Why “model” is being discussed
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I was hesitant, so I went with a hassle-free return route when I bought mine. My stack uses a local llamacpp ROCM build, modified by https://github.com/stew675&#x…
by ThunderSizzle · Oct 27, 2026
It's funny you compare it to bicycle racing rather than automotive technology which I imagine you would have to concede that pushing the frontier of things like fuel efficiency…
by bko · Oct 27, 2026
But it is impacting everything. Even the new Sony RX camera has a slower sensor readout from the years old model simply because they can't get hold of the DRAM.
by 72deluxe · Oct 27, 2026
If that was the business, yes. The first rule of understanding the business is understanding the business model. Not the product. If the business model is a subscription, then y…
by postexitus · Oct 27, 2026
The thing is, AI is generating sooo fast so many outputs, its hard to review and evaluate all of them: Very often I encounter in design/architecture questions a situation w…
by KellyCriterion · Oct 27, 2026
Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model tried to upload a file to Beijing in a test
by nh43215rgb · Oct 27, 2026 · 4 points
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "model" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "model" over time.
A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin modulus, 'a measure'. Read more on Wikipedia