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acosmism··on Language is not essential for the cognitive processes that underlie thought
now I really want to understand the deep thoughts my cat is having
acosmism··on Show HN: I made a porta potty finder for tradesmen
looks like an "uber for pooping". i like it
acosmism··on NASA Graphics Standards Manual (1975)
I do too. I went through the exact same series of thoughts (didnt realize the space foil thing you mention) and figured im already fully invested since the form was filled
acosmism··on Will Figma become an awkward middle ground?
it would be useful if anyone in the company - CEO, salesman, designers, "X department" knew their way around the production code so your statement feels funny to me. look at sports - it would be awesome if everyone on the team is a great linebacker but ...
acosmism··on Exo: Run your own AI cluster at home with everyday devices
why ask? try it!
acosmism··on A Rant about Front-end Development
i'm glad we are on the same page.
acosmism··on A Rant about Front-end Development
there is. there is a build system. there are probably some typescript interfaces and lint checks you need to pass etc probably some other framework you need to familiarize yourself with if you are data binding etc. i'm not saying any of this is inherently bad - what im saying is 99% of the time this is overkill
acosmism··on A Rant about Front-end Development
sure the browser accommodates. now how about dealing with wrapping everything in unnecessary empty tags and tree shaking and bloat etc. specialized dev inspector tools for each framework etc. there are layers...
acosmism··on A Rant about Front-end Development
i cant count the number of times i've had to generate boilerplate + interfaces etc etc for something that would be as simple as an onclick (onClick?) handler would have done. i have yet to actualize the serious promises of this ecosystem in any meaningful way and it doesn't seem to get better. also jsx is ugly.
acosmism··on Show HN: CTO – The Missing Manual for Managing
no hard copy?
acosmism··on Forcing Edge to load a specific URL in a specific browser
i'm waiting to hit this "edge case". i had to
acosmism··on Cool website to remove the paywall on any article
maybe.. just maybe...
acosmism··on [dead]
I would pay for this. good work!
acosmism··on iPhone apps harvest data when they send you notifications, researchers find
it might be possible to get this together using apple's "shortcuts" app
acosmism··on Napster
you also accidentally downloaded the wrong track just because it was mislabeled. many artists grew from that ex: soulja boy intentionally mislabeled his "crank dat" song as "50 cent in da club" etc
acosmism··on Things software developers should learn about learning
hug of death: https://web.archive.org/web/20231227005023/https://cacm.acm....
acosmism··on Is Bach the greatest achiever of all time?
I am damn sure i will get down-voted here but...drake
acosmism··on Ask HN: What's the coolest non standard application of LLMs you've seen?
as a human *cough
acosmism··on Ask HN: What's the coolest non standard application of LLMs you've seen?
trusting any idea that floats into your head is a terrible idea. you have to vet the ideation.
acosmism··on Open-source AI knowledge database with web UI and Enterprise SSO
i was looking for something like this. thanks!
acosmism··on QuIP#: 2-bit Quantization for LLMs
more specifically on a non-cuda gpu - mali on orangepi via opencl
acosmism··on QuIP#: 2-bit Quantization for LLMs
i was trying to get this to work with mlc-llm. i'd appreciate any pointers
acosmism··on Show HN: An AI-Generated Encyclopedia
let me add to this -

it is a pretty cool project! and useful if one knows entirely what it is doing and not for the masses - in the same way an uncensored AI would be useful for folks entirely aware of the potential gibberish it could generate.

acosmism··on Show HN: An AI-Generated Encyclopedia
it is funny to play with- i searched "irrational fear of cute kittens" which i didn't expect to generate anything rational - it pointed me towards a mental disorder (ailurophobia) which after i looked up elsewhere is apparently an actual condition. on the other hand "The Existential Fear of Earthquakes Caused by Earthworms" generated an entirely fake article. i see no harm in this product for future generations.
acosmism··on Ask HN: Why is OpenAI firing Sam Altman such a big deal?
population growth == more upvotes
acosmism··on Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is real doomsday scenario
* and also potentially two large markets instead of one
acosmism··on Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is real doomsday scenario
I’m probably getting philosophical here but my personal thought is that - at the end of the day (most if not all) people/anyone/humans like to be on top of “something” rather than to be on top of “everything but nothing meaningful (to anyone else)”. reminds of this one Superman adventures episode with Bizarro (a very uncanny anti-superman) - Superman brought him to an empty desolate place (planet) to prevent him from accidentally destroying earth since in his head he “always wanted to be” superman”. bizarro had an entire planet to himself where he was god, king, law and lawyer it - he loved it. is that normal or human? hell no. He’s Bizarro. People will go elsewhere and enjoy human things like life-satisfaction, culture, family, friend networks, etc whatever else people like . life goes on.
acosmism··on Does employer have to tell if they're spying on you through your work computer?
there is a grey area. some companies will not ship you a device if you are fully remote (which i personally prefer since I'm most productive on my OS/config of choice) yet all their operations exist on google/microsoft accounts. so if you happen to login on one of these on your personal browser and go about business without thinking twice… its all logged!
acosmism··on Does employer have to tell if they're spying on you through your work computer?
same lol. if they give you a computer - use it for work! otherwise it is arguably your property and your right to do what you want regardless if they have google workspace etc. just create a separate account
acosmism··on Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies without neural input
i’m genuinely curious about how you feel about killing insects in the name of academia and science. the same?
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