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Cake day: August 6th, 2023

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  • I don’t use turn signals when driving around a roundabout unless I’m exiting because I’m not psychotic.

    But seriously, they are for signifying intent, not blinking idly, and they should be used plenty.

    I put a turn signal on when I back into my underground parking spot when I’m literally the only person down there. Force of habit that I’m totally cool with.



  • Summer was unbearably hot, and I decided to commute via a bus with AC instead of a bike, but in september I started using a bike and didn’t stop unless there was pouring or there was snow on the ground.

    I even in mild rain I just took my bike. First winter season I used a bike at all, not to mention riding in a full face cover, leather or ski gloves with a ski jacket.

    I also researched some motorbike rain pants but we’re in a decade long drought, so far didn’t need them.

    One thing tho. If it’s raining you better have disk breaks, the clampy ones just slip on wet wheels. I had to re-learn how to stop safely.







  • Worth pointing out it could be fully remote, but France or Germany residence is required. From what I heard it’s an accounting issue for them, explained as each country needs their own accounting scheme, which, as an EU citizen, seems like a skill issue to me.







  • I just don’t ascribe philosophical reasoning and mythical powers to models, just as I don’t ascribe physical prowess to train models, because they emulate real trains.

    Half of the reason LLMs are the menace they are is the whole “whoa ChatGPT is so smart” common mentality. They are not, they model based on statistics, there is no reasoning, just a bunch of if statements. Very expensive and, yes, mathematically interesting if statements.

    I also think it stiffles actual progress, having everyone jump on the LLM bandwagon and draining resources when we need them most to survive. In my opinion, it’s a dead end and wont result in AGI, or anything effectively productive.