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LLMs also do not have anything like memory, by design. Everything bolted on that smells like memory or is being called memory is a crutch, at best. Not being pedantic, I just think this aspect is lost on a lot of people.

rrr_oh_manon CCC invites all model citizens to 40C3

It sounds like a quote? If not: beautifully put

rrr_oh_manon Almost-There

Another case of Just Show Us The Prompt?

rrr_oh_manon Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

I swear all day long I was thinking that there will be a new release soon because Gemini 3.1 Pro performance was in the crapper (both via API and Chat)

rrr_oh_manon Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout

> consumers

people

rrr_oh_manon Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout

Can anyone recommend durable, bright white, wide toe box, not ugly looking sneakers without any brand logos?

rrr_oh_manon TailTalk: A modern async user space AppleTalk stack with Rust and Tokio

Thank you, highly appreciated! Now everything makes sense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleTalk was very thorough on the protocol's history, but I was really puzzled by the purpose and why somebody would re-implement a discontinued protocol.

rrr_oh_manon TailTalk: A modern async user space AppleTalk stack with Rust and Tokio

How does TailTalk relate to this? Does it re-implement it?

rrr_oh_manon TailTalk: A modern async user space AppleTalk stack with Rust and Tokio

> AppleTalk is a discontinued proprietary suite of networking protocols developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh computers.

Wut? Can you explain for dumb people?

rrr_oh_manon Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin

> The parent's point is that AI lowers the cost/benefit ratio drastically, by reducing the cost.

…as long as Claude is still subsidized…

rrr_oh_manon Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?

So basically "go fuck yourself" if your ISP does not yet support IPv6?

I'm not saying that I couldn't fire up Cloudflare Warp, but I think it's a legit issue for average users [0]?

[0] https://xkcd.com/2501/

rrr_oh_manon Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?

Can you explain for dummies how... a normal person with a normal web browser should access this?

rrr_oh_manon Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives

It's much simpler than that.

UN urbanization rate is based on the national definition.

The U.S. definition of urban area is based on population (and has been changed recently):

  Under the old criteria, an urbanized area needed to have at least 50,000 residents. An urban cluster was defined as having at least 2,500 people, a threshold that had been around since 1910. Under this definition, almost 81 percent of the U.S. was urban and 19 percent was rural over the past decade.

  Under the new definition, hammered out after the 2020 census, the minimum population required for an area to be considered urban doubled to 5,000 people. Originally, the Census Bureau proposed raising the threshold to 10,000 people but pulled back amid opposition. The new criteria for urban areas shift the urban-rural ratio slightly, to 79.6 percent and 20.4 percent, respectively.

Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-census-bureau-rede... ("U.S. Census Bureau redefines the meaning of urban areas in America", PBS, Dec 29, 2022)

rrr_oh_manon Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives

> I have 3 kids and if I could snap my fingers and swap them for Tesla Robotaxis (Waymos are better and safer!) I would in a second.

Uh, what?

rrr_oh_manon Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives

"Let's make car owners more miserable" is a typical sentiment held by young, healthy people who live in dense cities and ride an electric bicycle to work.

Not everyone can do that. Many areas also completely lack the public transit infrastructure needed to support a normal life.

E.g., a couple of days ago, I was shocked to learn just how bad the UK public transport system really is, apparently, outside of major metros (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49445286)

rrr_oh_manon Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?

> "Increasing the acceleration a little bit more than that (eg to 1%) would make a difference."

Wouldn't that be only a few months on a decades-long journey at 1.01G vs 1G??

rrr_oh_manon Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?

Links seem to be broken?

rrr_oh_manon Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?

Thanks! But same here imho:

              1,000 seconds =          ~0.01 days (~17 min)
          1,000,000 seconds =         ~11.57 days (~12 days) 
      1,000,000,000 seconds =     ~11,574.07 days (~32 years)
  1,000,000,000,000 seconds = ~11,574,074.07 days (~32k years)

It all seems quite logical once you put everything into the same unit, I think.

Maybe it's just our human calendar/time unit rollercoaster (60*60*24*30*12) that's playing tricks on us here.

rrr_oh_manon Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?

> math get's really counterintuitive to grasp

People always say that about speed of light stuff, but I don’t get it. Do you have any more examples of counterintuitive math?

Because what you’re describing is basically the equivalent to compound interest in finance. (e.g. investing $100 at 10% interest over 10 years results in $260)

rrr_oh_manon How to build a printer

Edit:

This one seems to work well: pdconsec.vscode-print

Link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pdconsec...

rrr_oh_manon Eiffel Tower employees strike after female staff removed

It’s the paradox of tolerance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance)

TL;DR: if you tolerate intolerance in a tolerant society, intolerant people will exploit it and take over

rrr_oh_manon The Nonfiction Book Market is Collapsing?

Being able to predict cadence and pitch makes me want to fall asleep rather than listen.

Though it might be other people‘s whole reason to listen to long form podcasts in the first place