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  • Possible, measuring the orbit will determine that likelihood. The article gives a few other formation possibilities as well. Finding a few other systems like this will help narrow down what exactly happened here. It doesn’t seem that impossible to me, not like the title implies, given that while the star is low mass for a star, it’s still a large mass, and the planet isn’t that huge (50% less mass than Saturn despite being a bit larger in size).

    This just sounds like an extension of our understanding of how things are in the universe similar to pre-Voyager thoughts on what they’d find from our own system’s planets and moons. What we found was each place was unique with its own fascinating discoveries and not “just another rock”. Seems we’re finding that out for other solar systems as well.


  • LLMs can be good at openings. Not because it is thinking through the rules or planning strategies, but because opening moves are likely in most general training data from various sources. It’s copying the most probable reaction to your move, based on lots of documentation. This can of course break down when you stray from a typical play style, as it has less to choose from in the options of probability, and only a few moves in there won’t be any more since there’s a huge number of possible moves.

    I.e., there’s no calculations involved. When you play a LLM at chess, you’re playing a list of common moves in history.

    An even simpler example would be to tell the LLM that its last move was illegal. Even knowing the rules you just told it, it will agree and take it back. This comes from being trained to give satisfying replies to a human prompt.






  • Designed so they wouldn’t become another HDMI fiasco, where you have to search for aftermarket clips so your plug stays in. Now, do Displayports need it, probably not. They feel about as secure as a USB. But there is that fear going back to even VGA, where most worked fine without screwing them in, but just to make sure… (I can’t recall, did EGA have screws?)