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me_bx
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About me_bx
I turn data into actionable insights [and profit]
Side-project: https://gonna.surf
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Comment #48546419
TIL: > Quantization-Aware Training (QAT) [...] allows preserving similar quality to bfloat16 while dramatically reducing the memory requirements to load the model
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Comment #48072997
The $181M is in the Expenses categories chart, not revenue.
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Comment #46943055
Maybe they care about it being robust in the long run, maintainable, secure and/or not too bloated.
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Comment #46772336
> They had their chance with Mistral and failed spectacularly with just creating anti-AI regulations. What failed with Mistral? Which anti-AI regulations are we talking about, and …
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Comment #46524002
Is it? Yesterday, gemini told me to run this: echo 'export ANDROID_HOME=/opt/my-user/android-sdk' > ~/.bashrc Which would have effectively overriden my whole bashrc config if I had…
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Comment #46383269
I ran the command 'optipng' on the generated image, which recompresses the image optimally, keeping quality and decreasing file size.
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Comment #46373747
Congrats on launching, beautiful design. I'm not sure of what "production ready" is supposed to mean here, but the demo image is not optimized, `optipng` command decreases its size…
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Comment #46202414
Congrats on launching. It might be worth considering a feature to time/schedule each flow's animation, rather than having them run in an infinite loop, all at the same time. UX fee…
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Comment #45577407
Nice idea. Bug: I tried in my area in the Canary Islands and all the places were off, sometimes in the middle of nowhere or even in the sea. Also, in small villages, we don't neces…
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Comment #45287895
Not OP, but in a similar boat. My 2 cents: Well thought, sophisticated ways of modeling data for analytics purposes -using established approaches - are being replaced by just pulli…
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Comment #45153748
What do they need Google Analytics for? Is it a must-have or a nice to have? In my experience most small website owners have web analytics setup but barely ever check the reports. …
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Comment #45083607
Many banks in EU countries make it mandatory to have their smartphone app installed in order to validate operations clients perform in their web browsers :/
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Comment #44416848
Some airlines (looking at you, Ryanair) really exploit the system. Cabin luggage can cost triple the price of the actual ticket, and that extra fee only pops up later on during the…
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Comment #44274765
The game 'Whentaken' [1] follows the exact same concept. Just mentioning in case people are interested in alternatives / slightly different UX. [1]: https://whentaken.com/
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Comment #44178378
> Some recycling is bought by other countries, but they buy it to use it, not to stack it into artificial mountains. Any source for this? A lot of plastic waste exports destination…
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Comment #43742358
Yes, the extra challenge of having to guess the place really adds some fun in WhenTaken. Direct link to it: https://whentaken.com/game
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Comment #42828858
Some benefits I appreciate: * All the text is at a readable size, and had sufficient contrast with the background. * The clickable and interactive elements are easy to identify. * …
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Comment #42400165
Actually, no. The UI is misleading. It asks you to first sign up with Google. Then it lets you sign in with your gmail address.
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Comment #42280625
From my experience, on the server side. Not so suitable if you're hosting a tiny site in a tiny server.