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neals··on OpenAI’s board, paraphrased: ‘All we need is unimaginable sums of money’
I get the moat idea. But are there really any moats? What's a good moat these days anyway? Isn't being first and "really good" fine as well?
neals··on How to Create Intelligently Self-Modifying Software (Framework Release Soon)
I'll believe it when I see it. Nice marketing hook though.
neals··on The DeskThing: the perfect desk assistant
So what's a possible usecase for this?
neals··on Cerebras Inference now 3x faster: Llama3.1-70B breaks 2,100 tokens/s
So what is inference?
neals··on Haxe lang – build cross-platform application with fast cross-compiler
I like Haxe, mostly, it's a nice language, built by passionate people. Typescript has replaced it in our cooperate projects, but I still love building tools in Haxe. Just to keep it fun.
neals··on Launch HN: Airhart Aeronautics (YC S22) – A modern personal airplane
I see Electric flight "taking off" to for small airplanes, right here in my backyard in Europe. I've been on a few flights and the adventages are huge,l. Range is still an issue. But for small stuff, I wouldn't bet on jet fuel anymore.
neals··on Meta has run hundreds of ads for cocaine, opioids and other drugs
That's amazing news! I love cocaïne, opioids and other drugs!
neals··on NexDock turns your smartphone into a laptop
Must be annoying in Google maps
neals··on Volkswagen invests up to $5B in Rivian
VW has had large problems getting their software processes straight. They've thrown money at the problem for years (instead of changing company culture, which needs to happen first) so I'm not surprised they'd buy a whole car company just for the software.
neals··on Solar generates fifth of global electricity on summer solstice midday peak
And then, the Netherlands just killed off an ecosystem of installation and service of solar, crafted by 2 decades of subsidies. In just 2 months. Such a waste.
neals··on Ollama v0.1.45
"Huggingface isn't local, while Ollama is." - ms-menardi
neals··on Ask HN: What are your favourite websites that display a lot of data / tables?
I like this no-Nonsense view of real estate loans:

https://assetindexer.com/en/pages/pro-trader.html

neals··on Show HN: Digital player board for Terraforming Mars
Love this game! Anybody know of / have experience with any expansions?
neals··on Delimited Generators – A more natural API for JS generators
What do you use generators for?
neals··on Delimited Generators – A more natural API for JS generators
So what are some issues when working with async/await?
neals··on Lessons after a Half-billion GPT Tokens
Do I need langchain if I want to analyze a large document of many pages?
neals··on The Bulgarian Computer's Global Reach: On Victor Petrov's "Balkan Cyberia"
Love the wine though. Had an amazing trip through the amazing wine country last summer. Such beautiful scenery.
neals··on Command R+: A Scalable LLM Built for Business
Would something like this allow me to insert the appstore user agreement (for example) and ask it questions about that?
neals··on DBeaver – open-source database client
I use HeidiSQL for my SQL databases
neals··on The EU sets the limit for bank transfer time to 10 seconds
However, it's not just about one country, this is (also) about 27 countries and the payment between them.

Imagine being able to pay that quickly to your economically challenged neighbor (Argentina)?

neals··on DNA damage and mutations in cells after irradiation with a nail polish dryer
Any damage can be ignored.
neals··on New exoplanets identified that could potentially harbor life
We eat!
neals··on ChatGPT for Teams
Crazy, your post feels like downloading martial arts in the Matrix. I read the parent, didn't get a thing and though the guy was on substances. Read yours. Read the parent again. I speak AI now! I'm going to use this new power to raise billions!
neals··on Hungarian Railways' Live Countrywide Map
Dutch live railway map: https://spoorkaart.mwnn.nl/

Transport tycoon in the Netherlands is played by 4 or 5 competitors. You can see make out their coloring and general area of operation on this map too.

Fun fact: In the Netherlands you have to make sure you 'checkin' to the right transportation company, some stations have 3 checkin posts. Very annoying and embarrassing and error prone.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OVC-palen_in_station...

neals··on Why Is There a 'Strand of DNA' on Massachusetts License Plates?
Saved you a click : security feature. Very visible from a distance, not so much up close. Might indicate fake plates to police.
neals··on Don't Say Velcro (2017)
So, you can either try to change what's in the vocabulary of 300 million people for generations. Or change your brand name. They chose the first. Interesting.
neals··on Securing the Fundamentals: Our Support for Log4j
Totally different question : what are people using for logging nodeJS or Deno these days?
neals··on Europe needs to escape providerism
Why would anybody want to copy US car infrastructure? I want to ride my bicycle.
neals··on Edmunds EV Charging Test: How fast does each EV charge?
Many people simply cannot charge over night. Many reasons for this. For example :living in an apartment building with no private parking and no charging.
neals··on Cursorless is alien magic from the future
Lots of RSI related comments. I switched my mouse from my right to my left hand 10 years ago. Fixed all my RSI issues.
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