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deadmutex··on Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
Swift >> Messi >> Durov in popularity among the general population. Your unique interests may not generalize.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...

deadmutex··on Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
Yep, and I have yet to see evidence of this being a huge story for those people. He's no Messi or Bieber or Swift.
deadmutex··on Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
> This is an insanely big developing story.

For people in tech

deadmutex··on Google TV Streamer: Our new entertainment and smart home hub
Performance is more than just media playback. E.g. smoothness of the UI, input latency, etc. all matter. Sometimes you also want to play a video at 2x speed, or play multiple video at once (e.g. sports use case).
deadmutex··on Twitter kills its San Francisco headquarters, will relocate to South Bay
Please also consider that suburbs are often much cheaper to rent a 1800 sqft of living space (say a decent 3 BR 2 Bath) vs the city.
deadmutex··on Ask HN: Am I crazy or is Android development awful?
I read that, but it doesn't really make sense in context.
deadmutex··on Zen 5's 2-ahead branch predictor: how a 30 year old idea allows for new tricks
You can check out the seminal paper linked in the article. Or start by summarizing the paper with Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, etc. to get a high level overview (and then confirm the answer by reading the paper).
deadmutex··on Ask HN: Am I crazy or is Android development awful?
What does caked-in mean?
deadmutex··on Apple tries to rein in Hollywood spending after years of losses
> Apple TV is my favorite app to use on it. It doesn't have any ads

jFYI, lots of other services also have no-ads plans. E.g. Netflix.

deadmutex··on Apple tries to rein in Hollywood spending after years of losses
> Their bitrate is roughly double the other popular services.

Just curious: Is this comparing the same codec? x264 vs AV1 will have a massively different bitrate. So, if a service is using AV1, that could actually be better for the consumer.

deadmutex··on Financial Statement Analysis with Large Language Models
It would've been interesting to compare models with larger context windows, e.g. Gemini with 1m+ tokens and Claude Opus. Otherwise, the title maybe should've been Financial Statement Analysis with GPT-4.
deadmutex··on Apple introduces M4 chip
Yeah, given that they resisted putting RCS in iMessage so long, I am a bit skeptical about the whole privacy narrative. Especially when Apple's profit is at odds with user privacy.
deadmutex··on New startup sells coffee through SSH
~$15-$20 for a 12oz to get it fresh from a local roaster in the SFBA.
deadmutex··on SSDs have become fast, except in the cloud
The GCE claim is unverified. OP seems to be referring to PD-SSD and not LocalSSD
deadmutex··on SSDs have become fast, except in the cloud
You can find Intel Sapphire Rapids powered VM instances on GCE
deadmutex··on FCC rules AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal
> I don't believe there is a single useful use case for an unsolicited robocaller for the receiver

So, if I call my vet to make an appointment, is that solicitated or unsolicited?

deadmutex··on FCC rules AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal
Does this also ban generated voices when they self identify as such? IMHO, if someone is not trying to deceive, it should be allowed. E.g. if the call starts out as "this is ai generated voice from xyz, ____". There are likely useful use cases for that.
deadmutex··on Everyone hates the electronic medical record
Can you please add more details/examples? The current responses seem to be a bit broad/vague to follow.

E.g. what are your recommendations? pay staff more? i.e. increase doctor pay?

deadmutex··on No car company has taken up Tesla's offer to license FSD
> FSD brand is damaged, it has negative value

Citation needed

deadmutex··on How much memory bandwidth do large Amazon instances offer?
looks like GB/s
deadmutex··on Google lays off Bay Area workers, closes Mtn View child care center
> any other team I would have understood. but devs? makes no sense.

Other roles in the company also bring in value, and can be considered a "core asset"

deadmutex··on Matter, set to fix smart home standards in 2023, stumbled in the real market
Not OP, but I hear that Zigbee implementations vary by vendor, and are usually not compatible across vendors.
deadmutex··on Looking into the Stadia Controller Bluetooth Mode Website
On which metric was Stadia inferior to xcloud?? GFN, I could understand, but Stadia would smoke XCloud
deadmutex··on Ask HN: 2023 lookback retrospective what are your takeaways from this year?
> Ai is really neat for summarizing, used it most for pre Dr visit diagnosis - less likely than WebMD to feel like you have a severe disease.

Interesting. Didn't realize people were already using it for previsit diagnosis. Fwiw, it could completely be hallucinating. I wouldn't use it for anything more than entertainment purposes.

deadmutex··on Amazon Unveils Graviton4: A 96-Core ARM CPU with 536.7 GBps Memory Bandwidth
Just grab a beefy x86 CPU (e.g. one based on AMD zen4) and put it in SMT=1, and you'll probably have a much better experience. A lot of windows/Linux software is already optimized for x86, and you'll get good performance uplift per logical thread from SMT=1.
deadmutex··on Developer account removed by Apple
Underrated comment
deadmutex··on Ask HN: Best Alternatives to OpenAI ChatGPT?
How did you come to the conclusion that it was RLHF?
deadmutex··on Ask HN: Best Alternatives to OpenAI ChatGPT?
That's a bit of a generalization from one task though, no?

E.g. bard is hooked into the Google services like Maps and YouTube, so if you want to plan a trip or search contents of a video, it is likely better.

deadmutex··on California strikes another blow against rooftop solar
> They tried this in Texas. During the 2021 winter storms consumers who opted for cheaper rates tied to the actual generation costs ended up with $20k+ power bills.

That's not necessarily because grid costs + generation costs were separate.

If you want to isolate yourself from the volatility of hourly electric price, the power company can still do that by buying insurance / hedging in other ways on behalf of the customer. The insurance cost can be billed separately, or included in the variable rate (depending on the underlying cost structure of the insurance).

deadmutex··on Restoring the Everglades to ensure South Florida's freshwater supply
Sounds risky. Actively betting against RO not getting more efficient before water supplies dwindle down to the level mentioned in the comment
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