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rhegarton DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via RL

I’ve been using R1 last few days and it’s noticeably worse than O1 at everything. It’s impressive, better than my latest Claude run (I stopped using Claude completely once O1 came out), but O1 is just flat out better.

Perhaps the gap is minor, but it feels large. I’m hesitant on getting O1 Pro, because using a worse model just seems impossible once you’ve experienced a better one

rhegarton Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]

Coolest video by far, but this still places 3rd for me behind F9’s first landing, and the dual heavy landing. The future is bright!

rhegarton Claude 3 model family

I use Claude2 for medical queries and it far surpasses everything from any other LLM. Idk if it’s because it’s less neutered/censored but it isn’t even close

rhegarton Sam Altman: if I start going off, board should go after me for my shares

1) What

But seriously, what does this mean?

rhegarton Elon Musk’s Friendship with Sergey Brin Ruptured by Alleged Affair

Sleeping with your best friend’s wife is ethically the worst legal thing you could do

rhegarton Russian Ruble just lost ~30% of its value

American war propaganda = 70-75% fake sensationalized news, Russia war propaganda 95-99% fake. Just FYI.

rhegarton World’s first octopus farm stirs ethical debate

Yes. I did.

rhegarton YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of the dislike count

https://returnyoutubedislike.com/

So frustrating not having the dislike button

rhegarton Facebook Says It Is Removing All Content Mentioning 'Stop the Steal'

Incredibly naive way of thinking. Hypocrisy should always be pointed out. Ignoring it means you are clearly partisan

rhegarton Gallup: 81% of Black Americans Want Police to Retain Local Presence

Upper middle class morons who’ve never faced hardships or seen true evil, just lived in their bubble want to feel important and hyper tribalism reinforced via social media anger bubbles makes it a waste of time to have any nuance or discussions. These mobs are ruining primarily low income and minority lives while blue check marks rile them up and media gaslights and fans the flames. Every single city which has had these riots has seen a dramatic upshot in violent crime and economy ravaged. None have recovered since Ferguson

rhegarton Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disband police department

A lot more crime happens, nobody reports it though. Just like in the Bay Area for car thefts. Very underreported because we are discouraged from making reports and after the 3rd break in, don’t even bother reporting. Everyone using Camden as a success on Social media is mistaken.

Poor people hurt the most, while rich and upper middle class likely never has to call the police

rhegarton De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

The excuses and justifications for criminals are infinite yet a remotely nuanced take on a cop’s difficulties are met with vile hatred and anger

rhegarton Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

Target is minor, they blew up a police station. That’s terrorism level attack. Police should have had control of the situation, they allowed it to happen

rhegarton Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

I say with great confidence that Trump is too stupid to know this. Maybe Stephen Miller his far right aide did and pushed the line as a dog whistle but tbh I never heard of it either till now.

rhegarton Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

I’ve seen hundreds of extreme violence towards cops including death and worse. I’ve reported many and nothing happens. Some have many likes and retweets including by blue check marks. The justification of violence and racism towards a certain race and to cops is Alex Jones conspiracy level stupid. The bias is insane to any regular person

rhegarton Virus Survivors Could Suffer Severe Health Effects for Years

Seems quite scare mongering. Less lung function is not a big deal at all in my experience, especially at these levels. Same is true of pneumonia, most people will hardly notice anything serious. Very little evidence of other health issues. And this only looks like effects from those suffering serious symptoms whereas it seems like at least 90%+ of infected are asymptotic anyways.

rhegarton After killing investigation, Bloomberg News sought to silence reporter's wife

I vehemently disagree with the blatant partisan lean of almost every news company, but this crony, spineless cowardice is a far greater sin in my opinion.

rhegarton After killing investigation, Bloomberg News sought to silence reporter's wife

Why would Fox News report anything negative about GOP or CNN about Democrats? Media checks and balances are other orgs of different beliefs. Dangerous to rely on only 1 source or even 1 partisan community.

rhegarton Doctors Say Shortage of Protective Gear Is Dire

True but maybe 1% of those need respirators and those that do need them regardless of testing are currently getting them. Due to current measures no one is dying due to a shortage of medical equipment in the US.

That said, we must manufacture medical equipment for pandemics locally or have a reserve like oil.

rhegarton Doctors Say Shortage of Protective Gear Is Dire

This. There are barely any covid 19 patients yet hospitals are low on masks due to panic. Beds are still open and ventilators contrary to media claims are not currently on a shortage.

rhegarton Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers

This makes up for a large number of recently laid off service workers

rhegarton Second U.S. coronavirus case of unknown origin confirmed in Santa Clara County

I’m sick in Santa Clara County as is my household. Do I just wait it out for a few weeks? Sister called in sick but is being pressured to work

rhegarton Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

True for me, 1 year+ of no fb or insta. Feel so much better than before and I didn’t even realize I had anxiety until it disappeared

rhegarton China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Coronavirus

Agreed, local govt was very poor, federal has been excellent and I’m probably the biggest China critic here

rhegarton Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames to phone numbers

I just quit when they finally said I had to to log in.

rhegarton Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions?

NASA SLS does routine trips to the moon via Artemis. Musk sends Starship successfully to Mars yet science shows risks for human travel through space too high. James Webb discovers something amazing.

Battery prices hit $50 making ICE obsolete.

SF6 becomes the biggest worry as carbon is being tackled successfully. 0 coal plants left, LNG replaces with batteries

Bay Area and NYC see population decline and housing market stays stable. Texas is blue 2030

Social media becomes like cigarettes for mental health and politicians ban fb/insta till age 18

Quantum computing primarily used by big pharma

rhegarton Climate talks break up with no agreement on carbon trading

It’s a fat regressive tax at a time when the lower working class is already rebelling. Invest more in technology and instead increase subsidies and build transmission lines

rhegarton Uber: 3,045 Sexual Assaults Reported in U.S. Rides Last Year

Taxis if you commit assault you lose your 250k medallion hence you don’t commit sexual assault. Uber driver, you switch careers or countries (happened to friend of friend, she got assaulted he fled).

rhegarton Arrest Of U.S. Citizen For Assisting North Korea In Evading Sanctions

Different intelligent agencies have confirmed numerous deaths as well as reputable journalists from multiple witnesses. I’m sure some are exaggerated and run wild with but there is too much evidence to suggest ALL are fake

rhegarton Arrest Of U.S. Citizen For Assisting North Korea In Evading Sanctions

North Korea has killed or tortured over 1 million in death camps and threatens nukes at the whim of 1 man who recently used anti aircraft guns to kill his uncles. In my opinion this moron deserves life in jail