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BudaDude··on ExecuTorch: Run PyTorch programs on mobile and edge devices
It's one of those names that sound better said aloud than spelled out. Excited to see where this goes though!
BudaDude··on Werner Herzog on beer, yoga and what he would ask God
I mean,shrug look around
BudaDude··on France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations
Palestine != Hamas
BudaDude··on OpenAI is too cheap to beat
They are most likely referring to this in collaboration with Jony Ive:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/openai-jony-ive-talks-ra...

BudaDude··on John Carmack on AI
> Nukes are not that useful for stuff other than extremely destructive explosions.

I would like to mention that in the Fallout series, a game that depicts a different version of history where nuclear power was widely accessible, cars and robots have their own nuclear generators. The reality is that if nuclear power was common, we would not have any problems with energy or a power grid.

BudaDude··on Unity U-turns on controversial runtime fee and begs forgiveness
While this may be true, JR has made a number of decisions over the years that has harmed Unity before the merge.
BudaDude··on Open source AI will win
Maybe your git repo with 2 stars doesn’t get money but Open Source projects that thousands of people use do get money. Many countries around the world fund developers to work on open source projects
BudaDude··on ‘Game of Thrones’ creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
Fear mongering.

Software engineering will change but it will not be gone. Those who learn how to use these tools will become more valuable than those who don't. Same with every profession.

BudaDude··on DALL·E 3
SDXL can. I suspect the VAE will be better with DALL-E 3 but SDXL can do it too.
BudaDude··on Unity’s pricing is a symptom, not the cause of tougher times for the industry
This isn't always true. C# outperform GDScript. Even GDScript 2. GDScript is great for quickly programming certains events. But if you want to create complicated systems that using require thousands or millions of data points, you will notice the speed difference.
BudaDude··on Unity’s pricing is a symptom, not the cause of tougher times for the industry
The biggest issue is no official asset store. The lead developer has mentioned is on the roadmap, but because the company is a non-profit, it's very complicated to start.
BudaDude··on Facebook Messenger now limits WebP file attachments
Safari does support WebP

https://caniuse.com/webp

BudaDude··on Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
180 camera makes more sense at this stage. 360-degree cameras on a phone would be weird when recording with the phone in hand. It would be better on a tripod, but I think Apple is trying not to complicate it unless professionals want it.
BudaDude··on New York Times considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl
True, any neural network. This is a very grey area and rushing to call it "property" ignores what the technology is emulating.
BudaDude··on New York Times considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl
When you think about it like that, if LLM's are based on the human brain, did we basically reinvent slavery?
BudaDude··on Magic123: One Image to High-Quality 3D Object Generation
It's pretty cool how quickly we're able to turn a 2D image into a 3D one these days. Although it's not perfect yet, you can see that it doesn't quite capture the depth of the horse and dragon sculpture near the edges. But this technology will definitely improve over time.

Now, here's a thought to chew on: once we've mastered 2D to 3D, what's stopping us from exploring 3D to 4D conversion? That would take this to an entirely new level.

BudaDude··on iPhone sales drop more than forecast, revenue falls for third straight quarter
I think this is largely due to the new charging port coming to the 15. I know people who refused to buy the 14 because they don't want to be stuck with the lightning port for another 1-2 years.
BudaDude··on Stable Diffusion XL 1.0
> By sheer number of image generations? Take a guess...

Cat images right?

BudaDude··on OpenAI is doubling the number of messages customers can send to GPT-4
Finally. It was a ridiculous limit
BudaDude··on FTC investigating ChatGPT over potential consumer harm
There is a big difference between someone being killed and a chat bot that says some mean or inaccurate things.
BudaDude··on Tumblr’s core product strategy
From the perspective of advertisers, this analogy is not applicable. It is important to emphasize that I agree with the notion that tumblr should also have NSFW content. However, advertisers exhibit extreme sensitivity towards their brand being associated with anything even remotely detrimental, and they are inclined to swiftly disassociate themselves without hesitation.
BudaDude··on Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]
> locked garden

Not to defend Meta, but this isn't true. Meta is embracing the fediverse protocol with Threads.

BudaDude··on Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours
Okay Elon
BudaDude··on On the State of the Web
Honest question, why does it matter? If we exclude ClosedAI, wouldn't an open source LLM trained on real web data benefit everyone?
BudaDude··on All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts
It depends how you define an account. Is an account an email? Is an account an id in a database? An IP? You can't sync anything without an "account"
BudaDude··on Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
It's not that its green thats the issue, is the shade of green they chose. It does not contrast well with white text and makes it hard to read.
BudaDude··on Estimated U.S. deer population, 1450 to 2016
I always wonder how estimations could be made as early as 1450, especially when the land wasn’t fully surveyed for a couple hundred more years. You always have to take these estimations with a grain of salt
BudaDude··on Reddit CEO slams moderators amid blackout, compares them to aristocracy
The power users have found their community through Lemmy or Discord.

Maybe Lemmy is not for everyone, but 10 years ago you could have said the same thing about reddit.

BudaDude··on Reddit CEO slams moderators amid blackout, compares them to aristocracy
Maybe he owns the technology that powers reddit, but he does not control the community. Social media platforms have fallen before. Reddit only gained traction after Digg fell.
BudaDude··on Show HN: Discuit – A Reddit alternative with a clean UI and a sensible vision
HTTP is too. People forget that HTTP is the original fediverse.
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