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New comment by caycep in "“We have information that Moonshot distilled Fable for the development of K3”"

caycep — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:31:32 +0000

I propose from this point forward we refer to these Chinese distilled models as "Moonshine" and the newest ones as "White Dogs"

New comment by caycep in "Intel Starts Shipping High-NA EUV Silicon"

caycep — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:48:29 +0000

It's sad that this is true and yet their software is filled with bugs...

New comment by caycep in "Intel Starts Shipping High-NA EUV Silicon"

caycep — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:47:44 +0000

most importantly, is Ian Cutress' blog basically the new Anandtech? I miss that site...

New comment by caycep in "Intel Starts Shipping High-NA EUV Silicon"

caycep — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:03:38 +0000

I mean, I sure as heck can't buy a nVidia one, at least not the founder editions which are the one that fit in my case...

New comment by caycep in "“We have information that Moonshot distilled Fable for the development of K3”"

caycep — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:11:18 +0000

distillation of wheat, barley and malt is delicious, though!

New comment by caycep in "“We have information that Moonshot distilled Fable for the development of K3”"

caycep — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:10:15 +0000

honestly if they did what he said they did, it seems like it would be cheaper just to train your own model from the get go

New comment by caycep in "China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning"

caycep — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:48:41 +0000

paranoid me feels like the artificial gpu/ram/ssd shortages are a plot by the VCs to forcefully reclaim central control via new age mainframes

one certainly cannot buy a PC for cheap anymore

New comment by caycep in "Kaiser nurses say AI, surveillance are making their jobs and patient care worse"

caycep — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:25:37 +0000

sadly, this is happening more as medicine and healthcare become more and more corporate. Seeing this as hospitals all get acquired into these mega health systems (ostensibly to fight the now merged mega health insurance companies), that then like to throw their weight around.

New comment by caycep in "Kaiser nurses say AI, surveillance are making their jobs and patient care worse"

caycep — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:22:11 +0000

clearly you have never been a floor nurse at a hospital...

New comment by caycep in "British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply"

caycep — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:43:15 +0000

would it be situational re economies, though?

i.e. if you have a lot of financial resources and can buy 1000 ships cheaply for the cost of propping up your steel industry to build 100 ships, should you buy 1000 ships (or the steel needed to build them quickly) to instead?

New comment by caycep in "Indian scientists produce most detailed 3D atlas of the human brainstem"

caycep — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 03:34:17 +0000

Is this the Indian equivalent of Allen Brain institute?

New comment by caycep in "The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war"

caycep — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:54:19 +0000

maybe not nut jobs, but I think the argument that the inherent structure that they put in place to maintain power is poor at optimizing human capital and expertise, such that they will aways make lousier decisions because they are surrounded by yes men

New comment by caycep in "The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war"

caycep — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:19:36 +0000

Granted, there is what is China is "openly saying" in terms of official warnings and such, and what they are "openly saying" in terms of what they are actually spending money on in terms of material, equipment and capability (of which there is at least some degree of logical, non-nut job type thinking behind):

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/mirage-chinas-military-...

New comment by caycep in "The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war"

caycep — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:16:37 +0000

I think they already have that, they want to make sure it stays that way

alternatively, there's a Dennis Ross piece out pointing out that China's procurement patterns over the years suggests they are not seriously thinking of invading Taiwan, they just want everyone to think that way...

New comment by caycep in "98% Isn't Much"

caycep — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:56:50 +0000

Wasn't there something in statistics to describe something like this? i.e. gaussian distributions vs something that's modeled on sparse occurrences, etc?

New comment by caycep in "Costco is the anti-Amazon"

caycep — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:15:18 +0000

The Costco buyers are all really quite good; whatever they are doing, they manage to fine really good suppliers for most things they carry in the store. The SoCal locations all carry really good mangoes when in season, rivaling one well known heirloom producer (Wong's...or maybe they buy from Wong's...). A local chef tried all sorts of strawberries from various farms for his line of ice cream, and concluded the Kirkland ones were the best bang for the buck...

New comment by caycep in "For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides"

caycep — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:48:16 +0000

this is how Sekiguchi Genetics got started. Or maybe Weyland Yutani Corporation

New comment by caycep in "We moved our Bluesky data to Eurosky"

caycep — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:56:18 +0000

Better job titles than any AI CEO could come up with!

New comment by caycep in "EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on"

caycep — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:53:04 +0000

unless they also come w/ rooftop solar?

new mini splits are way more efficient than older systems as well.

insulation in older homes/buildings might be an issue though

New comment by caycep in "EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on"

caycep — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:52:19 +0000

With new inexpensive mini splits that do not require ducts, one would think adoption would go up?