mrburton

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Ask HN: What are you go to LLM models for the following
1 points by mrburton 3mo ago|1 comments
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by mrburton 8mo ago
I can relate to this and in my journey, I was able to maintain feeding my need to be useful to the world around me and do well money-wise. The latter was my desire to be there for my family so they can focus on their health. The best part a
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by mrburton 10mo ago
R.I.P Joe Armstrong - he was an amazing man, engineer, and human overall. :(
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Div vs. Span: A Quick Guide
2 points by mrburton 1y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Tell us about how you fine tune your LLM
2 points by mrburton 1y ago|0 comments
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by mrburton 3y ago
I don't recall when I first met Bob; I've known him for over 14 years. I've known him first virtually on IRC and then in person at around 2010. We share so many common friends, it's pretty crazy. I guess that's the
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Harness Launches Source Available Continuous Delivery(harness.io)
7 points by mrburton 5y ago|0 comments
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by mrburton 6y ago
I personally don't have children and I didn't _really_ understand how difficult it is to have kids at home while working. When I moved back East, I did spend 3 days at my brothers. He has two adorable little girls; 1.5 years old a
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by mrburton 6y ago
Item #1 - 100% correct. Item #4 - I fully disagree. Some choices are scary to actually make, but are healthy. For instance, my mom stayed with her abusive husband for many years because she had Stockholm syndrome. If you had asked her why d
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by mrburton 6y ago
I was in Austin last year and was shocked by the homeless there. I spoke to a few people and they had informed me that some laws changed recently which allows them to live under bridges and the lots of churches etc. I was taken back because
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by mrburton 6y ago
You might want to kill me after I say this, certainly people on HN want to kill me just for fun ;), but I also drink coffee. I only drink sugar free Red Bull. What's strange is I can stop for months without any withdraw from caffeine.
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by mrburton 6y ago
Life choices always have an impact. I'm not judging you, because trust me, expensive areas like New York City (I love living there) are great, but blow during a pandemic since you're unable to enjoy what the actual city has to off
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by mrburton 6y ago
I agree - dressing up was implied with "get washed/dressed". It's very important to get dressed for work.
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by mrburton 6y ago
I 100% agree. I moved from Mountain View CA to Jersey City, NJ. When I moved, I intentionally made sure I found a place with an extra bedroom. That being said, trust me, I know not everyone can afford it. I grew up sleeping on the floor for
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by mrburton 6y ago
Personally, I'm not burnt out. To void burn out, I did a few things which I feel are extremely helpful. 1. Have a room that is a dedicated office. When I leave this room, I leave the "office". 2. Establish communication throu
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by mrburton 6y ago
I just have to say this "magnets how do they work"? ;) Anyone get the reference?
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by mrburton 6y ago
We're allowed, but the vast majority of the time I'm inside. A typical day for me, pre-covid, was coffee shops, bookstores, that sort of activity. Now those options are not available so I am inside most of the time.
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Ask HN: How are you coping with being inside for 6 months?
1 points by mrburton 6y ago|2 comments
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by mrburton 6y ago
Lucky me, growing up my mom didn't make more than $8k a year - this would have been impossible for me to do lol. It was also impossible for me to eat properly and have new cloths... Did I say lucky me? :/
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by mrburton 6y ago
Sadly my eyes are too small to actually track the pupils. I remember when I got my ID, the lady taking the picture said "Sir, please open your eyes". I looked at her and asked "They are open... you don't see that?"
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by mrburton 6y ago
I'm not at all opposed to companies like Google, Facebook, etc asking Algorithms, Data Structure and Big O related questions. Why? It's very applicable to problems at their scale. That being said, not all engineers there work on s
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Ask HN: Are you using Workplace by Facebook?
1 points by mrburton 6y ago|0 comments
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by mrburton 6y ago
I use to live in NYC; in Battery Park City. I was looking to move back, currently in Mountain View, then COVID-19 hit. How is live in NY? I was there in Dec before this whole thing broke out and returned to CA in mid-Jan 2020; mini vacation
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by mrburton 6y ago
For me - Cooking and furniture refurbishing Making homemade bread, Italian food, various other meals from different cultures etc.
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by mrburton 6y ago
I agree - we have a lot more time to development new skills and improve ourselves.
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Ask HN: What's one new skill you learned during Covid-19?
6 points by mrburton 6y ago|11 comments
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by mrburton 6y ago
When HN becomes Twitter. People are so serious and sensitive these days. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by mrburton 6y ago
This proves humans are not animals. We're not that smart ;)
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Ask HN: Share things you built since Covid-19
1 points by mrburton 6y ago|1 comments
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by mrburton 6y ago
I totally misread this as "Julian Assange in a Lambo". Dyslexia for the win :)

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