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Sparkyte··on Eggs US – Price – Chart
This is how it should be. Consolidating egg production is a bane on society. It might make the profit cheaper but it also greatly increases the opportunity for cross contamination to occur due to the distances they have to travel. I always buy locally sourced.
Sparkyte··on Eggs US – Price – Chart
I can still get local farm eggs for the same price. Perhaps the monopoly egg places should learn to do better with their strategies. I can get 18 eggs for $5.40. I typically buy only 18 eggs lasts me a month an a half.
Sparkyte··on Subway crime plummets as ridership jumps significantly in congestion pricing era
I have a feeling some of the policies recent are also in effect addressing it too. Not entirely a fan of all the policies but to see something good of it come is nice.
Sparkyte··on Subway crime plummets as ridership jumps significantly in congestion pricing era
I say let that money pay for the public transportation and make that free.
Sparkyte··on Introducing deep research
Rightfully so, some models are getting super efficient.
Sparkyte··on Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads
Preparation H, they should practice some level of sensitivity with such information.
Sparkyte··on DeepSeek releases Janus Pro, a text-to-image generator [pdf]
No company with an open source solution shows their hand. I said the same thing about AI music stuff, bet you 1000% that record studios have been pounding away at AI generated music/lyricals for years now well before the likes of models we see today.
Sparkyte··on I'll think twice before using GitHub Actions again
When I automate my github actions I keep everything task orientated and if anything is pushing code or builds it has user step to verify the work by the automation. You approve and then merge it kicks off promotional pipelines not necessarily for deployment but to promote a build as stable through tagging.
Sparkyte··on I'll think twice before using GitHub Actions again
Blindly using automation or implementing it with validation will always bite a person in the butt. Been there done that. It is good but it should always be event driven with a point of user validation.
Sparkyte··on UK's hardware talent is being wasted
The same can be said almost anywhere. The big issue is that businesses often offshore work to save on labor costs rather than to improve the quality of their products.

This problem is significant, and here’s why: consider yourself of average intelligence. Now think about how many people are below that level. Then consider those above your level of intelligence and start dividing them further by demographics, age, profession, interests, and so on. What you’re left with is an alarming realization—only about 0.1–0.2% of the global population may truly excel in your skilled profession. Education helps, but it doesn’t define one’s ability.

Unfortunately, this also means that many people end up in professions they are not suited for, including CEOs who shouldn’t be in those roles. It’s a sobering thought, and when you really consider it, it’s a bit crazy to think about.

Sometimes that talent pools in different part of the world too.

Sparkyte··on Staffers unload on Amazon 'leadership' after return-to-office for desk shortage
I think RTO really should only apply where the nature of the business requires people to engage directly. Engineers do not really need this. Also technically remote employees save companies thousands a month per head per space needed. Renting an office and the capacity to seat it is pricey! Bet you Spotify and Netflix save millions of dollars not paying for office space.
Sparkyte··on How AI is unlocking ancient texts
Can't wait to read ancient smutt from the time.
Sparkyte··on DOOM CAPTCHA
If you run immediately to right entry and get behind everything providing one of the shotgun guys dies you can get the shotgun and take them out.
Sparkyte··on DOOM CAPTCHA
Incredibly difficult but I love it.
Sparkyte··on The GTA III port for the Dreamcast has been released
It wasn't the price but the cost of production. Most consoles are loss leaders. Also the lack of backwards compatibility made the library so small compared to PS2.
Sparkyte··on Systems ideas that sound good but almost never work
All rely heavily on one aspect, consistency. If you system engineering can consistently operate without change, innovation or issue, then it is possible that these ideas could exist in a closed environment. However they just don't work when dealing with external factors.
Sparkyte··on The GTA III port for the Dreamcast has been released
I really wish Dreamcast had a longer life most people underestimated how great of a console it was. However I believe this was completely Sega's fault for not pushing the system harder. The hardware was vastly superior to the PS2 which launched the same year. I think Sega didn't consider how much more expensive the Dreamcast was against the competition. Of course XBOX sealed it's fate.
Sparkyte··on Are PC hardware companies driving technology into restricted closed ecosystems?
Everyone wants to be the next Apple.
Sparkyte··on How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study
Right a self evaluation isn't a study.
Sparkyte··on How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study
Awh yes totally deserves to be in the nih gov site...
Sparkyte··on Show HN: Map with an LLM
I think with LLMs the tighter the constraints you give it and the bumpers the better it is. Something you could do with it is like a JackBox game that generates the content. However I think it is very dangerous to rely too heavily on it without writing something to kind of gate or filter the inputs.

Almost as if it needs data sanitization.

Sparkyte··on Show HN: Map with an LLM
aaaand I broke it. It is now hallucinating phantom locations.
Sparkyte··on Show HN: Map with an LLM
I think it is the novelty of the idea of what an LLM can do that is important. I suppose accuracy can be improved over time. Compared to using gmaps to search places, it seems to be a bit better.
Sparkyte··on Show HN: Map with an LLM
This is kinda neat and far more intuitive than using google maps search. Although I wonder how accurate it is with the data points.
Sparkyte··on Is Christmas Efficient? (2013)
I just ride the bus to the mall. I also walk to the grocery store.
Sparkyte··on Is Christmas Efficient? (2013)
Return rates of brick and mortar are about 8-10%. Where as online and approximate 30%.

In addition to this the trash contributed to selling drop shipped Temu garbage.

Sparkyte··on Is Christmas Efficient? (2013)
Good article.

I feel like it was more efficient in the past before Amazon. Now everyone buys online, you buy from Amazon sometimes you don't realize the product you just puchased wasn't even from Amazon but a third party seller. The product sometimes fake.

The dependency on the 4th quarter is just dumb.

Sparkyte··on AI Decodes the Calls of the Wild
Sometimes to convey needs better. Some species of dogs vocalize almost human like sounds. However there has to be selective pressures to encourage DNA change that produces a dog that can talk. Without breeding happening to produce those selective features it will not happen. This probably won't happen for 200K+ years.

However we've been training dogs to press buttons to express their needs and this is likely to come well before AI manages to establish LLMs around dog mannerisms.

Sparkyte··on AI Decodes the Calls of the Wild
Actually I believe this is false. If dogs are not socialized with other dogs there is a distinct lack of language, body language varies incredibly on a per dog basis. You can say most are adopting human like mannerisms to communicate with us better.

Smart glasses might be able to leverage the process of LLMS to decipher a gesture or two of dog like behavior, but it also has to learn it from the that dog's own unique vocabulary.

It is different if a group of animals is socialized between themselves for a long duration and time. Why? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_deprivation You do not genetically pass down language. It has to be learned or made up.

Sparkyte··on Making AMD GPUs competitive for LLM inference (2023)
More players in the market the better. AI shouldn't be owned by one business.
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