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Notes on Document Processing with LLMs(andrewpwheeler.com)
2 points by apwheele 3mo ago|0 comments
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by apwheele 3mo ago
If you look at the raster image ChatGPT generated, that is fine. It is just this example (and other simple SVG icons I have asked for) result in pretty bad SVGs. It just makes me highly suspicious that the LLMs are learning shape primitives
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by apwheele 3mo ago
So this is not my experience at all for asking about simple SVG icons for web-pages. Here is one of the examples I have tried for in the past, make a simple cartoon SVG knife for a map icon for a crime map. https://x.com/Cri
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by apwheele 3mo ago
Not an open source, but I discuss it in my book with examples for OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini, https://crimede-coder.com/blogposts/2026/LLMsForMortals . All of the models, you need to have a consistent input
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by apwheele 3mo ago
Just as even a counterpoint to this, I have asked the LLMs to attempt to generate SVG icons for websites. Even though I have requested things much simpler than a Pelican, they have all tended to do quite poorly in my examples. Because of
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by apwheele 3mo ago
I think this is a good meta-lesson for Kaggle. When you have objective metrics to hill-climb towards, AI can do quite well. When you just phone it in and rely on LLM as a Judge, the results are not so great.
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You cannot copyright AI generated material in the US(twitter.com)
4 points by apwheele 3mo ago|1 comments
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Filtering Secrets from Coding Agents with a Hook(crimede-coder.com)
2 points by apwheele 3mo ago|0 comments
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The Death of Documentary Evidence(govintegrity.substack.com)
4 points by apwheele 3mo ago|0 comments
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by apwheele 3mo ago
Agree with the web search point. (I would like for Perplexity to start to offer more models out of the box integrated, like they do now with OpenAI/Gemini models.)
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by apwheele 3mo ago
Processing 500 retrieved chunks here (probably with an additional LLM) will also add a bit of latency (not shown in these graphs!). So for user facing apps, that scenario is probably not feasible (more like filter 10 chunks). Which as the p
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Structured Data Extraction Using Local Models (NuExtract3)(gmcirco.github.io)
2 points by apwheele 3mo ago|0 comments
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by apwheele 3mo ago
If I may shamelessly suggest my own book for those looking for a more basic intro to calling the APIs, including a chapter devoted to agentic patterns across the different SDKs (openai, claude, and google), https://crimede-coder.
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by apwheele 3mo ago
Off topic, but Simon's Pelican on a bike SVG makes me think they are using that is the current models. I ask for much simpler SVG icons periodically (to insert into webpages, map icons, chart icons, etc.) and all of the models tend to
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Union Busters Coming After Me: The Fred Hutch Website Saga(nlrbedge.com)
4 points by apwheele 3mo ago|0 comments
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by apwheele 3mo ago
I read these and think it is just the jagged edge. I do not doubt your personal experience, I have used Composer 2.5 (via Grok and the credits I get with my X premium account) the past month. I am not building rockets, but have been quite i
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AI writing is better than no writing(andrewpwheeler.com)
2 points by apwheele 4mo ago|1 comments
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by apwheele 4mo ago
An AI written article writing about AI resumes and AI interviewers -- https://www.pangram.com/history/38790b9f-dda1-4ea9-9b6c-3858... .
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by apwheele 4mo ago
That is a good point (spiderfy is good if you want to show multiple icons and click on each one specifically). If you do not like the cluster-marker, you could have an icon just list the total number at that location, and then on hover (or
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by apwheele 4mo ago
Checkout how leaflet does this, it is the "spiderfy" part of markercluster. So you click down into the number bubble, and at the lowest zoom explodes out into multiple point markers.
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by apwheele 4mo ago
The clustered markers in leaflet are jarring (I like them, but when I show maps I make my wife she finds the transitions nauseating). The default heatmaps for these maps are bad. Heatmaps should use filled contours so the gradations are mor
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by apwheele 4mo ago
Terry stops != traffic stop You are required to provide a license to operate a vehicle.
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by apwheele 4mo ago
I mean some of the orgs could be like that, but the one near me I looked up (Durham, not affiliated to be clear), is more like an entry level gig to work on various projects (so you work for non-profit, but the orgs they work for may be pub
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Evaluate Your Agentic Tooling(peterbaumgartner.com)
4 points by apwheele 4mo ago|0 comments
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How Confident Are AI Classifiers About Their Own Confidence?(gmcirco.github.io)
6 points by apwheele 4mo ago|1 comments
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Using Claude Code to help me write(andrewpwheeler.com)
3 points by apwheele 4mo ago|0 comments
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by apwheele 4mo ago
Spotcrime just allows you to sign up for email alerts to crime nearby an address of your choosing. I am generally of the mind even if it results in negative externalities, knowledge is good. So even if it on average increases fear of crime,
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Take Action: LAPD Removed Crime Location Data. Here's Why It Matters(blog.spotcrime.com)
28 points by apwheele 4mo ago|16 comments
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by apwheele 4mo ago
I have my crazy notes on Quarto and word documents here, https://github.com/apwheele/Blog_Code/tree/master/Quarto/Rep... . Hopefully useful for others reading these comments. I don't even know w
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by apwheele 4mo ago
I have a contact page on my business website. I get about 2 spam messages a day. So far I have not taken the effort to better filter them. It is a nice check to make sure the site is still working at the moment given the low volume I get. I

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