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barronli··on Can PDFs Have Viruses?
It does not answer why PDFs can have virus.
barronli··on MobileLLM: Optimizing Sub-Billion Parameter Language Models for On-Device Use
It can be fine tuned for device related actions. In other words, with all the capabilities of your device applications or services, the small model can virtually have the same capabilities. It can always dispatch a user request in way of “natural language” to those applications, and orchestrate the applications. It can dispatch user requests beyond the device capabilities to a cloud model. This is powerful since it changes how you interact with your devices.
barronli··on The Forgotten History of Chinese Keyboards
It is still very useful to standardize the pronunciations, since people with different dialects had to meet especially those officials in government. There was “yayan” for this purpose.

https://en.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yayan

barronli··on Biden calls US ally Japan 'xenophobic' along with India, Russia and China
> "He was saying that when it comes to who we are as a nation, we are a nation of immigrants, that is in our DNA"

If what she says is true, it is not in their DNAs. Not sure if Biden wants to change their genes.

barronli··on The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with large cars
Pursuit of luxury is an important factor like for bigger houses.
barronli··on Yi: Open Foundation Models by 01.AI
iOS already has app with LLM running locally on iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mlc-chat/id6448482937

I've also tried a few Android LLM apps, all running more than 30min.

Current LLM models are not running constantly on the phones to drain your battery. They just run when responding to a prompt. It by no means consumes more battery than a heavy game.

barronli··on Ask HN: How worried are you about being replaced by an LLM
The labor replacement is happening in the whole human history, but I am not worried, not because I don't believe LLM's capabilities in 10-15 years, but because I believe I can always find some areas where LLM is not good at.
barronli··on Looking for Co-Founder
How can someone determine if they meet your needs?
barronli··on 30 years after communism, eastern Europe divided on democracy's impact
Mostly important IMHO is the spirit of contract. It takes time to build up in a society.
barronli··on Ten Rivers Contribute Most of the Plastic in the Oceans (2018)
I didn’t downvote you, but am wondering if you could provide any source supporting your statement? This is a website giving the ocean plastic sources, saying mostly from rivers: https://www.theoceancleanup.com/sources/
barronli··on Sanos Operating System Kernel
Thanks for the awesome work! If the purpose is to run specific apps with minimal OS, can buildroot or some container-based approach achieve the same goal?
barronli··on For back pain, the subtle moves of the Feldenkrais Method can help some people
Lots of good advices on correct exercises, but I want to mention that, correct relaxation is equally important.
barronli··on What's the Use of a Horse's Tail?
At least some animals use their tails to balance when running fast.
barronli··on Chinese police use facial recognition tech to arrest suspect at a pop concert
Believe it or not, the world is evolving to become smaller and like a small town gradually. Sad... no more curiousity about my neighbor towns
barronli··on Mathematics for Computer Science: Readings
I guess the book is more like “additional math for CS students beyond what a common CS curriculum has”.
barronli··on Living a Meaningful Life
3) Think over again the meaning of life, knowing it ends one day for everyone.
barronli··on Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS
The reason for Apple to lock the web browser engine is simple: it prevents you to turn an iphone into your bare platform, as much as you turned AT&T into a bare pipe. They know money comes from services not bare platform.