alec_heif

I found the 2024 Spring CS224N course sufficient for this pre-requisite, coupled with the textbook (chapters 1-13). Like CS336, this one also has videos and assignments available, and it being from 2024 is not a problem since the basics are mostly the same as recent years. Notably this is not true for 336, which spends much more time discussing cutting edge techniques, so the 2026 version there is essential.

Course: https://web.stanford.edu/class/archive/cs/cs224n/cs224n.1246...

Lecture videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rOaMFbaqxPD...

Textbook: https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/

Interesting that the Honda Accord and Honda Civic are (or rather, were) the two most stolen cars. Is that because Hondas are more reliable (so there's more old Hondas on the road) or because they're easier to steal?

So let me get this straight.

It's a Python program that uses a C core to inject the entire V8 engine, which then lets you use JavaScript to debug a compiled binary?

Awesome.

Interesting that the site mentions (several times, very prominently) that the assistants are all over the USA but the tasks they can do are only virtual ones. Why does the location matter then?

Also wondering about the set number of requests per month. It seems like by allowing people to buy tasks a-la-carte, you could charge more per task (since the tasks would usually be horrible things like dealing with cable companies or renting cars). Why the decision to only allow three different task packages?

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Another benefit is that the Dispatcher handles all the ordering of updates for you. If you have complex relationships between your stores or even if they just must handle updates in a certain order, by sending all updates through the dispatcher you can also force a partial ordering of store updates through dispatcher.waitFor(<other store>)

Woooooo