randomsolutions

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by randomsolutions 6mo ago
He is rejecting the framing of get in now before it's "too late". If it is so useful then we will be able to pick it up when it is more polished rather than learning to use some half polished turd that will be obsolete in 6 m
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by randomsolutions 11mo ago
The only reason I haven't switched, is when using uv as my environment manager, starting/connecting to the python kernel in notebooks within vscode takes forever.
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by randomsolutions 2y ago
My biggest issue is using uv envs in vscode under WSL. Starting up interactive sessions takes forever. Its just too slow, can't figure out what the deal is.
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by randomsolutions 2y ago
I've been at two small companies that had layoffs, and who was cut/retained was 100% based on what was best for the company (except some visa holders were retained). Which is what it should be.
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by randomsolutions 2y ago
That is not what the study found. The study found people are able to guess the given names of adults from four choices at slightly better than chance, ~30%. With 117 (or 116?) people guessing and 16 images.
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by randomsolutions 2y ago
I agree it seems like flimsy justification. But it is also likely harder to assess and communicate. Temperature they get a point prediction for the high and you can easily calculate the mean absolute error. For precipitation you will be get
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by randomsolutions 2y ago
spud guns are timeless
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by randomsolutions 2y ago
Can't wait for the "Great Thermostat War"
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by randomsolutions 2y ago
Hopefully the idea you are trying to convey has slightly more coherence than predicting individual words.
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by randomsolutions 2y ago
I like the ping pong of one day an article being posted where everyone asks, "when/why did everything become so complicated", and then the next day something like this is posted.
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by randomsolutions 2y ago
Time to shack up. Double your income and halve the demand.
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by randomsolutions 2y ago
Why would you compare starting salary to the median home price? Are you suggesting every home below the median is uninhabitable? The median home price would suggest that the median household income is at least $160k, which seems pretty good
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by randomsolutions 3y ago
Yea, I don't see the problem with someone rediscovering knowledge. The question I would ask is, would geohot have been better to have gone to school to learn this and deferred all the work he has done? Who is farther ahead, the people
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by randomsolutions 3y ago
To who? As opposed to?
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by randomsolutions 3y ago
My thought too, or just a P controller.
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by randomsolutions 3y ago
Porous concrete has been useless. It clogs up eventually and loss it's ability to transport water. The groundwater disappearing is a problem if you build up ag/industry/development based on the groundwater availability and th
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by randomsolutions 3y ago
I keep seeing these semi-religious Bayesian posts pop up. I would like to add a more nuanced perspective by none other than the great Bayesian practitioner Michael I Jordan.
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Bayesian or Frequentist, which are you?(youtube.com)
2 points by randomsolutions 3y ago|1 comments
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by randomsolutions 3y ago
I use Bayesian methods often, but this a just religious. Bayesian methods are just that, tools, methods for approaching a problem. There are no laws for applying probability to the real world. To think so puts too much faith in your models.
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by randomsolutions 3y ago
Don't listen to them this is awesome.
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by randomsolutions 3y ago
I think it is awesome. Definitely glad every page isn't like this, but it is cool, and goes with the vibe of the blog. Unfortunately leaving the tab and returning seems to make it crash. But I'll take this over another striver blo
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by randomsolutions 3y ago
You're describing bandwagoning. Cargo cult is misattribution of cause, not follow the leader.
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by randomsolutions 4y ago
Sucks for the 10% waiting 478 hours.
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by randomsolutions 4y ago
Search is one of the least interesting applications of LLMs. Most of the complaints about search are self imposed, not technical problems. Why are we still talking about a 20 year old problem that is basically solved?
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by randomsolutions 4y ago
The big takeaway from these articles that are coming out should be that baseline estimates are really difficult to do. For any carbon project that is deferring harvest you need to be able to accurately predict what would happen if an area