aczerepinski

5 ms·

31.
by aczerepinski 1y ago
I've been using Elixir with Gemini for the past couple days, and the LLM is less successful than it has been with other languages I use. It gets stuck sometimes - for example it couldn't figure out how to use a JWT encoding/d
32.
by aczerepinski 1y ago
As a jazz musician I’d estimate that there are at least an order of magnitude more seventh chords than triads in jazz songs. I question a dataset that says there are more triads. Makes me wonder what else is wrong with the data. For instanc
33.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
Can someone help me understand the percentages? Does 80% accurate imply that the measurement could be 20% inflated?
34.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
They can under my proposal. But if they die without having donated all their wealth their kids can’t inherit it either.
35.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
Creating music is the most rewarding thing I’ve found in life, and I can’t wrap my head around why anyone would want to automate that away. Less of this, more robots they do my dishes please.
36.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
Taxing estates over 1B at 100% would move the needle a good amount. Rich people will insist that if you remove their incentive to earn more than a billion they’ll stop working and I’m ok with that. There will always be plenty of non billion
37.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
For me part of the appeal is to have something physical that I truly own and can enjoy without being tracked by algorithm. Blue Note Tone Poets (which are analogue all the way) got me into the hobby but I also buy new records, especially wh
38.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
It wasn’t $8M either since some of the contracted amount has already been spent. They should have used $5.5M in the headline.
39.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
Think more along the lines of exploits that allow turning off a power grid, spinning a centrifuge too fast, or releasing a dam.
40.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
I moved from the east coast to the Midwest during the pandemic. Any lobbying I would have done during early elementary years would have gone to waste. And even if I hadn’t moved I would have had to lobby at not just my elementary school but
41.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
ADHD is a real neurological condition that people are born with; not something learned via an app. Post links to research please.
42.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
All of my kid’s sixth grade friends have smartphones. No exceptions. If I excluded those families my kid wouldn’t be allowed to have friends. Best I can do is take the other kids phones away after a certain number of screen hours at my hous
43.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
I play K Sweet too! I love them.
44.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
Gives me the impression that you aren’t even allowed to play chess if you aren’t a nerd.
45.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
For me it’s that last one and also wanting more of my money to flow through my community. I don’t want to live in a world where 10 trillionaires control everything. I already tried to avoid Amazon but Bezos blocking the Post from endorsing
46.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
My town (Madison WI) has one. You can rent time or do classes. I kind of want to do it but I already have too many hobbies.
47.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
I adore burl. Burl coffee tables, cell phone cases, jewelry boxes, guitars, you name it. I should start taking classes now so that I’ll be ready to pivot to woodworking when AI replaces engineers.
48.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
Speed to market. One person or a very small team can build a feature-rich app in Rails (or equivalent framework) faster than any other approach. Plenty of companies end up building the wrong product altogether and need to pivot when they re
49.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
It’s why I moved my personal site from Phoenix to Go and it has proven to he a great choice. I have zero dependencies so they never go out of date.
50.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
Because there’s no money or prestige in it. There are plenty of people who understand the craft and could do it. It’s easy enough to imagine some cultural moment - say a popular romance set in the era - bringing it back for a season of baro
51.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
For 10 years I’ve been reading about cool Elixir stuff here. Love the language. I gave up on finding a job in Elixir many years ago though after seeing salaries consistently lower than more mainstream languages. It may be the language I’d w
52.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
It’s just useful information to prospective students. I went to music conservatories and I have at least four classmates who (like me) are software engineers. Others are lawyers or doctors and plenty teach music. Only a small handful of stu
53.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
The government should require that colleges track and post details about their grads. What percentage are able to sustain careers related to their degree and how much do both groups (in and out of the field) earn? I really think transparenc
54.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
I saw in the news yesterday that someone was looking to buy Paramount for $26B or thereabouts. I hope they at least went through the thought exercise of whether this builds more value than five huge acquisitions that could strengthen their
55.
by aczerepinski 2y ago
I wish I could believe that all this automation would lead to more leisure time for all of humanity, but it certainly won’t happen on its own out of generosity from the robot owners.
56.
by aczerepinski 3y ago
You may have better luck if you specify what low budget means to you. The latest iPhone Pro is better than some of the entry level cameras, especially if you weren't planning to splurge for a nice prime lens. I think the cheapest you s
57.
by aczerepinski 3y ago
Yes! Terence Blanchard is still around and sounding great, and from the generation after him I’d single out Ambrose Akinmusire and Avashai Cohen.
58.
by aczerepinski 3y ago
Fantastic record. It’s nice to see any kind of spotlight shined on jazz but don’t let nostalgia for the past stop you from discovering the elite music being created today. So many jazz message boards and higher ed curriculums focus exclusiv
59.
by aczerepinski 3y ago
This is good news for me personally. I'd like to make money in tech for perhaps 10 more years and then teach music (and comp sci?) in a public high school. I have advanced degrees in music but no education degree. Under current rules I
60.
by aczerepinski 3y ago
There’s certainly a place for escapism. There’s also a place for art with something to say though.

More ›