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joelthelion
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Comment #49141972
This should be a golden opportunity for hackers like us to keep rebuilding this stuff and get bought. A huge waste and completely demoralizing though.
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Comment #49110460
You can reuse the app indefinitely, for cheap, and predictably. I would say these are huge advantages.
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Comment #49110411
I would say the tooling plays a part. Where are the go-to open source solution that a beginner can turn to without too much research?
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Comment #49060934
At this stage, it's easier to block them with uBlock and move on. I don't have a lot of confidence for legislative solutions. Although I admire people who keep trying.
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Comment #48949220
> The real value is and going to be in hardware Unless someone comes up with a brilliant optimization strategy or new hardware that renders all that inefficient Nvidia crap overnig…
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Comment #48762743
Privacy aside, who wouldn't want their $8,000 cloud device abruptly shut down when Weave Robotics decides to pivot?
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Comment #48752503
Do we have any evidence that Tesla is actually working on manufacturing millions of robots?
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Comment #48744214
I wouldn't be surprised if they had new models up their sleeve. Could be wrong of course.
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Comment #48716971
> is just the next most likely token, taking into account temperature and what not. This doesn't mean anything. All LLM output is like that. That said, I agree that LLMs are terrib…
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Comment #48632266
A good moment to switch to an open solution like opencode or pi.
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Comment #48583155
Contrast one regulation vs. thousands of litigations by companies who don't always have the expertise or budget to pursue complex legal procedures.
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Comment #48581700
This in turn introduces a lot of economic inefficiency, for no good reason. I think regulation would be useful here.
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Comment #48570695
Not surprising given that 95+% of the time it's total bullshit.
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Comment #48500523
> Can't help but to think the goal of this wasn't to actually allow third-party OSes, but for development purposes Could also be pretending to be open while making sure nothing dan…
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Comment #48500507
How would you set the incentives, though? Almost by definition, it's hard to reward things that aren't visible. Note that there is also the flip side of the coin, people who spend …
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Comment #48433852
Thank you !
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Comment #48433377
Do you pay for the model? Or run it locally? If so, which hardware do you use? Is it fast?
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Ask HN: What do you currently use for AI coding (personal or professional)?
Given how quickly things evolve, it's easy to get lost in the numerous offerings and hard to get the best deal. So, what do you use? Both clients/harnesses and LLM providers or loc…
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Comment #48415637
Isn't the database already one of the hardest piece of infras to scale? Why would you want to load it with additional long-running jobs?
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Comment #48401327
Having control over the execution plan is super interesting ! This is a very common frustration when writing SQL. Do you think it would be possible to offer Prela as a direct inter…
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Comment #48394718
You're right, but what I'm saying is that solving the problem isn't necessarily the primary goal and these new abstractions can be valuable in their own right.
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Comment #48388454
It's also a way to model the world and produce new useful abstractions. It's not just about solving problems.
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Comment #48387436
What a wonderful world we live in. And to think that all of this is largely self-inflicted...
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Comment #48344226
Or even sample from a distribution of variations for infinite possibilities ?