ElFitz

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by ElFitz 3y ago
Oh, porn definitely is an extremely old thing. Pompei is remarkable in that aspect. Not only for the porn [1] preserved by the eruption, but also for the (some explicit) graffiti [2] [3] [4] [5]. It seems their perception and use too have e
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Oh, people who want everybody to always be able to publish anything, anywhere, anyone else’s preference, sensitivity, and beliefs, be damned, definitely are just as zealous as the ones they are hell-bent on fighting.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Perhaps. The factors and morals seem to vary significantly, depending on both historical periods and cultural contexts. Take, for example, Japan during the Meiji restoration [1]. In their quest to dispel behaviours deemed immoral or indecen
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by ElFitz 3y ago
> LLMs don’t support this sort of functionality, and thus the trainers eliminate adult content from the training so as not to lose market share to other censored models. And yet Stability.ai had managed to do just that with Stable Diffus
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by ElFitz 3y ago
That would be hard to say. I recall a US Supreme Justice basically defining "hard-core pornography" as "I know it when I see it". Some would say that pornography implies sex. Others that it is defined by the content’s p
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Even better. French Senate has recently approved a bill authorising remote activation of smartphones’ real-time geolocation, cameras, and microphones [1]. Obviously without informing owners. And while it is, obviously, only to be used to fi
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Companies in the Silicon Valley have banned such content before LLMs were even a thing. Facebook being a good example, regularly treating content considered to be timeless art (such as http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artwo
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Because puritans, extremists, and generally everyone who believes themselves morally superior to others, believe they have the moral right, if not imperative, to impose their views onto others. And to get said others out of their wayward pa
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by ElFitz 3y ago
I’d say it probably makes sense for the intended use cases; the ones they have shown in their videos. Mostly sitting on a couch, or leisurely strolling in your huge, mostly empty, living room while discussing with your colleagues or family.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
That was quite fascinating. Thanks!
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by ElFitz 3y ago
I was about to make some joke about how this explained climate changed and meant we, in the end, need not worry about greenhouse gases. But then I tried to look up what the actual impact of our planet’s tilt slightly shifting could be. Whil
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Whenever the topic of software estimates comes up, I am reminded of Erik Bernhardsson’s piece[1]. It was a great read, and still proves useful when trying to explain how things can sometimes go quite wrong. [1]: https://erikbern.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
That’s the tragedy and part of the strength of open source. Some people are just bent on doing their thing, the way they want it. I prefer the current situation to the one where the ReScript people took over Reason and changed its focus and
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Didn't know of it. It reminded me of Plato's.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Some have had fun running some of the larger Llama, Vicuna & Guanaco models on their MacBooks. Mostly to experiment with local inference. Although quantisation has now lowered the required memory, I wouldn’t be surprised if it comes in
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Sure, but then that’s the price of multiple entire laptops. Or 2 Mac Pros. Not sure what point you’re trying to make here.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Hey! It’s most likely thanks to one of them (or Sopra Steria, can’t tell) that we got this beauty: https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092106/https://projectfa... HN conversation at the time: https:&#x2
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by ElFitz 3y ago
> which was architected and coded by an intern with a liberal art diploma What? I tried to look it up, no luck. Do you have any link that goes into more details?
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by ElFitz 3y ago
You forgot jet flights because, you understand, there were no business class seat available on commercial flights at the right time. I thought it was an isolated incident (the random undersecretary who otherwise couldn’t have made it on tim
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by ElFitz 3y ago
That sounds quite sad. Just like bragging about high-school. At 36.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
What would should have a lab have, today, in the context of research on topics like string theory? That a simple office with a desk would not have, I mean. Genuinely curious.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Oh! It could be interesting for some. Personally, wanting to build more things, I’m moving away from blog management systems, towards content management.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Oh, no, I could only wish. It would be a good reason to learn, though, but I simply can’t afford the time. It’s sadly mostly Midjourney + Pixelmator. And my sister, when Midjourney fails me.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Oh! I thought this was something about describing a data model in plain text and having an LLM generate the entity-relationship diagram tool. I’ve done this with GPT4, asking it to output Mermaid relationship diagrams. And it’s usually impr
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by ElFitz 3y ago
2 million actions. Also known as what any modern CPU can run in less than a second. Or probably 1$ on AWS Lambda if counting API Gateway calls. It’s always been one of my pet peeves when it comes to low / no code solutions like Zapier.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Reminds me of some descriptions of Bell’s Plan 9.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Oh, I’ll have to see if and how Provenance can run on it. PSX games with a PS5 controller on a theatre screen? My inner 8 years old is going to loose his mind. But that doesn’t solve the issue for the mainstream.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
Their accessibility features are quite fascinating. Sound recognition for example, or Assistive Touch on the watch. Not needing those I have no idea wether or not they’re actually useful, but it sure is impressive and seems well-thought.
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by ElFitz 3y ago
An illustrated book. While I still use software to make it, it's quite fun, and a refreshing change. Can't wait to get it printed and see what it looks like in paper.
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Tingo Group: Fake Farmers, Phones, and Financials–The Nigerian Empire That Isn’t(hindenburgresearch.com)
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