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woofwoofwoof··on Germany Records Historic 12B KWh Solar Feed-In in July 2026
Second heatwave in two months helps, I guess
woofwoofwoof··on Why Large Language Models Fail at Tabular Prediction
TabPFN [1] is also working in this area and getting better and better. The inference time is still much worse than any of the more traditional models (xg/catboost etc).

[1] https://github.com/PriorLabs/tabpfn

woofwoofwoof··on Jina AI launches open-source 8k text embedding
Just noticed that they (jina.ai) have offices both in Berlin and China. I am wondering how they will they operate with the presence of chip export restrictions and other side effects of USA / China tensions.
woofwoofwoof··on Homomorphic Encryption: Universality at a Cost
Not sure what's the value prop in this case...

HE is known for having very low performance for basic operations (at least for existing OSS implementations). Is there any breakthrough or it's just a commercialization of existing tech?

woofwoofwoof··on Ableton Push 3
It seems it runs on DC power only.
woofwoofwoof··on Ableton Push 3
Wow, I guess the zeitgeist now is to make upgradeable/repairable devices. That's very cool, I like it.
woofwoofwoof··on Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
That’s pretty cool, glad to see good old internet services being sold in a neat package without hiding them down behind proprietary APIs and things like that.
woofwoofwoof··on Michael Lewis: I wonder what FTX shenanigans he was up to
FTX collapse is a good source material for another book by Michael Lewis I guess.
woofwoofwoof··on Evernote to be acquired by Bending Spoons
They were such a cool company to work for in the Valley when they started started.
woofwoofwoof··on Tell HN: Facebook Messenger is testing in-call video ads
I believe it is non-profit currently, so making money is not their top priority.
woofwoofwoof··on Tell HN: Facebook Messenger is testing in-call video ads
It is slowly adding ads as well. Currently in the channels only, but just give them some time.
woofwoofwoof··on “I will slaughter you”
Looks like Markov chain generated text to me.
woofwoofwoof··on Morgan Stanley to Shift About $120B of Assets to Germany
I am far from being an expert, but on the other side now it might be easier for Britain to set up more favourable conditions for startups and tech companies since now they don't have to comply with EU laws.
woofwoofwoof··on Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta
End of uBlock origin as we know it I guess?
woofwoofwoof··on GitHub Releases Dark Mode
Hope HN will release it soon.
woofwoofwoof··on Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please?
Dark mode for HN would be great.
woofwoofwoof··on Pointer Compression in V8
> This post provides a preview of some of the highlights in anticipation of the release in coordination with Chrome 80 Stable in several weeks.

https://v8.dev/blog/v8-release-80

woofwoofwoof··on iOS 13's Music App Sucks
My problems with IOS music app are 1) full-text search is bad - often can't find what exists 2) it is slow - For You tabs take forever to load even on fast WIFI/LTE connections 3) navigation is not convenient - I like playlists and it takes a few taps to reach them.
woofwoofwoof··on Google App Maker Shutting Down
I've been at Google in 2015-2016 and remember that this project was staffed mostly with contractors, so I am surprised they are shutting it down only now.
woofwoofwoof··on Slack Wants to Replace Email. Is That What We Want?
Slack's ok as long as you silence all notifications and leave/mute all semi-important channels.
woofwoofwoof··on Calibra – Digital Wallet for Libra
I remember they announced reliable messaging across Facebook-owned apps (fb messenger, whatsapp, instagram), but looks like Instagram is not supported yet.
woofwoofwoof··on Bose headphones spy on listeners: lawsuit (2017)
I agree that this is quite shady, but they require your explicit permission when you enable music sharing. My QC35s are great btw.
woofwoofwoof··on OP-Z Synthesizer
Wow, it’s quite expensive, especially in comparison with recent gen of affordable synths.
woofwoofwoof··on Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro
Glad I bought the case for my mbp 13 2015.
woofwoofwoof··on Whatsapp: Two-Step Verification
Will they use email address to "improve advertising experience"?