bdbenton5255

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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Like a church? A synagogue? A mosque? That fits the definition exactly. It seems like a substitute for a house of worship for people who do not believe in God.
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Suchir Balaji did not die in vain.
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Wonderful, a nice meeting place between modern and classical art. Arguably one of the most alluring features of classical art is the complexity and intricacy of detail.
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Certainly an important discovery for utilizing these models on scaled hardware. This approach could certainly be applied beyond LLMs to other types of neural networks. That would be an interesting space to explore.
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Strangely enough, I work with AI models as a programmer and do not use any AI tools to code. The creation of "cognitive debt" as AI researchers describe it means that crucial components of my code are offloaded into a black box un
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Absolutely fascinating. Detecting ripples in the fabric of space and time? The NSF is still producing Nobel worthy discoveries. I've been working on a Deep Convolutional Generative Adverserial Network (DCGAN) which utilizes astronomica
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Something interesting about the American Revolutionary War is that the popular force raised from the population were not only able to overcome the most powerful international military force at the time, they were able to demonstrate signifi
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Nuclear weapons can be repurposed for nuclear energy. Maybe, just maybe, one beautiful day we will live in a world where there are no nuclear weapons nor need for them. These weapons cannot be used ethically, they poison the soil, air, and
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Especially when you consider that similar studies conclude that caffeine has an overall positive effect on brain function when consumed at 200mg per sitting and 400mg per day. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26677204/
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Love it, made me smile. The "warmth" of all this old tech is nostalgic, all the little human touches lost to history. The little bits of heart and soul that shaped the details of our lives, some nameless engineer on some forgotten
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
I loved tinkering with Flash as a kid in the early 2000s. I taught myself programming through ActionScript and wrote a little physics engine that modeled 2D physics using loops, conditionals, basic trig, and increments. It's definitely
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
The human ability to design computer programs through abstractions and solve creative problems like these is arguably more important than being able to crank out lines of code that perform specific tasks. The programmer is an architect of l
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
As a pure dictionary of knowledge gathering symptoms and performing diagnoses it should be obvious that LLMs can do this more efficiently. As for everything else, as pointed out, these programs are insufficient. As with programmers and othe
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Yes, thank you.
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
It does, actually, as the syntax is a result of the language's design and a simpler and more human-like syntax requires a higher level of abstraction that reduces efficiency. The design of a language, including its syntax, has a great
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
That's really it. These tools are useful as assistants to programmers but do not replace an actual programmer. The right course is to embrace the technology moderately rather than reject it completely or bet on it replacing workers.
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
C is many magnitudes faster than Python and you can measure this using nested conditionals. Python is built for a higher level of abstraction and this comes at the cost of speed. It is what makes it very natural and human-like to write in.
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
I read what he wrote, I just disagree with it. Nutrition is not really so simple and this information is both useful and objectively true. It is also relevant to the subject being discussed. I think the author has an overly simplistic and m
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Right, I just disagree with the author as nutrition is more complex than what he posited. Following his advice, you will not acquire sufficient nutrients to do things like build muscle.
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
I personally prefer an animal-based diet revolving around meat and milk. It is conducive to strength training and fits my taste buds, but I always incorporate fruits and vegetables to secure vitamins and minerals. The essential nutrients th
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
There is a popular misconception that neural networks accurately model the human brain. It is more a metaphor for neurons than a complete physical simulation of the human brain. There is also a popular misconception that LLMs are intelligen
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Mahmoud Al Mughanni is a Flutter developer from Gaza City whose home and laptop were destroyed in the war. Please consider donating to this campaign to help Mahmoud find shelter and rebuild his home and life as a programmer.
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Theologically speaking, there is an important distinction between magic, or sorcery, and mysticism. Sorcery is an attempt to twist or subvert the divine while mysticism is an attempt to uncover it. For example, Hildegard von Bingen is a mys
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
I use Arch and love KDE Plasma. It even has a blue light filter. Am never going back to Windows. KDE runs faster, looks nicer, does not have forced adware and telemetry. Great daily driver.
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Another great natural mystery that machine learning could tackle is earthquake prediction. Sure you could find some patterns modeling historical data.
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Woke up this morning to start on a new project. Started with a math visualizer for machine learning, saw an HN post for this soon after and scrapped it. It was better done by someone else. Started on an LLM app that looped outputs, saw this
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Reminds of the pomodoro technique. I didn't know there was a basis for it in neuroscience, very fascinating. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique Thanks for the knowledge and the neat tool, this will
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Very clean, educational and informative. Well done, from one Brandon to another!
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Not surprising if you've ever had a good look at the Milky Way from the wilderness or countryside. Growing up in well-lit suburbs, I didn't see the Milky Way until I went backpacking in the granite domes of the Sierra Nevadas. Thi
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by bdbenton5255 1y ago
Phone operators have gone the way of the dodo as well. We should embrace these changes with a forward-looking attitude and look at how such systems create brand new roles in society.

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