Why “number” is being discussed
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From the MIT-AI Lab's file "AI:HUMOR;PDP-* LIST", the inimitable Marc Crispin weighs in on DEC's PDP's: https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/ma…
by DonHopkins · Oct 31, 2026
> I don't know why you needed a paragraph to say that 1000% memory inflation is a trade-off to optimize dev costs Because that's not what I said. My point was more that a "1000%…
by pron · Oct 31, 2026
The question should really be the other way around - LLMs are just computer programs, and in general, computer programs are theoretically deterministic. Given the same inputs an…
by antonvs · Oct 31, 2026
Metaessen.com is not only a bookmark manager but also a note-taking app. It can manage bookmarks, notes, tasks, projects, ideas, and more. Main features: - Practical and concise…
by lilerjee · Oct 31, 2026
I don't see how being a hobby site makes it more sustainable to have crawlers making insane numbers of constant requests to your server for seemingly no good reason? If what use…
by saurik · Oct 31, 2026
I don't think this a youth thing that "people outgrow", lol. For over a decade now adult (and now middle-aged) peers who are heavy readers were asking me to put books on their e…
by TFNA · Oct 31, 2026
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