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kfet kfet @lemmy.ca

Software Engineer, AI/ML, modern languages, sailing, Nintendo (Metroid and Zelda).

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Gemma 2B vs Phi-2
  • Then again on a second attempt I get wildly different resutls, for both of them. Might be a matter of advanced settings, like temperature, but single examples don't seem to be indicative of one being better than the other at this type of Qs.

  • Gemma 2B vs Phi-2
  • Then again on a second attempt I get wildly different resutls, for both of them. Might be a matter of advanced settings, like temperature, but single examples don't seem to be indicative of one being better than the other at this type of Qs.

  • Gemma 2B vs Phi-2
  • Interesting but that's not what I'm getting at all from gemma and phi on ollama.

  • A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco
  • False.

    The pedestrian in that accident was struck by a human driver, hit and run, THEN they hit the Waymo, which did a pull-over maneuver. It did drag the victim (of the HUMAN) in error. It did not strike them at all.

    In fact the actual real issue was the C-suite trying to cover it up, intead of being upfront with the DMV. THAT’S what got Waymo in trouble. All fired now, as expected, the shitheads.

  • Food and medicine for Gaza – Germany has increased its assistance for people in Gaza
  • There is no contradiction in anything you just said. To defend agains Hamas is a necessity. To try and help humans in pain as well.

  • Jury awards climate scientist Michael Mann $1 million in defamation lawsuit
  • Sued a couple of conservative writers.

  • Junior Dev VS Machine Learning
  • GPT is ML

  • EU leaders unlock €50bn support package for Ukraine
  • They threatened taking away Hungary’s voting power in EU altogether . Apparently there is a process to do that.

  • Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says
  • Replace "Windows" with "Windows Phone".

    Again, it is not every time at all. Its after 1 MILLION first-time installs (per user, not devcie) in the last 12 months. This is an incredibly large number of installs!

  • Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says
  • Also it is 1M users annually, i.e. just in the past 12 months. A significant detail.

  • Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says
  • Also there is a fee waiver for certain devs, like NPOs and educational orgs. Overall there is a TON of great stuff coming to EU and absolutely no negatives.

    Zero negatives, NOTHING is getting worse, and a lot is getting much much better.

  • Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says
  • Read it again:

    The new business terms for iOS apps in the EU have three elements: Reduced commission — iOS apps on the App Store will pay a reduced commission of either 10 percent (for the vast majority of developers, and subscriptions following their first year) or 17 percent on transactions for digital goods and services.

    Qouted verbatm from here: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/

    There is NO 30% fee anymore, it is going to be 10% for most, 17% for some

  • Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says
  • You are saying this as if 1M users is something that just happens overnight. This is a huge number, and there are very few non-profit generating apps which have that kind of reach.

  • Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says
  • The EXISTING fees have changed, there is no 30% fee. It's 17% now.

  • Biden administration raises ‘concerns’ about aspects of Quebec language law
  • That's exactly what USA are trying to do, minding their own business.

    It's a law directly impacting all businesses operating in Quebec.

  • Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says
  • Full access to NFC, bring your own browser engine, zero fees on third party stores, the changes are genuinely positive. What makes you say they feel like “retaliation”?

  • Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says
  • Yeah the Apple doc is all about iOS, not mentioning iPhone or iPad, which made it non-obvious. Especially since both products used to run iOS in the past.

  • Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says
  • Not a single Apple user has complained about this in my circles. Many non-EU are envious though.

  • Apple faces 'strong action' if App Store changes fall short, EU's Breton says
  • There is no 30% fee anymore. All the hate so far I find entirely unjustified, the changes are all really positive.

    You can argue it can be better, but saying it’s “retaliation” is a bit extreme.

  • electrek.co The 'world's largest' ultra-high-altitude wind farm just came online in Tibet

    The world's largest ultra-high-altitude wind farm came online on January 1 in Tibet, or what China now calls the Xizang Autonomous Region.

    The 'world's largest' ultra-high-altitude wind farm just came online in Tibet
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    www.nytimes.com California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception

    Launching one of the most prominent climate lawsuits in the nation, the state claims Exxon, Shell, BP and others misled the public and seeks creation of a special fund to pay for recovery.

    California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception
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    devlog.hexops.com Packed structs in Zig make bit/flag sets trivial

    As we've been building Mach engine, we've been using a neat little pattern in Zig that enables writing flag sets more nicely in Zig than in other languages. Here's a brief explainer.

    Packed structs in Zig make bit/flag sets trivial

    Bumped into this article about bit-sized booleans in Zig packed structs, thought it might be interesting to others.

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    Russia will not probe Prigozhin plane crash under international rules

    www.reuters.com Exclusive: Russia will not probe Prigozhin plane crash under international rules

    Russia has informed Brazil's aircraft investigation authority that it will not probe the crash of the Brazilian-made Embraer jet that killed mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin under international rules "at the moment."

    Exclusive: Russia will not probe Prigozhin plane crash under international rules
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    OpenOrca-Platypus2-13B released

    Places above all 13Bs, as well as above llama1-65b on the HuggingFace leaderboard

    !

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    Announcing StableCode

    stability.ai Announcing StableCode — Stability AI

    Stability AI has just announced the release of StableCode, its very first LLM generative AI product for coding. This product is designed to assist programmers with their daily work while also providing a great learning tool for new developers ready to take their skills to the next level.

    Announcing StableCode — Stability AI

    Stability AI has just announced the release of StableCode, its very first LLM generative AI product for coding.

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    www.ctvnews.ca Canada’s inflation rate is plummeting, so why are grocery prices still so expensive?

    Economists say there are a number of factors driving up food prices, but they expect food inflation to slow over time. Here's a look at what’s behind Canada’s high grocery prices and what to expect in the coming months.

    Canada’s inflation rate is plummeting, so why are grocery prices still so expensive?

    TLDR; climate change, Russia, supply chain not recovered, labor shortages; more price increases expected :/

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