test001only (u/test001only)

test001only commented on I'm Not Consulting an LLM lr0.org/blog/p/gpt/... · Posted by u/birdculture

> you had to build a model of the world just to survive the tension?

The world the author is describing currently has LLM in it. Irrespective of the author liking it or not, it is here to stay. So to build a model of the world, you would still need to consult an LLM, understand how it can give plausible looking answers, learn how to effectively leverage the tool and make it part of your toolkit. It does not mean you stop reading manuals, books or blogs. It just means you include LLM also in those list of things.

test001only commented on Global warming has accelerated significantly researchsquare.com/articl... · Posted by u/morsch

bko · 7 days ago

Got it, it's cooler, no one needs AC. Next question, why are there a lot more heat deaths per capita. I mean, a lot more (4/million vs 235/million)

Should be simple

test001only · 7 days ago

Could be lot of reason. Older European cities with high-density stone buildings and less green space often trap heat more effectively than typical U.S. suburban layouts. Europe has a larger proportion of elderly residents (aged 80+), who are the most susceptible to heat stress. You just picked a data and are trying to fit your narrative on top of it without really considering all possible aspects.

test001only commented on The path to ubiquitous AI (17k tokens/sec) taalas.com/the-path-to-ub... · Posted by u/sidnarsipur

Alifatisk · 21 days ago

What's happening in the comment section? How come so many cannot understand that his is running Llama 3.1 8B? Why are people judging its accuracy? It's almost a 2 years old 8B param model, why are people expecting to see Opus level response!?

The focus here should be on the custom hardware they are producing and its performance, that is whats impressive. Imagine putting GLM-5 on this, that'd be insane.

This reminds me a lot of when I tried the Mercury coder model by Inceptionlabs, they are creating something called a dLLM which is like a diffusion based llm. The speed is still impressive when playing aroun with it sometimes. But this, this is something else, it's almost unbelievable. As soon as I hit the enter key, the response appears, it feels instant.

I am also curious about Taalas pricing.

> Taalas’ silicon Llama achieves 17K tokens/sec per user, nearly 10X faster than the current state of the art, while costing 20X less to build, and consuming 10X less power.

Do we have an idea of how much a unit / inference / api will cost?

Also, considering how fast people switch models to keep up with the pace. Is there really a potential market for hardware designed for one model only? What will they do when they want to upgrade to a better version? Throw the current hardware and buy another one? Shouldn't there be a more flexible way? Maybe only having to switch the chip on top like how people upgrade CPUs. I don't know, just thinking out loudly.

test001only · 20 days ago

That is my concern too. A chip optimised for a model or specific model architecture will not be useful for long.

test001only commented on Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/kamaraju

test001only · 3 years ago

That's sad. When I last checked, insta pot was the only brand offering stainless steel vessel. Everybody else were offering only non-stick options, which I did not want to use.

test001only commented on RISC-V is succeeding semiengineering.com/why-r... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

blippage · 4 years ago

I follow some of the writings of Nassim Taleb. I came to the conclusion that RISC-V will "succeed" because there's no way for it to fail. It's like Linux.

I don't think licensing fees to ARM are a problem per se, it's the "frictional costs" that it introduces. My understanding is that the Raspberry Pi developed their RP2040 because ARM had a reasonable package available for its low-end Cortex-M processors, which doesn't apply to their higher-end Cortex ones.

RISC-V doesn't even have these restrictions. Even extremely small outfits can play around with RISC-V designs. Most of them won't go very far, but with enough lottery tickets, one of them is bound to draw the winning numbers.

Sure there are considerable obstacles. I toy with microcontrollers. For hobbyists like me, ARM processors are still the most sensible choice. I'm not expecting any shift from that for at least five years. But who knows after that? Anything can happen.

test001only · 4 years ago

It is already possible to experiment with Arm IP for free with Arm flexible access.

test001only commented on How bad is my gas stove? carbonswitch.co/how-bad-i... · Posted by u/hbgb

jonnycomputer · 4 years ago

So, here is an example. To make yogurt, I first heat up milk to just below boiling for about half-an-hour (this denatures the whey in the milk making for a thicker yogurt). If it boils, then it will usually boil over and make a mess. My electric stove heats on an on-off cycle. That means it goes through periods of being a lot hotter than average, and a lot cooler than average. If I set the electric stove so that the average is at the target temperature, then when the cycle goes up, it boils over. So I have to set it so that the average is below the target temperature, or constantly monitor it and adjust the stove. This is the type of temperature control a gas stove (and and induction i guess) affords.

test001only · 4 years ago

Yes, the fact that heat on electric is controlled by switching on and off cycle is what prevents me from switching to it (I believe induction does the same to control the heat). We need no fancy control or michelen rated appliance, just a basic gas stove allows us better control than electric stove.

test001only commented on How bad is my gas stove? carbonswitch.co/how-bad-i... · Posted by u/hbgb

aemreunal · 4 years ago

I enjoy cooking a lot and I cooked on gas stoves, electric ones (the ones that have those red hot spiral things under a glass) and top-of-the-line induction ones. In my opinion (and probably many restaurants' opinions from what I can see through their reactions on bans for gas appliances in new buildings), a gas stove is just unmatched in how much easier and better it makes cooking.

I totally get the desire to switch to electric appliances for many reasons, but I am yet to meet an electric stove of any kind that I remotely enjoyed cooking on. Is this everyone's experience? Did I just not meet the right induction stove yet? Is there some sort of new technology on the horizon that will make electric stoves infinitely better?

test001only · 4 years ago

I love cooking on gas. As you mentioned the convenience is unmatched and it is a pleasure compared to cooking using induction or hot plate. Induction certainly seemed more efficient with how fast it used to boil water, but when cooking food, gas always wins for me. Not to mention, lot of pans I have will not work on induction or hotplate.

test001only commented on macOS Is Hot Garbage medium.com/@sergiointoron... · Posted by u/kenrose

test001only · 4 years ago

I have felt the same thing. The MacBook is an awesome piece of hardware, with a bad OS on top of it.

test001only commented on Memory leaks are crippling my M1 MacBook Pro macworld.com/article/5497... · Posted by u/miles

valleyer · 4 years ago

Having worked at Apple adjacent to the likely responsible teams, the relevant details are: overworked engineering teams, insufficient QA investment, and most of all a yearly macOS major release schedule that persists primarily to benefit the egos of Apple's upper management.

Until you see a WWDC that doesn't announce a major release of macOS, expect more of the same.

To any involved Apple folks here, I feel your pain, and I'm sorry.

test001only · 4 years ago

I have always felt Macs are awesome hardware bundled with poor OS. Apple needs to up their software quality.

test001only commented on They don't even know the fundamentals blog.royalsloth.eu/posts/... · Posted by u/kaeruct

sparks1970 · 4 years ago

> There is another fundamental that is ignored by a lot of computer users. I think everyone who spends a lot of time behind a computer should learn how to touch type, since typing is still the main way of interacting with your computer.

I sort of agree, but anyone typing out code at 120WPM isn't programming, they're writing. Programming is an intellectual activity, not a physical one so learning to touch type is worthwhile but might only gain you a few minutes a day of productivity over someone doing 40WPM in a home-grown hunt-and-peck style of typing?

test001only · 4 years ago

I started with hunt-peck style typing and can now type without looking at the keyboard because of muscle memory. As you mentioned, typing has never seemed like a productivity impediment to me since I don't think I ever had to type at 120WPM when programming.