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wolfhumble

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    Comment #49034819

    Haven't read that book, but I am Listening to the Audiobook of "Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary" on commutes etc. Really lik…

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    Comment #48400982

    Good China numbers, but I’d still keep two things in mind. China is moving very fast on clean power. But total energy is still very fossil-heavy, about 78%: 51.4% coal, about 26.9%…

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    Comment #48052941

    Two things I’d think about here: 1. Maybe this isn’t mainly a money problem? 2. And if it is a money problem, there might still be trade-offs. If you give people enough support, so…

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    Comment #47803883

    This is like saying that Open source is not important because I don't have a machine to run it on right now. Of course it is important. We don't have any state of the art Language …

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    Comment #47745743

    > I had another facepalm moment when I read about EU planning to go nuclear again. That would've been amazing and smart in 2015 - but now? Yeah, it's dumb af. And that's coming fro…

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    Comment #47540575

    > tldr; competition is as stiff as it is vicious-- Apple's "lead" in inference is only because NVidia and AMD are raking in cash selling to hyperscalers. If that cash cow goes tits…

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    Comment #47540458

    Just out of curiosity, where do you think is the best place to sell a machine like that with the lowest risk of being scammed, while still getting the best possible price? Wish you…

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    Comment #47533890

    > Weird collisions with desktop security features Linux is not immune to BIOS/UEFI firmware attacks either. Secure Boot, TPM, and LUKS can work well together, but you still depend …

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    Comment #47422152

    They have already been doing that for 10-15 years via page builders and themes in Wordpress. It is easier now, but small players have had relatively decent tools for quite some tim…

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    Comment #47090165

    > For Domains, I am still on porkbun, but i have like 20 domains, and moving them to EU registrars would be pricey. I will do it, just not looking forward to it. Also there are few…

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    Comment #47072481

    > But yeah. Man, the desktop was so beautiful and refreshing. ". . . that new user interface builds on Apple's Legacy and carries it into the next century and we call that new user…

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    Comment #46617064

    Completely agree! I have a child that teared up when (A)I created a song just for her, in the style she likes, with lyrics that have human(!) traits and character that inspires and…

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    Comment #46532076

    If you have all your “stuff” saved on ChatGPT, you’re naturally more likely to stay there, everything else being more or less equal: Your applications, translations, market researc…

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    Comment #46391805

    There was a company in Mallorca that tried something similar with lemons about 12 years ago: Pep Lemon. I remember hearing that they noticed huge amounts of lemons lying unused all…

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    Comment #44771406

    HN Guidelines: > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.

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    Comment #44255412

    Have you visited a church lately? You might like it. I for sure, do!

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    Comment #44138369

    Can you use Microsandbox for everything you can use Docker for, or are there cases where containers make more sense? Congratulations on the launch!

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    Comment #44097149

    > This is a great example of why using LLMs to learn is perilous. This is nonsense. These type of answers from teachers, co-students, web communities, blogs etc. are – I would assu…

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    Comment #43048342

    It would be interesting to read if there are anything in particular that you disagree with? Which objections did Darwin handle and where? Darwin's understanding of e.g. Heredity vi…

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    Comment #43047903

    Yes, these organisms are really complex even though they are unicellular.

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    Comment #43047521

    > sensory cells, like heat or touch Like light sensitive cells these would need a similar 1 - 4 +++, so the point would really be the same.

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    Comment #43047095

    He starts his lecture assuming: "suppose we start with an ancestor who didn't really have an eye at all but just a single sheet of light sensitive cells . . ." This seems like a ve…