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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
There is a general academic rejection of “solutionism” that prefers criticism to design. I find it unnerving, personally.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Can AI make inaccessible websites accessible from a consumer end? Why or why not?
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Was it? Both seemed real, and both seemed a joke. That’s kind of the weird majesty of the whole concept.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
1833: first known case of "lose money on every sale but make it up on volume." Amazing. Birth of postmodern capitalism right there. https://barrypopik.com/blog/we_lose_money_on_every_sale_but_...
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Yeah, but bronze also makes great swords… what’s the point here?
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
That’s the angel’s share — the first bits of distillation you need to throw out. Edit: I’m wrong! That’s the term for the part that evaporates during aging. But this article explains what happens to the methanol at distillers and it’s prett
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Cannabis scientists are trying to find a predictable, reliable product (2020)(nytimes.com)
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Since intuitive and non-rational thinking are demonstrably rational in the face of incomplete information, I guess we’re all rationalists. Or that’s how I’m rationalizing it, anyway.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
It’s a tool that lets anyone create and deploy functional software (usually web-based) by writing prompts in plain English. Usually they are UI “wrappers” for leading AI models (usually Claude). The platforms also usually include online dev
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Fun and new. I both like and don’t like that I don’t know which actions are going to be effective. Strategy..
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Context rot! Love it. One bad apple spoils the barrel. I try to keep hygiene with prompts; if I get anything bad in the result, I try to edit my prompts to get it better rather than correcting in conversation.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
That’s why we need an AI infrastructure like amsterdam, where you can bike everywhere. It’s faster and more convenient than a car for most trips and keeps everyone fit and happy.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
I’ve been looking for that! Thanks
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
In my limited experience, LLMs can have issues with translation tone — but these issues are pretty easily fixed with good prompting. I want to believe there will be even more translators in the future. I really want to believe it.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
thanks! my contact info is in my bio. Drop me a line -- the website might be up later today... or next week haha. But several friends flying into Amsterdam to make this a reality.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Be repulsed then! We are doing the workshop specifically to explore this tension. I’m well aware that times are weird. This workshop is actually a forerunner to a workshop on demos with quantum computers, where the constraints are very real
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
I know, tell me about it, we’ve been debating this, tbh. We landed on pico8 to introduce the ideas of creativity within constraints as there is a very active community and nice tooling. We’ve done NES workshops before, but always with CS st
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Agree! Go into it with great preparation — be sure to read the manual closely.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
It’s mostly attitude that you are learning. Playfulness, persistence and a willingness to start from scratch again and again.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Thanks for putting this together! I’ve been thinking a lot about demoscene in a Vibecoding era. Demoscene was often very close to the metal; Vibecoding is often completely abstracted from it. To explore this tension, I’m cohosting an 8bit g
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
We need more scientific societies. Modern peer review is super modern. Go back to the origins of science and it was all about a real community—setting high standards and having just a few people decide what to publish. It wasn’t trying to b
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Report back please!
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
I read the title at least 3 times—and saw your comment—before clicking and getting disappointed. Eyes are funny that way.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Pretty serious flaws in the original paper. 1. Scoring unsolvable challenges as incorrect 2. Not accounting for token span 3. Not allowing LLMs to code as part of solution. I tend to see Apple’s paper as an excuse for not having competitive
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Prompting is prewriting — which is very important and often neglected. With it, you are: * Describing the purpose of the writing * Defining the format of the writing * Articulating the context You are writing to figure out what you want.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Prompting involves more than an insignificant amount of writing.
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Over 1.6% of the contiguous USA is dedicated to corn ethanol. If that land were replaced by solar, at 20% capacity, it could produce 10.8 PWh of electricity. That’s two and a half times the total amount of electricity that the US currentl
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
I love the internet
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Ask ChatGPT what would happen if all ethanol corn farmland were replace by solar panels. Then ask about agrosolar
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by dr_dshiv 1y ago
Yeah, but they know how to get the quality human labeled data at scale better than anyone — and they know what Anthropic and OpenAI wanted — what made it quality

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