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technocratius··on Muse Glimmer: 30B-parameter model optimized for always-on local agent workflows
Yeah but I presume this has more to do with latency than overall compute, right?
technocratius··on The Hacker's Renaissance (2025)
Emmm...dash?
technocratius··on Google has abandoned Google News?
This is a hard truth
technocratius··on Ask HN: Is GPT-5 a regression, or is it just me?
Ah yes, I've had similar experiences actually. Also the variant where I ask it to provide an alternate solution/answer to the one it gave, where it than proceeds to basically regurgitate its previous answer with slight stylistic (i.e. maintaining content parity) modifications.
technocratius··on I want everything local – Building my offline AI workspace
I think you'd want things in RAM for performance reasons but would love to be corrected by people with more knowledge/experience on the subject
technocratius··on GLP-1s are breaking life insurance
They are very expensive
technocratius··on David Attenborough at 99: 'I will not see how the story ends'
Yeah like that time before your were born, remember?
technocratius··on Mozilla launching “Thundermail” email service to take on Gmail, Microsoft 365
Just use Proton
technocratius··on U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs
Also surprised by this. Will the eu follow suit?
technocratius··on Shape typing in Python
Which language do you refer to when you speak of python's typed sibling?
technocratius··on Estimate your age of death
Interesting tool, especially the statistics relating to the chances of dying within 1 or 10 years are quite confronting. Memento Mori.
technocratius··on Pivotal Mental States (2020)
It's statistically significant because there is a difference in outcome between the group receiving treatment and the one that did not which could not be attributed to chance alone, but the difference isn't clinically significant because it was a very small difference (in statistics, this is sometimes also referred to as the _effect size_)
technocratius··on Pivotal Mental States (2020)
Thanks, we really need to bring a bit of balance and data to this topic like this. The hype is certainly real, while the data so far aren't backing this up.

I'm afraid that the public interest in legalisation of psychedelics, motivated by positive experiences in recreational use, leads to a skewed narrative around their health benefits, as a means to open the door for their gradual acceptance and legalisation. This happened to marijuana as well, where health benefits of marijuana were grossly exaggerated to open the door to its legalisation, with medical marijuana as a segway. Marijuana can be harmful and abused, so even though I'm all for legalisation, people should have a balanced view of the benefits and risks to make more informed decisions. Luckily the risk and abuse profile of psychedelics is (much) lower than that of marijuana.

technocratius··on Python 3.13 Gets a JIT
Well I think they even multiply, making it even better news!
technocratius··on Sit.
This is a really cool idea, I will try out your app!
technocratius··on Vim users are encouraged to make a donation to ICCF
I just donated. Thanks Bram, RIP <3
technocratius··on Ask HN: What is the best way to get into Physics as a coder?
Read a good textbook. I personally like the Feynman lectures of Physics, always very clearly explained.
technocratius··on OpenAI Announces $10M Superalignment Grants
> This leads to the fundamental challenge: how can humans steer and trust AI systems much smarter than them?

I think, as a first question to be answered prior to this one, the word "how" should be removed from this sentence.

technocratius··on Twelve billionaires' climate emissions outpollute 2.1M homes, analysis finds
>The carbon footprints of the investments were calculated by examining the equity stakes that the billionaires held in companies. Estimates of the carbon impact of their holdings was calculated using the company’s declarations on scope 1 emissions – direct emissions from sources owned or controlled by a company – and scope 2, indirect emissions.

Well, that seems a downright wrong way of assessing their "personal" footprint, don't you think?

technocratius··on Vocal fry register
Ah so _that's_ how Sam Altman talks.
technocratius··on First blood test for dozens of hereditary cancers approved by FDA
My primary concern with these are: what will it mean in a possible future to know your risk profile, and your ability to get/maintain health insurance, also without having to pay premiums. I live in the Netherlands, so probably not too much, but US could be different, and who knows what the future holds. Anyway, this makes me less/not want to take them...
technocratius··on Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect
https://archive.ph/JWaHl
technocratius··on JAX – NumPy on the CPU, GPU, and TPU
Why would it be dead?
technocratius··on JAX – NumPy on the CPU, GPU, and TPU
We recently switched to Jax to boost performance as we scale up our algorithmic core. The nice thing is that it presents only a minor jump in capabilities to get developers working with it, if they have prior exposure to numpy ofcourse. Quite nice :)
technocratius··on China is flooding Taiwan with disinformation
https://archive.ph/Wg5xT
technocratius··on Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows
Ah man I totally forgot about this!

From Wikipedia: "The Windows 3.1 version of Cardfile was included with Windows 95, 98, and ME, but not installed by default. For the later two versions of Windows, the user would have to manually copy the Cardfile application from the Windows install CD in order to use the application."

technocratius··on Iraq Blocks Telegram, Leaks Blackhole BGP Routes
Sounds interesting! Can someone explain a bit in simple terms what happened here and why it's noteworthy? Thanks :)
technocratius··on Foxconn Working Conditions Controversy
Thanks, I specifically did that but somehow it seems to have been trimmed/lost. No idea what happened there, and I can't edit the link anymore.
technocratius··on Drugs like ritalin, dexamphetamine decrease the quality of cognitive effort
They let participants solve the knapsack problem under the influence of common ADHD meds like ritalin, dexamphetamine, modafinil.

Interesting results were observed. Participants who performed below average while on placebo tended to improve on the task when on one of the drugs. Those that performed above average tended to have decreased performance on the task.

technocratius··on Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?
I believe that EVs on average are associated with higher particulate matter "emissions". Noowadays the majority of PM comes from the friction/erosion of tires on the road (as combustion soot gets filtered out due to regulations). Since EVs are typically much heavier due to their batteries, their tires give of more PM per km driven.
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