bvan

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by bvan 10d ago
Perfect for me. When you’re raised in a world of science your brain does not rest until you understand some level of ‘why’. Beginner music instruction and theory usually assumes you’re brain-dead and just take in, no questions asked.
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by bvan 16d ago
This is analogous to what AI is turning into. Pretty soon, some folks won’t be able to tie their shoe laces without tech.
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by bvan 1mo ago
What has Hacker News come to… sigh..
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by bvan 1mo ago
Perhaps, however, this hacky language is more productive in the real world than most. What’s the point, otherwise?
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by bvan 2mo ago
Yes, it is worth looking at. My thinking was, how fast did that sequence revert back to the’mean’? It doesn’t take away from the author’s message though.
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by bvan 2mo ago
You’re welcome to go get the data and chart it the way you think it should be charted, and then we can have a conversation.
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by bvan 3mo ago
In the era of AI this is quaint. They ain’t seen nothing yet.
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by bvan 3mo ago
This is the kind of application which brings me back to shore as I feel I’m drowning in AI slop. Really well done and thanks for sharing.
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by bvan 4mo ago
Not to be too picky, but I think when the author refers to ‘number of samples’, he means ‘sample size’. One sample, one or more observations.
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by bvan 4mo ago
Reminds me of process I went through to create the charts for my humble grad thesis (1990-ish), by hand, with letter templates and one very expensive rotring pen. Then would transfer the figures to transparencies as backup for my defense. T
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by bvan 4mo ago
Gave back my green card the moment I left the US. No longer wanted the hassle and ties to an unpredictable regime. Haven’t looked back.
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by bvan 4mo ago
Why?
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by bvan 4mo ago
Along the same lines: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6552/ad0542
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by bvan 4mo ago
Yes, in very specific cases where I fully understand the methodology(ies) that is (are) applicable, and am able to verify correct implementation. Also, as an enhanced ‘Google search’ to supplement what I have found. I am the skeptical type…
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by bvan 5mo ago
Fake it ‘till you make it. Seems like LLM’s have caught-on to that too.
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by bvan 5mo ago
That’s great. I find the Sultanate coins, for example, are much more refined in terms of style relative to those minted Western Europe around the same time. For example: https://www.numismall.com/collections/bengal-sul
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by bvan 5mo ago
As someone interested in coinage, India is fascinating. Coins from the Sultanates and Mughal periods are just beautiful.
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by bvan 5mo ago
Totally agree. Especially for commercial or code that adds value. Writing code is just one element of developing quality, robust, software. In the rea world, commercial or production software must be maintained, supported, and must respond
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by bvan 5mo ago
WPF marked the end of well thought-out UI’s and standards. It’s been web-inspired slop ever since.
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by bvan 5mo ago
This a very insightful post. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. AI is incredibly powerful, but it’s no free-lunch.
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by bvan 6mo ago
Absolutely nothing, as 99% of comments to the post. But it is the norm on HN it seems.
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by bvan 6mo ago
As much as you all dislike LinkedIn and the cringy posts, keep in mind that for certain parts of the market it is >the< main professional forum. It is where your investors live, and their capital providers live. So, play nice, yeah?
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by bvan 6mo ago
Nicely done. I have the same challenge with Bayesian stats and usually do not understand why there is such controversy. It isn’t a question of either/or, except in the minds of academics who rarely venture out into the real world, or h
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by bvan 6mo ago
Very well said. Slow code for me. I fully understand what I build. The AI magic bus will come crashing down at some point.
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by bvan 6mo ago
Quattro pro was the bomb
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by bvan 7mo ago
Around the world in soundscapes.. great idea.
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by bvan 7mo ago
Wonderful 404 page. Wonder if Kai Lentit optimized it.
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by bvan 7mo ago
Oops, someone forgot to delete or redact it.
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by bvan 7mo ago
Not a word about sustainable sources of energy or the long-term viability of this massive energy suck.
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by bvan 7mo ago
Intellectual surrender is exactly the risk I fear with coding agents. Will the next generation of software ‘developers’ still know how to code? Seems coding agents are in a way taking us further from understanding the machine, just like fra

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