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byKen_g6
026 @04:07AM
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Attached to: Bank of England 'Must Plan For a Financial Crisis Triggered By Aliens'
So what you're saying is, "They're saying it's aliens, but it's not aliens"?
What a topsy-turvy world.
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byKen_g6
26 @05:35AM
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Attached to: How Much Do AI Models Resemble a Brain?
Most current models don't use only binary, 0 or 1, in their neural networks. I seem to remember a paper suggesting they could, but I don't know of any that currently do. Most are trained at fp32, with ~4 billion possible energy levels per "neuron". That can be reduced to as few as 16 levels in practical use, but the more the model is quantized this way the worse it performs.
Processing only part of a network is sometimes done too. Entire layers can easily be skipped, often with interesting results. Other kinds of partitioning would seem to be harder.
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byKen_g6
26 @10:40PM
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Attached to: Seattle is Building Light Rail Like It's 1999
A good time to party. Even to fight for your right to do so. Back when we were so sure our other rights were secure.
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byKen_g6
026 @02:00AM
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Attached to: Viral Reddit Post About Food Delivery Apps Was an AI Scam
Most companies call employees "human resources," and exploit their "desperation" for cash, among other indefensible actions.
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byKen_g6
2026 @02:39AM
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Attached to: Microsoft CEO: Time To Move 'Beyond the Arguments of Slop vs Sophistication'
So Microsoft's next attempt to replace Rover will be a C.A.T.?
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byKen_g6
025 @02:25AM
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Attached to: Trump's Social Media Business Is Merging With a Nuclear Fusion Company
Remember, Trump bankrupted four casinos.
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byKen_g6
2025 @05:40PM
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Attached to: 2025 Will Be World's Second or Third-Hottest Year on Record, EU Scientists Say
Oh, come on. This is real. It doesn't require parody.
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byKen_g6
025 @02:54AM
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Attached to: The Anxieties of Full-Body MRI Scans (Not Covered by Insurance)
This feels like what's known as a house of cards. Are the spots on Trump's hand from an IV? Almost certainly. Did it contain an Alzheimers drug? That's very speculative.
An old person falling asleep can be caused by many things. Congestive heart failure is one. That condition is also associated with cankles. Trump said the MRI was of his torso, heart area, not brain area. This is another house of cards, but it looks a bit stronger to me.
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byKen_g6
025 @01:15PM
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Attached to: Browser Extension 'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It's 2022
I'd try Summer of 69 mode but it's marked NSFW for some reason?
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byKen_g6
025 @01:44AM
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Attached to: Did Bitcoin Play a Role in Thursday's Stock Sell-Off?
I think there is already a penalty like that. It's called the wash sale rule and it applies to buying and selling the same thing within 30 days. I guess the penalty just isn't big enough?
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byKen_g6
25 @01:29AM
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Attached to: Someone Snuck Into a Cellebrite Microsoft Teams Call and Leaked Phone Unlocking Details
Wouldn't that make them 402 Media?
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byKen_g6
2025 @03:20PM
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Attached to: Overshooting 1.5C Climate Target 'Inevitable': UN Chief
Last year, 45-65 private jets flew to COP29. (A few might have been flying to...checks notes...Baku, Azerbaijan for other reasons.)
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byKen_g6
025 @02:29PM
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Attached to: Japanese Convenience Stores Are Hiring Robots Run By Workers in the Philippines
Tesla has a robot that's not very capable on its own, but seemingly makes a good Waldo. Then, Musk supported a candidate promising to kick out as many immigrants as possible. Is Musk's goal to have them come back remotely?
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byKen_g6
5 @12:30PM
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Attached to: US Strips Ocean and Air Pollution Monitoring From Next-Gen Weather Satellites
Vandalism has been the Republican plan since at least Reagan: "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
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byKen_g6
5 @04:50AM
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Attached to: 'Hour of Code' Announces It's Now Evolving Into 'Hour of AI'
AI image generation is very good now. AI video and audio generation are rapidly improving. AI robot guidance may yet become useful too.
It's mainly text generation, where every single byte has to make good sense, that's lacking a business case right now. (Ignoring legal ambiguity and union contract issues.)
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