mashygpig

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by mashygpig 15d ago
I don’t think the sexist comment at the end is appropriate for HN
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by mashygpig 3mo ago
It's fun to run a model locally, but I don't think the economics make sense for anyone just trying to use models atm. It's absurdly cheap to use the same model via openrouter in comparison. Seriously, just put $10 into openro
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by mashygpig 5mo ago
100%, I just don’t have an eye yet for commercial grinders :)
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by mashygpig 5mo ago
Totally, I meant no shade to LaMarzocco. They’re some of my favorite looking machines too :)
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by mashygpig 5mo ago
In my anecdotal experience of reacting to “wow this espresso is good” it’s often been a Slayer machine. It’s been a rough indicator of where to get good coffee for me.
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by mashygpig 1y ago
I’m looking closely and I’m not seeing IP laws being relevant. Maybe regarding windows 11 keys? Can you elaborate? I think the claim isn’t totally inaccurate. Claiming that companies prioritize making products last just beyond return window
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by mashygpig 1y ago
I don’t find it fair that you point out straw man in your parent comment and then use ad hominem in this comment. I would love to see you post some examples. I think you’d have a chance of persuading several readers to at least be more open
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by mashygpig 2y ago
I think a lot of people in tech unintentionally blind themselves to reality by obsessing over technology, and then thinking that is all that matters. It’s a behavior that is incentivized because it helps those with power utilize the tech-bl
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by mashygpig 2y ago
Glad to see the UPL alive and well!
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by mashygpig 2y ago
It seems that there’s still unavoidable subjectivity in making the choice of prior distribution? I get how it’s objective for a fixed choice, but my understanding is that you need to first make that choice in order to be objective. Is it ac
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by mashygpig 3y ago
I think that could be a pretty interesting walk itself though!
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by mashygpig 3y ago
The latter quarter of the article goes into depth about how one can accidentally find oneself in an inner ring, but it is through a wholesome pursuit and no ulterior motive. The other reply to this comment gets it write: people here like in
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by mashygpig 3y ago
I’ll echo the Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Recently, I finished the making of the atomic bomb by Richard Rhodes. It’s quite long, but a fascinating view on physics, weapon development, and then the politics of the bomb. It’s a good ex
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by mashygpig 3y ago
Sounds interesting, try it and share your results here :)
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by mashygpig 3y ago
I thought of these as well while reading the article as they convey the fun aspects of archival visits well (I’ve done a bit of my own and really enjoyed the random “side quest” things you discover along the way). If anyone else has recomme
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by mashygpig 3y ago
Yea, this is what’s really going on here and feels like it’s been shrouded in language to make it seem more grandiose. That being said, I would believe generalization to occur from minimum norm solutions in some sense, but whether that corr
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by mashygpig 3y ago
OP, have any doctors mentioned that it may be epilepsy? Seizures present in many ways and can sometimes be described as dreamlike experiences. Might be worth asking about.
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by mashygpig 3y ago
I sympathize with the author’s (OP I believe based on the last name) feelings here and also find myself wanting to leave somethings not understood. Maybe we’ll be fortunate and it literally will be the case that some things always will be a
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by mashygpig 4y ago
Fascinating, thanks
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by mashygpig 4y ago
> Here's a new trend happening these days. Upon releasing new non-fiction books to the general public, authors are simultaneously offering an LLM-based chatbot box where you can ask the book any question. Can you link to an example?
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by mashygpig 4y ago
Amusing to see this in the thread as, inspired by CGP Grey, my theme for the year is "be intentional" so this post particularly stood out to me.
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by mashygpig 4y ago
Get ready for the gpt powered scams that call your family members and use a text to speech model that mimics your voice because a few second snapshot of your voice is all that’s now needed to reasonably mimic you. Maybe it’s too expensive t
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by mashygpig 4y ago
Is there an easy way to see that this problem is complicated enough to require a neural network? I'm a noob in graphics, but this problem seems like it shouldn't be that difficult to require a neural net.
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by mashygpig 4y ago
That's neat and makes me feel that if you independently came to similar thoughts then there is some universal thing here to uncover/define. Would be interested to hear more about your thoughts/journey if you have them written
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by mashygpig 4y ago
Definitely agree. Christopher Alexander's "A City Is Not A Tree" [0] speaks to this separation too in the context of our physical spaces (based on your comment I sense you may be familiar with this idea). It feels that wester
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by mashygpig 4y ago
It seems really prevalent in western societies (America in my experience at least) have a strong culture of career growth. If you’re not getting better paying positions then what are you doing? I think a lot of people will claim they do thi
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by mashygpig 4y ago
I'm always reminded of the Freeman Dyson quote: "Have felt it myself. The glitter of nuclear weapons. It is irresistible if you come to them as a scientist. To feel it's there in your hands, to release this energy that fuels
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by mashygpig 4y ago
I just finished reading “Alone” by Richard Byrd [0]. It’s about a man who wintered alone in Antarctica during the dark night in 1934. I found it very captivating and I think a lot of those on HN would find it interesting; especially those w
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by mashygpig 4y ago
Yea, I think people hide “the magic smoke” by using complex queries and then filling in the gaps of chatGPT’s outputs with their own knowledge, which then makes them overvalue the output. Strip that away to simple examples like this and it
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by mashygpig 4y ago
How do humans come up with novel ideas?

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