On not re-inventing the wheel obviously.
There is a Sanjeev Arora paper "A Theory for Emergence of Complex Skills in Language Models" (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.15936) on this subject. The key idea is there is cross entropy (how "surprised" the model is with…
I rarely see gears in these bicycles. Is the idea that should a pelican need to go uphill it could just fly.
I'm just getting started ;)
In contrast, the 2nd Ave Subway extension here in NY cost $4.5 billion for 2.9 km
Am I allowed to stay with a relative or a friend when I visit their town? I am totally ignorant of local norms, maybe I should be in the Holiday Inn next door instead?
segfaults raise my belief in spirits
"I'm so sick of hearing about bronze. Bronze bronze bronze bronze. Whats wrong with stone? Does stone not work all of a sudden?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyu4u3VZYaQ
aside: me after reading the headline: Shouldn't that be Octopii? But no! "The plural form octopii is doubly incorrect. Firstly, octopus derives from Greek, not Latin; its etymologically-consistent plural form is…
Exactly. And if you don't say seven in the emphatic manner George says it who are you.
We'll give "real actual bug" a pass :)
> The nominal mode enables motion through the water at 3.6 km/h, and for speed-seekers, the SEABIKE can reach a maximum of 7.9 km/h – much faster than normal swimming speeds or even flipper-assisted swimming.…
it is science that discovers errors in science :)
New life goal: "There is very little that is new to me; I wish my corresponders would realize this." Second life goal: To have corresponders
Possibly naive, but hopefully trying to reason from first principles: The insurance companies are the ones paying for care. The hospital systems are the ones charging for care. The entity that pays for care has every…
Embarrassingly, I was today years old when I learnt that dig used to be a) an acronym and b) what is stood for
TIL: there exists a 14X miner!
compare to just what? what? just what? just what?
Right! And per some theories it was the Theia collision that brought carbon and nitrogen to Earth to kick start life in the first place.
In a similar vein also recommend “Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements” by Paul Strathern.
From the Tex Tuneup of 2021: "The TEX family of programs seems to be nice and healthy as it continues to approach perfection. Chances are nil that any documents produced by previous versions of TEX or METAFONT will be…
“Mcrib is objectively a better system for generating memcached configurations — but its efficiency made the broader system behave in a less safe way.” Be good but not _that_ good :)
All my life I've read it as "Horn Please, OK!"
_Now_ you tell me?
Somewhat tangentially, from Dennett's review of Lucas' "The Freedom of the Will" "He obtains some of his pet conclusions by patent non sequiturs, aided by a great deal of hand waving, and not a few elementary logical…
On not re-inventing the wheel obviously.
There is a Sanjeev Arora paper "A Theory for Emergence of Complex Skills in Language Models" (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.15936) on this subject. The key idea is there is cross entropy (how "surprised" the model is with…
I rarely see gears in these bicycles. Is the idea that should a pelican need to go uphill it could just fly.
I'm just getting started ;)
In contrast, the 2nd Ave Subway extension here in NY cost $4.5 billion for 2.9 km
Am I allowed to stay with a relative or a friend when I visit their town? I am totally ignorant of local norms, maybe I should be in the Holiday Inn next door instead?
segfaults raise my belief in spirits
"I'm so sick of hearing about bronze. Bronze bronze bronze bronze. Whats wrong with stone? Does stone not work all of a sudden?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyu4u3VZYaQ
aside: me after reading the headline: Shouldn't that be Octopii? But no! "The plural form octopii is doubly incorrect. Firstly, octopus derives from Greek, not Latin; its etymologically-consistent plural form is…
Exactly. And if you don't say seven in the emphatic manner George says it who are you.
We'll give "real actual bug" a pass :)
> The nominal mode enables motion through the water at 3.6 km/h, and for speed-seekers, the SEABIKE can reach a maximum of 7.9 km/h – much faster than normal swimming speeds or even flipper-assisted swimming.…
it is science that discovers errors in science :)
New life goal: "There is very little that is new to me; I wish my corresponders would realize this." Second life goal: To have corresponders
Possibly naive, but hopefully trying to reason from first principles: The insurance companies are the ones paying for care. The hospital systems are the ones charging for care. The entity that pays for care has every…
Embarrassingly, I was today years old when I learnt that dig used to be a) an acronym and b) what is stood for
TIL: there exists a 14X miner!
compare to just what? what? just what? just what?
Right! And per some theories it was the Theia collision that brought carbon and nitrogen to Earth to kick start life in the first place.
In a similar vein also recommend “Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements” by Paul Strathern.
From the Tex Tuneup of 2021: "The TEX family of programs seems to be nice and healthy as it continues to approach perfection. Chances are nil that any documents produced by previous versions of TEX or METAFONT will be…
“Mcrib is objectively a better system for generating memcached configurations — but its efficiency made the broader system behave in a less safe way.” Be good but not _that_ good :)
All my life I've read it as "Horn Please, OK!"
_Now_ you tell me?
Somewhat tangentially, from Dennett's review of Lucas' "The Freedom of the Will" "He obtains some of his pet conclusions by patent non sequiturs, aided by a great deal of hand waving, and not a few elementary logical…