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soarerz··on The EdTech Revolution Has Failed
> China easily comes to mind as a counter argument.

I mean, cultural revolution was still going on 50 years ago lol

soarerz··on Microsoft, Khan Academy Partner to Make Khanmigo Teaching Tool Free
If your baseline is Xtramath - when did you last try to use chatgpt to solve problems at that level? Certainly seems like they work
soarerz··on ChatGPT-4o vs. Math
The model's first attempt is impressive (not sure why it's labeled a choke). Unfortunately gpt4o cannot discover calculus on its own.
soarerz··on Is Cosine-Similarity of Embeddings Really About Similarity?
This is effectively "the same" as dot product.

For a lot of embeddings we have today, norm of any embedding vector is roughly of same size, so the angle between two vectors is roughly same size as length of difference that you are saying, and can be expressed in terms of 1 - dot product after scaling

soarerz··on Is Cosine-Similarity of Embeddings Really About Similarity?
What is the cheapest way to capture similarity if not via dot product then?
soarerz··on Leaving LinkedIn
> Apart from the bloat, the main problem of Microsoft LinkedIn is that it does not let you export your contacts' infos, which really is a must-have feature of a contact platform.

Platform lock in is certainly intended (even though it sucks for users)

soarerz··on Reddit Files to Go Public, Reveals That It Paid CEO $193M Last Year
Its including options and rsu?
soarerz··on How Quora died
Its not because HN has better moderation/policy than others. Its because HN never needs to hit DAU/revenue goals.
soarerz··on Ask HN: Free online courses for gifted maths students
Consider euler circle https://eulercircle.com/ if the kid is interested to learn about modern math. They have online classes, and financials may not be a concern if the student is admitted and is strong enough.
soarerz··on Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Create App Content
would you have opposed industrial revolution?
soarerz··on Machine intelligence (2015)
Sorry are you equating ai and software?
soarerz··on Meta’s approach of ‘pay for your privacy’ is wrong
Definitely yes. Non targeted ads tanks click through rates which directly reduces price per ad impression. Not surprised if this is a xx% hit.