PhunkyPhil

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by PhunkyPhil 8mo ago
I'm not saying you're wrong, but why is this the case? I'm out of the loop on training LLMs, but to me it's just pure data input. Are they choosing to include more code rather than, say fiction books?
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by PhunkyPhil 8mo ago
I've been thinking exactly this. I'm a recent CS grad and have zero experience in anything physical or on the engineering side but I think I would enjoy it. I'm a bit intimidated by it, is there a path you'd recommend ta
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
Fair enough. I will ask, how many billions have been spent in not only FSD but the car infrastructure that makes room for FSD investment? I'm being slightly fanatical, but if our priorities were not car-centric in the 50's, do you
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
> It absolutely targets a problem that exists. Even in places with pretty great public transit, there is some demand for taxis/Uber/etc. Oftentimes even moreso, because if I don't need a car for 90% of trips, I might not h
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
This is true. Now to start a tangent, what's the easier problem to solve: FSD, or a robust public transport system? Moving rooms have always been around in the form of trains, busses, streetcars etc...
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
FSD is not being marketed as an aide for elderly people or those with disabilities, it's being marketed as a panacea for all driving related problems
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
I think self-driving targets a problem that doesn't really exist. The issue isn't that the act of driving is a laborious task, it's simply the amount of time spent in a car, which FSD doesn't address.
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
You say this in jest, but Uber is trending towards this right now: https://www.uber.com/us/en/ride/uberx-share/ Convergent Evolution happening in realtime- it's almost as if community pooled forms o
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
The point isn't if the output is correct or not, it's if the actual net is doing "logical computation" ala Prolog. What you're suggesting is akin to me saying you can't build a house, then you go and hire someo
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
GCC can use randomized branch prediction.
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
How many software engineers are there in the world? How many are going to stop using it when model providers start increasing token cost on their APIs? I could see the increased productivity of using Cursor indirectly generating a lot more
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
So far there hasn't been a transformative use case for LLMs besides the straightforward chat interface (Or some adjacent derivative). Cursor and IDE extensions are nice, but not something that generates billions in revenue. This means
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
Why would the DoD give them money just to break-even (not even likely. oai has easily put > 10m into their compute) with companies that already have the infrastructure? This isn't a stimulus package, it's a service they're
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
Recently as in the last few days when it started calling itself "MechaHitler" and scapegoating jewish people after the engineers let Elon ramble for the system prompt.
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
This is the system prompt https://github.com/KoljaB/RealtimeVoiceChat/blob/main/code/s... My favorite line: "You ARE this charming, witty, wise girlfriend. Don't explain how you're
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
To me it's something like "the target language does not differ from the expressing language"? A .txt file for notes is plaintext, because the language I'm using doesn't have to be compiled for my goal. Programming l
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by PhunkyPhil 1y ago
Side note: When you google "Geocities" the results are in comic sans
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
> whenever I'm walking my dog, working out, cooking dinner, or taking a shower - I still keep thinking about the things I need to solve, the failing tests, the PR comments, my open-source projects, etc. This isn't an axiomatic
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
Realistically, do you not think most of these things are largely solvable by a few, intentional changes to your daily routine? 30 minute walk before work, gym after work, outdoor/physical hobbies, intentional healthy eating, etc... The
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
I think it's a stretch to compare the battery in a phone to the hand-wired collection of lithium batteries from various laptops. Even if the odds are still low, the calculus works out to be concerning when it's your home and livel
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
I don't. That's why I wouldn't place my livelihood on it.
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
How do you know that a favorable wind direction will eliminate the risk of a fire hazard?
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
I simply don't agree that an IBR loan is a good enough deal to not justify one needing useful and employable skills coming out of higher education. The utility of a degree, from what I've seen, _does_ end up being better than the
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
> Income based repayment means you’ll never pay more than 10% of your discretionary income for 20 years So a 10% hit to your income for at least 20 years isn't significant? What percentage of someone's student debt works under
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
> The fact that you're treating it like trade school is your problem, not the university's. When (for many people) going to college almost necessarily means accruing 5-figure to 6-figure debt at the infancy of their careers, th
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
Iphones will autocorrect two hyphens to an em dash
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
Is that one really doable? It's one of the ones that's been at the top of my list, but my lack of engineering/tinkering experience has made me a bit apprehensive. Is it result really worth the effort?
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
It looks like ultimate goal of this is creating a self-sustaining fusion reactor approximately 1AU away from earth (for safety) and using photovoltaic arrays to absorb the energy... Ingenious!
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
I guess Elon believes that long wait times for government services is because of an O(n^3) function somewhere... > Where are the Democrats on all this? There is hardly any opposition I think because this is so unprecedented the structure
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by PhunkyPhil 2y ago
Freya Holmér is great. To add on: Grant Sanderson's 3Blue1Brown youtube channel might be the best conceptual math presentation in history, the animations are incredible.

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