I could be wrong, but the sentence "Flix precisely tracks the purity of every expression in a program." together with some examples of function definitions without the purity/impurity annotation, gave me the impression it's optional, because the compiler can infer it on its own most of the time.
Indeed, if I'm not mistaken Netflix at least used to use (and commit to kernel) FreeBSD on content servers because of its superior sendfile performance
It seems like it shifts it from "using an LLM instead of a search engine is cheaper" to "using an LLM to query the search engine represents only a marginal increase in cost", no?
Don't know if it was intentional, but your ramble reminded me of the lyrics of Losing my edge by LCD Soundsystem. However, as someone who also experienced most of this stuff, it was a fun read either way :)
You are assuming a lot of things that aren’t relevant at all in this context.
Mindfactory is big in the PC hardware space in Germany, but they are not the only player. The sales from other large players like Alternate can also not be ignored and even Amazon sales are quite significant for PC hardware.
Then there is the elephant in the room: those numbers only account for DIY systems. They don’t account for OEM desktop systems or workstations.
This comment is very misplaced. I'm Dutch and I wrote my comment not because the retailer is German, but because it are desktop CPU sales figures from a single retailer whose customers seem to be primarily gamers.
Just like in 2016-2019? Stefanik, the opposite of an isolationist (to put it mildly) is scheduled for the UN ambassador job. Rubio, a neocon, is floated as Secretary of State.
People need to understand that talk is just talk. Watch the actions.
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