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by psyklic 9mo ago
Mentorships are simply how most junior scientists get started. Even in grad school, most students initially take on projects their advisors have pre-qualified as interesting. To make high school-level competitions more fair, we should likel
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by psyklic 11mo ago
RAM too. They want +$1K to go from 64GB to 128GB, with no other spec changes. It's a way of segmenting the market -- those who actually need it are willing to pay a lot more (e.g. for AI / 4K videos).
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by psyklic 1y ago
When I'm shown a pre-recorded demo, I suspect the product isn't very robust.
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by psyklic 1y ago
Nice job! As a US-based consultant, I've found it's always best if you immediately suggest a contract. This way you can ensure it starts with terms favorable for you. I've also found it's pedagogically helpful to have tw
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by psyklic 1y ago
Also Trump asked to direct where the investment goes himself. It looks more like a gift than an investment.
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by psyklic 1y ago
Sure, let's suppose they go down some. For the same reasons you'll still end up paying more for the same Chinese products, which will raise domestic prices.
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by psyklic 1y ago
In actuality, the Chinese company can't half their prices. So instead of paying $0.50 for a Chinese bolt, consumers now will pay $1.00. Unfortunately the US bolts will not be plentiful enough. They'll also have to import steel to
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by psyklic 1y ago
If you don't know the foundations well, you don't belong in a postgrad program. That's the reality and how it currently works. Undergrad teaches you those foundations. Anyone can try doing research, even undergrads who half-k
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by psyklic 1y ago
I'm not sure that's a simple argument and can't imagine many would agree. Undergrads who do research generally aren't very good at research yet. A major reason is they either lack or don't fully understand the pre-r
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by psyklic 1y ago
Undergrads who care about learning and research will take the most challenging classes, do research with professors, and surround themselves with other strong students who will push them. Even at top universities, very very few freshmen are
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by psyklic 1y ago
Learning a specific technology for a single project may have a short half-life. However, good coders aren't defined by tech knowledge, but by their deep understanding. If you can make great presentations in Powerpoint, everyone knows y
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by psyklic 1y ago
This is like saying if you have nothing to hide, you should consent to police searches. What is found only provides more possibly coincidental evidence to use against you (just as DNA provides evidence about your potential health).
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by psyklic 1y ago
The article's main point seems to be that students cheat with AI; hence, universities must "resist" AI to preserve critical thought. Although universities are certainly against cheating, the responsibility has always been on
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by psyklic 1y ago
It's the same with math -- those with a deep understanding will be able to do it by hand. Everyone else will take the easy route -- higher immediate productivity but overall capable of less.
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by psyklic 1y ago
Nice work and blog! You might consider crossposting some blog entries to LessWrong for more visibility of your research. People are very interested in new ideas on benchmarking.
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by psyklic 1y ago
Removing crypto regulation only benefits those at the top and scammers, since it gives them one-sided control of the market with few consequences. Which is exactly what's happening.
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by psyklic 1y ago
In everything, there is some low-hanging fruit that yields an impactful outcome for minimal spending.
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by psyklic 2y ago
Good news -- if you're not interested in extending state-of-the-art and simply want to call APIs, you don't have to learn ML deeply.
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by psyklic 2y ago
As of Feb 18, WaPo says merely 14% of US adults overall support pardoning people convicted of violent crimes (and only 32% of Republicans). For nonviolent pardons, 42% overall support it (and 76% of Republicans). [1] https://www.
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by psyklic 2y ago
You likely don't know anyone because there is luck involved in success. Having to initiate a lawsuit would mean you are very unlucky. For example, maybe your business partner fraudulently took most of the shares for himself despite a w
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by psyklic 2y ago
You can win economically, especially if it's a slam dunk case and hence get a lawyer on contingency. That said, it can take a long time to resolve which can prolong any stress surrounding it. And even if the other party is clearly, obv
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by psyklic 2y ago
Stratechery just published detailed specific examples of when it's useful and not: https://stratechery.com/2025/deep-research-and-knowledge-val...
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by psyklic 2y ago
JetBrains' local single-line autocomplete model is 0.1B (w/ 1536-token context, ~170 lines of code): https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2024/04/04/full-line-code-co... For context, GPT-2-small is
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by psyklic 2y ago
The President can offer pardons for criminal matters. However, he is required to uphold laws passed by Congress, particularly bipartisan ones affirmed by the Supreme Court. For example, why would the President have a veto power if he can si
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by psyklic 2y ago
No? Simply look at Elon's X account. And that's the point - if there's "controversy" then it doesn't get noted, falsely implying it's true.
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by psyklic 2y ago
Another major issue is that if enough people believe/support a lie, it doesn't get noted. So in practice, you end up having "official" lies that go un-noted, making them appear true.
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by psyklic 2y ago
Not seeing fact checks likely means it's working: "Once third-party fact-checkers have fact-checked a piece of Meta content and found it to be misleading or false, Meta reduces the content’s distribution "so that fewer people
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by psyklic 2y ago
Everyone must learn new things after university. For example, LLMs, blockchain, and new frameworks likely weren't covered. This is why they say in university you learn how to learn. My personal opinion is that universities should teach
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by psyklic 2y ago
Larger clients will often require you to have liability insurance. I was able to get some quotes for this as an independent consultant myself. However, given the extra expenses you'll have to charge more. I'd suggest using this hi
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