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Not sure if it's just me, but that calculator doesn't seem right given the formula it's supposed to be based off of. Someone else can check my work[0], but the

by speff 3y ago

Not sure if it's just me, but that calculator doesn't seem right given the formula it's supposed to be based off of. Someone else can check my work[0], but the only assumption I made was for K in the calculator (lambda in the linked paper). Since the paper[1] mentioned yolks were 1/3rd of an egg, I used a lambda value of 28.3 The number I got for a 60 gram egg starting at 4.4degC at sea level reaching soft-boiled temps was 5m17s. Compared to the website saying 6m58s. That's a pretty big error somewhere. [0]: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=%28%2860grams%29%5E%282%2F3%29%29%2828.33+%28s*grams%5E%28-2%2F3%29%29%29*ln%28.76*%284.44C-100C%29%2F%2865C-100C%29%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=%28%2860grams%29%5E%282... [1]: http://newton.ex.ac.uk/teaching/CDHW/egg/CW061201-1.pdf http://newton.ex.ac.uk/teaching/CDHW/egg/CW061201-1.pdf

nomilk 3y ago
First time encountering WolframAlpha public web interface; a combination of programming language and LLM [1], if I understand correctly!? > The Wolfram Language natural language processing functionality is a combination of rule-based and machine learning language models, including LLMs. It builds on top of advanced text mining and string manipulation capabilities and is integrated with a large visualization suite and extensive built-in linguistic data. Also appreciate the question/prompt/command (!?) being encoded in the url. Thanks for sharing! [1] https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/NaturalLanguageProcessing.html#:~:text=The%20Wolfram%20Language%20natural%20language,extensive%20built%2Din%20linguistic%20data https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/NaturalLanguage....
- semi-extrinsic 3y ago
  FWIW, the base features of WolframAlpha significantly predates the present LLM craze, and there has not been any major leaps in its capabilities recently, apart from the addition of dedicated "LLM_xxx" functions. I remember using it as a student back around 2010 and it worked the same then. Actually I think the free tier used to be better before they introduced the "pro" version with subscription fee.
fransje26 3y ago
> The number I got for a 60 gram egg starting at 4.4degC at sea level reaching soft-boiled temps was 5m17s. Compared to the website saying 6m58s. From empirical experience, I completely agree! 5 minutes is about right, 7 minutes will give you a hard-ish yolk..

by speff 3y ago

nomilk 3y ago

First time encountering WolframAlpha public web interface; a combination of programming language and LLM [1], if I understand correctly!? > The Wolfram Language natural language processing functionality is a combination of rule-based and machine learning language models, including LLMs. It builds on top of advanced text mining and string manipulation capabilities and is integrated with a large visualization suite and extensive built-in linguistic data. Also appreciate the question/prompt/command (!?) being encoded in the url. Thanks for sharing! [1] https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/NaturalLanguageProcessing.html#:~:text=The%20Wolfram%20Language%20natural%20language,extensive%20built%2Din%20linguistic%20data https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/NaturalLanguage....

semi-extrinsic 3y ago
FWIW, the base features of WolframAlpha significantly predates the present LLM craze, and there has not been any major leaps in its capabilities recently, apart from the addition of dedicated "LLM_xxx" functions. I remember using it as a student back around 2010 and it worked the same then. Actually I think the free tier used to be better before they introduced the "pro" version with subscription fee.

fransje26 3y ago

> The number I got for a 60 gram egg starting at 4.4degC at sea level reaching soft-boiled temps was 5m17s. Compared to the website saying 6m58s. From empirical experience, I completely agree! 5 minutes is about right, 7 minutes will give you a hard-ish yolk..