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by tvhahn 4y ago
Why bother use a GPT-3 model when you can use the free BLOOM model? Large "foundation" models will become a commodity -- a race to the bottom.
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by tvhahn 4y ago
I got an intestinal parasite (Ascaris - https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/ascariasis/index.html ) while in University here in Canada. I was minding my business one day, I looked down into the toilet water, and there was
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by tvhahn 4y ago
The Canadian telecom space is dominated by 3 primary companies -- Telus, Bell, and Rogers. They form an effective oligopoly that is quite detrimental to the Canadian consumer. In the ISP space, there is a bit more competition. Namely, Shaw
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by tvhahn 4y ago
Ya, I love my kobo. I recently cracked the screen on mine (after about 8 plus years). I went straight to best buy the next day and got a new one.
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by tvhahn 5y ago
I just spent the last hour browsing through the book and figures. Thanks! Lots of great inspiration in there.
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Finding Inspiration in Random Ways: A Wellspring of Ideas(tvhahn.com)
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by tvhahn 5y ago
Yes. I wonder if the author had first worked on the patent side (I'd be interested to hear more about this idea). Perhaps working on patents first would be a path to get experience (and product-market-fit). From there, one could branch
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by tvhahn 5y ago
Balaji Srinivasan had a good take on this recently in his conversation with Tim Ferris. I quote: "The thing is, I don’t care if something has a thousand retweets, what I care about is if it has two or three independent confirmations fr
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by tvhahn 5y ago
This is awesome! Another reason to be bullish on SpaceX starship. Being able to send mass to space on the cheap opens up many new astronomical exploration avenues.
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by tvhahn 5y ago
New York Times, I'm looking at you...
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by tvhahn 5y ago
You're wrong. They are completing bitcoin transactions on lightning network, which is built upon the base bitcoin block chain (it's a layer two). Thus, the cost of spending bitcoin for some chicken wings is virtually free.