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Nomadeon commented on Open models by OpenAI   openai.com/open-models/... · Posted by u/lackoftactics
dongobread · 19 days ago
How up to date are you on current open weights models? After playing around with it for a few hours I find it to be nowhere near as good as Qwen3-30B-A3B. The world knowledge is severely lacking in particular.
Nomadeon · 19 days ago
Agree. Concrete example: "What was the Japanese codeword for Midway Island in WWII?"

Answer on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway#U.S._code-bre...

dolphin3.0-llama3.1-8b Q4_K_S [4.69 GB on disk]: correct in <2 seconds

deepseek-r1-0528-qwen3-8b Q6_K [6.73 GB]: correct in 10 seconds

gpt-oss-20b MXFP4 [12.11 GB] low reasoning: wrong after 6 seconds

gpt-oss-20b MXFP4 [12.11 GB] high reasoning: wrong after 3 minutes !

Yea yea it's only one question of nonsense trivia. I'm sure it was billions well spent.

It's possible I'm using a poor temperature setting or something but since they weren't bothered enough to put it in the model card I'm not bothered to fuss with it.

Nomadeon commented on UnitedHealth Is Sick of Everyone Complaining About Its Claim Denials   rollingstone.com/culture/... · Posted by u/frenchtoast8
inamberclad · 6 months ago
Seeing my health insurance deny hospital claims that were pre-authorized has been insane. The hospital checked in advance with my insurance that several operations would be covered and the insurance approved. Now that the bill comes, the insurance company has repeatedly denied and denied their claims. Health insurance companies are horrible and parasitic to everyone involved.
Nomadeon · 6 months ago
I've had BCBS reject prescriptions they've already pre-approved multiple times. First time, they denied all knowledge of the REQUEST (when my doctor has their APPROVAL fax in hand). Second time they acknowledged they had approved it but had to contact their pharmacy group to put in an "override". I've submitted a complaint with the state insurance regulator though I doubt it goes anywhere.

Anyone for a class action lawsuit on the grounds of bad faith breach of contract and medical malpractice for obstructing access to care they already admit is medically necessary (by denying something already pre-approved)? I don't even want money. I want a Consent Decree enforced by the court that strikes fear across their whole industry.

Audio record every interaction you have with insurance and tell 'em you're on a recorded line.

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Nomadeon commented on The legal rule that computers are presumed to be operating correctly (2022) [pdf]   benthamsgaze.org/wp-conte... · Posted by u/zinekeller
koliber · a year ago
There's an excellent Radiolab podcast episode about how often cosmic rays cause computer errors in practice. It's engaging and educational: https://radiolab.org/podcast/bit-flip

I always knew about the theoretical cosmic ray bit flips. Before listening to this episode, I did not stop to think how often they actually cause problems.

Nomadeon · a year ago
As we went from zero to 10K+ embedded systems (full PCs with significant RAM) the issues got weirder.

The best was a one-off error log along the lines of "unknown type System.DateTime". Huh? That's a system defined type that just went missing. Never saw it again.

Another at a different employer was a crash that occurred after a check condition that absolutely should have gated the crash from being reached. Single threaded. Simple microcontroller. Had to reflash it to flip the bit back. After doing the math on how much RAM we had in the wild vs. cosmic bit flip rates reported in super computers, we had to expect one flip per year.

If it's a safety critical system, server or not, use ECC RAM!!

Nomadeon commented on Seattle shuts down gifted program for having too many white and Asian students   nypost.com/2024/04/03/us-... · Posted by u/Melchizedek
jinushaun · a year ago
I grew up poor and took AP classes. What does money have to do with it?
Nomadeon · a year ago
"...or that have a stable enough home environment to self-study"
Nomadeon commented on Seattle shuts down gifted program for having too many white and Asian students   nypost.com/2024/04/03/us-... · Posted by u/Melchizedek
Prickle · a year ago
I just fundamentally don't understand why advanced placement classes need to be axed due to racial issues.

Why is this so hard? Just keep the accelerated education program. Then try to help the disadvantaged groups get better testing scores via assistance programs. The issue here is obviously the name of the program. Just change that!

Nomadeon · a year ago
And the effect will be the opposite of the intent - now only students wealthy enough to afford private tutoring or that have a stable enough home environment to self-study can pass AP exams. Wonder what races those students will be?

I'm admittedly talking my own book, having come from the lower end of middle class. I was also the runt of the litter and at the bottom of the social pecking order. Students of all races enjoyed looking down on me to feel better about their own situation.

I retired from working for other people at age 40. I credit gifted/AP courses in 8-12th grade for a significant portion of that. Did my racial background still advantage me? You bet. I had a stable home environment and low crime neighborhood.

Perhaps we should focus on how to offer children stable home environments and low crime neighborhoods.

Nomadeon commented on Realtors reach settlement that will change how Americans buy and sell homes   wsj.com/real-estate/realt... · Posted by u/erehweb
jwjohnson314 · a year ago
But where do you find a good agent? My experiences have been of sellers agents dramatically undervaluing my property hoping for a quick sale and buyers agents with none of the qualities you mention, just a desire to push me to buy at any price asap regardless of whether the property they are showing me is a decent fit or not. I have yet to experience any value added from an agent on either side of the transaction.
Nomadeon · a year ago
I had the luxury of time in my last move, which I used to go to a lot of open houses and talk to the attending realtor (which is not always the listing agent btw). Treat it like a behavioral interview and judge agreeableness and conscientiousness. Also, study basics of sales tactics so you know when they are being deployed on you. This will filter for honest, hardworking people in many situations.

u/Nomadeon

KarmaCake day24March 15, 2024View Original