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newfocogi

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    Comment #48639384

    Or this: “None of these things are impossible with Redis, it’s just that memcached’s architecture in general more leans towards these directions, which makes it much, much more str…

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    Comment #48639357

    I don’t think LLMs would write this: “Anyways, Redis homepage aside, you deploy it, and off you go - your trusty cache. You hand the connection string to the people who asked for i…

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    Comment #45415704

    "Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer is closing the doors on her consumer software startup Sunshine, and is selling the company’s assets to her new AI startup, Dazzle" and "all of Sunsh…

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    Comment #45376250

    Non-AI Summary: Both models have improved intelligence on Artificial Analysis index with lower end-to-end response time. Also 24% to 50% improved output token efficiency (resulting…

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    Comment #45336049

    Maybe we're not sure if they're being rational or rationalizing.

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    Comment #45169450

    For others who, like me, didn't know what "clankers" are: it appears it's a popular derogatory term for robots or AI, arising from the Star Wars universe where clone troopers used …

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    Comment #44979292

    I track my water usage and electricity usage every month. I'm confused why the cost ratio is off by an order of magnitude from the author. The base monthly charge of my water bill …

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    Comment #44977664

    I found a lot of value in this article. Out of frustration with people who are alarmist over how much water a datacenter "consumes" compared to households, I've probably erred too …

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    Comment #44955114

    I made it half way down the page before I realized this wasn’t “ArduinOS”. I can’t be the only one.

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    Comment #44890221

    My (non-AI) Summary: - "TAR-200 is a miniature, pretzel-shaped drug-device duo containing a chemotherapy drug, gemcitabine, which is inserted into the bladder through a catheter. O…

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    Comment #44759178

    I love checking out the Starlink launches wikipedia page every so often [1], which is regularly updated. Here's stats as of today: "As of 31 July 2025: Satellites launched: 9,314 S…

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    Comment #44194914

    Once again, I am quite surprised by the sudden uptick of AI content on HN coming out of LANL. Does anyone know if its just getting posted to HN and staying on the first page sudden…

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    Comment #44056076

    Naming things is hard. Noting the two alternative approaches that you referenced are called "vecmap" and "alignment" which "aren't the first/only algorithm for ... and you have no …

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    Comment #43967393

    Another recent AI article out of LANL: https://www.lanl.gov/media/publications/1663/1269-earl-lawre... And discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43765207 This does …

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    Comment #43927977

    Another happy CharityVest user here. I recommend it to everyone I talk to when DAFs are remotely relevant to the conversation.

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    Comment #43899555

    They offer serverless Postgres. Here's a link if anyone else needs it https://neon.tech/

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    Comment #43723331

    This is right on. I work for a company with somewhat of a data moat and AI aspirations. We spend a lot of time blocking everyone's bots except for Google. We have people whose enti…

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    Comment #43711386

    Nah, those are just the newest version of the LobePods

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    Comment #43684186

    I recognize this is a somewhat rhetorical question and your point is well taken. But something that maps well is car makes and models: - Is Ford Better than Chevy? (Comparison acro…

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    Comment #43551666

    I'm close with someone who is on the Digital side of McKinsey, and they said they attended some meeting where a partner was asked what he was excited about for the future, and he s…

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    Comment #43512343

    Gen X spent their youth rejecting their parents’ world—only to watch it vanish and get replaced by something even emptier.

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    Comment #43465822

    "Redheads get less pain relief" - are there any references you have so I can explore this more?

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    Comment #43425857

    ChatGPT can search the web (I just checked in my account). It appears to be available for all users (not just paid): https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9237897-chatgpt-search