Yeah this is an interesting way to compose the ensemble though. Rather than averaging over sub-networks they’re synthesizing the panel of responses:

A judge model reads every panel response and produces structured analysis: consensus points, contradictions, partial coverage, unique insights, blind spots

Whereas beam search injects variance by trialling candidate sentences and mixture of experts has competing sub-models here we’re reconciling different ideas.

Notice though that they’re always using Opus 4.8 as the judge so I think the claim (of surpassing frontier models) is over-inflated. I’d instead characterise it as outsourcing legwork to cheaper models.

I’m still optimistic about ensembles of smaller models though. You could imagine a specialist synthesis model or advantages from combining latent activations instead of text responses

Interesting. I’ve always just ripped them out and cut back on the watering.

I poured hours into the original. I remember finally having to plan out my base for the final level on paper as there wasn’t a tile to spare!

How come it wasn’t approved?

Maybe publish the code somewhere and share it on the forums?

Interesting idea. I’d heard of just putting oak bark in beer as that essentially confirms that the yeast can survive in those conditions!

What’s the thinking behind the yeast flakes? I presume you mean the Hefeflocken you get in German grocery shops? IIUC this is baked yeast cake so shouldn’t have live yeast to compete with the wild ones but perhaps provides nutrients?

I can see how the oil might help stave off kahm yeast but won’t you need oxygen at first to help the wild yeast multiply?

I gather this is because AI assistants are inundating GitHub with requests. Their infrastructure must be drowning in slop.

I’ll take a guess at the second! If the tree is planted too deep (with the bit where the trunk flares out under the soil level) then it’ll be constrained/ might rot.

I wonder if the mulch volcano is over-mulching?

Haha I always loved this tune but I’d never seen the video.

Were drum braziers really common on the streets of the US in the 80s/90s or is this just a TV trope?!

You don’t really need fertiliser. Plants fixate nutrients in the soil by feeding bacteria from the roots who then break organic matter down. Fertiliser is just a shortcut.

You also don’t need a hose pipe for a balcony garden.

I’d focus your budget on some decent soil for which there’s no real alternative. The dirt around office blocks will be crap. The top soil from the woods will be mostly leaf mold which dries out really quickly.

If you can find some olds pallets (make sure they’re heat treated by checking for an HT stamp) you can build a raised bed. You can fill the bottom of that with compostables and put the soil on top. The composting process generates heat which can help extend the growing season. Once you’ve harvested you can turn the earth before loading it up for the next year. It’s a lot of work but it fits your requirements.

If you know another gardener they’ll probably have spare pots and seeds to give away. If you have enough left in your budget you might invest in seedlings (little plants) - a headstart will improve your chances of actually harvesting some veg this year if you’re just starting out.

That would be true in a free market but the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy actually incentivises over-production (it’s supposed to protect rural lifestyles). Dumping food abroad (i.e. at below market prices) then disincentivises domestic production there. It’s long overdue reform.

Haha same. I just hope all my yeast survives until my poopy one reaches daycare and we can start to reclaim some free time again.

I hope your poopy season has an end in sight…

It looks like the neighbour’s bamboo is thriving. That would let you cover the walls in greenery fairly quickly.

I’m not familiar with Sydney’s climate but in Europe I’d recommend shade-loving plants like Ivy and Vinca, possibly some Ferns. You might be able to get away with something a bit more exotic though.

If it’s warm over night you could consider keeping some house plants outside - at least during the summer. These typically cope much better with the low light conditions indoors. For example Pothos, Monstera, or Spider plants.

Looking at the 100’s of lines of comments, I presume they’re doing so too!

I think it’s useful to point to docs for unusual features but this is so verbose it makes it hard to see what the system is doing.

Isn’t Cryptpad just hosted onlyoffice?

I meant it as a joke but I could imagine them getting one email from Germany about GDPR and then deciding to geoblock the whole country instead of complying (and ignoring the fact it applies elsewhere in Europe too).

Maybe they really couldn’t be bothered with writing an Impressum!

You can get a cola cordial from a supermarket near me and I tried putting this in a few brews.

Once the sugar has gone it ends up tasting unpleasantly tart and chemically.

If I wanted to try this again I think I’d try getting the kola nuts directly and maybe adding the citrus flavour with peel instead of juice.

I think the title is an exaggeration. The problem is that Rust’s regex module doesn’t support “look around” patterns. It seems like the fancy_regex create extends support for this.

The main strategy element is that there’s a builder class on each team responsible for placing defences and spawn points etc.

It’s brilliant. I’ve poured untold hours into Unvanquished plus it’s precursors Tremulous and (way back) Gloom.

I imagine it feels quite righteous to drop maxims like this. I too am reminded everyday how glad I am not to have to live in a fascist state.

That said I think this sort of superficial dismissal is really unhelpful.

I think the vast majority of Linux users will agree we don’t want to have to work with these laws but the reality is that we do. Far better we focus our efforts on minimising harm and promoting alternative mechanisms (e.g. zero-knowledge proofs).

Further I fear this righteousness actually serves to foster a toxic culture in the free software movement. And do you know what we call belligerent people who want to stifle dissent? Fascists!