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@JacksonAtkinsX Funny that, in my IDE I have a file called SCRATCHPAD.md where I draft and rework my AI prompts before pasting them to the agent. Makes a HELL of a difference in results you get.

My brain broke when I read this paper. A tiny 7 Million parameter model just beat DeepSeek-R1, Gemini 2.5 pro, and o3-mini at reasoning on both ARG-AGI 1 and ARC-AGI 2. It's called Tiny Recursive Model (TRM) from Samsung. How can a model 10,000x smaller be smarter? Here's how it works: 1. Draft an Initial Answer: Unlike an LLM that writes word-by-word, TRM first generates a quick, complete "draft" of the solution. Think of this as its first rough guess. 2. Create a "Scratchpad": It then creates a separate space for its internal thoughts, a latent reasoning "scratchpad." This is where the real magic happens. 3. Intensely Self-Critique: The model enters an intense inner loop. It compares its draft answer to the original problem and refines its reasoning on the scratchpad over and over (6 times in a row), asking itself, "Does my logic hold up? Where are the errors?" 4. Revise the Answer: After this focused "thinking," it uses the improved logic from its scratchpad to create a brand new, much better draft of the final answer. 5. Repeat until Confident: The entire process, draft, think, revise, is repeated up to 16 times. Each cycle pushes the model closer to a correct, logically sound solution. Why this matters: Business Leaders: This is what algorithmic advantage looks like. While competitors are paying massive inference costs for brute-force scale, a smarter, more efficient model can deliver superior performance for a tiny fraction of the cost. Researchers: This is a major validation for neuro-symbolic ideas. The model's ability to recursively "think" before "acting" demonstrates that architecture, not just scale, can be a primary driver of reasoning ability. Practitioners: SOTA reasoning is no longer gated behind billion-dollar GPU clusters. This paper provides a highly efficient, parameter-light blueprint for building specialized reasoners that can run anywhere. This isn't just scaling down; it's a completely different, more deliberate way of solving problems.

New car week! Well if all goes well-Alfa Stelvio Quadrifoglio. V6 520bhp. No batteries in sight :-) Alternative was a Boat (RR sport) and I decided I'd still like to drive like a lunatic for a few years before I take up boating, thank you very much. #alfa #stelvio #quadrifoglio

@anon_opin I suggest 2 (3?), smaller kettles :-)

Manufacturers should sell a kettle that can be hardwired into a high capacity circuit and draw a full 32A. Waiting around for 2l of water to boil so I can make tea for myself, my husband, kids, and guests just takes too long. Regular kettles are weedy and slow.

@anon_opin I know. Story of my life, I wouldn't recommend the younger me as a manager, I had a tendency to like eating the head of junior programmers. I had therapy, I'm a LKOJE#(@J(J BETTTI(@U(@U(JAJKJAKJKDR NNOW!

If you're really good at your job, you will reach a point where the only way to progress up the pay scale is to stop doing that job that you're brilliant at and instead become a "manager", an entirely different discipline which you may not be suited to.

@ChShersh Ahh thank you for that, it's like c++ template shit never existed, lets do it all over again but wow, SAFE AND SECURE

After my recent news, many people have asked me: "Why not Rust?" Here's my answer:

Are Private Eye jokes now... criminal? PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested, bundled into a van and taken to the cells during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard! The police have confirmed there will be no further action and all bail conditions lifted: however, even when no charges are brought, being arrested under the Terrorism Act leaves a record potentially affecting travel and employment. Read the full story as well as Mr Farley’s description of what happened on the day itself in the latest Private Eye. Or subscribe here: subsonline.co.uk

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@itsfoss X11. I use x2go and remote sessions, which works amazingly well in X11, MUCH better than any pixel based remote desktops. X11 remote protocol allows me to have my laptop acts like I'm on my 2*32 core EPYC server with 1TB of ram. And yeah, I don't game, how did you know? :-)

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Current work project, thousands miles away from me. 96 LTO 9 tape drives; 640 tapes, 8 robot arms, 1.7PB of storage. 400Gb/s network connections, 5*32 core servers to drive them, 128Gb/s Fiber Channel switches, 5TB of ram. and 230TB of NVME storage as buffer. #bigiron #tape #brag

@Lushlabs LOL great pic!

The dogs yesterday at Aunty Liza’s. Look at the state of Bear!

How a heat sink is manufactured

@gutsOfDarkness8 Well for a true driver, you create another type that will contains the pointers, and your 'data' only has one 'driver' pointer to the (static const) "implementation" hidden somewhere in another file.

@xSorchaLewisx @TheElanValley You seem far from your ranch! :-)

My heaven for the day with the wind and skylarks @TheElanValley

Yeah I know, this is X and spaceX blah blah, fuck fuck off already with the blowing up rocket in every "for you" streams.

@LundukeJournal This is not the only project that got the treatment, systemd and pulseidiot also came out of redhat, and it was imposed in the same way as Wayland.

Truly fascinating to watch all of this unfold. Red Hat / Xorg has been blocking efforts to release Xorg updates for several years. Now that X11Libre has forked off of it, Xorg is suddenly starting releases again. They’re incredibly small releases, based on 4 year old versions (with no new features). But, still, it is a noteworthy change. Wonder if it will continue.

@anon_opin I agree, that would also prevent clean people to have to touch the filthy door handle on the way out. <pro tip>keep a piece of tissue in your hand on the way out to open the door</pro tip>

Wash basins in pubs should be on full view outside the toilet doors.

@bot_unixporn I suggest "man lstat" and rewrite these 2 horrible functions... Oh and also "man perror". Jeez.

[i3] very minimal i3 rice Link: redd.it/1led8fy Buy me a coffee ☕️: buymeacoffee.com/bot_unixporn

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@rhayadercompute Oh and ...

Ive been making retro bits and pieces for 10 years now how time flys a massive thankyou to all the people who bought from me :)