herpderperator

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Comment · 12 days ago
Well, PHP has an insane number of compilation flags, so the chances of your build being the same as $GENERIC_PLATFORM's is not as high as you think.

So, if the offsets were in fact different, would the explots still work? (I think the answer is actually yes based on what I read/saw; I think the PoC dynamically calculates these offsets? Not 100% sure, but we shouldn't take chances.)

Comment · 12 days ago
So, source-based distros get to shine?
Comment · 1 month ago
If they want to airgap a model, then do it properly... exposing any aspect of the Internet whether via a DNS resolver or not, is not actually blocking Internet access.
Comment · 3 months ago
I'm curious: If someone wanted to serve models off hardware/silicon directly (like Cerebras or Taalas, and soon Google I think) rather than GPUs, would these parameters still be adjustable at request time? Or would they have to decide that before the model can even start serving and it would be locked in until they reload it (which would make it briefly unavailable)?
Comment · 3 months ago
https://govt.nz isn't a thing, but https://www.govt.nz is.
Comment · 4 months ago
This is not gambling in the legal sense (gambling is not even allowed in my state, and yet here I am using Kalshi, in case you wanted to argue that), which is why my transaction was classified as Professional Services and, for the nth time, NOT a cash advance.
Comment · 4 months ago
I really appreciate all of the colourful feedback, but as I have said, this is not a cash advance. It was classified as Professional Services by Capital One and I received 1.5% cash back as is standard with the credit card I used.

The issue stems from the fact that people believe prediction markets are gambling. Prediction markets are financial derivatives regulated by the CFTC. This definition is not something I am trying to defend, I am simply accepting the current legal definition to explain why funding your Kalshi account is not considered a cash advance. Gambling is not even allowed in my state, yet Kalshi is permitted. Legally, Kalshi is not gambling as of the current legislation. That is why, for the nth time, funding your Kalshi account is NOT considered a cash advance.

People should do a little bit of research before blindly downvoting, or maybe even try it for themselves.

Comment · 4 months ago
Prediction market aren't one of them. I checked my credit card statement and the transaction was classified as Professional Services.
Comment · 4 months ago
It's not a cash advance. I funded my Kalshi account using a Capital One credit card. Not only was it not classified a cash advance, I got 1.5% back as is standard on this card.
Comment · 4 months ago
A cash advance is taking physical cash out with your credit card at an ATM or bank teller. Making an online purchase (which depositing money into your Kalshi account is) is therefore not a cash advance.
Comment · 5 months ago
The visualiser seems to be quite naive with what it defines as a token. I don't think a token is an entire word as often as the demo shows, and when it gets to the `def estimate_tokens` method, the entire `# Rough heuristic: ~1 token per 4 chars of English` comment is printed all at once as one token, which is certainly not accurate.

This is not a realistic replay of what a common LLM might actually print out - it's entirely fabricated. But for the purpose of estimating the feel of tokens per second, I suppose it's good enough.

Comment · 6 months ago
If you eliminate juniors over the next few years, there will be no seniors for the future when the current seniors retire.

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