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subhobroto

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    Comment #49257497

    Citadel are using which models on bedrock and for what purpose? Core portfolio research? Update Confluence pages and JIRA tickets? Create marketing copy?

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    Comment #49257192

    > but they will probably soon have a GPT-bio that they license to Pfizer and a GPT-quant that they license to Citadel, rather than keeping those valuable capabilities in the public…

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    Comment #49245276

    > If you ask an LLM to give you a 500-word summary of quantum physics, it'll give you an oversimplification that probably leans on a hodgepodge of pop-sci metaphors What would a do…

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    Comment #49245056

    Wait, I can purchase $2-$4 "find hub" compatible beacons all day and have been for months. I have even made my own using a CR2032 + ESP32-C3 and they work fantastic with "find hub"…

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    Comment #49232483

    > who wrote a somewhat successful OS kernel I hope this is a joke. Linux runs on toasters, rockets, phones, tablets, TVs, and systems I can't even think of right now. There's a pop…

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    Comment #49231997

    > It’s much harder to write well without practicing Is the point of writing, to communicate information from one person to another group or something else? Which of these fail to c…

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    Comment #49231408

    I honestly don't understand what we're discussing/debating? It feels like you think I'm countering your postition but I'm not. I'm tired of people echoing a common trope that someh…

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    Comment #49227204

    I heard your points - you communicated them very well. I failed to communicate that the first, while true, isn't going to matter in a few years time and the second is not true. I w…

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    Comment #49225800

    > because theoretical understanding tends to stay valid longer than practical skills, and because it's easier to learn practical skills at work depends. If you're building a datace…

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    Comment #49225702

    > Why do we make kids learn how to do math if they can pull out their phone and open the calculator app? Because learning how to learn is important and there is value in understand…

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    Comment #49225201

    > allowing students to write their assessments with the help of LLMs changes the students’ depth of understanding, as well as their ability to synthesize, formalize, and drum up th…

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    Comment #49224992

    The more I read about articles like these, I grow even more convinced that the education industry as a whole, regardless of the country or stature, has kind of lost their plot. Som…

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    Comment #49015869

    Cursor's "Auto", to me, used to mean "cheap flat rate, don't worry which model ran". That assumption is now a financial mishap waiting to happen as of today: 2026-07-22. Cursor jus…

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    Comment #48844628

    > "the future is changed now, so you can't change it again" that's not what I said. As technologists, we repeatedly change the future - that's what makes all the pain, sweat and te…

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    Comment #48841318

    I love your project on many fronts. One, you're using Claude. Two, you used Python - but most importantly, you personally care about it. I will be using this, and I will be making …

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    Comment #48841303

    > What is the alternative to microchips? There are different ways to answer this. One person gave a literal answer - Vacuum Tubes. My, alternate answer is, humans. Computers are ma…

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    Comment #48841276

    > What do people use uncensored Grok for (like, real use cases) that they can't or won't use other LLMs for? Literally the only thing I can think of is generating bad porn of uncon…

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    Comment #48837485

    > anyone who is willing to build on stolen property just so that we can accelerate enshittification and damage the environment Others have made solid arguments(Stackoverflow, open …

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    Comment #48836695

    > A diverse market full of choices keeps it from becoming the browser wars all over again. This is a great analogy but I worry you might be implying something I don't agree with bu…

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    Comment #48836563

    > this doesn’t make sense to me My hypothesis is that all the top providers realize that, lacking vendor lock in, all SOTA models in a year or so's time will be similar in capabili…

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    Comment #48836513

    What would have been fantastic is if Cursor offered Grok 4.5 in the same usage tier as "Auto + Composer", than provide it as "double usage until July 12" under the API tier (which …

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    Comment #48836495

    I think we need to be explicit about the domains we're applying Composer 2.5 to in these discussions. I mentioned here ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48766275 ) how poorly …

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    Comment #48786031

    Are you in the U.S.? Which state? You're trying to establish a chain of custody here. The only person who remotely cares about the forensic integrity of the message is the judge (a…