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by ultra_nick 3y ago
Yes, GPU poor people are just using top k semantic search to try to fix the issues will low ram low knowledge LLMs. It's OK for some applications, but other methods need to be investigated.
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
Google put an LLM into a robot a few months ago. This is the second paper I've seen on it. https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08647
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
A land value tax would fix this. https://www.thebalancemoney.com/what-is-a-land-value-tax-520...
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
Servers with high quality software integration. These provide the same value to businesses as Apple devices provide to consumers. Hopefully they "just work" and eliminate a bunch of Devops distractions. Most hardware companies hav
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
Finishing homework before a deadline is a great idea, everyone agrees, and it'll cause career issues if your grades slip too much. However, most people still struggle to motivate themselves to do it. Useless. A better tip is to at l
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
Isn't that stability.ai's business model?
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
It changes the whole game. We were almost defenseless from swarms of flying grenades before. Now, the military can handle that threat.
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
People work twice as much for the same wage. Most households now have two full time workers. Strangers raise our kids. Affordable small houses are no longer built. There're few legal or free places to rest. The rich pay significantly l
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
Download ebooks and documentation. Use Calibre to organize them. https://calibre-ebook.com/ https://www.gutenberg.org/ Computing systems would be a good subject to study. I'd also recommend downloading
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
These are good basics, but will still underestimate large projects. For a padding rule, use: estimate^2 Because T tasks times N estimation errors/delays is an exponential growth in project time complexity. For statistics and data, see
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
Yes, in the same way automatic checkout has replaced humans.
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
Investors have a tool for that. The scientific betting principal could be used to optimally size bets on which research will benefit humanity the most. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_criterion
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by ultra_nick 3y ago
Who cares? ChatGPT4 does trivial things faster and cheaper than humans. That's useful enough to replace jobs. Researchers release a smarter AI every year. Just be patient and they'll have one that can replace us within the decade.
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
What do y'all think of this equity valuation method for early startups? Startups have a 95% failure rate and an average exit of $243M. Therefore, equity could be considered a lottery ticket with an expected value = Equity% * (1-0.95)
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
Housing inequality could be fixed with a land tax. A land tax makes nimbyism significantly more expensive, so they're more willing to sell property to high density housing developers. Places like Texas, with a property tax and little z
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
Ok, switched to Linux. What's the best way to help improve the Linux Desktop experience?
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
You can't compile existing C++ or Rust programs to React or other frameworks. It's used to compile your app in a format that can run on any machine with a web browser.
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
It's surprising how many people are missing the main point of the article. Considering the long term consequences of your decisions will help you reach your goals. That should be self evident and uncontroversial. Don't over-analyz
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
I'd rather have my bugs fixed 1000x faster with opt-out telemetry. Most people don't change the default settings, so you'd get significantly less crash reports with opt-in telemetry.
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
Our startup started working on solving this problem with extremely customized continuous AI Tutoring last year. In his research paper, Bloom says that private tutoring is the most effective learning method, but similar results can be obtai
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
Hopefully their AI doesn't permanently ban the wrong account.
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
Anytime it looks like we're going extinct, then we should prioritize finding wtf is happening. People should be freaking a lot more given this is trending to kill us before climate change.
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
We're building a general purpose AI Tutor chrome extension to make learning easier for everyone. It's like a ChatGPT that remembers what it taught you the previous semester. The dream is that students will be able graduate earlie
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
I'd like to buy a laptop that's also a fault tolerant cluster.
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
Collaborating with Python/Web is a great way Rust to market itself.
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
QubesOS may be less cumbersome if it works for your use case.
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
I started designing my own functional dataflow language to simplify distributed programming. It looks like I can stop. Does Unison execute its DAG of functions concurrently by default?
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
1. Don't mix work and personal accounts. 2. For regular people, it's good to have at least one public communication method in case of virality 3. Don't bother with regular posting unless you have regular source of content. (
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
What's wrong with common core?
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by ultra_nick 4y ago
Or they found Scrum to be unproductive and are looking for alternatives.

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