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It's fun to run a model locally, but I don't think the economics make sense for anyone just trying to use models atm. It's absurdly cheap to use the same model via openrouter in co…

100%, I just don’t have an eye yet for commercial grinders :)

Totally, I meant no shade to LaMarzocco. They’re some of my favorite looking machines too :)

In my anecdotal experience of reacting to “wow this espresso is good” it’s often been a Slayer machine. It’s been a rough indicator of where to get good coffee for me.

I’m looking closely and I’m not seeing IP laws being relevant. Maybe regarding windows 11 keys? Can you elaborate? I think the claim isn’t totally inaccurate. Claiming that compani…

I don’t find it fair that you point out straw man in your parent comment and then use ad hominem in this comment. I would love to see you post some examples. I think you’d have a c…

I think a lot of people in tech unintentionally blind themselves to reality by obsessing over technology, and then thinking that is all that matters. It’s a behavior that is incent…

Glad to see the UPL alive and well!

It seems that there’s still unavoidable subjectivity in making the choice of prior distribution? I get how it’s objective for a fixed choice, but my understanding is that you need …

I think that could be a pretty interesting walk itself though!

The latter quarter of the article goes into depth about how one can accidentally find oneself in an inner ring, but it is through a wholesome pursuit and no ulterior motive. The ot…

I’ll echo the Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Recently, I finished the making of the atomic bomb by Richard Rhodes. It’s quite long, but a fascinating view on physics, weapon de…

Sounds interesting, try it and share your results here :)

I thought of these as well while reading the article as they convey the fun aspects of archival visits well (I’ve done a bit of my own and really enjoyed the random “side quest” th…

Yea, this is what’s really going on here and feels like it’s been shrouded in language to make it seem more grandiose. That being said, I would believe generalization to occur from…

OP, have any doctors mentioned that it may be epilepsy? Seizures present in many ways and can sometimes be described as dreamlike experiences. Might be worth asking about.

I sympathize with the author’s (OP I believe based on the last name) feelings here and also find myself wanting to leave somethings not understood. Maybe we’ll be fortunate and it …

Fascinating, thanks

> Here's a new trend happening these days. Upon releasing new non-fiction books to the general public, authors are simultaneously offering an LLM-based chatbot box where you can as…

Amusing to see this in the thread as, inspired by CGP Grey, my theme for the year is "be intentional" so this post particularly stood out to me.

Get ready for the gpt powered scams that call your family members and use a text to speech model that mimics your voice because a few second snapshot of your voice is all that’s no…

Is there an easy way to see that this problem is complicated enough to require a neural network? I'm a noob in graphics, but this problem seems like it shouldn't be that difficult …

That's neat and makes me feel that if you independently came to similar thoughts then there is some universal thing here to uncover/define. Would be interested to hear more about y…

Definitely agree. Christopher Alexander's "A City Is Not A Tree" [0] speaks to this separation too in the context of our physical spaces (based on your comment I sense you may be f…

It seems really prevalent in western societies (America in my experience at least) have a strong culture of career growth. If you’re not getting better paying positions then what a…