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menacingly

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    Comment #48335613

    I don't understand how anyone is still primarily thinking about single-user scenarios in 2026

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    Comment #43134454

    I don't know the particulars, but in general, silence around a massive tech company on warrants does not mean "they said no and the feds decided to leave them alone"

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    Comment #42588365

    stuff like this working is why you get odd situations like "don't hallucinate" actually producing fewer hallucinations. it's to me one of the most interesting things about llms

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    Comment #42372613

    they seemed to enjoy the internet access in russia

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    Comment #41918629

    This is great!

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    Comment #41594330

    sum the amount of "you simply " in this thread, then account for the fact that we're talking about running afoul of a regulation if you don't understand it, and you end up with a h…

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    Comment #41587115

    I'm surprised I don't see it more. You can't impose a regulatory burden more troublesome than your traffic is worth

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    Comment #41584235

    Decentralized on centralized hardware?

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    Comment #41102692

    could something like steam or a linux distro use it to distribute software? seems crazy not to. I think what people are saying is we know there is probably a silent line somewhere,…

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    Comment #41102604

    I'm not sure selectively enforced shakedowns instill a lot of confidence either

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    Comment #40949899

    unless I'm misunderstanding, the same data could be pulled from those services. the message content wasn't leaked here

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    Comment #40784177

    You're only allowed to believe LLMs are a kind of digital messiah or that they're complete hype garbage, when of course the answer is some point between. There is obviously a lot o…

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    Comment #40667091

    it’s similar asking the gemini-1.5 models about coding questions that involve auth one of my questions about a login form also tripped a harassment flag

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    Comment #40637022

    it will defer to the server a _lot_, if you just consider the capability they can fit on that phone

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    Comment #40636902

    if the servers are so private, why is on-device such a win? here are some irrelevant distractions: - the cpu arch of the servers - mentioning that you have to trust vendors not to …

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    Comment #40636803

    microsoft was always going to take SMBs. Data is what makes them useful, so Microsoft keeps their SMBs, Apple gets consumers, Google gets their slice of productivity and android, w…

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    Comment #40636734

    The privacy conversation was pretty shady, and honestly full of technical holes with pointless misleading distractions

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    Comment #40636601

    you should have seen them when they had a soul

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    Comment #40636552

    it feels like microsoft showing off apple software

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    Comment #40636543

    To a technical person, the discussion around AI felt really creepy and disingenuous, full of irrelevant distractions

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    Comment #40636045

    this is the video form of "bug fixes and performance improvements", and about as charismatic

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    Comment #40632415

    the more reasonable assumption is that it uses a third party crawl service. but still, it doesn't matter, it's acting on behalf of a user, and you aren't entitled to know what soft…

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    Comment #40629551

    we've all been there, go get 'em

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    Comment #40629489

    I like the idea. Looks like you've got some kinks, happens to the best of us. I look forward to playing with it when you get those ironed out. Also, I don't care if you respect rob…

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    Comment #40603663

    it's because there is some sense among the physics-challenged that apple has to support it in hardware, as if we're a generation away from placing the burn-inducing, fusion-reactor…