nwbrown

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by nwbrown 1y ago
Large language models can have billions, or even trillions, of parameters. But how big do they need to be to achieve acceptable performance?
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Polls and Margins of Error(standard-out.com)
2 points by nwbrown 2y ago|1 comments
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by nwbrown 2y ago
Last week I posted a retrospective on swing state polls. However, I excluded Nevada and Arizona as both states still had a significant number of votes to count. Since then, both states have gotten to 99%, so I figured I could include them.
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by nwbrown 3y ago
How smart is ChatGPT, really?
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by nwbrown 4y ago
Warning, this post is going to be about one of the most boring topics possible, font choice. The Washington Post reports the State Department has ordered a shift in font choice from Times New Roman to Calibri. The justification is that a se
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Save the Serifs(standard-out.com)
1 points by nwbrown 4y ago|1 comments
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by nwbrown 4y ago
That's discussed in the post.
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Will Twitter Fail?(standard-out.com)
2 points by nwbrown 4y ago|8 comments
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by nwbrown 4y ago
With recent management changes it seems a lot of employees have left the bird app. Turns out if you give people a choice between working long hours with little to no vision or three months severance pay, most people will take the pay. Emplo
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by nwbrown 8y ago
The short answer is that because there is a huge variety in quality of high schools in the US, that would result in a lack of diversity.
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by nwbrown 8y ago
That's the case in some liberal arts colleges, but is not typical, or at least wasn't in the early 00's when I went to school. Then most students did have to declare a major pretty early, usually when you applied for competi
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by nwbrown 8y ago
If by lawyer you mean partner and by doctor you mean a practicing surgeon, both of those are pretty far into their careers. It's not very fair to compare them with an entry level engineering job.
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by nwbrown 8y ago
Google results are personalized so your first page is likely different from other people's. To be honest I would probably have to have been there to know for certain whether he was making a joke referencing rape or just making a more
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by nwbrown 8y ago
I am in full support of women's clothing getting oversized pockets. Especially if it means I can wear cargo pants without getting weird looks from women.
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by nwbrown 8y ago
IBM's problems predate Rometty becoming CEO.
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by nwbrown 8y ago
Yes, but his performance was more aided by his 7 years of experience than his two weeks of cramming.
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by nwbrown 8y ago
I'm guessing it's the 7 years of experience that impressed Google, not the two weeks of cramming.
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by nwbrown 8y ago
More likely they aren't testing your knowledge of the algorithm but testing your ability to write code.
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by nwbrown 8y ago
Again, you aren't going to get familiar with the patterns in computer science in one week. That requires years of practice. Most likely you will just hit a Dunning-Kruger peak and try to shoehorn in a pattern where it doesn't be
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by nwbrown 8y ago
You are unlikely to get asked any of these things during the interview, and if you are it will be obvious that you just crammed for them (much like if just brush your teeth the day before your dental appointment and then arrive at the denti
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by nwbrown 8y ago
You aren't going to gain the skills gained by a four year education in a week. And if you try it will likely be obvious. Interviewers (at least the good ones) aren't looking for someone who knows a particular algorithm by memory
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by nwbrown 8y ago
Science didn't replace philosophy. Science is philosophy. That's why scientists used to be called natural philosophers. Yes, in the modern era we have gotten much more specialized in the modern era and that arguably is a loss.
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by nwbrown 14y ago
Legitimately good employees are in demand, therefore there are potential employers willing to pay top dollar for them that you have to compete with. You may think there are aspects of your company worth more than salary, but so do most empl
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ReST in Practice(standardout.wordpress.com)
2 points by nwbrown 14y ago|0 comments
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What does ReST really mean?(standardout.wordpress.com)
2 points by nwbrown 14y ago|0 comments
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Agile Estimation(standardout.wordpress.com)
2 points by nwbrown 15y ago|0 comments
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by nwbrown 15y ago
While I don't agree with everything you say, I'm definitely reusing the term "mindfuckery per square inch of code".