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New research shows RL may not help a model learn new basic skills

https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07783
1•binsquare•1h ago

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binsquare•1h ago
Reinforcement learning dominated the recent neurips papers. But here's one that stood out to me about how exactly pre training can affect post training.

This means if the core data (ex. additions, subtractions, etc) were not there in the pre training stage, RL on complex math problems would not lead to the model developing improvements in the core areas.

30 Years Ago Windows 95 Changed Everything

https://www.goto10retro.com/p/30-years-ago-windows-95-changed-everything
1•rbanffy•41s ago•0 comments

The Optics and Image Processing Behind Fundus Cameras

https://youtu.be/EvTolqbCHXo?si=TNXMHtb9cDRl4CCv
1•hyperific•57s ago•0 comments

Steps Recorder Deprecation (2023)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/steps-recorder-deprecation-a64888d7-8482-4965-8ce3-25...
1•bariumbitmap•1m ago•0 comments

How to Train Yourself to Have Lucid Dreams Through VR

https://wjamesau.substack.com/p/have-a-vr-headset-heres-how-to-train
1•SLHamlet•1m ago•0 comments

How to Use Trending Topic and Keyword Finder

https://metaconvert.blogspot.com/2025/12/how-to-use-trending-topic-and-keyword-finder.html
1•MetaConvert•4m ago•0 comments

Compressing Embedded Files in Go

https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2025-go-embed-compressed
1•todsacerdoti•5m ago•0 comments

Python Software Foundation end-of-year fundraiser

https://donate.python.org
1•CaliforniaKarl•6m ago•0 comments

Intermittent Hypoxia Increases Blood Flow and Benefits Executive Function

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/psyp.70161
1•PaulHoule•6m ago•0 comments

Just Right FM

https://justright.fm/
1•ddrscott•6m ago•0 comments

1Crossword: Crosswords for Your Password Manager

https://eieio.games/blog/1Crossword/
1•jstyles•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: We open-sourced our internal tool for scoring PRs with Claude AI

https://github.com/MergeMint/mergemint-app
1•textcortex•10m ago•0 comments

SAGE: Semi-Automatic Ground Environment Air Defense System

https://www.ll.mit.edu/about/history/sage-semi-automatic-ground-environment-air-defense-system
2•stmw•11m ago•0 comments

Twins reared apart do not exist

https://davidbessis.substack.com/p/twins-reared-apart-do-not-exist
2•bookofjoe•13m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: YouTube Only Showing Ads?

1•OhMeadhbh•15m ago•4 comments

Urik – The Privacy focused Android keyboard is now in Open Beta

https://github.com/urikdev/Urik
2•urikdev•17m ago•1 comments

Japan's first hotel with a human washing machine is now ready for you

https://soranews24.com/2025/12/10/japans-first-hotel-with-a-human-washing-machine-is-now-ready-fo...
1•rawgabbit•18m ago•1 comments

What UI do you use on top of data engineering tools to look at data?

1•platypii•20m ago•1 comments

Powers of Ten (1977) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0
5•susam•22m ago•0 comments

3D-Agent

https://3d-agent.com
2•gsunshinel•25m ago•0 comments

Tourists to US would have to reveal 5 years of social media activity: new plan

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/tourists-social-media-trump
7•mikhael•31m ago•1 comments

Creating a Benevolent Industrial Deployer for Memecoins

https://substack.com/@fitziswriting/p-181255460
2•fitzyap•32m ago•0 comments

Internal RFCs saved us months of wasted work

https://highimpactengineering.substack.com/p/the-illusion-of-shared-understanding
3•romannikolaev•32m ago•0 comments

Replican't

https://thinkhuman.com/replicant/
5•jamesgill•33m ago•1 comments

RAM Is Ruining Everything

https://www.theverge.com/report/839506/ram-shortage-price-increases-pc-gaming-smartphones
2•edward•33m ago•0 comments

Transcripts dialectics Gregory Bateson 19th of July 1967 [pdf]

https://villonfilms.ca/main/transcripts-dialectics-gregory-bateson-19-7-67.pdf
2•oriettaxx•37m ago•0 comments

Hark: Voice prompts for LLMs, meeting minutes, quick voice journaling

https://github.com/FPurchess/hark
2•FPurchess•37m ago•0 comments

I Pitched Netflix a Friends-Style Casablanca Sitcom

https://stohl.substack.com/p/i-pitched-netflix-a-casablanca-sitcom
1•FreeQueso•39m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A 2-row, 16-key keyboard designed for smartphones

https://k-keyboard.com/Why-QWERTY-mini
3•QWERTYmini•40m ago•0 comments

Verum 2 closed back option

https://www.pragmaticaudio.com/articles/2023/07/welcome-to-pragmatic-audio/
1•juniedai•41m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Why is codex suddenly giving me this error?

1•fcpguru•42m ago•1 comments