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Quantization in this context is the precision of each value in the vector or matrix/tensor. If the model in question has a token embedding length of 1024, even if it was a 1 bit qu…

Very cool. If you like this you will like ZenTrails on Steam also.

This is my favorite story of his. It is part of the collection Axiomatic for those new to him.

Anyone who would be on this site is the kind of person who should do themselves a favor and read his short story collection Axiomatic. His other collections are excellent as well, …

Mike Acton's talk "Data-Oriented Design and C++" from CppCon 2014 is the best programming talk ever given in my opinion. A must watch: https://youtu.be/rX0ItVEVjHc

But maybe you get a few more seconds, one more swing, and take out your opponent. Your tribe kills the lion or wins the war. If the initial mutation wasn't detrimental so wasn't te…

A theory I heard that I like, is that if you are getting attacked from the right, and suffer damage to the right side of your head, you probably want your right arm to work more th…

You start a bank, I come to take out a loan and I want it in cash since I am buying a used car this afternoon. You have no cash since you said you don't need it, are just going to …

It is (was) a thing, the idea works exactly the same way. Person A deposits $100, bank lends $90 to B, $10 goes to reserve (if 10% reserve rate). System thinks there is $190 instea…

There are many problems with your understanding, but the simplest total failure of your model is that if the bank did just get the money from somewhere else to lend, it is not crea…

The loan guy absolutely does need to make sure the bank has the cash to make the loan. You can't loan more money than you have. What happens when B goes to withdraw it from the ban…

This is a very popular but false 'take the gist of it as true' misunderstanding. Yes, banks do "create" money. No, it is not out of thin air. It absolutely does come from deposits.…