toxypol's comments

On: Llama3 running locally on iPhone 15 Pro

[toxypol]

what is with the BS answer lol

[SushiHippie → toxypol]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point_combinator#Y_com...

On: Llama 3 8B is almost as good as Wizard 2 8x22B

[toxypol]

it is a huge jump, testing for last hours

On: Hans Reiser on ReiserFS deprecation in the Linux k...

[toxypol]

Being a computer scientist in prison until death must suck so hard. Jesus Christ.

[bigbillheck → toxypol]

Why's it any worse than being any other kind of person in prison?

[fl7305 → bigbillheck]

It'd suck a lot less if your main hobby was playing poker with roughnecks.

[saalweachter → fl7305]

Bad hobbies to have in prison:

  * computers
  * wood working
  * lock-picking

Good hobbies to have in prison:

  * re-inventing mathematics from scratch
  * writing poetry
  * working low-skill jobs without meaningful compensation

[fred_is_fred → toxypol]

Agreed but he's parole eligible in 2027 according to wikipedia. So it may not be life.

On: Twitter unveils X logo to replace blue bird

[toxypol]

x.com is not a bad domain tbh

[nirimda → toxypol]

I think a major problem with it is that it sounds like a porn site. The value of short domains is probably overrated too, a single word is nice but a single letter? so what?

On: Unicode Character “𝕏” (U+1D54F)

[toxypol]

so musk was trolled?

[bsuvc → toxypol]

No, Musk is the one doing the trolling.

Just look at the attention he is getting.

If you think Musk is somehow upset about this, you are wrong.

[coffeebeqn → bsuvc]

Wow I feel so trolled that he’s lighting more of his money on fire. Buy an extremely well known brand for 44 billion and replace it with something you spend 5 minutes of effort on.

[asveikau → bsuvc]

Right, it may look like he's making dumb decisions left and right and doesn't have anyone telling him how stupid he is to get him to stop, but he's really playing 4d chess.

/s

[bsuvc → asveikau]

I didn't say any of that.

On: Linux Commands for Efficient Server Management

[toxypol]

is this a joke

On: Ask HN: Is anyone hosting their own Jitsi server?

[toxypol]

I do, ask me anything. It is great.

On: Starlink was down because of expired certificate

[toxypol]

spend less time in the comments section and more time building bro

[peter_d_sherman → toxypol]

Question #1: Building what exactly, "bro"?

Question #2: How would that change anything?

Question #3: How do I know that you're not:

a) A GPT-3 or other AI powered chat bot?

b) A Troll?

c) A paid disinformant and/or propagandist and/or someone else with an agenda -- foreign or domestic?

?

Question #4: What value do you genuinely believe your comments add to the discussion?

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On: Request: Extension to hide Apple news from HN

[toxypol]

get over it, they are years ahead

[cwillu → toxypol]

Last year's “Apple releases revolutionary processor” was news.

This year's “Apple releases incremental improvement of last year's revolutionary processor” is not.

On: Signal devs don't intend to support Apple M1

[toxypol]

It's not a bad choice at all.

[raxxorrax → toxypol]

I got the macbook air cheaply (basically for free) and I like the device. A passively cooled notebook with good power, display, HID. I have nothing against that and Apple built a decent product.

That said, for me this has little to do with the future of software and hardware innovation. In that regard it is a toy and is quickly delegated as such by other systems I use that tend to be more free and more powerful, just by the merit of giving me choice. Perhaps rougher around some edges than a stylized Apple product, sure. But anyway, this thread should not be about that.

But when I got the macbook, I was very aware that there will be hiccups in compatibility. I use non-native Blender and the performance is amazing considering that I use it with help of Rosetta on a passively cooled notebook. There might be a native implementation by now, but I would never presume to demand a project to accommodate my personal choice of processor architecture, even if someone already supplied a fix. Perhaps they just didn't have time to look at it or already had a solution under development and therefore closed a PR. I also think they don't owe any explanations. They probably close just as many PR for their projects without comment. To see it as an affront to the "developer community" is just a bit much.