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by ImageXav 3y ago
This is the most accurate answer so far re. The scaling laws. It has been demonstrated that LLMs follow quite clear power laws with respect to performance. In fact, the performance of any model can be determined from the number of parameter
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by ImageXav 3y ago
This is an extremely useful design. I never thought I'd get excited about something like this but I recently moved to an old house with chimney flues running through every room, resulting in shallow alcoves that are of differing sizes.
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by ImageXav 3y ago
This is an interesting one. It's on the top of a lot of lists but I remember some criticisms of it in the early editions. Are the later ones updated/corrected?
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by ImageXav 3y ago
I can imagine it to be quite hard. However, I do think that it is possible to do studies that meet the 'good enough' criteria and that certain key points can be ascertained with high confidence (e.g. taking folic acid at the begin
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Most Scientifc Books on Fatherhood and Pregnancy?
2 points by ImageXav 3y ago|5 comments
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by ImageXav 3y ago
This is interesting to me. Do you use a library to estimate the fourier series of a data series or have you implemented it from scratch? I've searched for this in the past but always got results RE. Fourier transforms, not series.
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by ImageXav 3y ago
This looks really interesting and I hadn't really thought of this as a use case before. Does anyone here know if a similar product is available as an extension for VS Code? I know that I would love to be able to tell VS to just comment
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by ImageXav 3y ago
You could also leave the company at any point, so why should they hire you? There's got to be some give and take in a relationship with an employer. If you're feeling exploited, you're not in the right role. And that will sho
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by ImageXav 3y ago
HyperPhysics was a fantastic resource even during my studies in the 2010s. Despite the perceived "ugliness" of the format, I found it incredibly intuitive. The "chunking" of the formulas and physics into easily digestibl
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by ImageXav 3y ago
I would reconsider. Interestingly, another post on the front page right now "Numbers every LLM developer should know" brings up the fact that this efficiency is due to the training corpus being in English. Any state actor with the
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by ImageXav 3y ago
Someone earning $125k in London is in the top 1% of salaries. They would be able to quickly save up enough for a deposit. Not many 25 year old are making that, even in tech! The Median salary in the UK is around £34000 last I checked on the
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by ImageXav 4y ago
Not at the moment. I have a few hypotheses that I'd I'd like to test and I've reached the bounds of what Colab can do.
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by ImageXav 4y ago
I was thinking of going for a 3090 but wasn't sure whether it was worth it due to the price still being quite high, it would certainly blow my budget out of the water. What kind of models are you planning on using it for? AMD Ryzen 9 p
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by ImageXav 4y ago
The problem with Colab is that I tend to run into two issues: 1. Disconnect during training 2. Not enough storage I tends to work on somewhat mid/large models and TB+ datasets so I run into these issues frequently enough that it's
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Ask HN: What desktop to buy for home based AI/ML in 2023
5 points by ImageXav 4y ago|8 comments
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by ImageXav 4y ago
How does pyenv compare with conda, mamba, pip and poetry? I typically use conda but ever since they broke with python 3.10 I have been considering moving to other environment managers.
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by ImageXav 4y ago
Ursula Le Guin has a gift for punchy prose. I've also read The Dispossessed and The Left Hand of Darkness by her and her ability to come up with truly novel, unique storyline and views of the world is incredible.
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by ImageXav 4y ago
What strikes me here is the willingness of the father to equip Feynman with the right tools and admit to his shortcomings. The 'practical man' series also sounds interesting. Is there an modern version of these books? Or do the or
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by ImageXav 4y ago
I suspect you might enjoy reading the rest of the article. It goes into some depth on what Buddhism was, is and how it has been adapted in the West to mostly focus on meditation and why. Rather than a critique of "Western Buddhism&quot
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by ImageXav 4y ago
I would have to say Bertrand Russell's The Problems of Philosophy. A short book, it covers the limits of knowledge and how to think about the world. Every time I read it I discover something new, and it would be a good companion guide
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by ImageXav 4y ago
Does polars have N-D labelled arrays, and if so can it perform computations on them quickly? I've been thinking of moving from pandas to xarray [0], but might consider poplars too if it has some of that functionality. [0] https:/
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by ImageXav 4y ago
The Yougov poll is an interesting exercise in seeing how public perception does not align well with available data [0]. Section 3 of the link breaks down how many people have been identified as at risk from particular ideologies. 'Mixe
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by ImageXav 4y ago
Ah that makes sense. The rules have changed since, though a part time PhD would still take 6-7 years. I imagine that must have been quite interesting!
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by ImageXav 4y ago
Arethuza, I'm a bit confused by this comment. PhDs in the UK don't last over 4 years. Would you mind clarifying? From a personal perspective I don't regret my PhD, though it was charity funded so it was topped up to be around
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by ImageXav 4y ago
The book is "Improving almost anything - Ideas and essays" and can be found on Amazon, but I think the Wiley description [0] does it more justice. His writing is accessible and full of witticisms such as "When Murphy speaks,
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by ImageXav 4y ago
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold is an excellent work that very clearly guides the reader through the components and steps that lead to the sophisticated computer systems we have nowadays. Each
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by ImageXav 4y ago
Myths & Legends MMORPG A replica of our planet, where you can play as either a hero or creature from ancient mythology. Your choice is limited by your location, so you can learn about the stories of cultures that previously inhabited yo