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firstbabylonian

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About firstbabylonian

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    Somehow it is always Russian technologists and designers who sweat this type of stuff the most and want to talk about it. When I moved from Russia to a western country in my teenag…

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    Comment #48160082

    Self-hatred is not a good look.

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    Comment #47490489

    > SSD streaming to GPU Is this solution based on what Apple describes in their 2023 paper 'LLM in a flash' [1]? 1: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.11514

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    Comment #41609081

    Thanks, Firefox support is in the works.

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    Comment #41609068

    Thanks — there was a cookie-related bug, which should now be resolved.

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    Comment #40220323

    "Streaming in 0 countries. See where"

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    Comment #40218324

    Thank you for this thoughtful response.

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    Comment #40210026

    It’s also something that has been historically true over and over, sadly. All ‘nice’ pacifist societies ended up getting wiped out or subjugated by their uncaring neighbours. Susta…

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    Comment #40209955

    Nothing against you personally, but since you get the same iPhone as the non-technical folks, some compromises have to be made, and they ain’t gonna be in your favour.

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    Comment #40209787

    Correct, which is why allowing no-store app delivery would unleash an even greater chaos. In a world where any random website can trick a user into downloading an app via sideloadi…

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    Comment #40209679

    Thank you for this honest response, really. I wish you the best of luck out there.

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    Comment #40209518

    Does it not get exhausting to swim against the current all the time? Don't you ever wish you could let you go and let your inner little mind take control, if not just for a moment?…

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    Comment #40208924

    We are all animals though. That's what's freeing about the internet. I'm not sure you want to take it so seriously.

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    Comment #40208881

    Yes, I edited the original comment, because I realised that you took offence in it and thought that I was addressing "you" — or the OP — specifically. It was a hyperbolic statement…

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    Comment #40208758

    > ability to install an app off an unsigned IPA file for free I feel like the thinking is that there must be an entity — somebody running an app store — who could be held legally r…

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    Comment #40208542

    I am a product of the world, and so are you.

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    Comment #40208505

    The world is harsh and uncaring. Today's internet reflects that. What used to be a safe space for dorky techies is now a cross-sectional slice of the entire society, a live reel of…