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AlexeyBrin
11,532karma·1,345submissions·January 25, 2013
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On Linux you have full control, you can disable swapping if you want to preserve your disk. You can also use a less heavy UI manager and further reduce memory usage. You have, in theory, more options …
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Reading the article is like climbing a load-bearing wall to quote their last phrase.
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I can bet in a few months we will see a book from Uncle Bob Martin about coding without reading the code or something about how to increase your productivity in the age of AI.
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> I wonder how long software projects will even be able to ban LLM use in an age where exploits are found by LLMs. You can use an LLM to scan your human written code for exploits and patch the rele…
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Sounds like an episode from Black Mirror . How can this complement teacher's work ?
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You can replace the tga with bmp which is natively supported by Windows and not difficult to implement (if you prefer to use a C library look for stb libs).
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Gustavo's lectures are great! I work through his Compiler lectures now and I bought the 3D renderer course too.
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There is no HN as a thinking entity, there are individual users each with his own mind.
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You can probably simulate (in theory) the creation and destruction of neural connections the same way we simulate "wires" between elements in an FPGA.
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Probably Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy the book or the screenplay for the movie with the same name.
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He does not use AI. I saw a recent interview with him in which he talked a bit about gen AI.
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This is in the same vein as "Linux is a cancer" from years ago.
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I have no connection with the book author. Also, people post all the time links to paid sources on HN (like books, software or pay for services).
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https://www.susanrigetti.com/math
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First impression - looks great. Congrats. I have couple of questions: * I didn't see any AI mention, was it entirely built by humans without AI ? * Were will the tests run ? Your servers or the u…
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Now, it looks fine to me too. I tested it in Chrome,Firefox, Safari on macOS and on Safari on an iPad yesterday when I wrote my comment and in all cases there were black lines all over the the place. …
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This sounds like a terrible idea. 5 years olds need human interaction with a human tutor or with other children.
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The original title is much better How Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered . As it is now Maxwell's Equations Were Discovered it sounds like they were just discovered or someone rediscover…
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The website seems to have a bug with syntax highlighting. Pieces of code included in the post text are black, you can still see the actual text if you select it with your mouse. Same bug on Chrome des…
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Judging by the authors, I'm sure the book will be excellent. Hopefully it will be available through O'Reilly Online, because the price is a bit steep.