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Comment #49218647
I think a lot of early scientists and inventors got embroiled in patent disputes and lawsuits etc. In UK, mainland Europe too. Say what you might, money is a big motivator and that…
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Comment #49217594
Can some of these optimization get back propagated to Postgres?
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Comment #49190619
Seems you need to buy a phone from them to use it? Couldn't find list of hardware supported, how to install etc.
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Comment #49165243
Incredible to think that barely ten years after bicycles were somewhat perfected as useful, Wright brothers started testing their early plane designs.
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Comment #49154786
Thanks..non AI expert here just wanted to understand..cos one of the most talked about topics is running models locally on cheaper hardware. Helps many esp in poorer places. Would …
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Comment #49151083
Can a model be stripped off anything not relevant to coding and get a lot lighter? Or is that impossible? Just like we have professors with specialisation wondering if AI models ca…
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Comment #48855689
Where will this leave the c based driver which I believe is the basis for many others?
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Comment #48728253
Lost count of number of times I read this or similar: For me it’s the first local model that actually makes sense as a general intelligence.
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Comment #48728239
That's a good point.. Writing code vs building
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Comment #48720100
Only you get things done lost faster and don't need to pay entire years salary?
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Comment #48656420
IIRC Scott McNealy once trolled Microsoft for this - hundred different ways to draw squiggles that can be configured. As an example of code bloat and useless features.
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Comment #48564266
Not trying to be funny but seriously, if these tools can produce a tested 'product' in 45m, shouldn't we be seeing millions of them out there? I mean how far are we from a fully AI…
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Comment #48550146
Interesting...although most of these are present in any country, at least the ones I have been to. You can use Google in India but not Tiktok (to give one example). Earlier Singapo…
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Comment #48550104
In Singapore Changi, the arrival and departure are at same gate so you can just sit and wait for next flight. Passport is checked before you get into next flight at the gate where …
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Comment #48549184
AI is no different from machine doing what took people earlier. In fact on the scale of many other things (spinning Jenny that could replace dozens, for one) this is probably benig…
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Comment #48549140
Can you explain? What sort of surveillance that affects a casual visitor?!
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Comment #48523250
Yeah that is looking at it from US side. If you were Iranian, cutting nose to spite face looks like a bad deal, only as Iranian you have no say in it. As with virus, the ones that …
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Comment #48517023
Broader point is this: Middle East created oil crisis back in 70s. Since then US economy has grown enormously while it's still using pretty much same amount of oil, imported or oth…
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Comment #48456134
Will this list for trillion dollar valuation as well?
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Comment #48443187
I think he's mixing up bureaucratic competence (and lack of corruption within bureaucracy and political class) with democratic consensus. Yes, Singapore will never have a boondoggl…
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Comment #48421884
Yes. Actually it'll make sense to build new cities instead of pumping billions paying inflated land cost to build roads, rail etc. and metro systems that only pull even more crowds…
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Comment #48420564
Lol "unique identity" just for 2 states is left political propaganda. Don't fall for it. Every state (for that matter, most districts) in India is unique and none are unique becaus…
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Comment #48399007
I'm frankly not sure in both cases, just commenting on how over the ages things change but remain the same. If the broader concern about AI blunting thoughts, introduce laziness et…
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Comment #48397876
This is standard advise I give to any IT consultants (incl some that didn't ask for any lol). Cos I see too many of them evolving into purchasing clerks and postmen, far removed fr…