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Phi-2 basically demonstrated that you don't need a very large model to figure out language. It not very smart but speaks perfect English. it's not obvious the best way to gain IQ i…

I stopped using google map to navigate while driving due to the low contrast issue. I used to be able to scan the map and figure out which fork I should take. with the current goog…

A hypothetical conversation by chatGPT Stephen Wolfram (SW): Hello, Donald. Have you heard about OpenAI's language model, ChatGPT? Donald Knuth (DK): I've come across some mentions…

Hudson's bay company is incorporated by English Royal charter in 1670. By definition it is a department store affiliated with the English king :)

Initially, I didn't see much value in the metaverse due to the high barrier to entry for end users and the limited network effect. However, I am bullish now. With the advancement o…

I can see how this end. Musk decided to do more experiments on monkeys. Soon monkey + chip become smarter than human. And human cease to exist shortly after.

I have been in finance industry for more than 20 years. People have been talking about replacing USD as reserve currency for as long as I can remember. The problem is nothing else …

Model T is not efficient by modern standard. But it was the much more efficient compared to horse carriage at the time. Bitcoin is much less efficient than USD now. Very difficult …

De-dollarization won’t happen in China. Chinese government is addicted to economic growth. The legitimacy of the government depends on it. There are only 3 ways to generate growth:…

legally the new definition of 3 month Libor is sofr + 26.161bps

The omicron variant could be a blessing in disguise if the early stories on how it is less deadly checks out. That means people refuse to get the vaccine shot will be infected with…

The first reaction I got watching genetic dynasty stuff is Elon Musk probably has something like that planned. The technology is more or less ready. And he is that reckless

Krugman is just too emotionally invested in the book, so nothing comparable to the book. If the show is not called foundation, he will probably enjoy it.

The article is not about what kind of life style they can afford. It's more about their common belief system. They think they get where they are by hard working and ignore the luck…

This is a common misunderstanding. As a percentage of GDP, debt did go down. But the US government didn't actually paydown the debt. The debt notional more or less stayed the same.…

I practice something similar to fall sleep. I play a bit ping pong and the body and wrist need to be very relaxed do to a short push. I just lay down in the bed and do the short pu…

Also, Cario-Jeddah and Cario-Riyadh are formerly Ottoman Empire. Seoul-Tokyo is briefly part of Japanese Empire. The only "true" international routes left are Dubai-London and New …

I am an actuary for 20 years and people have been trying to replace Excel for at least 15 of them. But Excel is not going anywhere. I think it will be even more popular with the re…

The original Chinese version is poorly written. The English translator, Ken Liu, did an excellent job polishing it up.

Well, they got the husker-husky game wrong ;) Husker won the game and end up splitting the national tile with Michigan that season.

The founding father of the Republic of China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, was heavily influenced by Georgism. He believed all income derived from land, including appreciation of the land, sho…

The idea of field hospital is to move non covid related patients to the file hospitals and let the regular hospital to be covid only. This way there is much smaller chance to get c…

The issue is crazy. It basically come down to there is no unit test? Unit test traditionally is not done for numerical code in Fortran or C. We sent people to the moon on code with…

Here in Maryland, there are trucks from New York Chinatown stop at local park and ride regularly to deliver specialty Chinese food. You order through an app.

I can't tell if this a April fool joke or real