alasr
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Comment · 1 month ago
> I don't read code anymore
First one need to define what they mean by "read" and clarify the context its being used in; then we can talk about agreeing/disagreeing part. Otherwise, we all will be playing/participating in some sort of a language game.
Comment · 2 months ago
FB in meat-space: see, for reference, page# 11 of the Meta's patent - https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloa...
Comment · 2 months ago
- See "Llama.cpp vs Ollama"[0] and "Llama.cpp vs LM Studio"[1] for a high-level features comparison and find out which one suite you best (check out the "Target Users" category[0][1], at least).
- If you're still not sure, "LM Studio"[2] is ok to start with as you'll be able to download, start/stop/manage and chat with your LLM model all in one place: a single desktop app. Also, once installed, enable "Developer mode" under "Settings > Developer" tab; you might find it useful later.
- Regarding LLM models you can, based on your hardware spec, start with Qwen3.6, Google's Gemma4, OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b or Nvidia's Nemotron; use LM Studio's "Model Browser" screen to search for LLM models (each one listed with their organizational name/brand & logo: ignore the one you don't recognize as you might not need them at the start of your journey; you can always revisit them later, if needed.)
- Regarding which quantized LLM models you should download & run, just go with the default "LM Studio" selection (at least, in the beginning). Later, you can experiment with other quantization values to find out which one works best for your use cases.
I hope it helps.
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[0]. https://llama-cpp.com/llama-cpp-vs-ollama/
[1]. https://llama-cpp.com/llama-cpp-vs-lm-studio/
[2]. Ignore "LM Studio Bionic" for now; just download and install "LM Studio" from https://lmstudio.ai/download
Comment · 3 months ago
Why do you think that just sharing a link to an earlier HN post means 'promoting' someone? I referenced the HN post because I found that it's less about Martin Shkreli himself and more about a quality conversation with good analysis about the inner workings of 'Hedge fund' world and market dynamics.
If you've a better source, share it; I'll have a look and might use that one in the future. Otherwise, if you can't contribute in a constructive manner, stop making baseless comments about others intention without understanding them first.
Comment · 3 months ago
Earlier on HN:
Martin Shkreli breaks down the collapse of Situational Awareness - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49119380
Edit: added context
Comment · 3 months ago
From Valhalla's design notes[0]:
> For the primitive types longer than 32 bits (long and double), it is not guaranteed that reads and writes from different threads (without suitable coordination) are atomic with respect to each other. The result is that, if accessed under data race, a long or double field or array component can be seen to “tear”, where a read might see the low 32 bits of one write, and the high 32 bits of another. (Declaring the containing field volatile is sufficient to restore atomicity, as is properly coordinating with locks or other concurrency control.)
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[0] - https://openjdk.org/projects/valhalla/design-notes/state-of-...
Comment · 4 months ago
> Why does it need to be beautiful?
"Beauty", IMO, signifies the idea that you're doing `something` for its own the sake where "its own sake" approximate the idea of getting/being closer to (or in proximity of) `something`/`anything`/`someone` you find "beautiful".
> Once you proved it it's true and you can use its consequences in math, sciences and engineerings (sic).
The expression "you can use its consequences in ..." suggests that the action is a "just a means" to "something else". However, not everyone is interested in the idea of "something else"; they're interested in the idea itself (in a broad sense) as that's one of the main reason they got started/involved in the first place.
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We all do things as "just a means" to "something else". However, there must be an "end" to this chain of "something else"; otherwise, how do you find any "meaning" (or sense of fulfillment) in this whole enterprise (or chain of "something else"s)?
Comment · 4 months ago
Regarding the the current HN post's title, I like the TFA original title ("The New 20% Time, Minus the Time") better, along its sub-title; IMHO, the current HN post's title ("Google's 20% 'project' has become AI's 120% 'attention'") is more like reflection of the HN submitter's interpretation of the content of the blog post (that I agree with partially and to a small/negligible extent ONLY).
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IMO, keeping "Google 20% Time" (mentioned in the TFA) and "R&D is two jobs, ..." (his second-last blog post, at time of writing this comment) in mind while reading this blog post, helps in reading and understanding the content of this blog post; whether we agree (or not) with the author's point-of-view is another matter.
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Btw, I also noticed AI usage on this blog post; however, I over-looked that part of the post after looking at author's past work (and I'm happy I did that and continued reading the post).