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AI's $344B 'Language Model' Bet Looks Fragile

news.ycombinator.com Parmy Olson 2025-09-29 19:49:24

Every investor knows not to put all your eggs in one basket. So why is Silicon Valley betting on just one way to build artificial intelligence? This year the world’s four largest tech firms will spend $344 billion on AI, mostly on data centers used to train and run so-called large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT that can process text, audio and visual content. The technology is largely underpinned by the same technique of predicting tokens that appear next in a sequence.

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College student’s “time travel” AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-29 15:13:56

A hobbyist developer building AI language models that speak Victorian-era English "just for fun" got an unexpected history lesson this week when his latest creation mentioned real protests from 1834 London—events the developer didn't know had actually happened until he Googled them. "I was interested to see if a protest had actually occurred in 1834 London and it really did happen," wrote Reddit user Hayk Grigorian, who is a computer science student at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania. For t

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Why top and free in containers don't show the correct container memory (2018)

news.ycombinator.com Ciro S. Costa 2025-11-14 02:42:04

Hey, Something that is very common to get wrong when starting with Linux containers is to think that free and other tools like top should report the memory limits. Here you’ll not only go through why that happens and how to get it right, but also take a look at where is the Kernel looking for information when you ask it for memory statistics. Also, if you’re curious about how the code for keeping track of per-cgroup page counter looks, stick to the end! This is the third article in a series

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April Fools 2014: The *Real* Test Driven Development (2014)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 09:46:40

Update: APRIL FOOLS! class LinkGeneratorTest(googletest.TestCase): def setUp( self ): self .generator = link_generator.LinkGenerator() def testGetLinkFromIDs( self ): expected = ( 'https://frontend.google.com/advancedSearchResults?' 's.op=ALL&s.r0.field=ID&s.r0.val=1288585+1310696+1346270+' ) actual = self .generator.GetLinkFromIDs(set((1346270, 1310696, 1288585))) self .assertEqual(expected, actual)

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April Fools 2014: The *Real* Test Driven Development

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 15:46:40

Update: APRIL FOOLS! class LinkGeneratorTest(googletest.TestCase): def setUp( self ): self .generator = link_generator.LinkGenerator() def testGetLinkFromIDs( self ): expected = ( 'https://frontend.google.com/advancedSearchResults?' 's.op=ALL&s.r0.field=ID&s.r0.val=1288585+1310696+1346270+' ) actual = self .generator.GetLinkFromIDs(set((1346270, 1310696, 1288585))) self .assertEqual(expected, actual)

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Geocities Backgrounds

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-26 17:42:22

.:.Black ~ 36.:. .:.Blue ~ 138.:. .:.Brown ~ 60.:. .:.Green ~ 103.:. .:.Grey [Dark] ~ 33.:. .:.Grey [Light] ~ 58.:. .:.Orange ~ 33.:. .:.Pink ~ 34.:. .:.Purple ~ 70.:. .:.Red ~ 49.:. .:.White ~ 23.:. .:.White Base ~ 72.:. .:.Yellow ~ 54.:. .:.Multicolour & Rainbow ~ 186.:. .:.Animal Print [Fur] ~ 20.:. .:.Animal Print (Scales) ~ 25.:. .:.Animals ~ 36.:. .:.Bricks ~ 34.:. .:.Checkerboard ~ 35.:. .:.Embossed & Etched ~ 94.:. .:.Fabric ~ 38.:. .:.Fantasy ~ 10.:. .:.Floral ~ 43

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Artisanal handcrafted Git repositories

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-09 09:45:24

There’s no love and care put into crafting our git repositories nowadays. Let’s change that. I’m going to talk about how to handmake your git repositories without using these silly git commands. You might also learn a bit more about how git works under the hood during the process, or whatever. If you’re so inclined, you might also take it as an opportunity to appreciate how the power of git comes not from the complexity of its code but from the simplicity and elegance of its design. I mean,

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This 34-inch ultrawide OLED blew me away - and its Prime Day deal makes it even better

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2026-01-19 11:42:33

ZDNET's key takeaways The Alienware 34 240Hz QD-OLED Gaming Monitor retails for $800. It is a large, 34-inch curved gaming monitor with impressive visual output and an immersive design. Be aware that this display does not come with internal speakers. View now at Dell View now at Amazon more buying choices During Amazon Prime Day, the Alienware 34 QD-OLED is on sale for $680, a $120 discount. For the longest time, I considered curved monitors to be nothing more than a gimmick like 3D TVs (rem

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This video doorbell camera successfully replaced my Ring with no subscription (and it's on sale)

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-01-21 21:19:56

ZDNET's key takeaways The Eufy Security Video Doorbell E340 is normally available for $150 but is currently on sale. This doorbell features two cameras to give you complete visibility of the person at your door and any packages left on your porch, all with no monthly fees. Although the doorbell comes with 8GB of built-in local storage (enough for up to 60 days of event recordings), you need to add a Eufy Security HomeBase to get the most out of it. View now at Amazon View now at Eufy more buyi

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This video doorbell camera successfully replaced my Ring with no subscription - and it's on sale

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-01-25 06:01:13

ZDNET's key takeaways The Eufy Security Video Doorbell E340 is normally available for $180 but is currently on sale. This doorbell features two cameras to give you complete visibility of the person at your door and any packages left on your porch, all with no monthly fees. Although the doorbell comes with 8GB of built-in local storage (enough for up to 60 days of event recordings), you need to add a Eufy Security HomeBase to get the most out of it. View now at Amazon View now at Eufy more buyi

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The Ulefone Armor 34 Pro has a projector, night vision, and a 25,500mAh battery

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-28 11:30:58

Ulefone If you thought rugged phones were all the same, Ulefone’s new Armor 34 Pro is out to prove otherwise. Launching with an Amazon Prime Day deal of $100 off, this device packs not just durability but an industry-first feature: a built-in autofocus projector. Imagine camping under the stars and projecting a 100-inch image directly from your phone. With 150 lumens of brightness, 480P resolution, and autofocus for easy setup, the Armor 34 Pro’s projector works anywhere, whether you’re a fire

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