begemotz

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by begemotz 2mo ago
My favorite 'mind training' work is Shantideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra . Technically this is not a lojong text but it always struck me that in purpose it most certainly is. I also remember reading somewhere that HHDL said s
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by begemotz 3mo ago
need numbers to go up.
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The Graduating Class of CollegeGPT(businessinsider.com)
1 points by begemotz 5mo ago|1 comments
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by begemotz 5mo ago
https://archive.is/ytvju
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by begemotz 5mo ago
https://archive.is/IQeG6
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Some human written nuance and perspective on the rates situation(old.reddit.com)
2 points by begemotz 5mo ago|1 comments
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by begemotz 5mo ago
Given that reddit threads on Claude's performance over the past couple of months are making their way to HN as 'news', I thought this post was interesting enough to add (yes, I see the irony). If you are willing to rule out m
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by begemotz 6mo ago
claude told me to say it.
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Deep Dive on Prompt Caching(claudecodecamp.com)
2 points by begemotz 6mo ago|0 comments
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by begemotz 6mo ago
I am not a professional coder. However, I have typically seen people respond more favorably to Code compared to other systems including Codex (percentage-wise). I'm curious to know what exactly you feel is inferior? On the other hand,
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The State of Consumer AI. Part 1 – Usage(apoorv03.com)
4 points by begemotz 7mo ago|2 comments
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by begemotz 7mo ago
Interested in hearing whether you think this accurately captures the state of affairs.
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by begemotz 7mo ago
>It makes sense for companies to show Wall Street that they understand the assignment: adapt or die. It matters less whether a company knows how to deploy A.I. and more whether investors believe it is on track to do so. In that respect,
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Google's 'Project Genie' Is Basically a Plagiarism Tool(nintendolife.com)
1 points by begemotz 8mo ago|1 comments
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by begemotz 8mo ago
Full title: Google's 'Project Genie' Is Basically A Huge Plagiarism Tool, So When Will Nintendo's Legal Ninjas Strike?
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by begemotz 8mo ago
It's not just the misleading "average" that is problematic. USA Today "reporting" on a "report" by Empower where you find this: The numbers below reflect Empower Personal DashboardTM users as of October 20
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by begemotz 9mo ago
To elaborate on comments below; I agree that the correct term is "dark patterns". And, one common form of dark pattern is to increase "friction" - to slow down or make more difficult what the user is trying to do (or in
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by begemotz 10mo ago
if you are interested in such theories, you might also enjoy Bruno Snell's The Discovery of the Mind .
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by begemotz 11mo ago
might want to add percentage dice (d100)
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by begemotz 11mo ago
I would echo the sentiment of taking some time. The way to think of this is not as "time off" - but acknowledging that you have the time and space (and resources) to thoughtfully consider your next move. Don't make important
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by begemotz 1y ago
https://archive.is/wLnJE
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by begemotz 1y ago
Perhaps there is something interesting here; but what is the comparison group? I am not convinced that earlier generations had values that better matched corporate interests. We were just more likely to show up. It can also be the case that
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by begemotz 1y ago
like the answer to any other similar question, with a prompt?
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by begemotz 1y ago
Anecdotally I have found that the quality of perplexity.ai has gone down significantly over the past year. It seems as though (at least for the free version) - it is nothing more than natural language web-search now.
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by begemotz 1y ago
not theonion
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by begemotz 1y ago
I figured this would show up on HN. I'm really puzzled why the WSJ would publish this as an 'editorial'. But here is my cynical take -- companies want you to buy into the hustle at 20 so they can exploit you until 30 and spit
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by begemotz 1y ago
Same self-promotion posted 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44364635 and posted 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44351431
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by begemotz 1y ago
For those interested, I would highly recommend `W.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America`. And Anthony Stark's (decksh) recreations of the plates here: https://github.com/ajstarks/dubois-data
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by begemotz 1y ago
- At a macro-level? I honestly do not know if it will at least in my life-time. And, if it does, it won't be due to higher education being proactive. What I can say is that I have a number of colleagues who are doing all paper and pen,
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by begemotz 1y ago
Because that is not how p-values work. Each 'row' is a separate hypothesis test against some null hypothesis. And frankly the conclusion that "B is winner" because it has the lowest p-value also demonstrates the author&#

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