koalala

7 ms·

1.
by koalala 2y ago
yes, this would be non-colocated on AWS. wouldn't everyone have the same network latency if they had a node in the same AWS region? and wouldn't that even the playing field, making FPGAs relevant again (you can rent an FPGA there)
2.
by koalala 2y ago
i've been looking into doing this, the basic algorithms you can get from research, but building a top of the line FPGA design for this is beyond my capabilities as a single engineer, does anyone know of anyone doing this with just some
3.
Carbon dating suggests pyramid in Asia was built before agriculture(nationalpost.com)
1 points by koalala 3y ago|0 comments
4.
by koalala 3y ago
the original poster said that this video was sent to him by a fellow researcher who received it on telegram from 'a colleague'. no further details given. if this is truly lk99 showing flux pinning, then that would be very strong e
5.
by koalala 3y ago
From the article: A "stochastic parrot", according to Bender, is an entity "for haphazardly stitching together sequences of linguistic forms … according to probabilistic information about how they combine, but without any ref
6.
by koalala 3y ago
there was a run recently, everything was paid out and life continued normally. the binance CEO actually encourages this as it's a stress test [1]. [1] https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-community-members-disc...
7.
by koalala 3y ago
sorry, I'm aware that climate change is a serious problem requiring decisive action, but could you explain exactly your claim that 'humanity is done for' by 2026? this sounds somewhat exaggerated and extraordinary claims requ
8.
by koalala 3y ago
as long as an LLM is a black box (i.e. we haven't mapped its logical structure) then there can always be another prompt injection attack you didn't account for.
9.
by koalala 4y ago
so they would've been fine if only everyone could've waited 30 years? isn't that completely irrelevant to probably every depositor?
10.
by koalala 4y ago
Algorithmic trader, quantitative researcher, 'retail trader' here. When your strategies are trend-heavy, most of the time you're slowly bleeding out, waiting and doubting your simulations, wondering whether the market has fun
11.
by koalala 4y ago
AFAIK that's exactly what it is.
12.
by koalala 4y ago
i tried nearly drug under the sun back in the day, played in bands, wrote the best songs during drug comedowns and partied like an animal until suddenly growing up around 30 and getting my bachelor's in physics, a family and starting a
13.
by koalala 4y ago
from the comments on the blog; couldn't this issue be solved by prime-prompting it with instructions to always lay out its steps before answering? this way the answer wouldn't be 'tainted' by the first few words being th
14.
by koalala 4y ago
Have you considered just duplicating an existing business in a still growing market and then hiring a PPC/seo marketing agency? You don't have to invent anything new perse, and you absolutely need professional marketing in most ca
15.
by koalala 4y ago
i just checked this and i'm still verified. i'm in europe though.
16.
by koalala 4y ago
of course, statistically, for everyone high-profile assassination there will be people who a. don't agree with the prevailing narrative and b. die under strange circumstances. but how would you determine the mean and variance for such
17.
by koalala 4y ago
Do any mathematicians around here know if this is a special case of Gödel's incompleteness theorem [1]? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_...
18.
by koalala 4y ago
Have been using this for the better part of the year, probably the best backtest and live platform I've seen. Love it!
19.
by koalala 4y ago
My grandfather who lived through the Dutch famine in world war 2 did fine buying food with gold while people were eating flower bulbs and grass, so in that case at least it worked.
20.
by koalala 5y ago
What worked for me was a LOT of tiny things. There was a post on HN where someone kept a journal of what they ate, how they slept and their weight. Turns out sleep was the most important factor in weight loss by far. This seems to be the ca
21.
by koalala 5y ago
The idea that an all-out nuclear war will trigger a civilization-ending nuclear winter has been on shaky ground for a while now. It appears the likelihood of it happening to such a degree was based on the political/idealist desire to r
22.
by koalala 5y ago
Exactly, I would recommend spending a few thousand on a good PPC marketing agency and let them set up your marketing. You might be amazed at what this would accomplish since your product seems fine.
23.
by koalala 5y ago
amazing how they're settling and not being sent to prison.
24.
by koalala 5y ago
It's the 'laser eyes' meme. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/laser-eyes-bitcoin-trend-lase...
25.
Dirac's String Trick(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by koalala 5y ago|0 comments
26.
by koalala 5y ago
i got into physics because of a copy of a brief history of time my grandmother gave to me. whoever wrote it, i am grateful.
27.
by koalala 6y ago
thanks, you just transported me back to my twenties :D
28.
by koalala 6y ago
forcing voters to shut up in a time of increasing polarisation will always get you more polarisation, or worse.
29.
by koalala 6y ago
can you give an example of popular drugs that have been approved with smaller trials?
30.
by koalala 6y ago
The way these studies (most of the big trials finishing up soon, and this one too) are set up is that they measure the percentage of people that will not get symptomatic covid-19, so the only thing that is measured is whether they get sympt

More ›