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by jw1224 7d ago
With a ratio of 1:√2, you can cut the sheet in half parallel to its shorter side, and each half keeps the same proportions.
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by jw1224 7d ago
There are some amusing apps which read the MacBook's lid angle sensor. I remember one of them played a creaking noise through the speakers when you open or close it... Somehow I doubt App Store review will let that in for the Duo, but
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by jw1224 16d ago
I've used a similar technique with my own tools. It helps to save context overall, by deferring the detailed instructions not only to when they're needed, but also to where they're needed. Simply loading the browser Skill
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by jw1224 2mo ago
Interesting, I've come to the opposite conclusion: a lack of types (or types that are only weakly enforced) costs me significantly more tokens in the long-run to maintain, and makes it far too easy for models to silently introduce bugs
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by jw1224 3mo ago
> When Claude Fable 5 declines a request, the Messages API returns stop_reason: "refusal" as a successful HTTP 200 response, not an error This is precisely what comes to mind when I think “successful”.
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by jw1224 3mo ago
Not OP, but I generally agree. Models are powerful enough now to reliably instruct other models. They don’t need fancy tools or IDEs, just the command line. With deterministic workflows, type-safe languages and test suites, agentic loops pr
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by jw1224 3mo ago
Skills already are "just asking the model". Unless you'd prefer to type out the same instructions every single time? Skills are literally just Markdown documents that get loaded into context when the /skill-name is invok
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by jw1224 4mo ago
MLX is Apple’s own machine learning framework, designed for Apple Silicon: https://opensource.apple.com/projects/mlx/
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by jw1224 1y ago
> “To stave off some obvious comments: > yoUr'E PRoMPTiNg IT WRoNg! > Am I though?” Yes. You’re complaining that Gemini “shits the bed”, despite using 2.5 Flash (not Pro), without search or reasoning. It’s a fact that some mod
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by jw1224 1y ago
The “full Tailwind experience” is already freely available. What “lost opportunities for deep integration” is a frontend CSS framework missing? Tailwind Plus (the commercial product) is like buying an off-the-shelf template. It’s just a col
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by jw1224 1y ago
Associative arrays are iterable internally without needing an interface or key tracking. You can just foreach them. > Let me guess. This just proves my point, you call this a “hot mess” whilst completely misunderstanding what it’s even u
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by jw1224 1y ago
I don’t think you understand the purpose of PHP’s Iterator interface.
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by jw1224 1y ago
I’m not sure I follow, what exactly is your complaint? The Iterator interface is described as: > Interface for external iterators or objects that can be iterated themselves internally Note “external iterators or objects”. The Iterator in
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by jw1224 1y ago
PHP doesn’t force keys... You can omit the key and simply write `foreach($items as $value)`
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LookingGlass: Generative Anamorphoses via Laplacian Pyramid Warping(studios.disneyresearch.com)
129 points by jw1224 1y ago|29 comments
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by jw1224 1y ago
You can buy phenol-free thermal paper, it’s about 20% more expensive where I live but much safer for you, and the quality is just as good.
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by jw1224 1y ago
Great first article, and very interesting to see someone else using a receipt printer for bite-sized task management! I have a variety of automations running which print actionable tasks to my receipt printer via a Raspberry Pi. It’s nice h
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by jw1224 1y ago
Well if that hypothetical situation ever happens, you can just switch to Linux then.
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by jw1224 1y ago
If that’s the one reason, have you considered just… not using the AI features?
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by jw1224 1y ago
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. I peaked at 137wpm[0] and I’m not ashamed to say I love typing long sentences. I type fast enough that my thoughts normally can’t keep up with my fingers, but when I plan a sentence out in my head, the sat
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by jw1224 1y ago
> If we […] tried to use these systems to solve the kinds of problems we need Einsteins, Hawkings and Taos for, then we would be in for one miserable disappointment after another We can literally watch Terence Tao himself vibe coding for
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by jw1224 1y ago
This is some excellent trivia. Thanks!
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by jw1224 1y ago
Do you not think the AI output looks far more polished and print-ready? Canny edges have a lot of noise and don't look at all clean for coloring book purposes.
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by jw1224 1y ago
Are you sure about that? It correctly solves the puzzle. Each step (though a little confusing to parse) does make sense in context.
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by jw1224 2y ago
Even Sabine Hossenfelder did a video about it today too: https://youtu.be/dOIlMdIqXbQ?si=FG4ZdDq6jkjk_nMp
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by jw1224 2y ago
Abstract: > The maximum element of the vector output by the Softmax function approaches zero as the input vector size increases. Transformer-based language models rely on Softmax to compute attention scores, causing the attention distrib
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Scalable-Softmax Is Superior for Attention(arxiv.org)
2 points by jw1224 2y ago|2 comments
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by jw1224 2y ago
Is this something you’d consider sharing? I know many of us would find it really useful!
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by jw1224 2y ago
> But what if it's possible to alter your influential genes, through some powerful mechanism? Whether it be through insane willpower or anything else. Sounds like epigenetics, where the environment actively influences the genes them
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by jw1224 2y ago
> Do they grow up to be liars and thieves? I think you’ve completely misunderstood what this article goes on to say. > I gave up reading immediately - just dumb There’s your problem then.

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