richardlblair

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by richardlblair 1y ago
As I mentioned yesterday - I recently needed to process hundreds of low quality images of invoices (for a construction project). I had a script that had used pil/opencv, pytesseract, and open ai as a fallback. It still has a staggering
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by richardlblair 1y ago
I get that when drama unfolds like this there is going to be a shake out. It's always valuable, to some degree, to know what happened and why. I just wish we could get to the part where the community can know and trust that our supply
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by richardlblair 1y ago
I just ran Qwen against some of invoices that my gnarly algorithm really struggled with (with openai fallback) and Qwen was able to extract all relevant data without any issues. I'm pretty damn impressed to be honest.
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by richardlblair 1y ago
I did it the old school way with openai as the fallback. All I'm saying is I'm excited to try Qwen to see if it out performs my gnarly algorithm.
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by richardlblair 1y ago
I recently needed to scan hundreds of low quality invoices and run them through OCR for invoice numbers and dates. I really took for granted how seamless this is in some applications, and was shocked how much work went into producing decent
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by richardlblair 1y ago
Their comment about Canada's trade prospects are very telling. They are trying to spin a false narrative (surprise surprise).
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by richardlblair 1y ago
As a Canadian, living shoulder to shoulder with the very folks who used to frequently travel to the US (and being one myself). I firmly disagree.
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by richardlblair 1y ago
Yea, trying to bring Tobi into this by proxy of Kaz is a stretch. If they want to talk about Kaz, talk about Kaz.
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by richardlblair 1y ago
The fact you're being questioned about this is insane. There used to be a 0% chance of being tossed on a plane and deported somewhere else in the world when visiting the US. That chance is now non-zero, which is an unacceptable level o
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by richardlblair 1y ago
I obviously don't know you, so take my last paragraph with a grain of salt. All I can do is relate what you wrote and my interpretation of it with my knowledge and experience. Although, I don't make comment about whether you'
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by richardlblair 1y ago
Im curious, mostly for the sake of conversation, what emotional resolution looks like for you?
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by richardlblair 1y ago
Yea, this is a great one. I've had a lot of success in the past using the backpack problem / box packing as an interview question for problem solving / pair programming parts of the interview. It has "I don't know&q
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by richardlblair 1y ago
The book referenced is not wrong, but it is too narrow. Repair isn't the core attribute of parenting. It's the core attribute of human relationships. This is generally accepted as common knowledge - it's not about the rupture
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by richardlblair 1y ago
AI is really good at writing tests. AI is also pretty good if you get it to do small chunks of code for you. This means you come with the architecture, the implementation details, and how each piece is structured. When I walk AI through eac
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by richardlblair 1y ago
Love all the work Jean Boussier does for the ecosystem. I would add to this commentary that there are a number of things you can do in Rails to speed it up. For instance, ActionController::Metal
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by richardlblair 1y ago
Your comment implies people who build companies with the intent to sell don't build companies that deliver value. That couldn't be further from the truth. There is nothing wrong with wanting to build something of value and don&#x2
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by richardlblair 1y ago
Notion for my team, Obsidian for myself. We do everything in Notion. Book time off, HR policies, run books, playbooks, knowledge dumps, project management, sprint management. Search is a lot better so it really opens up the use cases. Imo,
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by richardlblair 1y ago
Oh, I remember you (for your ping, not your gamertag lol). For real, though. After years of playing CS the WC3 plugin revived the game for me. De aztec was amazing when you could teleport all around the map.
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by richardlblair 1y ago
I spent many a weekend on your servers as a teen. Thank you for running them! (I was MethodMan)
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by richardlblair 1y ago
This is true with any any interaction with the DB, ORM or otherwise. Regardless of the layer of abstraction you choose to operate at you still need to understand the underlying complexity. What Rails gives you is easy to use (and understand
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by richardlblair 1y ago
If your ORM is going to the DB per row you're using it wrong. N+1 queries are a performance killer. They are easy to spot in any modern APM. Rails makes this easy to avoid. Using `find_each` batches the queries (by 1,000 records at a t
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by richardlblair 1y ago
I've worked both with ORMs and without. As a general rule, if the ORM is telling you there is something wrong with your query / tables it is probably right. The only time I've seen this is my career was a project that was an
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by richardlblair 1y ago
Can't speak for others, but my 3yr old has definitely gone done an aisle alone. Much to my dismay, but alas, it did happen. These are the things that happen when you don't put your kid in carts and strollers all the time. It also
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by richardlblair 1y ago
It's almost fitting, isn't it? Given what each of these conferences are all about.
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by richardlblair 1y ago
I used the one he put together for Ubuntu. My setup had become old and clunky. My dotfiles had become a mass. It was nice to go from 0 to something useful without effort. Now I just make changes as I see fit.
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by richardlblair 1y ago
I don't think people in CS should be giving broad overly simplistic mental health advice. Let's leave that to the pros. I'm grateful of DHH's contributions to society but his hot takes are marketing ploys. Mental health
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by richardlblair 1y ago
Didn't see today's DHH rant about talk therapy?
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by richardlblair 1y ago
Someone at apple spent too much time on r/unixporn
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by richardlblair 2y ago
> I've never cared whether someone "validates" my emotions I doubt you recall being 2yrs old vividly. Or even 3. Around this age feelings get really really big. There is no concept of emotional regulation yet. That's
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by richardlblair 2y ago
I'm in the same boat - and if they came to me and said "If you can, an extra $20 would really go a long way", I'd probably give them another $20.

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