Comment buying opera (Score 1) 74
damn, I've already bought opera browser back in 2005.
Submission + - Breakthrough in AI - Bridges Transformers and Neuroscience Without Sacrificing (arxiv.org) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Ever wondered if AI could think more like a human brain while still crushing language tasks like today's top models? Enter Dragon Hatchling (BDH), a groundbreaking new large language model from researcher Jan Chorowski. Inspired by the brain's efficient, scale-free networks, BDH uses a swarm of locally connected "neuron particles" to process data, blending biological realism with Transformer-level performance. It matches GPT-2's results on translation and language benchmarks with the same parameter sizes (from 10 million to 1 billion), all while following brain-like rules like synaptic plasticity and Hebbian learning—think neurons firing and wiring together in real time. What sets it apart? Built-in interpretability: its activations are sparse and clear, making it easier to peek inside and understand how it reasons about concepts. Plus, it's GPU-friendly, biologically plausible for explaining human speech, and scales up smoothly, potentially unlocking more universal AI reasoning. A fresh take on merging machines and minds that's as practical as it is intriguing.
Comment Re: Red Hat has EEE'd Linux (Score 2) 89
Centos was taken over by Red Hat, they've essentially killed that distro. Movement from the news somehow reinstates a free entreprise edition, but at worse conditions.
Comment regional? solution is obvious (Score 1) 201
It the opinions are regional, why not adjust time zones accordingly? NYC/LA would permanently shift to summer time; Indianapolis to standard time.
Comment gonna skip this one (Score 1) 51
waiting for such mission to Uranus
Comment Re:1984 is here (Score 1) 63
now they won't be able to request one to show vegana
Comment ransom / blackmain opportunity? (Score 1) 98
So now, me not having a FB account, I should be worried that scam account of my name would emerge, and it will be there publishing ansty stuff until I pay?
Great business model.
Comment Re:The countries near the poles will not want this (Score 1) 177
As a Pole I also don't want this.
Comment atari 800xe, c64 ... but hands on many more (Score 1) 523
First that I had a contact with: my friend's first gen C64, somewhere in 1983 - extremely early, if you consider we were behind iron curtain (and existence od CoCom exports embargo).
Later in the computer club: ZX81, ZX Spectrum 48k, ZX Spectrum +, Acorn (? some 8-bit)
At elementary school they've got single Amstrad CPC 464
Finally after some years got my first - Atari 800 XE (looked luke 65/130XE, but had option to add memory, so basically to turn 65XE to 130XE)
And a bit later - 2nd gen C64
Comment Re:Nonsense (Score 1) 429
> Standard combat wounded to loss ratio is 4:1. 14000 means 56000 wounded which will mean that you would not be able to get through the corridor in any hospital in the European part of Russia. We are fully aware that this is not the case.
You are assuming it was country with civilised mentality. Soviets/Russians were known for shooting own retreating troops, by KGB during WW2. Now, there was a rumour that Chechen troops were doing similar "motivation" for deserters or retreating soldiers. Russians are also not interested in retrieving corpses; they did some by we could safely assume they retrieved less than 30% bodies.
Comment Re:or perhaps tanks wil be protected (Score 1) 429
> The Bayraktar the Ukrainians are using costs about $5 million USD
According to this article: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defensenews.com%2Fun...
Ukraine bought 75 drones for $69M in 2019.
Comment puzzles (Score 1) 68
When covid isolation started, I've opened 5000 puzzle box with The Night Watch by Ravensburger, I have bought in 1989.
Became discouraged after a few days - resolution was awful and I've lost interest in completing something that blurry and with wrong colors.
Comment that escalated quickly (Score 1) 1
Just few weeks after Sir Clive died, and Spectrum customers are already threatened?
Submission + - Tesla Moving Headquarters From California To Texas (cnbc.com)
phalse phace writes: During Tesla's shareholder meeting today, CEO Elon Musk announced that the company's headquarters will be moving from California to Texas, making good on his threat to do so after Alameda County officials blocked the full reopening of Tesla's Fremont plant.
Regardless of the move, Musk reiterated that Tesla would be increasing production at its California plant: “To be clear we will be continuing to expand our activities in California. Our intention is to increase output from Fremont and Giga Nevada by 50%. If you go to our Fremont factory it’s jammed.” He further added that “It’s tough for people to afford houses, and people have to come in from far away.... There’s a limit to how big you can scale in the Bay Area.”
The news comes almost a year after Musk revealed that he personally moved to Texas.
Regardless of the move, Musk reiterated that Tesla would be increasing production at its California plant: “To be clear we will be continuing to expand our activities in California. Our intention is to increase output from Fremont and Giga Nevada by 50%. If you go to our Fremont factory it’s jammed.” He further added that “It’s tough for people to afford houses, and people have to come in from far away.... There’s a limit to how big you can scale in the Bay Area.”
The news comes almost a year after Musk revealed that he personally moved to Texas.
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