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cgio··on What even is an OS now?
Ownership does not imply co-identity. If my phone harms someone else, without me being responsible but e.g. the brand that updated its firmware? Your questions are good, and I don’t have the answers. I just think our current model doesn’t either.
cgio··on Ollaya – Ollama for open-source, Jev-style decision models
That is not related to the ad hominem above, or bear to the claim of innovation. Just comparing them implies they are similar. Implementation quality, training data etc. are all optimisations. I have not seen a compelling argument Jev is different, maybe one that it’s better. I don’t have huge insights in the domain, so open to learning or changing opinion.
cgio··on Tell HN: Codex Is Down [fixed]
These NS agents could have been dedicated to better platform resilience I guess.
cgio··on Ollaya – Ollama for open-source, Jev-style decision models
If anything, that makes Jev look even less impressive. They may just be hiding their similar quality outputs behind good PR.
cgio··on Ollaya – Ollama for open-source, Jev-style decision models
It a paradox when the article is claiming the prior art is absurd, but then goes on to analyse the one side and compare it to another for which most of the values (except scaling the concept) are unknown. And even for scaling, it uses the first, pre-laya instance to judge the limited schema, while overlooking that Laya is just doing this scaling. Important to note that prior art is not having built the exact same thing.
cgio··on What even is an OS now?
I think OP may be onto something real, while you are definitely right if we translate concepts directly. But maybe the challenge, with current platforms included, is because we try to cram identities by reference. If a phone had its own identity, with which you transact as with any party then lots of the security concerns would dissolve. To tone down crankiness, I refer to identity in the technical sense, not personality etc. This doesn’t solve the challenge but it might point to a different foundation for a security model.
cgio··on Nokia Design Archive (2025)
I am pretty sure they were designing personal computers too, with Symbian and having witnessed blackberry. Some people may not remember, but people were practically begging Apple to release an ”iPod phone” for what at least felt like years, the market was ready for it and iPod was the key. Nokia was great, their devices too. But Apple won in hearts before it won in pockets. And I was not even a big fan, my first ever iPhone was an Xr, I could still see it.
cgio··on Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats
I think it’s more accurate to say that Claude funded this research. As of today “agents” can commit crimes without repercussions, fund research and appropriate its results. Who knows what’s next. The opportunities for further revolutionary developments is astounding.
cgio··on Claude Opus 5.5
So if it’s meaningful, is the release of 5.5 consistent with the meaning, inconsistent, and who decides?
cgio··on DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why
I am so trained now, that I didn’t even read what they were asking for. Just closed the tab and came here to see if there was anything of value. Too expensive to even read their wall.
cgio··on Can gzip be a language model?
Good point. Looks like it’s related to window size (incl for lzma btw). Lzma stays 0.9 and goes to 88.5 post 8.8M gap. Zstd -14 is close to lzma up to 4.4M where it jumps to 91.5. 14L seems to be the best overall for this scenario staying at 1.9.
cgio··on People hooked on vapes try a new way to quit: cigarettes
There was a rumour/some basic statistics that smokers were at more risk in bad cases of Covid but nevertheless were proportionally less likely to have heavy Covid.
cgio··on Pentagon says overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school
I think that’s the important distinction. Mistakes under pressure do happen. Unnecessary pressure is not a mistake, though, it’s a crime in this context. They could start planning earlier or commit to action later.
cgio··on Claude Opus 5.5
You’ll always have access to the underclass models so they also have your thinking to train on. And good ideas to steal.
cgio··on Claude Opus 5.5
That’s no more than sophisticated avoidance. The phrase remains superficial and arbitrary, which is exactly what it needs to Not be in a public discussion that it’s supposed to support. It’s a reinforcement of the blank check mentality that permeates this industry.
cgio··on Can gzip be a language model?
Lzma. I did a simple test, same payload repeated with a gap. Lzma ruled it.

|gap |gzip |bz2 |lzma | |---------|----------|-----|--------| |0 |2.7% |18.9%|*0.9%*| |8 KB |2.4% |17.8%|0.9% | |*40 KB*|*94.4%* |17.7%|0.4% | |1 MB |*104.3%*|19.7%|*0.9%*|

cgio··on Frontier AI on Your Own Hardware
The problem is, if we don’t confront it now, what will happen to this generation? We are cosy in our experienced bucket, but we should not let it happen, even if it pragmatically gives us more safety. I honestly think expertise should be less relevant with AI. The point of entry level was never just about them building expertise. It was also about them bringing fresh ideas, fresh culture -as annoying as it is sometimes - and challenge the establishment. We are moving towards a stagrowth of incremental “improvements”. Not 20 years. This year. When everything moves fast we cannot afford to have this Damocles sword hanging.
cgio··on Claude Status – Elevated errors for multiple models
In my experience, rather than converging, you end up with a minced up concept. You have to know when to stop the loop. I filter the feedback too, and need to challenge some of the challenges as these models tend to be very conservative. I believe this is intentional, to control AI psychosis, which is indeed quite easy to get. My 2c. If you don’t have good control of what you’re working with you are either searching blind or end up with something basic.
cgio··on MiMo v2.6
Yes, someone can still blow up a pipe and they look the other way. On the other hand, you can also draw parallels to themselves becoming increasingly reliant on US vs UK in the past.
cgio··on Spain orders blocks on Archive.today and its mirrors
In a zoo humanity lays protected. These beings used to roam earth as the apex predators and destroyers of their ecosystem and their species too.
cgio··on Asking authors about their own papers
Curation is the new skill. The dismissal of a result on the basis of authorship is one of the reasons blind reviews are there. It sounds like we need more scientists. In al seriousness, this is a skill not just for science. Even at work, the amount of slop is rising exponentially and people are half-treating the symptom with its source, using AI to summarise. We will find our ways eventually.
cgio··on I built non-autoregressive decision models with RL a year ago
I don’t mind the cringe. I have access to the information, so I can tell for myself. That’s my definition of face value, not necessarily that I agree, but I am given all the information to make a judgement.
cgio··on I built non-autoregressive decision models with RL a year ago
It’s the other way around for me. OP has published everything in the open, so I can take him at face value. A PR media release on the other hand, I can accept with some reservations. The objective and non-conspiratorial reading I could offer is, this is most probably two independent discoveries of the same idea, maybe with different implementation. I still think the Jev team should look at prior art before going so hard on the marketing.
cgio··on Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain
We should not be wary of loud truths either. Unless we push the envelope we cannot trace back to the essence. Like, as an outsider in this discussion, I am now inclined not only to assess the finding, but also the definition of an organ. The title did good work. Its refutation too. Fencing every statement in unquestionable truth does not make the pursuit of truth stronger.
cgio··on Minimal Phone 2
I’d add payment and maps and ability to login government sites or banks and connecting to your car… we are being very efficiently locked in.
cgio··on OpenJev
Maybe it’s my weird aesthetic but I liked this style since before llm. My designs were pretty similar and boxy with fake shadows. Also, this specific one reminds me of the style that dev.to I think had a few years ago, and back then it was very different. So I would say I like it even though I have seen other designs. I also like very brutalist, Craigslist like design and Japanese websites. Not a fan of very advanced designs.
cgio··on Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'
Not at leaf level, but if you trace the trunk, pretty sure you end up on the same one.
cgio··on OpenJev
Maybe I am conditioned, but I found it nice and clean.
cgio··on The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities
Still looks good enough on financial statements if you’re ig enough to care about them, and it makes for great collateral in the process of buying the next one.
cgio··on Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA
I think the repeat of Fujitsu, Fujitsu- MONAKA is truly annoying. Is there just this press release, or other better sources?
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