jsomae

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Your explanation is wrong. There is no reason to believe that "c" has no mapping.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

augh it's annoying

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

1, sometimes 2.

Does anyone else have the problem where sometimes a bit of TP sticks to your labia? especially the 1-ply

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

if you've forgotten your log-in info, contact customer service.

If you've previously downloaded your data, you can use that to help.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

what's underage for hrt? like.. 12?

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This I can believe tbh. It's a very useful tool in the hands of an expert. Otherwise it's like giving a chimp a gun.

Maybe this is why I am surprised at people's hatred of ChatGPT. It's borne of misuse of a tool for experts, like newcomers struggling with a C++ compiler error.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

like, a video of Tao giving a demonstration?

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

LLMs are basically just good pattern matchers. But just like how A* search can find a better path than a human can by breaking the problem down into simple steps, so too can an LLM make progress on an unsolved problem if it's used properly and combined with a formal reasoning engine.

I'm going to be real with you: the big insight behind almost all new mathematical ideas is based on the math that came before. Nothing is truly original the way AI detractors seem to believe.

By "does some reasoning steps," OpenAI presumably are just invoking the LLM iteratively so that it can review its own output before providing a final answer. It's not a new idea.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

I do agree that grad students don't exactly live in luxury, and frequently develop mental health crises. But their contributions and insight are what power their labs. Profs often have to spend so much time teaching and chasing grants that they can't do much real research. Academia overall is in a sad state.

But Tao is a superstar, and a charismatic blogger. I'd be disappointed to learn he mistreats his grad students. (I don't know if he even has any tbh)

 

The experience seemed roughly on par with trying to advise a mediocre, but not completely incompetent, graduate student. However, this was an improvement over previous models, whose capability was closer to an actually incompetent graduate student. It may only take one or two further iterations of improved capability (and integration with other tools, such as computer algebra packages and proof assistants) until the level of "competent graduate student" is reached, at which point I could see this tool being of significant use in research level tasks.

 

What do y'all guys use for cloud storage, like DropBox, Google Drive, and so on? Ideally something which works even when offline.

I'd like to de-google of course.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

that sure doesn't look like it's been going down for centuries. What about per capita?

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The transition requirements are so high

what are the requirements?

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by jsomae@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
 

(Please don't downvote just because I need some help.)

I was once a privacy nut. But it's getting so hard nowadays, and there are so many more important problems -- global warming, AI, the inevitable collapse of the current world order... how does privacy improve the world? Please help remind me.

I do approve of privacy, of course. All this protect-the-children flak is bullshit. I just can't remember why I thought it was something worth fighting for and preaching about.

 

In a poll on hexbear (see link), it was observed that there are very few cis women on Lemmy. I think this is the intersection of several problems:

  • engagement of women on Reddit was always low
  • fewer women in computer science
  • I'm hesitant to recommend anything fediversy to people who don't tinker with computers like I do and thus might need a more handholdy UX.

I gather that transgender people tend to be more into CS, though I don't see why that explains entirely such an astonishing presence of the transgender community on Hexbear.

Anyway, I just thought I'd open the floor to brainstorming.

 

Safety tips:

  • Only use special eclipse glasses; regular sunglasses aren't safe
  • Wait for 100% totality before taking off your eclipse glasses. (If you don't have eclipse glasses, wait for totality before looking at all)
  • Have a timer prepared on your phone set to the duration of the eclipse at your location, so you know when to put your glasses back on.
  • When the sun is mostly (but not fully) eclipsed, it will likely not feel painful to look at it, but it will still damage your eyes permanently.
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