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   by __rito__ 5d ago

   Did you study Biology in college or at least had AP Biology in High School? Or do you read long form content in good magazines/newspapers on vaccines, disease, etc.?
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   by __rito__ 6d ago

   Same for me. When I was High School and uni, there was still copying from Wikipedia, obscure blogs, paying people, etc. but I did all my own work. It was a rewarding experience and breath of fresh air from 'remembering-regurgitating le
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   by __rito__ 6d ago

   They are still doing it, and not just in Kenya. The bar has just risen, and that's all. Unis are using Pangram, GPT-0 and a lot of plagiarism detectors, and the cheaters are using ghostwriters to get homeworks, assignments done that pa
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   by __rito__ 6d ago

   How about developing counters to said bioweapons? That capability should be commoditized too, IMO.
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   by __rito__ 8d ago

   You can access the whole Open Access catalogue here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/open-access-at-mit-press/books/ .
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   by __rito__ 11d ago

   This is the best OCaml resource I know, and I have gone through it in full, and highly recommend: CS3110: OCaml Programming: Correct + Efficient + Beautiful [0] It is one of the best programming resources that I know of. [0]: https:&#x2F
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   by __rito__ 12d ago

   Even if I pay for a true large model, I am going to prefer an open model hosted in Europe/my country, not them.
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   by __rito__ 14d ago

   This is a spiritual idea. Encouraged in many traditions all over the world. I saw Zhuangzi mentioned, and also saw people mention the "Perfect Days" movie. I have delved deep in this matter, and read and plan to read multiple book
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   by __rito__ 19d ago

   Bhartrihari was a king, philosopher, and poet. Scholars argue whether they were the same person or not, but I don't care, as scholars also argue about if Socrates really existed or not. He wrote 300 verses in Sanskrit. And they are on
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    by __rito__ 24d ago

    If you are serious about ML, you can email me to get recommendations on resources. (Fully free, of course.)
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    by __rito__ 24d ago

    After one month of substantial testing, for coding and Math related tasks, I am going to keep Codex over Claude.
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    by __rito__ 24d ago

    1. Build an LLM from Scratch by Sebastian Raschka ( https://sebastianraschka.com/llms-from-scratch/ ) 2. LLM from 0 to Hero, and nanoGPT by Andrej Karpathy
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    by __rito__ 1mo ago

    Typing out in an app window is not enjoyable. Maintaining physical ones is not practical anymore - with travels and all.
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    by __rito__ 1mo ago

    I won't ever listen to AI music, because there is no human soul behind it. It's my choice, I have made it. I will listen to worse music if a human has written it, performing it. You can listen to all sorts of great musicians on Sp
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    by __rito__ 1mo ago

    Not really. For example, the AI model being used is also a big factor. Gemini 3.5 Pro, Grok were like this - spewed nonsense advice for anything 'physical' . Grok gave me very poor gardening advice, as an example. But Claude Opus
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    by __rito__ 1mo ago

    Creating flashcards is also such a chore! For the recall part of education, the book's exercise, or simply covering up the relevant part with hand and forcing a recall, writing about what you learned, teaching someone else - all work g
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    by __rito__ 1mo ago

    In India, there is Bhava Atomic Research Center (BARC) where many scientists mysteriously drop dead. Too many car crashes, too many heart attacks an suicides at young age. We know how. This does discourage real people to take up positions t
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    by __rito__ 1mo ago

    Dude... It's totally, completely, fully different. Have you ever worked as an electrician/plumber, etc.? The amount of physical stress, sweat, exposure to bad weather, etc. are orders of magnitude higher than what you get as a tec
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    Chip design from the bottom up – Reiner Pope [video](youtube.com)

    3 points by __rito__ 1mo ago|0 comments
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    by __rito__ 1mo ago

    I had tried downloading release assets of two different OSS that I use, and all requests failed. It was before it became a news and a trend in X. Really frustrating experience.
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    by __rito__ 2mo ago

    Agree with the general spirit of the piece, but the examples that he gave create more problem than solving problems. > A fitness app that sizes my smoothie to that morning's run I don't feel I need more than the phone's ca
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    by __rito__ 2mo ago

    That is true. But you can rise above it, or choose to ignore it. If not, then it is not the right group. I have been part of groups with vile internal power struggles, politics. I never ever took part. Was okay. Maybe there is a threshold s
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    by __rito__ 2mo ago

    > 4. Be part of bigger things > Being part of bigger things makes us feel valued. Find communities and projects to be part of. Start your own. It could be online or in the real world. Make sure the groups don't get politically ac
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    by __rito__ 2mo ago

    What you are saying is true. But YouTube/FB algorithms are deliberately skewed towards regular posters. It's like your content of love that you produce once or twice a month won't be shown to the users at all. Where do I get
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    by __rito__ 2mo ago

    Don't tell that to Indians! A lot of humans are named "Santosh". :x Unlike in the West, naming one's dog after someone's name is considered an insult. "I will have a pet dog named after you" is insult thro
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    Practical Human Interface Examples (1996) [pdf](cs.stanford.edu)

    3 points by __rito__ 2mo ago|0 comments
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    by __rito__ 2mo ago

    From the site's "About" section: > "Ergo is a nonprofit that publishes long-form philosophical lecture courses with leading scholars. Everything we publish is freely available, without ads or paywalls." I know
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    by __rito__ 2mo ago

    One sentence I heard somewhere wraps up the totality of computing: "If Mathematics is the 'what', Computer Science is the 'how'" . This applies to each and everything.
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    by __rito__ 2mo ago

    > Lately I've been spending time learning Scheme and using it to implement the concepts I'm learning in my physics classes as time permits. There is a whole book for that: Learn Physics with Functional Programming A Hands-on Gu
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    by __rito__ 2mo ago

    I spoke in the context of supercomputer clusters, and usage in scientific HPC.