kspalaiologos

kspalaiologos, 16 days ago to random

https://content.neuralink.com/compression-challenge/README.html

oh boy. i ran some statistical compression tests and without a super specialised model the best you can get is 4x size reduction, but to develop a super specialised model you need more insight into how this sinister device works so my bet is that they're going to get exactly 0 worthwhile submissions.

they're looking for a compressor that can do more than 200MB/s on a 10mW machine (that's including radio, so it has to run on a CPU clocked like original 8086) and yield 200x size improvement.

also, these files tell us something: benjamin figured out that the sample frequency is 19531Hz, which is the same as the ESP32 PWM frequency. so neuralink basically implanted an esp32 gathering pwm data from a bunch of wires into someone's brain.

kspalaiologos, 1 month ago to random

4h of mandatory lectures left let's go

kspalaiologos, 1 month ago to random

@loke not sure why, but your reply got sent 4 times

kspalaiologos, 1 month ago to random

wow what in the world happened yesterday. i got like 40 notifications.

kspalaiologos, 1 month ago to random

Not sure where the JVM "bloat" moral panic comes from. You can have one instance per system and if you're very concerned with space, you can put it in a squashfs image or 7z archive and mount the latter using FUSE. Just ran a test:

27493121 jdk-8u422-jre.7z
28188489 jdk-22+34.7z

For comparison:

5554652 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.a
80555360 /bin/hugo
16661392 /bin/audacity
4906512 /bin/obs

Download a few apps that statically link to glibc (even though in most cases it's questionably legal...) and JVM no longer feels like bloat.

kspalaiologos, 1 month ago to random

Some random highlights of my book.
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kspalaiologos, 1 month ago to random

anime made past 2010 makes me want to stick my head in a macerator. especially no game no life; a friend made me watch it.

kspalaiologos, 1 month ago to random

feminine urge to set up a mail server

kspalaiologos, 2 months ago to random

thankfully i've never had a suckless arch linux ricing phase. or maybe it's yet to come?

i keep it at bay by regularly going outside and touching grass.

kspalaiologos, 2 months ago to random

USB-C charging ports = planned obsolescence.

kspalaiologos, 5 months ago to random

I wish that mailing lists were more common. E-mail feels a bit like a forgotten medium to me, but it helps me stay organised and safe with OpenPGP signing & encryption.