Posts by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
(DIR) Post #ASMPSqJH4DH5Gyy4Q4 by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-02-05T06:07:08Z
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@simon You can already run Stable Diffusion on an iPhone Pro 13+ and an iPad Pro. I believe we are only a few months away from LLM’s running natively on an M1 or M2 chip. But more importantly: the calculator analogy is inappropriate with generative models. The output isn’t deterministic. A better analogy (per Ars Technica) is of a slot machine: you get an output that _likely_ to be in the direction of what you want.
(DIR) Post #ATYRtx1BcZn3rDkBaS by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-03-12T09:47:30Z
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One of my almae matres now has a building that looks like bamboo steam baskets for dumplings. (Wasn’t around when I studied in 2013-14) #ntu #singapore #nanyang
(DIR) Post #AXHOLgO2MvENzkkthg by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-07-02T09:24:58Z
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@Arkenston @themantra108 Stunning!
(DIR) Post #AXdP21BYMGKtjwItSi by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-07-13T00:14:30Z
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@simon All awesomeness and can’t wait to try them out! Some random ideas to build on top of this:1) Support for Claude (if it’s not there already)2) Some way of adding a file to the prompt via pipe (Claude and Code Analyser take file input, so it could be interesting to enable that at a CLI itself)3) Generate the output (data analysis pieces in particular) as QMD files (that’s Quarto)
(DIR) Post #AYCeCfZlohcAGlH3rs by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-07-30T00:20:20Z
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@clive @thomasp @timbray Gripping!
(DIR) Post #AYDHgvOpRj0qFFZepE by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-07-30T07:42:48Z
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@clive @thomasp @timbray Some would argue that bug-hunting is the only skill I truly possess. Always fun to read about such exploits, particularly for things that I was witnessing, albeit briefly, in real time. :) Kudos to the team!
(DIR) Post #AYZgC61tQBYjLxjA80 by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-08-10T01:47:14Z
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These assholes think the rules don't apply to them, do they. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/twitter-held-in-contempt-fined-350k-over-trump-data-delay/
(DIR) Post #AYZm1vPcdmpvFmMN60 by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-08-10T04:07:15Z
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@mayonesa Reading the article helps. Twitter was fined for not complying with a rule they agreed with.As for “privacy concerns”, they don’t exist when the lead actor is known to intimidate witnesses or is likely to tamper with evidence. https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/110861740219665453
(DIR) Post #AYe5hJyCupC93JpT4S by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-08-12T06:04:28Z
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@simon I prompted it to be the “world’s best marketing expert in English, Chinese and some say even French” and asked it to give some taglines for a bistro that sold artisanal bakkwa and chocolate appadams.It prefixed every single response with “OH MY GOSH” and gave cliched suggestions that could be applied to any foodstuff not just bakkwa or appadams.
(DIR) Post #Aa3tIruBTWc9Fv6h6W by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-09-23T14:41:26Z
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@ParadeGrotesque C’est très drole! C'est notamment parce que Google Translate l'a très bien traduit. 😊
(DIR) Post #Aa4sY1bRnORosexxwW by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-09-24T02:08:22Z
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@grammargirl @jailandrade I coach MBA students and see this often. Very normal to give up on a goal just before completion. Oftentimes, all it takes is a pep talk. Don’t beat yourself up on it! Duolingo can get robotic very quickly; it’s completely understandable to feel burnt out after a long, commendable stretch.(I have 4 streak freezes in abeyance in Duolingo for this and other reasons 😊 Just completed my day’s exercises after seeing this post )
(DIR) Post #AadxSDc7svvx3o3Uhs by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-10-11T00:18:14Z
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@grammargirl Curious, but do you pronounce your name the French way (miɲɔ̃)? I was in a deep discussion on comics with a literature professor buddy of mine at a coffee shop, during which I needed to spell my name to the barista. So without thinking I started to say: A as in Astérix, K as in Krazy Kat…I caught myself at that point. I don’t know if the barista thought i was crazy, but she didn’t flinch. 😊
(DIR) Post #AcFrKZdMUo1aXwIHcO by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-11-28T00:09:14Z
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“Altman's history goes like this: first, he founded a useless startup that raised $30m, only to be acquired and shuttered. Then Altman got a job running Y Combinator, where he somehow failed at taking huge tranches of equity from "every Stanford dropout with an idea for software to replace something Mommy used to do." After that, he founded OpenAI, a company that he claims to believe presents an existential risk to the entire human risk – which he structured so incompetently that he was then forced out of it.His reward for this string of farcical, mounting failures? He was put back in charge of the company he mis-structured despite his claimed belief that it will destroy the human race if not properly managed.”This and other hits by @pluralistic on the moral injury of your work getting enshittified. https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/25/moral-injury/
(DIR) Post #AcFrKbfYvayOrLL4KG by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-11-28T00:12:18Z
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@pluralistic This too:“Tech workers once dreamed of working for a big, unwieldy firm for a few years before setting out on their own to topple it with a startup. Then, the dream shrank: work for that big, clumsy firm for a few years, then do a fake startup that makes a fake product that is acquihired by your old employer, as an incredibly inefficient and roundabout way to get a raise and a bonus.Then the dream shrank again: work for a big, ugly firm for life, but get those perks, the massages and the kombucha and the stock options and the gourmet cafeteria and the egg-freezing. Then it shrank again: work for Google for a while, but then get laid off along with 12,000 co-workers, just months after the company does a stock buyback that would cover all those salaries for the next 27 years”
(DIR) Post #AcxCVuVpfcd5POqzdQ by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-12-19T02:50:42Z
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@grammargirl Here’s wishing he gets well soon!
(DIR) Post #Ad05xI11EjxfXZyKum by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2023-12-20T05:25:52Z
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Deep in #Vietnam’s jungles.
(DIR) Post #Ashsvhtfx3gaiGoF7Y by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2025-04-03T06:58:34Z
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“The myth was that a new international axis of rightwing nationalism could stabilize into a new order. That Trump, Orban, Meloni, Milei, Modi—pick your avatar—would together redraw the map, break the institutions, and replace liberal democracy with a more muscular, tradition-driven authoritarianism.But Trump doesn't share. He demands fealty. And the others can't afford to give it, not when their survival depends on resisting foreign power. Nationalism doesn't cooperate across borders. It cannibalizes.” https://www.theindex.media/trumps-trade-war-just-nuked-his-international-fan-club/
(DIR) Post #At8cXGbLhtPPXfYJpw by cydonian@social.vivaldi.net
2025-04-16T00:05:56Z
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“Fischer hypothesised that white Europeans had asymmetrical skulls to accommodate larger right frontal lobes, supposedly a marker of higher intelligence. However, Irawati's research found no correlation between race and skull asymmetry.She boldly presented her findings, risking her mentor's ire and her degree. Fischer gave her the lowest grade, but her research critically and scientifically rejected the use of human differences to justify discrimination. (Later, the Nazis would use Fischer's theories of racial superiority to further their agenda and Fischer would join the Nazi party.)”https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93qqq5g416o