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mda··on Betula – federated bookmarking software for the independent web
Betul (with umlaut) is a common Turkish name as well, from Arabic, of similar meaning. Also name of birch tree and related things, e.g. Fomitopsis betulina for birch fungus.
mda··on DuckDuckGo was down
No they always downplayed and tried to obscure the fact that it is basically a bing wrapper. Smoke and mirrors seems to be the main business strategy.
mda··on AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of life's molecules
Alphazero indeed crushed stockfish with a novel technique, I think it deserved all the praise.
mda··on Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices
One of them is 100 times more extensive. Ideal is to have none, but lets not pretend that magnitude and severity is not relevant.
mda··on I Lost Faith in Kagi
"Kagi does no paid advertising"

I remember Daniel King's PowerPlayChess channel recently started promoting Kagi, doesn't this count as paid advertising or is this deal something else?

mda··on Google's Chrome antitrust paradox
I wonder what other conflict of interest other authors have.
mda··on 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza
I watched the movie 2 times in past. I think Smith killing a child just because she is carrying science books (Oh she must be up to something) was sure out of the box and completely ridiculous as well. Also, how is Smith's characters action not "Shoot first"? please.
mda··on 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza
Observes and kills a child carrying the science book.
mda··on An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow disease through Dutch bulb fields
Apparently a mummy is an almond nut that was not harvested and remained on the tree. Some pests depend on these to survive the winter, so having them on trees is a risk.
mda··on Justice Department to Sue Apple for Antitrust Violations as Soon as Thursday
It could be corporate war and for public good at the same time.
mda··on Google restricts Gemini chatbot election answers
What do you expect it to say?
mda··on Apple to wind down electric car effort after decadelong odyssey
I always thought Tesla cars have very bland and boring designs (except the truck which, it is still bad, but at least not boring).
mda··on Sam Altman seeks to raise up to $7T for new chip project
He is delusional.
mda··on The Ladybird browser project
Isn't this a recipe for disaster from security perspective?
mda··on Train robbery for Amazon packages? More common than you think
Seeing so many people stealing everything from porches in broad day light, sometimes with their kids and with zero remorse changed it for me as well.
mda··on 50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know (Second Edition)
What is with this "N things every X should know/eat/do/not do" titles? It is patronizing and stupid.
mda··on The pro-Israel information war
They were freely trading, sailing their ships, moving around the country, leaving entering freely right?
mda··on The pro-Israel information war
"Israel is going great lengths to protect civilians."

No they don't. They never did.

mda··on Gemini "duck" demo was not done in realtime or with voice
It was a fork from the beginning and it is blink engine for 10 years.
mda··on Gemini "duck" demo was not done in realtime or with voice
Webkit is not a browser.
mda··on Towards accurate differential diagnosis with large language models
It seems they usually test for hyperaldosteronism if they see the obvious signs like low potassium levels. Maybe they did not observe this at the beginning?
mda··on The dead children we must see
Syrian government and Russia.
mda··on Titled Tuesday Cheating
It is true that chess engines are not usually designed to play in 15-30s games, however those ultra bullet examples games against the browser based versions which are much weaker and slower than the a dedicated engine process.
mda··on Titled Tuesday Cheating
chess.com browser based engine is quite bad and default depth is low (and this is from 2 years ago).
mda··on Titled Tuesday Cheating
He is not faster than engines.
mda··on OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman
Google meet is excellent for videoconferencing actually.
mda··on Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
Kinda. Note that in most cases even the least religious would not eat pork, which is strictly prohibited. For others, definition of Halal is a bit vague, e.g. Kosher is considered halal by most.
mda··on YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin
Simple, because most of the people wants to have the cake and eat it.
mda··on Pixel 8 Pro
If anecdotes matter, my family use 5 pixel 6/7/7a phones and I have never seen a single build issue.
mda··on Pixel 8 Pro
Many people takes thousands of pictures / videos with their phones yearly.
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