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I removed every float from GPT-2 for identical neural compression

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points · since listing → Oct 20, 14:53 UTC

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 27, 06:55 UTC).

comments · buzz +2 in latest interval

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listed Oct 20, 06:55 UTC

Traction (points) over time

012ListedOct 20, 14:53 UTC · 2 points · 2 comments · 8h after listing
1 reading (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
2points
Comments
Rank in AITL this week
#20of 56 HN
Rank overall this week
#301of 970 HN
Sector hit rate
10.0%6/60 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
2Oct 20, 14:53 UTC
Last reading
2Oct 20, 14:53 UTC
Readings
1over 8h

Launch-day race · #44 of 97 Show HN launches on 2026-10-20

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  3. #44I removed every float from GPT-2 for identical neural compression2 points
  4. #45A Public Leaderboard for Textual, Coding, and Multimodal Memory2 points
  5. #46ZC find the AWS resources that should be dead but still bill you2 points
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