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freilanzer··on Why Fennel?
> It sounds like you write code as black box then run it in REPL to see what it does because you don't understand it by yourself.

That doesn't even make any remote sense. "I don't get the fixation with the JVM. It sounds like you write code as a black box, then compile and run it to see what it does because you don't understand it by yourself."

freilanzer··on I genuinely don't understand why some people are still bullish about LLMs
So they used the model as a database? It should be immediately obvious to anyone that this won't work.
freilanzer··on EU looks to hit Big Tech in crackdown on US services exports
Are you asking what the current political trends in the EU, which the article is about, have to do with Trump, the president of the USA?
freilanzer··on EU looks to hit Big Tech in crackdown on US services exports
> instead of opening my mouth to parrot the "Orange Man Evil" party line to farm upvotes.

Or, you know, Europeans and Canadians might actually see the Orange Man for what he is, and express their opinions.

freilanzer··on Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood
Germany as well.
freilanzer··on Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood
While that might be the case, a 'landlord' can't just enter a house or apartment.
freilanzer··on The Lost Art of Research as Leisure
Same with geopolitics now, since the USA have basically sided with Russia against Ukraine. I want to have a solid background to be able to interpret current events and tendencies.
freilanzer··on Rhombus Language
Is it statically typed, like Ocaml?
freilanzer··on The Differences Between Deep Research, Deep Research, and Deep Research
He didn't say that it was invented by LLM providers...
freilanzer··on The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils (2022)
Next step: fountain pens.
freilanzer··on Understanding Reasoning LLMs
Is it possible that you don't quite understand LLMs?
freilanzer··on Understanding Reasoning LLMs
If LLMs can't reason, then this cannot either - whatever this is supposed to be. Not a good argument. Also, since you're apparently working on that product: 'It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.'
freilanzer··on Motion sickness accessibility in video games
> I guess to clarify, you're mostly talking about PC gaming where you're sitting close to the screen, or is this something you also experience with console games?

For me, it doesn't matter how far I am from the screen. If the camera is too far from the character in first person or too close in third person (Darksiders is impossible, Metal Gear 5 is fine), I can't play it.

Also, screen shake, head bob, and small FOV are impossible.

freilanzer··on Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?
> What if I decide to teach you something about the Quran and you don't hire me?

Simple, don't pick subjects, such as religion, sexuality, etc. It's not that deep.

freilanzer··on The Illustrated DeepSeek-R1
> Too bad for you, if the majority of them will vote someone not to your liking.

If the majority of people get their vote from a LLM, then it already doesn't matter which LLM it is.

freilanzer··on Promising results from DeepSeek R1 for code
OTOH, text and images have only been around for a little while. The real question is whether text and images can contain enough information for AGI, or a physical world to interact with is needed.
freilanzer··on Tensor Product Attention Is All You Need
That attention works and is highly parallelisable.
freilanzer··on Learning Tibetan changed the way I think (2023)
Depends where you are coming from.
freilanzer··on Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
That's exactly the second kind of quick note taking I was talking about.
freilanzer··on Show HN: A program to learn phrases in multiple languages at once
Same here.
freilanzer··on Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
> People often claim that taking notes by hand, because it is slow, forces you to interpret and condense what you are learning into a more compact representation, and therefore understand it better.

> while I'm busy doing that thinking, I missed the last 3 sentences from the lecturer

That's not the same kind of note-taking. The first is writing for understanding, the second is taking quick notes to avoid missing anything while the lecturer is talking.

freilanzer··on Man suffers chemical burn that lasted months after squeezing limes
Carolina Reaper here, my hands were burning for 3 days since the capsaicin was absorbed into my skin.
freilanzer··on Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?
That is indeed very cool.
freilanzer··on China Is Bombarding Tech Talent with Job Offers. the West Is Freaking Out
So, the same then.
freilanzer··on Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?
Remarkable 2. For me, it's worse than pen and notebook, since I can search effectively in neither and the writing experience in the latter is much better. Tags aren't a replacement for search in notes, the screen is quite imprecise at times, the cloud sync is paid, and a lot of the features that would make it more than a paper notebook are missing imo (better overview over my notes and annotations, lack of infinite canvas for PDF annotation means I have less space in the PDF than with a printed one, etc.).
freilanzer··on Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed in ancient Syrian city
Sounds extremely inefficient for a language.
freilanzer··on Choose Boring Technology and LLMs
Go is a terrible example for a modern, elegant, and creative language design.
freilanzer··on U.S. chip revival plan chooses sites
And apparently they cancelled their fab in Germany.
freilanzer··on Blog Writing for Developers (2023)
Is there an easy way to setup a blog that supports syntax highlighting, images, quotes, latex, but without going in depth? I'd love to host a blog, but I'd rather invest most of the time into the writing.
freilanzer··on Billionaires emit more CO₂ in 90 minutes than most people do in a lifetime
> Then why aren't other people capable of doing what he is doing?

> How many of the people who build stuff for him would be capable of what he does?

What is he doing exactly? Have an ungodly amount of money and invest it? Gee, I wonder why normal people can't do that.

> The reality is that his time simply is worth more than yours or mine since it will result in exponentialy more products being produced than that of a single worker.

This personality cult is tiring.

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