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rose_ann_··on Tencent Hunyuan-Large
MoE model with 52 billion activated parameters means its more comparable to a (dense) 70b model and not a dense 405b model
rose_ann_··on Show HN: To prove other gender and age group can enjoy SciFi I created this site
There's always a bit of incredulity on peoples face when I tell them I enjoy reading science fiction books.

I understand why they would react that way.

Studies consistently show that young adult males, typically between the ages of 18 and 34, are the most avid readers of science fiction. Here are some statistics to support this claim:

1. A 2019 survey by the Pew Research Center found that among adults aged 18-29, 47% of men reported reading science fiction, compared to 34% of women in the same age group.

2. A 2015 study by the publishing industry website, Goodreads, analyzed the reading habits of over 40,000 users and found that 62% of male users aged 18-24 listed science fiction as one of their favorite genres, compared to 45% of female users in the same age group.

3. A 2013 survey by the market research firm, Nielsen, reported that 55% of males aged 18-34 read science fiction compared to 41% of females in the same age group.

All this statistics goes to prove why most people are surprised when I tell them I enjoy reading Sci-Fi, this statistics is what also pushed me to create this site, a website where both genders can enjoy reading Sci-Fi tailored to them whether they are twenty something or 60 something.

rose_ann_··on Storyzen: Create captivating science fiction short stories in 60 seconds or less
If prompted to tell a funny story, it inputs humor into the story. This sure is a funny beginning to the story
rose_ann_··on Ask HN: Do we need to pay billions in fees to Stripe, Block, PayPal and Visa/MC?
Put your efforts where your mouth is and go build your own "real competition" if you think its that easy.
rose_ann_··on The Best Essay
My God, this is truly beautiful. If this were the blurb of an actual novel, I would unhesitatingly drop EVERYTHING to read it, and I say this as someone who reads an average of 1 novel every 3 days.

I never knew SOTA LLMs have gone this far. Wow!

rose_ann_··on LLM Arena. Mistral-small best open model. Gemini Pro beaten by 2 open models
Turns out the "We have no moat, and neither does OpenAI" memo was remarkably prescient, despite what the 'researchers' at SemiAnalysis claimed
rose_ann_··on Gemini "duck" demo was not done in realtime or with voice
By testing the code it returns (I mostly use it as a coding assistant) to see if it works. 95% of the time it does.

For technical questions, ChatGPT has almost completely replaced Google & Stack Overflow for me.

rose_ann_··on Gemini "duck" demo was not done in realtime or with voice
No. It solved it by (most of the time) giving the OP and I the answer to our queries, without us needing to wade through spammy SERP links.
rose_ann_··on Gemini AI
Beautifully said.

So basically:

Apple lost the PC battle and won mobile,

Microsoft lost the mobile battle and (seemingly) is winning AI,

Google is losing the AI battle, but will win .... the Metaverse? Immersive VR? Robotics?

rose_ann_··on Show HN: Tech, career, and personal wellbeing advice from HN users
I understand, but isn't it a bit better to at least have some idea of where to start or even a general idea of what to do or what to avoid doing?
rose_ann_··on Show HN: Tech, career, and personal wellbeing advice from HN users
The posts on the site are the original posts. To seed the site so it wouldn't look like a wasteland, I emailed a few high value HN posters who had email addresses shown on their HN profiles and begged them to post a tip.

A few of them graciously obliged, and some of those probably told a colleague/acquaintance to post a tip as well.

It's why I love HN, there's more of a sense of community here.

rose_ann_··on Show HN: Tech, career, and personal wellbeing advice from HN users
Lol. Some of the wellbeing tips were really quite good though.
rose_ann_··on Cloudflare is destroying the open internet
And I think you don't have the slightest idea what the commenter you're pretending to reply to, is actually talking about.
rose_ann_··on The Three Artists Behind a Landmark Lawsuit Against AI Art Generators
You might want to learn how the models work before making inflammatory comments.

To simplify the entire concept: Imagine you were an alien. You decide to work as an artist on earth. So you go on this thing the Humans call 'the internet', view millions of images & works of art, then start creating images & art pieces of your own based on the underlying rules you've gleaned from those millions of images you've viewed, without in any way keeping or saving a single copy of any of those images or artworks.

Would you call the above copyright infringement?

Or are you now claiming its 'copyright infringement' if anything or anyone apart from a human being views an image?

rose_ann_··on A hundred UK companies sign up for four-day week with no loss of pay
I think more companies should sign up for this. It would really help the employees. Others might say it's just one added day to the days of rest you have. But an additional day can go a long way.
rose_ann_··on Show HN: Have fun betting virtual (not real) money on predictions from HN users
Thank you! As I said in previous comments I really just made the site as an intellectual exercise.
rose_ann_··on Show HN: Have fun betting virtual (not real) money on predictions from HN users
I used the phone's touchscreen
rose_ann_··on Show HN: Have fun betting virtual (not real) money on predictions from HN users
That's a pretty good point, though in this case the 'winnings' are simply a fixed multiple of the virtual amounts bet.
rose_ann_··on Show HN: Have fun betting virtual (not real) money on predictions from HN users
Lol, a second job? I sincerely hope not.

I don't think the site'll garner much interest though. Betting virtual money doesn't really seem like a mainstream activity.

Just wanted to put it out in the wild and get critiques.

rose_ann_··on Show HN: Have fun betting virtual (not real) money on predictions from HN users
Took roughly 2 weeks from start to finish. Work as a web dev in an accounting firm. As to the choice of the phone, got a Samsung Galaxy A23 on takealot.com a while back and decided to use it to build a site
rose_ann_··on Show HN: Have fun betting virtual (not real) money on predictions from HN users
Building the site was more of an intellectual exercise to see how easy or difficult building using a low priced smartphone would be.

P.S. OP's a "she"