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elbear··on AI isn’t outthinking mathematicians, it’s out-remembering them
If explained in a specific way and order, yes, it's likely.
elbear··on How I use LLMs to learn complex topics
He's talking about learning that makes you operational. If you can speak with someone, then you've learned language. If you can get a computer to do something, then you've learned some programming.

The equivalent for biology would be to grow a plant or a few plants and animals successfully. That's operational at a certain level, you could also be operational at a lower or higher level.

elbear··on Lost my phone at the office. Claude suggested tracking Bluetooth signal strength
Ok, I agree with the sentiment. You shouldn't solve for problems you don't have yet, especially since with AI it's easier to refactor.
elbear··on Lost my phone at the office. Claude suggested tracking Bluetooth signal strength
It's not about prettiness. It's about being harder to extend thus making future adaptations harder.
elbear··on Claude Opus 5
I've had the same experience but at the same time I also find Sol's answers in conversation longer.
elbear··on Claude Fable produced a counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture
This helps because the ELI5 was too general. To me at least.
elbear··on Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive
High Fast? I don't see that option in my Codex. I only have 3 models: 5.4-mini, 5.4 and 5.5, each with 4 levels: low, medium, high, extra high.
elbear··on Claude Fable 5: mid-tier results on coding tasks
I've only had that happen with Chinese models until now. Interesting that Fable is doing it too.
elbear··on Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive
Curious, which model do you use for Codex? I'm very happy with the solutions '5.5 high' finds. It's like it understands exactly what I mean and it also anticipates all sorts of situations. Before I used '5.5 medium' for some time and it was a bit underwhelming. It may sound funny but it's like it didn't care that much to do a good job.
elbear··on Poland is now among the 20 largest economies
That's a good salary, better than Romania on average. And if you also have lower prices (at least that's what I heard), even better then.
elbear··on DeepSeek v4
I'm also unemployed. So far the models that I've used the most are Kimi and GLM. I haven't done that much agentic coding though, I've mostly used them for studying math and general conversations and I'm generally happy with their performance.
elbear··on Anonymous request-token comparisons from Opus 4.6 and Opus 4.7
There's DeepInfra. There's also OpenRouter where you can find several providers.
elbear··on Embarrassingly simple self-distillation improves code generation
I thought it was determined (slight pun) that free will is not a thing. I'm referring to Sapolsky's book "Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will)" as an example.
elbear··on Qwen3.6-Plus: Towards real world agents
In case you don't know, Gemini 2.5 flash is hosted on DeepInfra. They also have 1.5 flash but not 2.0 flash.

I have no affiliation with DeepInfra. I use them, because they host open-source models that are good.

elbear··on Qwen3.6-Plus: Towards real world agents
I use ChatGPT and Claude on OpenRouter, because it's just easier than buying credits on each platform separately.
elbear··on The only moat left is money?
by keeping the how part a secret
elbear··on I’m joining OpenAI
I wonder, how does a Julius perceive another Julius, as another competent worker? What about a non-Julius then?
elbear··on Kimi K2.5 Technical Report [pdf]
* It's cheaper than proprietary models

* Maybe you don't want to have your conversations used for training. The providers listed on OpenRouter mention whether they do that or not.

elbear··on Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT
I had started using it again through Open WebUI. If it's gone, I'll probably switch to GLM-4.7 completely.
elbear··on AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren't paying attention
I'm mostly the same, I don't watch movies twice. But there are exceptions. Some movies are just beautiful or I like how they make me feel, so I want to rewatch them. Groundhog Day is an example.
elbear··on AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren't paying attention
Maybe you would, if you bought it.
elbear··on C Is Best (2025)
How I interpret his comment about the distance: The benefit of switching from C/C++ to Rust is higher than switching from C++ to Go (in the similar use-cases) or from Java to Kotlin.

Another argument offered for Rust is that it's high-level enough that you can also use it for the web (see how many web frameworks it has). So I think that Rust's proponents see it as this universal language that could be good for everything.

elbear··on Rust--: Rust without the borrow checker
When I started learning Haskell, it did feel like coding with a straightjacket.
elbear··on Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn
I would never expect a Western European country to not accept Visa and Mastercard. I say this as an Eastern European. But I do remember that in Germany (and Austria) it's not that accepted to pay by card.
elbear··on How Lewis Carroll computed determinants (2023)
I wasn't sure how encipher is in Romanian (it's not common), it's "a cifra". The infinitive in Romanian puts "a" in front of the verb, so it's very close to Spanish.
elbear··on How Lewis Carroll computed determinants (2023)
In Romanian:

- cifru -> cipher

- cifră -> digit

elbear··on If you don't design your career, someone else will (2014)
Another way to put it: don't focus on distance but more on behaving in tune with yourself.
elbear··on GPT-5.2-Codex
Yeah, we now need to specify who wrote the tests, because it's important information.
elbear··on GPT-5.2-Codex
Those tests were written by people. That's why they were confident that what the LLM implemented was correct.
elbear··on Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed
They withdrew in WW1 after the revolution.
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