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Show HN: Llmbuffer – Python library for cache-optimized LLM conversation history(github.com)
7 points by scottmp10 3mo ago|1 comments
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by scottmp10 6y ago
I was introduced through his "Boundaries" talk [1] and had a very similar experience. I think a lot of programmers develop this methodology without really formalizing it. But practicing it consistently creates really nice code and
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by scottmp10 9y ago
My first thought was that it was part of Google Fiber's efforts to make running cable cheaper. Looks like another moonshot though.
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by scottmp10 9y ago
It's true that the columnar inhibition is not the best supported part of the theory but seems a very strong deduction based on many papers that don't directly support but show the same behavior as this part of the theory. We know
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by scottmp10 9y ago
Compared with cash, digital currencies are much harder to launder. It will be obvious when you try to cash out that the money went through a tumbler. With cash, you always have plausible deniability unless you were physically seen receiving
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by scottmp10 11y ago
"We’re looking for one researcher who wants to work full-time... who are driven and talented but come from poor backgrounds." (please read the entire paragraph to understand the context of this) The combination of hiring researche
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by scottmp10 11y ago
I bought the TechMatte 2x USB-C to Micro-USB item that he gave two stars for use with my 5X. At least one of the items I got was actually defective. The other worked but charged very slowly. I wish I had seen his post before buying! Now I a
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by scottmp10 11y ago
I think the right avenue is to keep the license GPL but provide a permissive as-is use license. The idea is that you want people making improvements to the algorithm to contribute those back for the public's benefit rather than chargin
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Jeff Hawkins: The Terminator Is Not Coming. The Future Will Thank Us(recode.net)
9 points by scottmp10 12y ago|0 comments
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by scottmp10 12y ago
Yes same Scott. Unfortunately my first installation attempt for NuStudio was unsuccessful but I will try again soon. David has been very involved and it is great to see projects like that that make it more accessible.
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by scottmp10 12y ago
I am a bit surprised to see this on HN without context. This was originally an email from Jeff to our mailing list and was a pretty good overview so we dumped it into a wiki page. For those new to the problem, the page summarizes it well: &
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by scottmp10 12y ago
This is a Bitcoin-like, distributed, secure payment system WITH a federated protocol for gateways/exchanges. A federated exchange network allows anyone to participate, similar to email servers. But since trust is so much more important
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by scottmp10 13y ago
This is not a particularly informative article but I see great value in owning a Twitter botnet. As one example, imagine negative news about a major public company starts trending. That would certainly be a money-making opportunity. There a
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by scottmp10 13y ago
Those ideas would both lose valuable aspects of the buses. Uber/Lyft/cars would have a much bigger impact on traffic on 101, which is already terrible congested during rush hour. The buses help to minimize the impact of commuters.
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by scottmp10 13y ago
I doubt Google wants to keep this Chrome-only. Just like SPDY, there isn't initially support on all platforms/browsers so you have to have a fallback. But if it catches on then you will see broader support over time.
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by scottmp10 13y ago
Anyone know if NFC emulation will let me create an app to replace my Clipper card and work key fob? I would have guessed that NFC chips would have an embedded secret that you can't get directly.
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by scottmp10 13y ago
I found this quite useful since he mentioned useful apps I hadn't heard of and some OS features I wasn't aware of. And I really doubt that many iPhone users are aware of many of these things.
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by scottmp10 13y ago
Many bitcoins have been lost permanently or are in cold storage. Only a small percentage are available on exchanges.
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Steamrolled by Big Data(newyorker.com)
3 points by scottmp10 13y ago|0 comments
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by scottmp10 13y ago
I am not sure how the logistics work with participating stores but I would really like to see them make this an easy way for small local businesses to compete with Amazon. Basically a platform for them to list their products and the logist
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by scottmp10 13y ago
I had the same impression. I have been working on a very early prototype of something very similar to this and was curious the know the general architecture of the system but there doesn't seem to be any documentation covering that. I wish
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by scottmp10 14y ago
It is great to see more interest in neural networks, but the types of neural networks the author describes are missing some key aspects of what the brain is doing. I work with Jeff Hawkins at Numenta, and while our product is based on a ty
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by scottmp10 14y ago
It isn't an oversight by Facebook - it is by design. Facebook was a part of the decision to use Facebook login credentials to log into Spotify. Additionally, Facebook does not list access to your friend list (and your friend's email addre
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by scottmp10 14y ago
I am sure that there are cases in which people are careless despite great financial risk. But there are also many cases of people being careless as a direct result of insurance coverage. This is most obvious in insurance fraud, where people
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by scottmp10 14y ago
1. Providing government insurance is somewhat equivalent to having private insurances that you buy into right before birth of a new child. The rates would be very low (assuming you agree to pay the monthly fee consistently for the entire li
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by scottmp10 14y ago
It seems like you are implying that you want them to die. Can you elaborate on this? I think URIs and DNS are pretty nice if used correctly. How else would you identify things across protocols and the entire web?
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by scottmp10 14y ago
No they don't need the encryption key just like you don't if you get a new phone. They just need to know your password, send it to Authy, and Authy will decrypt the backup and send it to them. Edit: I can't reply to the comments on this bu
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by scottmp10 14y ago
Ok that makes sense, thanks.
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by scottmp10 14y ago
Is this "condoned" by Google or does Authy just emulate the algorithm that Google uses? If they are just implementing their own version, then what secret info do they need for the algorithm?
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by scottmp10 14y ago
FWIW, Guido's role at Google wasn't specific to Python. He worked on real product teams and contributed much more than his Python expertise. The article seems to think that Dropbox hired him for his thorough knowledge of Python, which proba

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