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jcgrillo
3y ago
AFAICT neither the blog post nor the linked paper showed anything like this. Specifically, they didn't make any comparison between results obtained _with_ an LLM vs results obtained _without_ one. IIUC, this paper showed results obtain
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jcgrillo
3y ago
To what extent is an LLM necessary here? As far as I can tell (and perhaps I haven't looked closely enough yet) the purpose of the LLM here is to generate things that look plausibly like python functions conforming to a given type sign
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jcgrillo
3y ago
Can electric vehicles (let alone this absurdly ridiculous example) reliably make it around the 'ring more than once without having to recharge? It seems like EV range drops off a cliff in all but the most idyllic driving conditions--fl
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jcgrillo
3y ago
> Also I don't understand why you're continuing to edit your message long after I replied. I wasn't aware you had replied, my apologies for your inconvenience.
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jcgrillo
3y ago
> You wouldn't start full? Using your numbers, 250*.9 + 180 + 180 makes the trip in two charges. Sorry, you're quite right. So towing it'll be 2hr of charging for 9hr of driving, empty it'll be 80min for 9hr. I don&#x
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jcgrillo
3y ago
10 to 80 leaves me 70% effective capacity, so that's 0.7 * ~400 = ~280mi/charge. This would mean on my 575mi drive I'd spend 3 * 40min = 2hr charging. So it'll take me 11hr to do a 9hr drive. Let's say I was towing.
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jcgrillo
3y ago
I don't disagree , but there's one major difference at play here. Those early horseless carriages--and maybe even the first ~9 decades of automobiles--were objectively simple, maintainable, rebuildable machines. Many examples fro
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jcgrillo
3y ago
I think they mean this part: > The only reasonable circumstance is if you're on a camping trip or something, and somehow driving hundreds of miles without passing a source of electricity- in which case yes, use a gas/ethanol c
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jcgrillo
3y ago
> The "advantage" of being able to drive 12+ hours without taking a couple hours to charge is absolutely ridiculous. It's not something people do or should do. I pretty regularly drive between Washington, D.C. and northern
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jcgrillo
4y ago
This book was a fun read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eudaemonic_Pie