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by qgin 2y ago
In the very vaguest sense of the word, absolutely. Not that there is a literal transformer algorithm, but there is some evolved learning algorithm in the neurons of the brain that is at least somewhat a distant cousin of what we’re doing to
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by qgin 2y ago
Nobody really knows where the limit of scaling is, but we haven’t hit it yet. Models get smarter with emergent abilities as they get bigger.
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by qgin 2y ago
Can you say more about pump and dump?
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by qgin 2y ago
Just for some context, the highly active group was doing about 8 MET hours per day, which is the equivalent of jogging for about an hour and a half every day at a 10 min mile.
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by qgin 2y ago
Currently worse than trained, experienced, intelligent humans with domain knowledge? Sure. Better than an average human? Absolutely.
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by qgin 2y ago
This is a weird framing. US life expectancy is lower than other developed countries because of cultural and political reasons, not technological ones. Is nobody supposed to invest in research until the US gets its political and cultural act
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by qgin 2y ago
As far as I’ve ever seen, the only way truly creative and good work ever gets done is when people who sit at the intersection of many subjects coordinate groups together to work on something. Am I completely misunderstanding what he’s sayin
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by qgin 2y ago
Growing up in the church, it eventually became pretty clear that nobody actually believed in heaven. Almost nobody’s actions were congruent with what you would do if you actually believed in heaven. The stances on death, the reactions when
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by qgin 2y ago
ICUs are amazing technology. You can keep almost anyone in a temporary state of stasis. This is great for people who have a condition that just needs more time to heal (like a lot of people with Covid, or people after car accidents). But fo
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by qgin 2y ago
That is excellent advice thank you. I’d been putting off expanding the “team” so to speak for awhile but you’re 100% correct. Aside from burning out, I’m the single point of failure right now.
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by qgin 2y ago
The title is factually correct, but the essay itself is such a miserable way to choose to view life. I don’t think you can make it past 45 with that attitude.
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by qgin 2y ago
It never occurred to me that I had any sway in my mom’s medical treatment until recently after about 3 years of pretty serious caregiving. It was only after things started getting so complex that stuff was starting to not work that I realiz
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by qgin 2y ago
Feels like an abrupt 180 from the “facts over feelings” crowd.
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by qgin 2y ago
It’s hard to say it wasn’t intentional after this tweet: https://x.com/sama/status/1790075827666796666 > her And this one: https://x.com/prafdhar/status/1790789900650037441 > @alex
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by qgin 2y ago
Hacker News is in love with this genre of “everything is so much more serious and terrible than you think” and I’m not sure exactly why.
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by qgin 3y ago
I like React because I remember life before React. Bringing functional programming to front end was a huge deal.
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by qgin 3y ago
> Its unfortunate receptors in the brain were named “nicotinic” or “cannabinoid”… Just imagine if the major categories of dopamine receptors were called “cocaine receptors” https://x.com/hubermanlab/status/15738
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by qgin 3y ago
This makes me so happy. Logo on the Apple IIe was my first exposure to programming ever as a kid.
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by qgin 3y ago
The article mentions social media as a reason for loneliness. Is the premise that social media replaces socializing that would have otherwise happened in person?
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by qgin 3y ago
It's why nearly every soda vending machine has a sticker like this: "Balance what you EAT, DRINK, and DO" https://www.bevindustry.com/articles/89678-aba-addresses-obe...
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by qgin 3y ago
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/food-industry-bac...
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by qgin 3y ago
I'm not sure I believe that companies making ultra processed foods are victims of a catch-22 where they are unable to reveal the truth of how healthy their ultra processed food is because of the social shame that would come from fundin
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by qgin 3y ago
I hate to say this at risk of seeming like I'm over-exaggerating but Severance belongs on the list of best TV shows of all time.
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by qgin 3y ago
Siri has been partially on-device, partially in cloud for awhile. It would make sense for them to continue this split, especially if they want these new features to be supported by all ios18 phones, which will likely stretch back to the iPh
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by qgin 3y ago
Big difference using LLM to wordsmith your English vs using LLM to fake your research and analysis
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by qgin 3y ago
Hard to see how retail doesn’t eventually become Amazon Go
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by qgin 3y ago
Free State of Florida keeps getting freer.
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by qgin 3y ago
You don’t become a billionaire if your natural state is to feel satisfied with what you have… and you don’t start being satisfied with what you have just because you’re a billionaire. Whatever drive/neurosis got them to where they are
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by qgin 3y ago
I have a handful family members now getting suddenly mad in the middle of conversations because they had an intrusive thought about “Pelosi” or “Hunter” and make a sharp turn into rageville. These are people who have never been interested i
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by qgin 3y ago
I haven’t been to Detroit or Berlin. Is the difference really just marketing or are there other differences?

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