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LoRA != LoRa. I keep on getting confused and hate that they chose to reuse an existing acronym
by denysvitali 3y ago
LoRA != LoRa. I keep on getting confused and hate that they chose to reuse an existing acronym
- sschueller 3y agoIt's unfortunate that those two so far unrelated technologies have the same acronym.
- daemonologist 3y agoLikewise. My day job is machine learning and I still, or maybe consequently, do a double-take every time I see the acronym with minimal context (like on the HN front page, where either usage would be normal).
- travisgriggs 3y agoAnd my day job involves a lot of LoRa. I always do a double take on these. I'm grateful that at least the caps is now being done differently.
- sbrother 3y agoWait, what is the meaning other than "Low-Rank Adaptation"? It's hard to google the difference.
- boolemancer 3y agoI assume the radio technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa
- cristoperb 3y agoIt's the name of a "Lo"ng "Ra"nge wifi-like technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa
- jcuenod 3y agoTrying asking an LLM :)
- blopp99 3y agoI hate the trend of software guys naming things after hardware related stuff
- esafak 3y agoThat's what happens when people specialize and don't pay attention to what's going on outside their bubble.
- HKH2 3y agoA quick websearch could fix that.