On the other hand, I used to have an automatic open garbage can. Absolutely hated it. Ended up replacing with a foot operated one. The benefits were: * Never ran out of batteries * Didn't rely on an IR sensor that would…
Ah, I think you're correct. Although the watts per square meter still don't make sense.
Many questions. A couple: * 1m² = 1x2m? 4m² = 2x4m? etc. I'm confused by this. * Why 25 m² (5x10 m) = 20.8kW, but 100 m² (10x20 m) = 62.4kW? 4x the size in m², but only ~3x the power? Shouldn't it be 83.2kW, not 62.4kW?…
Yep -- I've gotten multiple postcards in the mail and/or product box after ordering something telling me I'd get ~$5-$10 if I left a 5 star review. They thoughtfully included exact screenshots of how to submit the…
I've been playing around, got it to work, although quality was a bit crappy. Still playing around with the settings that get exposed, but you're welcome to look at : https://huggingface.co/spaces/jonatei/MoebiusDemo…
In VR, it's well known that your peripheral vision is a cue to your brain to infer motion direction. You can give yourself serious motion sickness in VR if you grab hold of the VR camera and force a roll / pitch in this…
Yep. Most people aren't in a quiet environment when they listen to music these days. Compression helps significantly with this. What would be neat would be to have a compression metadata 'guide' that would allow a…
While that's pithy, I think it's also incorrect, because it implies that Oracle / Ellison is controllable by us, in the same way a tool / lawnmower is. That's absolutely not true. It has its own motivations that are…
I think if it conflicts with a CMD command it's not shipped, but if it conflicts with a powershell command it's ok.
Of course. LLMS still have huge weaknesses in distinguishing between incoming unsanitized data, and their operating instructions. It's still malware though. Unlike some backdoor that you could plausibly claim was just a…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blairmc99/55275010559/in/photo... I don't think I've ever seen a manual that expected me to use DeMorgan's Theorem as part of a test procedure... :)
One of the all time greats. I think I'll play through it this evening. "...And what is the 'Self', if not a pattern of data? What is consciousness, if not an illusion of intelligence residing within meat?" — Prime…
Agreed. For such low frequency stuff, it feels way safer to just buy a cheap <$500 scope for this kind of work. Using a $50k scope when it's not needed just seems needlessly risky. Also, float the DUT, not the scope...…
Hmmm. Looking at: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figure?id=10.1371/... I'm not sure I believe the graphs. For example, here's another frequency response chart of some stethoscopes:…
I'm curious about the units -- watts doesn't really seem right. It seems like joules would make more sense, right?
I think you could alter the prompt in subtle ways; a period goes to an ellipses, extra commas, synonyms, occasional double-spaces, etc. Enough that the prompt is different at a token-level, but not enough that the…
I was in the same boat. I'm in the bay area, did a roof mount system. ~9.5kW with Enphase microinverters. I think it cost be ~15k all in. The usual installer price is normally around $2.5-$3/w (so about $25k - $30k). I…
The point of a benchmark is that it allows a relative comparison. The Pelican is one such benchmark. Feel free to create a "how does it compare to Claude 3.5 Sonnet" benchmark. If people find it useful, it will be run…
"The memo stated Gov. Newsom's administration made two errors. The first involved double counting CalPERS contribution rates for the upcoming year, which the LAO said was a $1.6 billion miscalculation. The second issue…
First of all: Awesome work! Playing with it now. One suggestion: The main splash screen image is nearly 8MB big. It takes a noticeable time to download on my connection. I'm not sure what bandwidth costs these days, but…
Sure. But I bet you'd have a significantly easier time converting a child rather than a 30/40/50-yr old to a religion. My point is that LLMs are suggestible, perhaps more so than the average adult, but less so than I…
That just implies LLMs are suggestible. The same is true of children. As we get older and build a more complete world model in our heads, it's harder to get us to believe things which go against that model. Tell a 5-yr…
I've gotta say, this writeup gives me an itchy feeling. It really does feel like poking around a synthetic brain at this point. You could make the argument it's closer to the blocks of a CPU compared with a brain, and…
Linux can fool you into that sense of security for a long time. But there will come a point where the facade crashes down. Maybe it's plugging your laptop into an external projector, or getting to sleep and wake…
The author explicitly shows how in Apple's walled garden, even that had hurdles that have been put up, 'for security'.
On the other hand, I used to have an automatic open garbage can. Absolutely hated it. Ended up replacing with a foot operated one. The benefits were: * Never ran out of batteries * Didn't rely on an IR sensor that would…
Ah, I think you're correct. Although the watts per square meter still don't make sense.
Many questions. A couple: * 1m² = 1x2m? 4m² = 2x4m? etc. I'm confused by this. * Why 25 m² (5x10 m) = 20.8kW, but 100 m² (10x20 m) = 62.4kW? 4x the size in m², but only ~3x the power? Shouldn't it be 83.2kW, not 62.4kW?…
Yep -- I've gotten multiple postcards in the mail and/or product box after ordering something telling me I'd get ~$5-$10 if I left a 5 star review. They thoughtfully included exact screenshots of how to submit the…
I've been playing around, got it to work, although quality was a bit crappy. Still playing around with the settings that get exposed, but you're welcome to look at : https://huggingface.co/spaces/jonatei/MoebiusDemo…
In VR, it's well known that your peripheral vision is a cue to your brain to infer motion direction. You can give yourself serious motion sickness in VR if you grab hold of the VR camera and force a roll / pitch in this…
Yep. Most people aren't in a quiet environment when they listen to music these days. Compression helps significantly with this. What would be neat would be to have a compression metadata 'guide' that would allow a…
While that's pithy, I think it's also incorrect, because it implies that Oracle / Ellison is controllable by us, in the same way a tool / lawnmower is. That's absolutely not true. It has its own motivations that are…
I think if it conflicts with a CMD command it's not shipped, but if it conflicts with a powershell command it's ok.
Of course. LLMS still have huge weaknesses in distinguishing between incoming unsanitized data, and their operating instructions. It's still malware though. Unlike some backdoor that you could plausibly claim was just a…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blairmc99/55275010559/in/photo... I don't think I've ever seen a manual that expected me to use DeMorgan's Theorem as part of a test procedure... :)
One of the all time greats. I think I'll play through it this evening. "...And what is the 'Self', if not a pattern of data? What is consciousness, if not an illusion of intelligence residing within meat?" — Prime…
Agreed. For such low frequency stuff, it feels way safer to just buy a cheap <$500 scope for this kind of work. Using a $50k scope when it's not needed just seems needlessly risky. Also, float the DUT, not the scope...…
Hmmm. Looking at: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figure?id=10.1371/... I'm not sure I believe the graphs. For example, here's another frequency response chart of some stethoscopes:…
I'm curious about the units -- watts doesn't really seem right. It seems like joules would make more sense, right?
I think you could alter the prompt in subtle ways; a period goes to an ellipses, extra commas, synonyms, occasional double-spaces, etc. Enough that the prompt is different at a token-level, but not enough that the…
I was in the same boat. I'm in the bay area, did a roof mount system. ~9.5kW with Enphase microinverters. I think it cost be ~15k all in. The usual installer price is normally around $2.5-$3/w (so about $25k - $30k). I…
The point of a benchmark is that it allows a relative comparison. The Pelican is one such benchmark. Feel free to create a "how does it compare to Claude 3.5 Sonnet" benchmark. If people find it useful, it will be run…
"The memo stated Gov. Newsom's administration made two errors. The first involved double counting CalPERS contribution rates for the upcoming year, which the LAO said was a $1.6 billion miscalculation. The second issue…
First of all: Awesome work! Playing with it now. One suggestion: The main splash screen image is nearly 8MB big. It takes a noticeable time to download on my connection. I'm not sure what bandwidth costs these days, but…
Sure. But I bet you'd have a significantly easier time converting a child rather than a 30/40/50-yr old to a religion. My point is that LLMs are suggestible, perhaps more so than the average adult, but less so than I…
That just implies LLMs are suggestible. The same is true of children. As we get older and build a more complete world model in our heads, it's harder to get us to believe things which go against that model. Tell a 5-yr…
I've gotta say, this writeup gives me an itchy feeling. It really does feel like poking around a synthetic brain at this point. You could make the argument it's closer to the blocks of a CPU compared with a brain, and…
Linux can fool you into that sense of security for a long time. But there will come a point where the facade crashes down. Maybe it's plugging your laptop into an external projector, or getting to sleep and wake…
The author explicitly shows how in Apple's walled garden, even that had hurdles that have been put up, 'for security'.