tomrod

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by tomrod 6mo ago
We are definitely more in agreement than disagreement. Yes, the communist regimes were absolutely awful - both from nuts-and-bolts logistics failures as well as what was described in an earlier thread here as "prerogative" applica
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by tomrod 6mo ago
> Violence is coming whether you like it or not. What? No, it isn't inevitable that the US descends into sectarian violence. What a silly notion. There remains more that unites us than divides us. If the US does descend into violenc
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by tomrod 7mo ago
More than one or two, if memory serves correct. How many people died under the totalitarian regimes that preceded them? These oppressive regimes did not start in a vacuum.
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Huh. Most software engineers I come across am at worst ambivalent and at best highly desiring of unions.
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by tomrod 7mo ago
I agree with the EFF here. Government operators must operate in the daylight.
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by tomrod 7mo ago
As someone who does broad activities, it supercharges a lot of things. Having a critical eye is required though. I estimate 40%-60% improvements on basic coding tasks. I don't bring huge codebases to it.
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by tomrod 7mo ago
LLMs learned that users have post histories? /s
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Hate them, actually. They don't communicate - they glaze. Almost as bad as the theft of em-dashes from polite society.
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Not at all -- I am building more and more. But I've been doing AI/ML since 2005 -- and there is always more to learn. The new GenAI architectures and tooling supported by them just give more fun things to do and fun ways to do it.
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by tomrod 7mo ago
*ពួកគេគឺជា
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Why?
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Always choose the best tool for the job. Then import that tool and and check if __name__ == "__main__"
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by tomrod 7mo ago
alias in ~/.zshrc?
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Geospatial tends to be the Achilles heel for python projects for me. Fiona is a wiley beast of a package, and GDAL too. Conda helped some but was always so slow. Pip almost uniformly fails in this area for me.
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Maybe you could. I would stare longingly into the void, wondering if I can ever work another python project after having experienced uv, ruff, and ty. Such an outcome would make me wonder regarding the wisdom of "It is better to have l
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Weird, they all worked for me when I loaded them from Zotero. I'd have to review how to code linked lists and not just use them. But I could probably share a delicious cookie recipe.
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Parquet is a very efficient storage approach. Data interfaces tend to treat paths as partitions, if logical.
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Are they paying for the repo space, I wonder?
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Huh, I didn't realize they had a standalone AI mode. I've used the summarizer a few times and found it to be occasionally useful.
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by tomrod 7mo ago
The US fired many of its government-employed economists. The administration head tried to fire people at NOAA his first term, until he got a yes-head. Data was deliberately buried in a mad rush the first few weeks and months of 2025. I&#x27
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Kudos to this point. For those not realizing that unemployment has several definitions - isn't it wonderful that all were published AND all are well-documented? It's these points of reliability and trustworthiness that, complexity
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by tomrod 7mo ago
My comment was made prior to the parent's edit.Further, familiarity with the subject does not make an informed comment a non-sequitur. Happy reading. [0] https://sites.pitt.edu/~tgrawski/papers/2001%20What%27s
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by tomrod 7mo ago
Not accuse. Observed. This is a lot of similar-sounding-but-different problems. EDIT: For those not realizing that China has a long history of less-trustworthy stats, along with Iran and some other governments, here is some reading you can
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by tomrod 7mo ago
1900 to 2024 for the US. For Iran, China, USSR, for example, you had to back in estimates from observable benchmark information uncontaminated by dictatorships. You didn't have to do that with the US. The US standard has been to docume
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by tomrod 7mo ago
I've been working to understand the potential uses for JEPA. Outside of video, has anyone made a list of any type (geared towards dummies like me)?
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by tomrod 7mo ago
You'll notice that I did not advocate against building and grid reconfiguration. Indeed, my company does microgrids. I do, however, believe strongly in being aware of tradeoffs. In short, I'm very much in favor of building the rig
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by tomrod 8mo ago
Grid overload if they produce too much base load. Interconnection expenses. Same issues as with mining and large industrial clients generally.
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by tomrod 8mo ago
Is the count 40 million devices or 40 million downloads? One imagines a world where malware downloads other malware.
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by tomrod 8mo ago
Maintaining or injecting commentary to guide towards targeted outcomes. Guerrilla marketing of a sort.
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by tomrod 8mo ago
In a word, JEPA?

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