kellogh

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

talking about homelessness with my conservative family

my dad gets it now, after seeing an explanation. The more he hears about the self-reinforcing cycles, the more he starts nodding in agreement about the need for housing to break the cycle

my brother is not getting it. He seems to have dug into a position and won’t change his mind

aside: my brother is MAGA, my dad is more of a never trumper

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

two things can be true:

1. machine learning and/or neural networks are far more capable than the people who use “just” to describe them would like you to believe

2. we’re not getting AGI until after we understand what intelligence is, and we’re not throwing billions of dollars into that

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

What a great reminder that simply being “data driven” isn’t enough. If the model is wrong, your results are going to be bad. In other words, there’s no substitute for critical thinking, not even data

https://www.history.com/news/why-coca-cola-new-coke-flopped

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

does anyone know how to disable "dynamic protection" on HP printers?

our printer has "cartridge protection" turned off, and DP is supposed to be part of that. DP was turned on via an over-the-air update, and it prevents us from using non-HP ink, which means that ink that we were already using no longer works

the HP docs say the only way to disable it is to disable firmware updates and never enable them again, which seems...bad?

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

rn i could really use an AI generated video of Elsa brushing her teeth. i need proof to convince the 3yo

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

who tf made it thursday already

kellogh, 1 month ago to Metal

what’s the PM’s favorite #metal band? GoJIRA

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

been carving an elephant between meetings, out of a chunk of pin oak, and now my desk finally looks like a place where work gets done

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

who among you goes by “cyber boss” as a job title? https://www.axios.com/2024/04/16/joe-sullivan-breachrx-security-executives

kellogh, 1 month ago to opensource

#opensource WizardLM2 8x22B exceeds performance of GPT4 in some benchmarks

• Apache2 👍
• progressive learning instead of all-at-once means less power-hungry and more data efficient during training
• Co-Teaching and Self-Teaching are intriguing, I want to hear more
• from Microsoft #AI, I imagine GPT5 must be nigh, if they’re releasing competition for GPT4

https://wizardlm.github.io/WizardLM2/ #LLMs

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

can you be a millennial and not know http://stickdeath.com/

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

think about how much political capital was spent on repairing roads, bridges, etc. That’s not sustainable. We’re far too overextended in terms of infrastructure, we don’t have the political will to maintain it

kellogh, 1 month ago to hiking

anyone know of a plant identification app that actually works in the spring when the leaves aren’t full adult size? seek isn’t cutting it #hiking #botany #nature #camping

kellogh, 1 month ago to LLMs

imagine a construction company that put out a statement, “we’re going to stop using power tools because there’s a lot of workplace injuries”. That would be crazy. Sure, i get that with a circular saw, it LOOKS like you just have to pull a trigger, but there’s actually a bit more to using it safely. You train your workers
#LLMs #AI

kellogh, 1 month ago to python

oh cool! you can measure the #environmental cost of your #python code easily with Code Carbon

it tracks what hardware you’re using (CPU, GPU, etc.) and matches that up against the carbon intensity of your local power grid. They have shortcuts for popular cloud providers

You can’t optimize for what you can’t measure, so now hopefully we can start optimizing for impact on the #environment

https://codecarbon.io/ #programming #code #devops

kellogh, 1 month ago to iran

in the first hour of this #iran attack, i saw the word “unprecedented” probably 12 times, and i can’t figure out for the life of me what’s unprecedented about this situation

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

the great thing about the fediverse is that the bots label themselves as such

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

i think a lot of people probably don’t realize that github is an artifact of a past tech fad, when all companies tried to be social networks. that’s why there’s a timeline

kellogh, 1 month ago to wildlife

Happy #Slitherday!

This guy wanted to help me trim the bushes, but got scared away by the noise of the trimmers (i’ll be quieter next time, sorry)

#Wildlife #snake

This image shows a snake on a paved surface, just by a metal fence, with its shadow being cast on the ground. The sunlight is creating a stark contrast between the light and shadowed areas, highlighting the snake's sinuous form against the pavement.

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

not sure i can rationalize $58 for an order of 50 stickers

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

planning on calling the wildlife resources commission tomorrow morning to see if it’s legal to kill a turkey in self-defense. how’s your day going?

kellogh, 1 month ago to python

years ago, the “language of machine learning” was split between #R and #python but it’s been steadily shifting toward python. At this point, after all the #LLM developments, i think it’s clearly python. i don’t see much R in the LLM world at all. And increasingly, i’m seeing #rust being the “systems language of #ML”
#rustlang #LLMs

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

The Attack Turkey

this morning on the run i got to the top of the hill and was resting, bc i'm out of shape, and off in the distance i see a bird trotting my way

as it gets closer i realize it's a turkey. it had a big red gobbler and its neck was iridescent. It was actually really pretty, so i just watched as it approached

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

my strategy for navigating a new org is basically, “ask the dumb questions”, because a lot of the dumb questions have very interesting answers

kellogh, 1 month ago to random

I would love to see a non-profit that's basically, "Apache for contributors". Apache is great for companies who want to de-risk open source software. What about an org that goes, "i see that your project is important to the community, what can i do for you today?" Maybe fund, maybe find contributors, maybe acquire build infra, always listen and support