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Comment · 4 months ago
How much electricity does running your local models take?
Comment · 9 months ago
I worked with networked attached storage systems at pib scale several years ago and we referred to things in gib/tib because it was significant when referring to the size of systems and we needed to be precise.

That being said, I think the difference between mib and mb is niche for most people

Comment · 11 months ago
If you have history turned off and you’re not signed in, the number of videos they show on the home screen is already zero
Comment · 11 months ago
LLMs have definitely helped me reduce my social anxiety when writing, especially in a technical work setting. I don’t use it like the respondent in the article though, I would feel really embarassed to not edit an llm’s output to be in my own voice. But I feel it helps provide me with some structure in whatever I’m trying to write when I don’t have the mental energy or wherewithal to provide it myself.
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Comment · 1 year ago
Something to consider is that BTI kills many species of Diptera, not just mosquitoes.
Comment · 3 years ago
There is at least Laricobius nigrinus for HWA, which has been identified as a method of biocontrol.
Comment · 3 years ago
Would it be better to make patents have shorter lifespans before entering the public domain from companies of a certain size? Maybe that would level out the playing field and allow small players to be more competitive against behemoth corporations and patent trolls.
Comment · 3 years ago
Are there any companies arbitraging this % difference by collating lots of different businesses transactions into larger sums to then move into a particular currency for business owners who transact in non local currencies?
Comment · 4 years ago
The "3nm process" has no bearing on the actual size of the gate's or anything like that and is purely a marketing term.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_nm_process gives a reasonable summary in its introduction.

My remembrance of the specific quantum effects that you're thinking of are from quantum tunneling[1] of electrons. The problem occurs when the gate size gets small enough that electrons can pass through without the transistor being switched on, which starts to happen around 3nm.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_tunnelling

Comment · 4 years ago
I wonder if it would be a possibility to relay electricity across the US with large battery stations from big solar farms, or if the loss in transit + the expense of the batteries would make something like that intractable.
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Comment · 4 years ago
The news and social media can cause tons of anxiety and stress when they consistently report on the many terrible things happening all of the time.

It doesn’t mean they’re not important, it’s just that it’s ok to take a break.

Sometimes people need that break from the eternal flow of news and social media so that their mental health isn’t impacted and so there is time to process what’s going on.

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