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complaining about 17mb in 2026 has to be virtue signaling of some sort... yes I know we went to the moon with a few kb but are we going to hang on to that for ever?

what happened to him?

I think Hotz basically created super specific software for the gpus that throws away anything that doesn't contribute to inference (not turing complete, for example).

95% of these announcements are exactly how you say. There're just too many incentives to layoff and call it AI: - CEO (under pressure to move in the AI space) comes across as an AI…

As a die-hard vim fan, I feel bitter-sour saying that I switched to nvim. Honestly, I think the vim maintainers should find a way to merge in nvim.

I’m not against public spending. US presidents from both parties have increased public spending when necessary. Your perspective on the US political spectrum is where I suggest you…

Great. I suppose we’ll just have to agree to disagree. Time will tell. I’m still a bit confused about the right-wing remark though. As I mentioned, my only claim here is that I’ve …

This is where you’re being naive. I meant this in other parts of the thread: Americans are more connected to the outcome of taxes because the government doesn’t control every aspec…

To be clear, I don’t believe it’s an “education” issue. I think it’s a “for too long removed from politics” problem. For most Europeans, a tax is an unclear bill at the end of the …

What could possibly be my source for such a claim? Who is funding studies on this topic? My source is my upbringing in Europe and my subsequent long-term residence in two other cou…

Ah, yes, thank you. I was trying to hide my right-wing tendencies. That’s what right-wing people do... they’re very shy!

I’m not sure. If we compare the US to Europe (and I say this with a heavy heart), I wouldn’t be confident that the EU has a positive balance. There hasn’t been any growth in the EU…

Thanks for your comments. I agree--HN has been quite disappointing lately. For a place that's supposed to be full of tech contrarians, it does sound like an answering machine aroun…

Yes. Plus, taxing those with higher incomes is hardly “taxing the rich.” After all, the wealthy don’t have incomes; they borrow against their assets. However, they do fund politica…

Right. I believe every socialist should feel offended by the term “free healthcare.” Building an economy capable of sustaining such a system requires immense effort and collective …

I hope you were right, but I strongly suspect you are mistaken. Most people fail to understand: - Social welfare programs come at the expense of reducing everyone’s income. - The e…

Agreed. Many in this thread appear confident that “everyone” comprehends that anything labeled “free” actually implies “subsidized.” However, I still believe they are mistaken. Peo…

This is one of my pet peeves. If you believe in the welfare state concept, you should never refer to anything that’s subsidized as “free.” It’s a recipe for disaster. As a European…

I nervously hover over the VSCode Copilot icon, watching the premium requests slowly accumulate. It’s not an enjoyable experience (whether you know how much you've used or not :) )…

You know, I get the spirit of this criticism. But, specially in the age of AI, we're going to get thousands of barely reviewed websites on Cloudflare. If you know what you're doing…

I agree. From a product perspective, I would also support the decision. Should we make the rules more complex by default, potentially overlooking SQL injection vulnerabilities? Or …

Spent maybe 3 min with it and got the hang of it. I thought no qwerty was going to be a deal breaker but I think I could get "fluent" with it in a day or two. The worst parts are: …

I wonder what the speed of this approach vs traditional ocr techniques. Also, curious if this could be used for text detection (find a bounding box containing text within an image)…

One of the big WTF moments I've had in the "web vs. device" Ad-related privacy journey was realizing that even if you create an "anonymous" account on an app in your phone, your de…