very cool.
Readit Newsthmorriss commented on LLMs understand nullability dmodel.ai/nullability-gen... · Posted by u/mattmarcus
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The JVM precludes general tail-call elimination though.
the clojure loop construct is often cleaner than code written to be tail recursive
I the analogy that GPT is improvising/speaking, like you would in a normal conversation. When I talk out loud (quickly), I only have ~1 word of lookahead just like GPT. But if I want good answers to hard questions, I need to slow down and actually write[1] something down. So the wrapper script that iterates/recursive on responses that OP describes is analogous to the slowing down process of writing.
I'm also curious what sort of results the iterative process can lead to. The movie script example in OP is impressive, but does it reach a stable state? Does it work for other types of prompts (coding related/other) that i've seen on twitter? All very interesting.
thmorriss commented on Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title chess24.com/en/read/news/... · Posted by u/CawCawCaw
It might be worth mentioning a famous abdication which caused a lot of consternation, albeit in another game. I love this story but may have gotten some details wrong.
Marion Tinsley was world checkers champion from 1955-1958, then took a break, then again from 1975-1991, when he resigned in protest (at age 64). He was utterly dominant; indeed it is hard to think of a competitor in all of history more dominant over his sport or game than Tinsley.
In 1990 Tinsley decided to play Chinook, the best checkers computer program in the world. Chinook had placed second at the US Nationals so it had the right to enter the world championships, but the US and British checkers federations refused to allow it.
So Tinsley resigned his title. Tinsley then played Chinook in an unofficial match (which he won).
This power play really stuck it to the federations: nobody wanted to be named the new world champion knowing Tinsley was fully capable of crushing them. Eventually everyone came to an agreement to let Tinsley be the "champion emeritus".
Tinsley played Chinook four years later, at age 68, still probably the best player in the world. But in the middle of the match he complained of stomach pains and withdrew after only six games (of 20), all drawn. Tinsley's pains were real: he later died of pancreatic cancer.
that is a cool story, thanks for sharing
I take it even further. Emotionally distance yourself from your cravings, sure, but also your entire body. I now think of my body as separate from 'me,' my soul. But I do need my body to express my soul. So I take care of it, I give it what it needs, I exercise it. Counterintuitively, this practice makes me love and respect my body more than I ever did when I equated body and self.
I like this mindset, thanks for sharing.
thmorriss commented on Show HN: The Brutalist Report – A rolling snapshot of the day’s headlines brutalist.report... · Posted by u/cylo
I like this a lot. I set it to open every morning at 8am using an extension :)
thmorriss commented on Ask HN: Best 2-player co-op gaming fun for mental health · Posted by u/herodoturtle
Monaco. Top down heist simulator that’s very silly with amazing music.
Minecraft with buddies online is amazing.
Towerfall ascension campaign. Made by developers of Celeste (so it has A++ feeling controls). Single screen single hit kill defend against waves of enemies in several worlds. Good difficulty progression. And 4 player VS is a blast.
Not coop but vs: Duck game. Works best with 4 ppl, high skill based, super silly single screen instant hill tournament. Playing this with buddies is consistently the most fun I have had in 10 years of playing games.
Gang beasts. Very very silly, not skill based last man standing brawler on interactive maps.
Party games like jackbox can be super fun, including gartic phone, skribbl.io, cards against humanity.
I guess we sort of got it with Slack though