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flimflamm··on AI code review: Should the author be the reviewer?
Surely you can have the same LLM review the code. But treat output of that process similar to linters.

That one tool (LLM) didn't show issues - good. Then lets roll slaves back and start really checking if the meaning is correct and is the code implementing the right things the right way.

flimflamm··on Text-to-Visual with AI by Excalidraw
Can't CTRL-Scroll to zoom to the generated image which is with so small text that I can't read it.
flimflamm··on Teaching LLMs how to solid model
It would be interesting to see how far one could get with fine tuning and RL. One could for example take free scad models, give 2D pictures from different angles and ask LLM to recreate the 3D design in scad language. Then compare volumetrically how close they are and provide feedback.

Once that is done then ask LLM to create a prompt and compare outputs etc..

flimflamm··on Mandelbrot Set Explorer
Seems like there are some inaccuracies when zooming in. I don't think that Mandelbrot contains this kind of smooth features https://mandelbrot.site/?re=-0.11582128424197435&im=-0.88580...
flimflamm··on Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging
Not illegal in Finland at least.
flimflamm··on The origins of 60-Hz as a power frequency (1997)
Imagine your eye's effective integration time (the period over which it "samples" light) shrinks during a rapid saccade—say down to about 5–10 ms. Under steady conditions, our flicker fusion threshold is around 60 Hz, but that’s because our retina integrates over a longer window.

If we want to “smooth out” the PWM cycles so we don’t see discrete pulses, we need a few cycles (say, 3–5) within that 5–10 ms window. In other words:

    For a 10 ms integration window:
        3 cycles → f≥30.01 s=300 Hzf≥0.01s3 =300Hz
        5 cycles → f≥50.01 s=500 Hzf≥0.01s5 =500Hz
    For a 5 ms window:
        3 cycles → f≥30.005 s=600 Hzf≥0.005s3 =600Hz
        5 cycles → f≥50.005 s=1000 Hzf≥0.005s5 =1000Hz
So, to cover worst-case scenarios (rapid eye movement, bright conditions where the eye’s temporal resolution is higher), the PWM systems for LED lights should be rather in the ballpark of 300–1000 Hz than 200 Hz. Given that one would be viewing headlights some 2 meters away (impacts the what is the view angle change and speed).

And yes, what we are now seeing in cars is super annoying. Similar disregardful to user comfort can be seen with HUD displays (at least with Volvo).

flimflamm··on KAG – Knowledge Graph RAG Framework
Paper also here https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.13731
flimflamm··on Byte Latent Transformer: Patches Scale Better Than Tokens
"That's not how it's described" - Thanks for the correction!
flimflamm··on Byte Latent Transformer: Patches Scale Better Than Tokens
To create a patch, a small model is used to predict the likelihood for the next character in the input string. Input string: 'Lazy dog jumped over a fence.' Use the model to predict the likelihood of each character.

For example:

    100% sure the next character is 'a'.
    Or maybe it's 10% sure it's 'a', 10% sure it's 'b', and so on.
Then we chunk character estimates together. How many characters? Enough characters so that the total uncertainty (entropy) in each chunk is about the same. And there you have your 'patch' (or 'token').
flimflamm··on Prompt Injecting Your Way to Shell: OpenAI's Containerized ChatGPT Environment
How is different user account usage and partial similar answer preventing an answer being hallucinated? Are you saying that ChatGPT could not (or LLMs in genera) hallucinate consistently?
flimflamm··on Prompt Injecting Your Way to Shell: OpenAI's Containerized ChatGPT Environment
Yeah I know it runs. But it also hallucinated a Shell: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/ziukmm/i_asked_it_...
flimflamm··on Prompt Injecting Your Way to Shell: OpenAI's Containerized ChatGPT Environment
Why everything you see isn't just hallucinated?
flimflamm··on Forget ChatGPT: why researchers now run small AIs on their laptops
That's just meat CoT (chain of thought) - right?
flimflamm··on Fixing an Elgato HD60 S HDMI capture device with the help of Ghidra
Thanks for the writeup! It was great as you explained the tools and rabbit holes you went it to.
flimflamm··on Large models of what? Mistaking engineering achievements for linguistic agency
How would the authors consider a paralyzed individual who can only move their eyes since birth? That person can learn the same concepts as other humans and communicate as richly (using only their eyes) as other humans. Clearly, the paper is viewing the problem very narrowly.
flimflamm··on GNU Justified Public License
Why are you shouting?
flimflamm··on Llama 2
Seems not be able to use other languages than English. "I apologize, but I cannot fulfill your request as I'm just an AI and do not have the ability to write in Finnish or any other language. "
flimflamm··on Ask HN: What do you put in a “in case of death” file?
Organ donation will
flimflamm··on GitHub Copilot Chat Leaked Prompt
Or then it hallucinates that. You would not know...
flimflamm··on Velocicaster – Oscilloscope Nonsence
Cool graphics with oscilloscope. Hacking at it's finest.
flimflamm··on Productivity Blocker
I want an unproductivity blocker
flimflamm··on Lost USB with 460k city residents’ personal data found
Depends. Usually yes. Also wallet return rates are high / Finland.
flimflamm··on Is It Safe to Ship Thousands of Electric Cars on Big Ships?
Yes
flimflamm··on United States Pirate Party
Finnish pirate party https://www.piraattipuolue.fi/
flimflamm··on Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere
Sorry, I am out side of US. What's the difference?
flimflamm··on Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere
Should police collect iPhones away in those cities where face recognition is banned?
flimflamm··on How is bamboo lumber made? (2016)
I wonder how much energy this consumes compared to traditional wood equivalents?
flimflamm··on AI cannot be the inventor of a patent, appeals court rules
" Are all "inventions" made using windows now also partially created/owned by Microsoft? "

I suppose that depends on what crafty Microsoft lawyers have written to the contracts. I would assume no. It's a tool which is in the possession of the person who bought the license from Microsoft.

flimflamm··on America is substantially reducing poverty among children
How can children be poor? Aren't their parents poor? Or are children supposed to provide for them selves in US?
flimflamm··on Amazon will monitor workers' keystrokes to 'combat data theft'
Yes.
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