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Always happy to chat, shoot me an email at pmqe4@boun.cr (email alias)
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bilsbie··on Bonsai 27B: A 27B-Class model that runs on a phone
What data type stores one bit? Does it offer opportunity for more efficient matmuls?
bilsbie··on A metallurgist's doubts about self-replicating probes
I find the confusion confusing. Meaning isn’t it obvious it would take an entire civilization and all of its technology to create functional space craft, computers, and mining robots?

I don’t see how anyone would expect some kind of self contained probe to be able to do all of that.

bilsbie··on SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
I’m not sure if that’s true of these use cellular frequencies.
bilsbie··on SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
ITT don’t build on earth. Also don’t build in space.
bilsbie··on SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
It’s adorable you think the government represents the people.
bilsbie··on Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows
Could electrons orbit a neutron star if we gave it a positive charge?
bilsbie··on Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)
Could this be scaled up for tunnel boring?
bilsbie··on Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)
They say they’re taking about tensile strength at the footnote. But teeth would be more likely to be compressively strong. They don’t get pulled on much.

The whole thing seems very confused. Anyway let’s build space elevator?

bilsbie··on Grok 4.5
Rocket man bad
bilsbie··on A global workspace in language models
Thanks! Any rough guesses how the jlens might work? I can’t even seem to hazard a conception.
bilsbie··on A global workspace in language models
Maybe model performance could increase dramatically if we found a way to scale this up.
bilsbie··on A global workspace in language models
I’m confused where in the weights the jspace is.
bilsbie··on Europe's new climate in seven charts
Would they include graphs that didn’t?
bilsbie··on Maybe you should learn something
> The feeling is that it is pointless since technology would just do it for you.

Why walk or jog of the car can do it for you?

bilsbie··on Maybe you should learn something
Even if so, once I realized how pointless doomscrolling is I figured I might as well use that time to learn something pointless.
bilsbie··on Costco is the anti-Amazon
Surprisingly Amazon is actually pretty constrained. There are usually only 3-10 versions of a given product but sold by hundreds of different resellers.

When I was shopping for a water distiller there was only one large one but branded for ten different Chinese companies. (And They all had the same dangerous flaw where water could spill on the electrical plug.)

bilsbie··on The US Government Is Now a Shareholder in 26 Companies
I’m not sure if I’m supposed to be against this but it seems like if the percentage is limited and they’re non voting shares then it should be ok.

I guess preferential treatment could be the only issue?

bilsbie··on The Internet I Grew Up with Doesn't Exist Anymore
There were a bunch of internet golden era but I think the last one was the rise of blogs and rss.

Really cool times when lots of people published blogs and everyone had rss readers.

bilsbie··on The Internet I Grew Up with Doesn't Exist Anymore
Let’s bring it back!
bilsbie··on Nano Banana 2 Lite
Honestly just market to customers that feel deceived. They just log in and enter an address and post a review. No listing data needed.

You could get really sophisticated with quality checking reviews.

(We tend to believe all review systems have to be bad because that’s all we see. But most reviews systems are broken because a working system is a conflict of interest for the platform they’re on.)

bilsbie··on Building a custom octocopter from scratch with no prior hardware experience
You could be more fault redundant by having two motors and props on each axis.
bilsbie··on Nano Banana 2 Lite
Honestly a great start up would be a review system for house listings.

Users can rate how accurate the description was, the real life flaws and even upload their own photos.

Side note: last time I looked for a house I really wasted 95% of my time because every house had one unique major flaw that would have made me not even bother going to see it.

bilsbie··on Rocketlab acquires Iridium
Seems pretty negative and pessimistic.
bilsbie··on Rebuilding the Computer Room
I agree but didn’t the iPhone come out around 2007? Wouldn’t that be the date rather than 2014?
bilsbie··on Historical memory prices 1960-2026
It’s weird to see supply and demand battle moores law.
bilsbie··on I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
It’s funny every profession deals with customers making their own guesses at diagnosis.

I told my mechanic the film flam is broken but he said it was the rim ram. He fixed it and we all went in with our lives.

But doctors insist on this God like status so it’s a “nightmare” when patients try to help themselves.

bilsbie··on I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
> but how about

Whatever scenario you come up with my answer is the same.

As an adult I’d like to be able to choose what tools I use to learn about my condition regardless of how well it works or even if it’s likely to mislead me.

There’s risk in every aspect of life and we can’t baby proof everything.

bilsbie··on Ask HN: What do you predict the world will look like in 5-10 years?
Maybe more service oriented than blue collar.
bilsbie··on US allows Anthropic to release Mythos to 'trusted partners'
Which party is?
bilsbie··on Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads
They seem to confuse hard drive and ram memory on these articles
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