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by yobbo 1y ago
I think the formula should be (n+1)/(n+m+1) which should correspond to the mean of a binomial distribution with a uniform prior. So it's adding 1 to each count of observations. This is probably the formula to memorise and check ag
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by yobbo 1y ago
Many cities have rechargeable public transport cards. Famous Japanese example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suica The plan: 1) Build correct and cryptographically sound open protocol for NFC cash-cards 2) Offer
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by yobbo 1y ago
I can't find references to HMM-based large language models. Small HMM language models generate gibberish very similar to this. A HMM consists of a state space, a state transition matrix, and an output probability matrix. A token space
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by yobbo 1y ago
Among the possible reasons for keeping old machines are specific expansion cards or peripherals that only work on old motherboards. Whether that motivates debian support is another question.
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by yobbo 1y ago
It feels to me like the conceptual ancestor of all black-square-display digital watches is the Commodore Watch, which now looks like a timeless classic. Would be cool to see a modern recreation.
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by yobbo 1y ago
It sounds like we agree? LLMs are great for finding fixes for lawnmowers and other things. Before, easier fixes for those problems weren't valuable enough to warrant any investment. Therefore, current LLMs won't be a complete uphe
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by yobbo 1y ago
This is an interesting example but it can't be scaled up to have meaningful impact on the level of the economy or society. The effect right now of LLMs is reducing friction for some people with certain problems, but big important probl
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by yobbo 1y ago
It might be more useful with a signature like maybe_divide -> maybe(int) -> maybe(int) -> maybe(int) ... and then a set of operations over maybe, and functions/macros for and_then(), or_else(), etc. It would be interesting to
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by yobbo 1y ago
From what I can see, the etymology for "boy" beyond relatively modern cognates is still undetermined. It could have entered germanic before 900 and left no written traces before later appearing in Middle English. Finns and Estonia
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by yobbo 1y ago
I think I recall seeing the Swedish version of this word listed among cognates with "boy". It seems probable from the pronunciation that the Swedish word is loaned from Finnish, and not the other way around. The meaning is identic
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by yobbo 1y ago
At the time of proto-germanic, it would have been spoken only in the northern parts of present day Germany, besides southern Scandinavia. The language spread and diverged during the first millennium AD.
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by yobbo 1y ago
It seems possible the word "boy" was loaned from Finnish "poika", presumably then via proto-norse.
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by yobbo 1y ago
A "reasoning LLM" might not be conceptually far from MCTS.
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by yobbo 1y ago
Running MCTS over algorithms is the part that might be considered unfair if used in competition with humans.
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by yobbo 1y ago
1. Accept lower temperature in the stonework/bricks/concrete 2. Use heatpumps, wood furnaces, accumulator tanks 3. Only heat the rooms you use when you use them. It's very doable, especially in Italy.
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by yobbo 1y ago
If "knowledge work" is under such threat from GenAI, it is revealing what extent it is actually a euphemism for "clerical work".
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by yobbo 1y ago
The shift described in the article is more about craftsmanship vs mass production (Ford's conveyor belt and so on) and disruption is not the right word as it took place over decades. Most people that started as coach builders could pro
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by yobbo 1y ago
> the average person is using it to delay having to work that hour at all, in exchange for having to work an hour and six minutes sometime later. As long as inflation is higher than the interest rate, it means having to work less than an
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by yobbo 1y ago
What about possible future employment as a "consultant" in a much more generous (and sexy) private corporation?
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by yobbo 1y ago
> The idea that literally massive amounts of this workforce couldn't possibly be filled by domestic grads One theory is that the benefit they might be providing over domestic "grads" is lack of prerequisites for promotion
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by yobbo 1y ago
The compression effect in music amounts to increasing the amount of energy/loudness in the sound within the limits of the playback device to avoid "clipping". Put very simply, it increases the amplitude of the input sound. It
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by yobbo 1y ago
I suspect (in a common pattern) the main thing that blocks making performance a priority is that it equates to reordering various ranks among developers and product managers. When performance supersedes "more features", developers
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by yobbo 1y ago
> are trying to organize group trips to sell to clients. You might as well be saying "we are trying to make movies to sell tickets". Organising group tours as such is easy, but the value is in the creative input that engages an
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by yobbo 1y ago
"Gym access, comfortable accommodations, sightseeing, custom meal plans" This is a bog standard travel package. So many of these exist and they are not difficult to produce. Selling them (really) successfully usually revolves arou
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by yobbo 1y ago
Iirc the (probably simplified) LKH heuristic they used: For each iteration: apply some randomisation starting at each place cut the path in 2..n places reconnect in the most optimal way if the n
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by yobbo 1y ago
The compiler will complain about incorrect types and (?) infer types where possible. "Mixed" types are resolved at runtime. There is a strict_types mode that will increase warnings/errors. One of the problems with Pike is tha
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by yobbo 1y ago
No, python had already won by the time django and numpy started. Pike's C interface is better in most ways, but of course that might depend on tastes. Python's easy syntax, accessible documentation, books and tutorials make the le
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by yobbo 2y ago
True.
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by yobbo 2y ago
If there is a weight update, there is a gradient, and a loss objective. You might not write them down explicitly. I can't recall exactly what the Hebbian update is, but something tells me it minimises the "reconstruction loss&quot
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by yobbo 2y ago
The problem is not with the people . It is a system which disincentivises family formation for everyone, especially the poor.

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