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I set up llama.cop last week on my M3. Was fairly simple via homebrew. However, I get tags like <|imstart|> in the output constantly. Is there a way to filter them out with llama-server? Seems like a major usability issue if you want to use llama.cpp by itself (with the web interface).

ollama didn’t have the issue, but it’s less configurable.


Keep in mind that this is not an objective take, fraud is destroying his business.

He’s conflating all crypto with PoW based systems. A more accurate title would be "Bitcoin is Making My Life Complicated”.


"Help we need to do something about Malaria, it's killing all of my family members."

"This is not an objective take, his family is being affected. Malaria is not a problem."


Are you playing logical fallacy bingo?

You managed to turn OPs argument into a strawman, while also making an appeal to emotion and poisoning the well.


It's a rhetorical tool that quickly highlights the absurdity of pointing out actual harm experienced makes the subject un-objective.

Would you prefer an example of 50 companies being hacked, them advocating for better cybersecurity measures everywhere, and someone pointing out they're now un-objective and should be dismissed? That this doesn't indicate anything about how cybersecurity measures are needed?

I also find it hilarious that you're accusing me of playing "bingo" while half your argument is:

"logical fallacy", "strawman", "appeal to emotion", and "poisoning the well" in quick succession.

Although I'm hoping it's just good sarcasm if it's impossible to distinguish.


Rhetorical tool? No it's a logical fallacy because you are misrepresenting the argument made by the OP in an attempt to attack it and you're confusing the deaths of family members with a little bit of lost revenue.

Here's a better analogy for you.

This post may as well be talking about how household electricity is the worst invention of the 19th century because of how inefficient long distance DC power transmission is.


Author here. It's hardly ruining my business, it's just a nuisance. I have long denounced cryptocurrencies since well before this incident, including on HN:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...


Are there actual PoS systems in the wild that don’t pretty directly tie themselves to PoW systems?

In my mind, the people who make this pitch that we shouldn’t blame crypto, we should blame proof-of-work sound a lot like Elon telling me that Tesla will be Level 5 any day now. Yea, it would rock if we could suddenly have the perfect thing, but I don’t see any evidence that PoW is actually being replaced by PoS for real world transactions.


If you're genuinely asking this question, it really depends on what you mean by "tied to PoW systems".

Currently the three largest PoS networks that I know of are Polkadot/Kusama, Harmony and Fantom. They are functional insofar as being EVM compatible. Theoretically anything running on ETH could be ran on these networks.

Stellar Lumens is an example of something which does not use PoW, it uses FBA which is considered much more efficient than PoW (and possibly certain PoS systems too).

Certainly, almost all crypto assets right now are tied to PoW systems in that their value is somewhat propped up by a general interest in crypto, of which the large majority (in terms of market cap) is currently Proof-of-Work based (BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH, DOGE, XMR, etc.)

I suspect we will see a natural shift towards PoS alternatives as they are much cheaper to run and entry into these other markets is cost prohibitive.

We should also see a huge shift in value if/when ETH2 is released (which some estimate could still be several years away).

The elephant in the room will be BTC. It remains to be seen if people will still consider BTC to be a store of value in the crypto world, akin to gold bullion in traditional markets. Certainly many people holding it would like you to think so.


I think DuckDuckGo still has the clearest, most to the point, privacy policy I’ve ever read.

https://duckduckgo.com/privacy

But as an employee, I’m biased. :)


TBH, I find it a bit 'wall of texty'. I'd personally prefer it to be more concise, and perhaps use bullet points to highlight the main points in each section.


"Many of us accepted employment at Google with the company’s values in mind, including its previous position on Chinese censorship and surveillance, and an understanding that Google was a company willing to place its values above its profits."

When has it ever put values above profits? Google is selling our data to everyone. What values?


Just like Facebook, Google is NOT selling anyone’s data!

What they are selling is the ability to run targeted ads based on that data. But the data never leaves Google!


What do you think sold data is used for? If the end product is the same, the ethics of the medium doesn't matter.


Google's motto used to be "Don't be evil", until Oct 2015. They were generally doing the good things.

I'm not sure Google has any values right now, unless somebody corrects me.


To quote Google's code of conduct as it exists today:

> And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up!

https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/

Media headlines from the time gave the impression that it was removed, which was absolutely false.


Between 2015 and April 2018, it was in the preface.

In April 2018, it was moved from the preface/beginning to the last end of code of conduct.

If it was really important to the company, there's no reason to push it towards the bottom, where most people would miss it.


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