jxnlco

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Why RAG is more than just vector search(timescale.com)
5 points by jxnlco 2y ago|0 comments
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Best Tools for Indie Tech Consultants(jxnl.co)
2 points by jxnlco 2y ago|0 comments
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by jxnlco 2y ago
after my money was withheld i messaged a mercury investor to see if i could get set up asap, they set me up so i could get paid and reroute all my payroll.
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by jxnlco 2y ago
mercury ceo dm'ed me to check in, honestly at least i can message the ceo
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by jxnlco 2y ago
brutal 'it'll be over once i visit' 'i'll be over when i send the paperwork' it'll be over when...
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by jxnlco 2y ago
Mercury, Meow Schwab chase (remaining personal account)
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by jxnlco 2y ago
i did it cause mercury helped me out a lot.
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by jxnlco 2y ago
this this this
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by jxnlco 2y ago
I was in Canada, and I was also quite stressed with some keynote presentations I had to give, planning my move back to the US, and applying for my O-1 visa. I figured I'd sort it all out by the time I moved. However, I may have been a
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by jxnlco 2y ago
thankfully i just DM'd the mercury team and got a temp approval to deposit the 180k
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by jxnlco 2y ago
indie consulting is pretty small scale
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by jxnlco 2y ago
what... what did you doo...
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by jxnlco 2y ago
yeah it was hard to fit in my travel schedule, i totally agree it was a terrible experience losing contact and starting over with many people
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by jxnlco 2y ago
fuck lol, i messed up the date but if i fix it it breaks the url
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by jxnlco 2y ago
i was just a dude with 3 contractors, i figured it'd just get resolved cause i didnt do anything wrong...
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by jxnlco 2y ago
holy shit. They never gave me an answer but the last thing the KYC team did (outside of executive branch) was just confirm a 25k invoice =_=
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by jxnlco 2y ago
check out the other rag stuff https://jxnl.co/writing/category/rag/ all based on consulting calls and advisory work (i sell the implementation so sorry i don't post one click deploys)
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by jxnlco 2y ago
its ok, im on the front page, the market has decided the worth
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by jxnlco 2y ago
thanks! this was based on a 30 minute 'crash course on what things they need to look out fo' I'd recommend taking a look at lancedb as they support text, vectors, and sql. high relevancy scores are not percentages, they only
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by jxnlco 2y ago
I'll try to add more details!
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by jxnlco 2y ago
nothing, all i really say is 'add monitoring, do topic clustering' which is how i did 'search' and 'recommendation' systems 1) are there filters we need to build 2) do we have inventory
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by jxnlco 2y ago
how can i make it better? this was a quick post that i wrote up after a 30 minute call with someone, mostly notes to take in preparation for a bigger talk im giving.
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Systematically Improving Your RAG(jxnl.co)
176 points by jxnlco 2y ago|53 comments
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by jxnlco 2y ago
author here: mostly training really interesting models, optimizing recommendation systems, designing frameworks. i was having a lot of fun.
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by jxnlco 2y ago
https://www.levels.fyi/companies/stitch-fix/salaries/data-sc...
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by jxnlco 2y ago
agreed!
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by jxnlco 2y ago
author here: i definitly agree its a bit of both. but i will say, taking 2 years off work, still hurts if i build furniture or have to hammer something or turn a lot of screws
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by jxnlco 2y ago
author here: closest thing people gave me was DQT but 10 months of PT didnt help and MRA / XRAY found nothing
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by jxnlco 2y ago
i dunno man, i was in pain for 2 full years, people try alternative medicine when when main stream medicine does not work, whats a couple 100$ dollar difference does it make?
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by jxnlco 2y ago
author here: exiting what? i have like some money saved up i took 2 years off work, i have about 6-7 years run way, but like turns out i like building things?

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