https://archive.ph/2024.10.18-165150/https://readonlymemory....
strong nostalgia led me here. Loved this game so much. Thanks for posting an alt link, the source was not available for me.
Readit Newskalbadia commented on The Making of Micro Machines readonlymemory.com/the-ma... · Posted by u/Tomte
kalbadia commented on Ars Technica content is now available in OpenAI services arstechnica.com/informati... · Posted by u/Liriel
What is the reason LLM training requires so much data? It appears they require the entire output of human civilization in order to stay competitive, but why? Is it simply that their trainers can get that much data, or are they just very inefficient in how they learn?
According to Ars Technica in the linked article : "In the longer term, the deal also means that OpenAI can openly and officially utilize Condé Nast articles to train future AI language models, which includes successors to GPT-4o. In this case, "training" means feeding content into an AI model's neural network so the AI model can better process conceptual relationships.
AI training is an expensive and computationally intense process that happens rarely, usually prior to the launch of a major new AI model, although a secondary process called "fine-tuning" can continue over time. Having access to high-quality training data, such as vetted journalism, improves AI language models' ability to provide accurate answers to user questions."
kalbadia commented on How French was medieval England? historytoday.com/archive/... · Posted by u/drdee
These are fun little essays.
The example that I think most native English speakers learn at some point is the reason for the distinction in food words: we eat pork (porc) and beef (boef) but they are the flesh of the pig/swine (Schwein) or cow (Kuh). This reflects the elite's use of French (thus using French words for food on the table) while the English servants used their Germanic vocabulary for the animals they worked with.
In both French and German the same word is used for the animal in the field and on the plate.
And then there are innumerable hybrids (anglicized french words). With regards to food and husbandry, one my of favorites is "beeves" ("cattle" -- "beefs"): while I have never heard the word spoken aloud I have seen it in novels even as late as the early 60s.
small correction : it's boeuf ^^ also, fun fact "taper un boeuf" doesn't mean "hitting a beef" but musicians jamming together ^^
kalbadia commented on Our Generation Ships Will Sink (2015) boingboing.net/2015/11/16... · Posted by u/BerislavLopac
We will need to upload ourselves and/or have robots grow us when we get to our destination. We will get there. It sounds crazy until it doesn’t.
this reminds me of the anime "Exception" I watched recently. Pretty good one.
won't get me back on that cursed platform
kalbadia commented on Show HN: Zobi – AI editor for Vue and Tailwind components zobi.vercel.app/... · Posted by u/bgwmj