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New comment by ece in "Open source AI must win"

ece — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:51:51 +0000

If large models were primarily used for distillation to make smaller models better, that could be a more efficient use of resources. Smaller providers could choose to fund a larger model and benefit from it.

New comment by ece in "Electric motors with no rare earths"

ece — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:42:42 +0000

Compared to an ICE, maintenance of brushes is still quite an improvement.

New comment by ece in "Anthropic apologizes for invisible Claude Fable guardrails"

ece — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:24:45 +0000

Neural scaling laws are alive and well for open models, not so much for closed models when it comes to uses the general public might care about.

New comment by ece in "Claude Fable 5"

ece — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:53:52 +0000

No, but open models do along with their architectures, and other technical training details.

New comment by ece in "Claude Fable 5"

ece — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:45:39 +0000

It seems weird that a likely prime indicator of capability isn't mentioned, the model size.

New comment by ece in "Brexit Ten Years On: The Economy"

ece — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:38:01 +0000

I think in this context it would mean not stopping movement of labor to an extreme or having tariffs, but taxing the unequal gains and having social programs that help everyone keep up in an economy.

New comment by ece in "Apple made a request to the EC to be exempted from interop obligations under DMA"

ece — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:44:48 +0000

I hope the EU and DMA succeed in that case, but would also like to point out operating system choices would also help accomplish the same objective of the DMA.

New comment by ece in "Apple made a request to the EC to be exempted from interop obligations under DMA"

ece — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:31:19 +0000

I am for real browser choice, and also for real operating system choice. You can download other photo apps and not use Siri AI if you don't want to. Not sure why you would think this is similar to the browser situation on iOS at least in the USA. I believe alternate browser engines are allowed in the EU now thanks to the DMA.

New comment by ece in "Apple made a request to the EC to be exempted from interop obligations under DMA"

ece — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:58:49 +0000

EU bureaucrats really earning their name here. Maybe they can realize real choice and innovation will come from allowing different operating systems on locked down hardware, instead of this crusade against Siri AI. Something that is easily fixed by downloading literally any other AI or agentic photo/video/whatever app.

New comment by ece in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"

ece — Sat, 30 May 2026 18:33:32 +0000

I've upgraded my desktops more with GPUs and power supplies accordingly, but old laptop SSDs make fine backup enclosure drives (no I haven't seen them lose data when unplugged) and upgrading RAM for larger models on a AMD Zen 2 laptop worked pretty great for me. None of these were needed, they were just nice to be able to do mostly before the higher RAM prices started.

New comment by ece in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"

ece — Sat, 30 May 2026 17:58:22 +0000

Let me guess, no upgrades either.

New comment by ece in "IXI's autofocusing lenses are almost ready to replace multifocal glasses"

ece — Sat, 30 May 2026 13:45:00 +0000

I wonder how long the wait will be for AR glasses to have this option too.

New comment by ece in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"

ece — Sat, 30 May 2026 13:40:23 +0000

I would like Framework to have a keyboard with normal size arrow keys. That is all.

New comment by ece in "SpaceX launches Starship v3 rocket"

ece — Mon, 25 May 2026 23:42:14 +0000

I am genuinely curious what causes the different colors of plasma that were visible throughout the descent. I saw at least purple, yellow, and shades of green.

New comment by ece in "India has a new political superstar – a cockroach"

ece — Thu, 21 May 2026 23:44:24 +0000

https://archive.md/oD4HN

New comment by ece in "How to Write to SSDs [pdf]"

ece — Sat, 16 May 2026 08:13:35 +0000

There seems to be more details about the Linux implementation here: https://zonedstorage.io/

New comment by ece in "Microscale Thermite Reaction"

ece — Fri, 15 May 2026 21:52:10 +0000

This clearly calls for thermite petanque.

New comment by ece in "The hypocrisy of cyberlibertarianism"

ece — Sun, 10 May 2026 07:20:23 +0000

The congressional technology committee Gingrich killed could've fixed this. You can't half ass democracy, you have to keep getting better at governing and convince people it's worth it.

New comment by ece in "Wi is Fi: Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/AC/ax/be/bn)"

ece — Sat, 09 May 2026 08:38:50 +0000

Informative page, but the most common speeds with 2x2 MIMO probably were (in Mbps):

Far (QPSK) 4(20Mhz)/5(80Mhz)/6(160Mhz)/7(320Mhz): 28.8/130/288.23/576.47

Near (64QAM) 4(20Mhz)/5(80Mhz)/6(160Mhz)/7(320Mhz): 144.4/650/1,441.17/2,882.35

Not bad for throughput increases, though most of the increases come from more spectrum, and the reliability comes from more MIMO antennas/streams. I've had WiFi 4/5 2x2 routers and something tells me I won't see much more than what's listed above for 7. Buying a 4x4 does get you a generation of throughput in advance pretty much, if you need it.

New comment by ece in "Wi is Fi: Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/AC/ax/be/bn)"

ece — Sat, 09 May 2026 08:12:25 +0000

What are the chances of a 3x3 or 4x4 router from them I wonder.