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slicktux
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About slicktux
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Comment #49258402
That’s a rather splenetic response. On paper their contractor requires them to run an Amazon route and wear Amazon logo. Therefore, it’s not Amazon. I’m asking honest question that…
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Comment #49257999
Honest question; it’s not Amazon that requires them to wear an Amazon vest but rather their contractor. Amazon may set the route but they don’t pay them to run the route. This shou…
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Comment #49203688
I’ve been taken to a steak house for birthday and was shunned for ordering something basic. My reasoning is; a steak is so easy to ruin because it’s so easy to make that it’s just …
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Comment #49097176
He was a whole aesthetic and genre. Love his music! Rest in peace.
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Comment #49072575
Just like that new jobs created by AI! Localized model maintainer/technician.
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Will it be possible to do LLM Pool Training?
Inspired by Crypto Pool Mining: would it be possible to train LLMs as a pool of volunteers? I feel like that would be a good way to have frontier models that are open and don’t rel…
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Comment #48911541
One of the most important things for any profession is experience. Experience comes from learning from your own mistakes or those of others. Those with the best skills can be said …
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Comment #48872911
The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station had a similar vintage looking control room. You can see a sad but cool image of the room as it’s being demolished on this nbc article. htt…
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Comment #48863006
I recall reading the original research paper from a student who made the same RF ‘camera’ here in hacker news.
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Comment #48835863
Thank you! I will definitely check it out!
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Comment #48832741
My favorite space probe is the European Space Agency Philae. It probes the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko and actually landed on it. It was able to send back images of its surface…
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Comment #48778738
Maybe a system running a local model is not so bad. The tokens per second will allow for that break? Also, at what point does AI take over for all the thinking and white board plan…
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Comment #48693850
Cool anecdote! Couldn’t help but notice you misspelled car twice but only when talking about the blue car..
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Comment #48638455
That’s great news ! Have they also solved the nuclear waste problem? Honest question; here in the USA we have not.
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Comment #48621642
Interesting enough; Lyme disease come from ticks that fed on infected mice. Like deer-mice or white footed mice. Rodents are the problem.
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Comment #48507603
Unable to browse because I’m on mobile but Satellite One by Purple Motion is a track to listen to! <3
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Comment #48481480
When I read the headline I imagined a huge tent with steel beam structure and professional grade covers with HVAC and concrete footprint. Seems everyone else imagined a camping ten…
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Comment #48425482
Mine is just running a model on my laptop. It’s just amazing! I can ask it pretty much any question and it replies relatively FAST! Before, we lacked advancements in technology bec…
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Comment #48406824
It’s possible to make it offline but one would still need a phone for the object recognition software…that software would have to be what stays offline. Definitely doable.
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Comment #48406727
I’ve always wondered what or how queen bees were made. It’s almost as they were a different insect.
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Comment #48374771
Seems to be. What better way to secure your companies future by limiting open frontier models. Government sponsored monopoly?
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Comment #48328768
I’m a little more hopeful that the future will allow for local (network free) frontier AI technology. Being that I’m a tech enthusiast and computer science nerd I tend to live less…
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Comment #48284599
I’m not sure if this comment is AI generated but I’d like to make a point either way. Human biology is orders of magnitude more efficient than AI; that’s in regards to intelligence…
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Comment #48259136
I bought 96GB of RAM a couple of years ago for ~$250. That same RAM now costs $1200!
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Comment #48252789
Yes, as of recent the third possibility mentioned by officials is that it will Turn into plastic and not explode.