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Comment · 1 month ago
LLMs feed on their own output during inference, so there is a loop on itself, isn't it obvious?
Comment · 3 months ago
Does it have any overlaps with React Compiler — like the auto-memoization that they have?

Also, is there any read on the downsides / shortcomings / caveats of Octane vs. vanilla React?

Comment · 3 months ago
The model is a bit different from React (no deps, hooks can be under ifs) — do coding agents recognize it or they get confused when they see that code?
Comment · 5 months ago
> they will not be able to obtain non-immigration visas in the future

Why? Aren't L1 and H1B "dual intent" visas?

Comment · 5 months ago
It made a big difference when it first appeared on the battlefield. Russia has adapted since then, so it's no longer a game changer. But systems like these helped Ukraine hold on, and they continue to do so today.
Comment · 7 months ago
> Their capabilities should saturate at human or maybe above-average human performance

LLMs do have superhuman reasoning speed and superhuman dedication. Speed is something you can scale, and at some point quantity can turn into quality. Much of the frontier work done by humans is just dedication, luck, and remixing other people's ideas ("standing on the shoulders of giants"), isn't it? All of this is exactly what you can scale by having restless hordes of fast-thinking agents, even if each of those agents is intellectually "just above average human".

Comment · 7 months ago
Is this a joke? If it's not trainable / differentiable when why do it in the first place? It's just as inefficient and inflexible as it gets compared to tool calling — you have to statically bake programs in the weights, model cannot introspect it and modify, it has very limited IO capabilities, bad performance, bad everything. Its like a weird brainfuck-esque VM — cool that you can do it, but for what except some lulz?

But maybe it's just too genius and I don't understand it.

Comment · 7 months ago
Unfortunately, no. We allow hybrid work, but only if you're willing to relocate immediately (U.S. only).
Comment · 7 months ago
Comment · 8 months ago
> Tesla is famously anything but a car company because their cars are mediocre in every way except the battery range

I can't say that I'm a big fan of this guy... But I can tell you this: I learned to drive only after moving to the U.S. recently, and when I had to choose my first car, I found Tesla to be the best among many I tried. It's just awesome, and I don't even use their FSD, the car itself is superb (at least the latest "3"). Minimalistic, no BS, drives well, quiet, comfortable. The same feeling I had with the first iPhone, compared to other phones.

Comment · 9 months ago
sqlite with extensions, scales to millions of docs easily

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