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mbbbackus

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    Comment #42205153

    I've been reading the author's book, Mathematica, and it's awesome. The title of this post doesn't do it justice. He shows that math skill is almost more like a sports talent than …

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    Comment #41139839

    Location: Washington D.C. Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Typescript, React, Node, Django, SQL Resume: https://benback.us/static/media/Backus_Resume.de670ddec52d5d... Email:…

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    Comment #40122024

    Currently in the same boat! When you say beta readers, do you mean other friends/writers or like people on twitter

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    Comment #36975057

    I live in the part of Arlington that this article talks about the most and it's so fascinating to learn about the history of how the area got developed. It really does feel like th…

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    Comment #36143474

    Good point. You can create a formal definition of hallucinations in formal language, like math and logic, but probably not for natural language. There are bound to be edge cases wh…

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    Comment #36141712

    Really excited to see if this approach can help reduce hallucinations overall. Process supervision combined with the browsing models could drastically improve how logically sound a…

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    Comment #35877371

    Best article I've read on here in a while. From now on, whenever there's dead air in a conversation, I'm just gonna drop "I get weirded out when couples treat their dogs like babie…

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    Comment #34117255

    In my experience, the commitment to read every day is more important than how much. If I’m in a spacey mood, I can still power through a page in a meaningful way. Plus, sometimes I…