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		anthk on Jan 28, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open-R1: an open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1 Revolutionising what? libre/oss has been network-bound since Usenet and then IRC.

openrisk on Jan 28, 2025 [–]

how many people ever used Usenet versus the billions who think the "internet" is facebook or tiktok. Techies living in their own universe detached from human reality is actually a factor why libre/oss is not as widely adopted as it could be.

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