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pavitheran··on Three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics
Yes it means both SETH and ETH are false.
pavitheran··on Sharing AI progress in mathematics
From the GitHub description: “On average, each result used 3 hours of ChatGPT Pro thinking compute”
pavitheran··on Sonnet 5.5
Big jump on Agentic coding from 10.3% -> 70.6% from Sonnet 5 -> 5.5 which even surpasses Opus 5.5. Opus 5.5 is really strong so this is impressive especially for the cost.
pavitheran··on GPT-6 Astra
By this definition, even most humans would not qualify as having AGI though.
pavitheran··on Promising results from DeepSeek R1 for code
Deepseek is a big deal but we should be happy not worried that our tools are improving.
pavitheran··on ChatGPT app for iOS
I have the same problem with Youtube links. Doesn't seem like a reddit only issue.
pavitheran··on The secret sauce of TikTok’s recommendations
Tiktok does not ask for financial information after your first video.
pavitheran··on CISA: Election Security Rumor vs. Reality
In Canada we can vote without ID by declaring our name/address and having a friend/family member from the same district vouch that we are eligible to vote.

Source: https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=ids&do...

pavitheran··on Bitcoin mining becomes unprofitable as BTC price falls to average cost of mining
Yes anyone sending a transaction can choose to set a higher fee rate to get their transaction prioritized to be included in the chain. The miners will try to include transactions that will pay them the highest fees in the next block.
pavitheran··on Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-optional push grows
I believe this is a more of a UofT practice rather than a general Canadian practice? As a Waterloo grad CS grad once you were in the program, you were in. I I agree it's really cruel to students to have this kind of 1st/2nd year cut off system though.
pavitheran··on Uber Engineering Tricks of the Trade: Tuning JVM Memory for Large-Scale Services
What should be used instead of Hadoop DFS in 2021?