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Ask HN: Which LLMs can run locally on most consumer computers Comments (

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Ask HN: Which LLMs can run locally on most consumer computers | Hacker News

hackernews 2 years ago

'Right to roam' movement fights to give the commons back to the public Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40440283 )

Conservation news

‘Right to roam’ movement fights to give the commons back to the public

Like most nations, England doesn’t have legally recognized rights for citizens to cross non-public lands. This means that the nearly 56 million p...

hackernews 2 years ago

Scientists Confirm Microplastics Now Detected in Human Testicles Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40421787 )

ScienceAlert

Scientists Confirm Microplastics Now Detected in Human Testicles

We can now add testicles to the list of places where microplastics have managed to spread – alongside human placentas, ancient rocks, clogged art...

hackernews 2 years ago

Unicode (1889) Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409528 )

Internet Archive

"Unicode".: The Universal Telegraphic Phrase-book. A Code of Cypher Words for Commercial ... : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

hackernews 2 years ago

How GM Made the $35,000 Chevrolet Equinox EV into a 319-Mile Range Champ Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40404332 )

InsideEVs

How GM Made The $35,000 Chevrolet Equinox EV Into A 319-Mile Range Champ

The new Chevy Equinox EV is now the cheapest way to get more than 300 miles of range in a new car. Thank Ultium

hackernews 2 years ago

Frozen human brain tissue was successfully revived for the first time Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40400591 )

BGR

Frozen Human Brain Tissue Was Successfully Revived For The First Time - BGR

In a breakthrough research experiment, scientists have managed to thaw frozen human brain tissue without damaging it.

hackernews 2 years ago

Conviction of Tornado Cash programmer: Privacy is not a crime Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40397925 )

Conviction of Tornado Cash programmer: Privacy is not a crime! – Patrick Breyer

hackernews 2 years ago

Australian War Crime Whistleblower David McBride Sentenced to Jail Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40398002 )

hackernews 2 years ago

Ex-OpenAI staff must sign lifetime no-criticism contract or forfeit all equity Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40394778 )

X (formerly Twitter)

Kelsey Piper (@KelseyTuoc) on X

But when you actually quit, the 'general release'? It's a long, hardnosed, legally aggressive contract that includes a confidentiality agreement wh...

hackernews 2 years ago

Boeing whistleblower John 'Mitch' Barnett died by suicide, coroner rules Comments (

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hackernews 2 years ago

Non-Euclidean Doom: what happens to a game when pi is not 3.14159 (2022) [video] Comments (

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Non-Euclidean Doom: what happens to a game when pi is not 3.14159…

We all know that the value of pi is a constant with a particular immutable value. Anyone who has done any graphical programming also know...

hackernews 2 years ago

OpenAI and Reddit Partnership Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40382783 ) https://openai.com/index/openai-and-reddit-partnership/

hackernews 2 years ago

Mummy Brown Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40379996 )

Mummy brown - Wikipedia

hackernews 2 years ago

Research shows that 'softer' proteins can cross into the nucleus quicker Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40378876 ) https://phys.org/news/2024-05-softer-proteins-nucleus-quicker.html

hackernews 2 years ago

'Anti-sex' beds have arrived at Paris Olympics Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40377643 )

'Anti-sex' beds have arrived at Paris Olympics — after horny athletes admit to orgies

hackernews 2 years ago

Cardiovascular health and cancer risk associated with plant based diets Comments (

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Cardiovascular health and cancer risk associated with plant based diets: An umbrella review

Context Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and cancer are the two main leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Suboptimal diet, poor in veget...

hackernews 2 years ago

VCs Aren't Your Friends Comments (

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VCs aren

As founder-friendly as VCs claim to be, they remain investment professionals. Many first-time founders are oblivious to this nuance, and are in for...

hackernews 2 years ago

Romance author gets locked out of Google Docs for "inappropriate" content Comments (

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Dexerto

Romance author gets locked out of Google Docs for “inappropriate” content - Dexerto

Aspiring Author K. Renee was reportedly locked out of her own content on Google Docs after Google flagged it as “inappropriate.”

hackernews 2 years ago

The First Nuclear Microreactor Company Listed in the USA Comments (

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NANO Nuclear Energy | SMALLER SIMPLER SAFER

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Encrypted services Apple, Proton and Wire helped police identify activist Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40347773 )

TechCrunch

Encrypted services Apple, Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist | TechCrunch

Spanish police requested information from Apple, and encrypted services Proton and Wire, about a pro-Catalan independence activist.