Ted Herman @tedherman@social.cleverlibre.org
Computer Scientist, mineral collector, gardener, bike enthusiast; un peu de français; nederlands maar erg roestig.
Joined Nov 2022
Crypto/Blockchain and trillion-parameter LLM tech both require lots of compute power (and plain old electrical power). Apparently this is what the world wants, applications that consume more power.
The announcement of LaMDA & Bard is not surprising; there are claims outside Google that ChatGPT tech is a threat to search, hence this reaction. My perception is that this is a trend comparable to the gradual demise of tech support we saw at the end of the last century. It used to be that one could reach highly knowledgeable developers to assist in problem solving. That turned out to be too expensive, so companies added layers of intermediaries that would discuss and triage, thus filtering calls to protect developers. For some problems, the added layers degraded tech support. So now, with LLM search, the agent will talk endlessly about your query, shielding traditional keyword/specialist search engines. For some customers, this will actually improve matters because their searches can be answered with a few superficial facts. For more technical queries and expert users, this approach will be wasteful.
@muratdemirbas Productivity hack that Cal did not try (I think). https://simonberens.me/blog/i-hired-5-people
@muratdemirbas This almost makes vi usable. https://github.com/Exafunction/codeium.vim
I know a guy whose hobby is working on a locomotive. (True story, he lives in Mt Pleasant and he volunteers for the Old Threshers Reunion.) Anyway, he is my only connection to the trains community.
The most significant change in email closings over the past ten years is the progression from
Best, -> thoughts?
Idea for cookie jar. Ceramic, with raised letters that say "accept my cookies" as a test of willpower.
The dog's name is "Question Hound" (of the "this is fine" meme)
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/16/1149232763/this-is-fine-meme-anniversary-gunshow-web-comic
However this is a case I've not seen before. I don't think the city will pick this one up.
A common sight in January, trees set out on the curb. The city picks them up for free; they are ground up and become compost.
Things seen on my morning walk. By the river, I saw three bald eagles, but couldn't get a photo - they are skittish. Did find an outdoor pingpong table later.
RE - the visualization of AUCs and the problem of needing a single metric (like "the one ring to rule them all"). I think you walk a tightrope in that being precise and correct, stipulating confidence and adherence to best practice, you can overdo the formality and make the reader need to work hard to understand the point. Would need to be written carefully - and with the right kind of citations.
From a bowling perspective, if Spare is a blockbuster just think if he had written a Strike.
Culmination of an artsy project I've been imagining for some years.
Current "perceived temperature" is -37F.
One small financial community is thrilled with Twitter.
Computer Scientist, mineral collector, gardener, bike enthusiast; un peu de français; nederlands maar erg roestig.
Joined Nov 2022
