems like Cursor is overtaking it in terms of features, and I wonder if sticking wit…

Most people use Cursor. Aider and Cline are other options. All of these work with all of the popular LLM APIs. Even among people using Claude, I would bet more of them are using Cl…

I use the Xreal for coding while traveling. It's not as nice as a monitor, but it's definitely good enough for coding IMO.

Just note that you will also need the Xreal Beam if you want the virtual screen to stay fixed in space while you move your head (it's too uncomfortable to use without it IMO).

I got mine for $60 shipping incl from HONS VR. And they work well.

You can plug them directly into your laptop (as long as it supports DP Alt mode, which I understand is common - my Thinkpad does). But, the virtual monitor will be in a fixed posit…

It depends on your device. If your device doesn't support the Nebula app, you need the Beam.

I strongly agree. That's what the European system is like, as others have mentioned. Even the 2 years of fundamental science preparation. In Spain, what I would say is the academic…

Wow, that seems so short then. In Europe medical school is 6 years, with a 7th year spent on preparing for residency. At least in Spain. And it doesn't start off easy. All student …

Obviously no one is talking about "stopping matrix multiplication globally". But setting limits on the supply of and access to hardware, in a way that would meaningfully impede AI …

> There is no such thing as "English pronunciation". English does not have a regulatory body like Spanish or German have. Oh come on. The fact that there is no regulatory body does…

I moved from Spain to the US, and I often find myself trying to explain to people back home just how miserable and even humiliating the pedestrian experience is here. Here are some…

I'm skeptical. I feel like any startup for whom 100k is "huge" is not at a stage where they'd be spending anywhere near that amount on cloud infrastructure.

I'm not surprised! Everyone is talking about the technical suitability of EVs as rental cars. But I don't think that's the main motivation. On Turo (like Airbnb for cars), Teslas a…

I've searched the whole thread for an answer to this. I'm so curious now...

What? Doesn't 20/20, 20/15 etc. refer to visual acuity (how much detail you can see from a certain distance)? Are there people who prefer anything but the highest possible visual a…

The "experiment" was testing whether these bogus papers would make it through peer review and get published.

Fascinating, thank you for sharing. I can relate. > It won't do anything for you if you just take it in your bedroom with no other changes happening in your life Interestingly, tha…

The vast majority of the water usage that's attributed to beef is from growing the crops that feed the cows. The amount of water that the cows drink directly is probably negligible…

> This is exactly why I've concluded trying to go my own way is the best long-term plan for me. Before learning about YC and HN and such, the thought never really occurred to me. I…

I agree. I did exactly this just last week. I got a refurb gen 8 (2020 model) from Lenovo for about $950 after tax (16GB, i5, 1080p). It looks brand new, not a single sign of use. …