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No, I would argue that from the three main ingredients - training data, model source code and weights - weights are the furthest away from something akin to source code. They're mo…

That is an orthogonal discussion. I need masonry layouts a lot and tend to be on the "we don't need another display class" side in this debate. But that's unrelated to my "rant".

I mean the actual point of the article is to ask everyone, not just "well-known" examples. So it seems there were some reasonably forces in the discussion that align with my stance…

Again: when did "well-known websites use this" become the motivating factor behind standard design? The blink tag was used by well-known website and it's universally recognized as …

Where is the connection to "well-known websites"?

I totally get that. But for me there is a fundamental difference between "big enough need" and "well known websites need this". How are potentially thousands of niche websites less…

"Others are questioning whether or not this kind of layout is needed on the web at all — they aren’t sure that well-known websites will use it." Would it instead be possible to exc…

"Flox began its life during the deployment of Nix at the D. E. Shaw group, where it quickly proved invaluable by making Nix easier for newcomers". Is that the line you are referrin…

Not at all. In fact I would call doing that the most German thing you can do.

"Having a few hundred consumer GPUs or a few dozen "datacenter" GPUs should be within the reach of any University department" That was funny - however not even close to reality. I …

Try pressing esc every few seconds for 8-12hrs a day like a vim developer does and you'll know.

Seems like something there should be a 99pi episode about (maybe there is?)...

Is there any way I can see the name of attached files?

This exactly - complete recountability and the fact that there actually are independent volunteers recounting are the only assurances of a transparent, legitimate voting system. Bl…

Obligatory 99% invisible reference: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/oyster-tecture/

AFAIK current state-of-the-art in pathtracing are still metropolis light transport methods. Seems like current research is mostly focussed on denoising - which makes sense, since a…

I wonder why this gets downvoted - seems pretty reasonable to me...

So this is basically misusing the compiler as an impractial script interpreter?

Too bad Linux still has no proper mouse support... I would be glad if even the games that are Linux native would be playable...

Are you criticizing the naming of the television show? If so I don't think the makers (can) read HN comments...

Compared to vue, qt and all its reincarnations are a nightmare to work with.

No one claimed it is...

Actually C++ these days is moving more towards strong typing and immutability - imho the exact opposite of JavaScript...

No, I would never argue for C++. The reason being mostly its toolsets (constantly changing, instable and often incoherent). I just don't think readability is an argument - and I am…

So goto spaghetti is understandable? And dropping those isn't an argument since proper C++ usage also implies agreeing on a proper subset of the language to use. Modern C++ with sa…