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Mkengine··on Llama.cpp Now Supports Qwen2-VL (Vision Language Model)
Do you have an opinion on Mini CPM 2.6 in comparison to Qwen2-VL?
Mkengine··on SpawELO – small free matchmaking system for LAN parties
I only see the names of participants in the leaderboard, how can I access their methods?
Mkengine··on Astronomers discover complex carbon molecules in interstellar space
They are asking whether the distribution of the direction of rotation of all rotating celestial bodies is equally distributed, for this it is irrelevant which direction of rotation is designated and how.
Mkengine··on Show HN: Epublifier – scrape pages (books, manuals) for offline reading
Does it support http://fanfiction.net/ ? I never found an easy solution for that one.
Mkengine··on Show HN: Epublifier – scrape pages (books, manuals) for offline reading
Does it support http://fanfiction.net/ ? I never found an easy solution for that one.
Mkengine··on Data sleuths who spotted research misconduct cleared of defamation
No, where I live (Germany) you usually have a legal insurance to cover this. The costs are around 30€ per month in my case.
Mkengine··on Launch HN: Undermind (YC S24) – AI agent for discovering scientific papers
I only have some experience writing normal papers, so just out of interest, could you elaborate what your usual search routine for a meta-analysis is?
Mkengine··on Launch HN: Undermind (YC S24) – AI agent for discovering scientific papers
Not OP and I don't know if that would be feasible for you, but a Pro feature could be something like https://asreview.nl to determine importance/relevance?
Mkengine··on Better RAG Results with Reciprocal Rank Fusion and Hybrid Search
This is really interesting, do you have other recommendations for improvements (gladly with sources I you have any)? I have to build a RAG solution for my job and right now I am collecting information to determine the best way to go ahead.
Mkengine··on AdFlush
You can find the comparison to uBO under 5.5
Mkengine··on Reading list to join AI field from Hugging Face cofounder
Apparently, the name goes back to the unicode emoji for a hug ():

https://qz.com/hugging-face-microsoft-artificial-intelligenc...

Mkengine··on GDPR: Is It Worth It?
I use Consentomatic, which automatically rejects cookies and can also reject dark pattern banners. Of course this should be better solved, but at least this way I have some control over my privacy without being disturbed.
Mkengine··on GPT-4.5 or GPT-5 being tested on LMSYS?
I looked 3 times through the list, I can't find a "deluxe-chat" there, how do I select it?
Mkengine··on Japan's Moon lander makes it through another lunar night
Most materials contract when they cool down. For example, differential contraction between metal contacts and semiconductor materials can cause them to detach or break, disrupting electrical connections. Also extremely low temperatures can lead to changes in semiconductor properties such as carrier mobility, which affects how efficiently electronic signals are processed.
Mkengine··on How do you recognize an expert?
I am currently finising my PhD and will start next month as a software architect. Among others I also looked into these books. What is the problem with them and what would you recommend instead?
Mkengine··on OpenVoice: Versatile instant voice cloning
I don't know how stressful my life will be then, but I thought about reading to my kids later and creating audiobooks with my voice for them, for when I am traveling for work, so they can still listen to me "reading" to them.
Mkengine··on Show HN: Learn any language with an AI tutor at your own pace
Sometimes I ask myself if WALLE is not that unrealistic of an dystopy, as we can already see that people are worse at remembering numbers in contrast to the time before smartphones, that save this information for you. Right now you can let ChatGPT do your homework without knowing anything about the subject. Where does this stop? Are we steering for a future where machines are doing everything for us and we will become dumber and dumber?
Mkengine··on NIH Researchers Identify Brain Connections Associated with ADHD in Youth
Not OP, but for me the following combination works great:

- Obsidian for knowledge management to help with the forgetfulness - Todoist to get the daily stuff done and personal project management - Timetree to coordinate with my wife and be able to plan ahead more than a week - any alarm app for the critical stuff the next day

Mkengine··on OpenAI's "Own Goal"
Do you mean DALLE? Every time I try it it looks nothing like I want, probably due to bad prompts. Do you have resources for me to learn your skills?
Mkengine··on A steep rise of Hacker News in Google rankings
Since you already did your research, what is your water purifier recommendation?
Mkengine··on The GPT Store
I am in Germany and I can see the store.
Mkengine··on California Pizza Hut Lays Off Delivery Drivers Amid New Wage Law
Here in Germany I think we don't even have third party delivery, every food place has it's own drivers with a delivery fee ranging from 0-2€ in my city (~ 500,000 citizens)