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HN: 613 points, 351 comments (discussion)
Should load much slower. Also, where is the unrelated autoplaying video that will unmute if you actually click it, that follows your scrolling and only becomes smaller when you dismiss it? Plus, it should probably have text that cuts off letting you know you can have access for just $10/month. Plus,...
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HN: 559 points, 512 comments (discussion)
The single biggest annoyance with Opus 5 is that it writes too elliptically. Sentences that orbit a point, then jump to it like it's a revealed insight. Unnecessarily abstract phraseology. Constantly using inanimate nouns as the subjects in sentences in order to unlock variety in verb choice, especi...
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HN: 534 points, 354 comments (discussion)
Since it might be helpful to some, here's my current commandline for llama.cpp running on an RTX 4090 with my monitor moved to the iGPU to free up all of its VRAM. llama-server -m Qwen3.8-27B-IQ4_NL.gguf --mmproj mmproj-BF16.gguf -c 170000 --parallel 1 -ngl -1 --cache-type-k q8_0 --cache-type-v q8_0...
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HN: 294 points, 200 comments (discussion)
Some of his planks: * Cut your taxes, and raise everyone else’s. * Nationalize Adele. * Build at least one affordable house. * Hold a referendum on whether Pluto should regain its planet status. I see the attraction.
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