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nick3443··on ChatGPT Saved My Life (no, seriously, I'm writing this from the ER)
Really? In the USA? Wouldn't they say "sorry I'm not your doctor, do you have a prescription for something that needs dispensing?"
nick3443··on U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
This is fine as long as citizens get backdoors into all government accounts. They have nothing to hide after all.
nick3443··on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
The US is not a wobbling Jenga tower, that's what the news media wants you to believe. They'll keep pushing that story to peddle fear and outrage until they make it true.
nick3443··on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
This is pretty much my investment thesis for the foreseeable future.
nick3443··on Soviet Shoe Factory Principle
In all fairness, I did recently take a 30x zoom video of an animal using the pixel, and it got compliments specifically on the zoom capability of the phone when I shared it to the people who had been there at the time.
nick3443··on The PETG adhesive test [video]
Seems like a us-centric test is in order on our side of the pond
nick3443··on Soviet Shoe Factory Principle
Pixel 7 pro phones latest camera was the biggest disappointment for me. I usually have been happy with pixels but it has trouble focusing on infinity, and the image stabilization on the 5x zoom lens is so jumpy it's worse than nothing at all. I thought about trying to get it warrantied or something but was already sick of spending hours at the Verizon store trying to get my trade-in credit.

And to get the full advertised resolution (which you have to enable in the photo toggles) you have to tolerate a delayed shutter button and a "long exposure" for it to do the computational photography or something. So it's useless to expect full resolution with kids or action.

nick3443··on Berkeley Researchers Replicate DeepSeek R1's Core Tech for Just $30: A Small Mod
Ah now I see the difference. Thank you!!
nick3443··on IAC confirms existence of a Super-earth in the habitable zone of a Sun-like Star
Both are relevant! Thanks!
nick3443··on IAC confirms existence of a Super-earth in the habitable zone of a Sun-like Star
What's the typical time scale for a transit? Also, why use transits instead of the Doppler method? Has this patch of sky been selected based on previous Doppler method star studies? Thanks!
nick3443··on Berkeley Researchers Replicate DeepSeek R1's Core Tech for Just $30: A Small Mod
Thank you for the reply. Maybe I'm daft or out of the loop, I don't see the difference between this method and what I have seen previously as "fine tuning on synthetic data".

They also mention in the source tweet that the quality of the base model is important, which is not really accounted for in the $30 figure.

nick3443··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
He walks through a crime scene and exultantly visualizes the events that were happening in that exact spot during the crime. Its a memorable sequence.
nick3443··on Berkeley Researchers Replicate DeepSeek R1's Core Tech for Just $30: A Small Mod
Would it be correct to summarize that the general conceptual shift is optimizing MOEs on more specific smaller tasks? It smells like borderline overfitting to me for some reason.
nick3443··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
You did a Boondock Saints!
nick3443··on I am rich and have no idea what to do
My soul mates right here.
nick3443··on I am rich and have no idea what to do
Nice job giving away the majority of your wealth. That's a brave and noble move. I'm up to 7% given away but plan to keep doing it over time.
nick3443··on Dinner for One: British comedy Germans have been laughing at for years (2018)
Ours is watching A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. No body else thinks it's so funny.
nick3443··on OpenAI’s board, paraphrased: ‘All we need is unimaginable sums of money’
What if the AGI takes an entire data center to process a few tokens per second. Is the still a first-arriver advantage? Seems like the first to make it cheaper than an equivalent-cost employee (fully loaded incl hiring and training) will begin to see advantage.
nick3443··on The Parker Solar Probe will make its closest approach yet to the Sun
Children's song lyrics I heard growing up.

Sun, sun, Mr. Golden sun, sun shine down on me.

nick3443··on Satellite powered estimation of global solar potential
Seems like qcells are on the road to a ~28% solution with silicon-perovskite tandem cells. When I researched for my own home install, it seems most of the cost is actually install labor, markup, electricians rates for hookup, etc. The plain BOM is close to $1-1.50 per watt for cells plus inverters and mounting hardware, but people still charge $3+ for systems.
nick3443··on Exotic new superconductors delight and confound
How can we take advantage of this to reduce my grocery bill? :)
nick3443··on Exotic new superconductors delight and confound
Cheaper batteries meeting the storage requirements for renewables would be a game changer!
nick3443··on Willow, Our Quantum Chip
Help! Every time I receive the response, an equal number of bits elsewhere in memory are reported as corrupt by my ECC RAM.
nick3443··on Debanking (and Debunking?)
Sounds like a big inconvenience, did he try to change his legal name?

Edit: I have no idea why this legitimate question is being down voted. I'm not suggesting that he should change his name or even that such a solution is an acceptable state of affairs. And the replies received re:past names are furthering discussion.

nick3443··on Launch HN: Double (YC W24) – Index Investing with 0% Expense Ratios
Be careful lending out your shares (for example on ibkr) you can lose your qualified dividend status.
nick3443··on Phased Array Microphone (2023)
Also used in electric motor controllers to monitor winding temperature.
nick3443··on ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials
Correct. The first citation is from when Egypt and Palestinians controlled the border, the second is from later on when Israel controlled the Gaza side of the border. Egypt still controls the Egypt side of the border, regardless whether Israel or Palestine controls the Gaza side.
nick3443··on ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials
Genuine question, how would they go out?
nick3443··on ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials
Both sides are using the border as a bargaining chip. Both sides are complicit.
nick3443··on Exploring the Cost and Feasibility of Battery-Electric Ships
Going fast in water takes incredible amounts of power.
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