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If companies insist on bricking gadgets, this is a better way to do it.

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[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago

PDF is open-source, LLM black box is open-source, everything is open-source. Those companies must really want to destroy the meaning of open-source.