Olivier Le Floch
@olivierlefloch.bsky.social
My colleague @blissfulchar just shared her experience becoming an ML Engineer in NLP – great read and reminder of the variety of paths the brightest engineers can take: https://towardsdatascience.com/charlene-chambliss-from-psychology-to-natural-language-processing-and-applied-research-3845b1c83a...
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My colleague @blissfulchar just shared her experience becoming an ML Engineer in NLP – great read and reminder of the variety of paths the brightest engineers can take: https://towardsdatascience.com/charlene-chambliss-from-psychology-to-natural-language-processing-and-applied-research-3845b1c83a...
COVID-19 research papers have doubled over the past 2 weeks, and is being widely covered in the news: https://covid19primer.com/news
Postpandemic transmission dynamics, case studies in Wuhan and aerosol, surface contamination…
It's a good time for science, at least!
Postpandemic transmission dynamics, case studies in Wuhan and aerosol, surface contamination…
It's a good time for science, at least!
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
COVID-19 research papers have doubled over the past 2 weeks, and is being widely covered in the news: https://covid19primer.com/news
Postpandemic transmission dynamics, case studies in Wuhan and aerosol, surface contamination…
It's a good time for science, at least!
Postpandemic transmission dynamics, case studies in Wuhan and aerosol, surface contamination…
It's a good time for science, at least!
I’d watch this —
Bored? How about trying a Linux speed run? https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2020/04/11/pengrun/?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=fav
Bored? How about trying a Linux speed run? https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2020/04/11/pengrun/?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=fav
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’d watch this —
Bored? How about trying a Linux speed run? https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2020/04/11/pengrun/?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=fav
Bored? How about trying a Linux speed run? https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2020/04/11/pengrun/?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=fav
Primer is hiring! We're looking for Backend, Frontend, ML engineers, Data Scientists… Come join me in using the latest NLP models! https://jobs.lever.co/pri.ai?lever-via=5tmk8r41GW
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Primer is hiring! We're looking for Backend, Frontend, ML engineers, Data Scientists… Come join me in using the latest NLP models! https://jobs.lever.co/pri.ai?lever-via=5tmk8r41GW
Power of Babble - How Primer AI is mining valuable insights from a deluge of documentation - Stack Overflow Blog https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/07/23/power-of-babble-how-primer-ai-is-mining-valuable-insights-from-a-deluge-of-documentation/
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Power of Babble - How Primer AI is mining valuable insights from a deluge of documentation - Stack Overflow Blog https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/07/23/power-of-babble-how-primer-ai-is-mining-valuable-insights-from-a-deluge-of-documentation/
This time is certainly worse, but it’s been there before. #NotreDame - 1840 - Notre Dame avant restauration - Paris Unplugged http://www.paris-unplugged.fr/1840-notre-dame-avant-restauration/
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This time is certainly worse, but it’s been there before. #NotreDame - 1840 - Notre Dame avant restauration - Paris Unplugged http://www.paris-unplugged.fr/1840-notre-dame-avant-restauration/
http://Primer.ai is hiring! Among other roles, we're looking for Frontend Engineers, reach out if you're interested or know great applicants who want to tackle hard data visualization challenges! https://jobs.lever.co/pri.ai/c13562cb-6864-4a69-b467-b1ba1de090c0 #datavisualization #engineers #ai #...
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
http://Primer.ai is hiring! Among other roles, we're looking for Frontend Engineers, reach out if you're interested or know great applicants who want to tackle hard data visualization challenges! https://jobs.lever.co/pri.ai/c13562cb-6864-4a69-b467-b1ba1de090c0 #datavisualization #engineers #ai #...
"There's nothing special about me" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQPelJfpAbk Moving interview of @chriswilsonbalt whose life story is truly inspiring. And I think he's special to have gone through so much adversity and come out so much greater. His call for greater support seems so important!
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"There's nothing special about me" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQPelJfpAbk Moving interview of @chriswilsonbalt whose life story is truly inspiring. And I think he's special to have gone through so much adversity and come out so much greater. His call for greater support seems so important!
Hey @Twitter any thoughts on adding spell+grammar check to tweets? I’d opt in! (Even had to go back and manually fix mistakes in this tweet #irony )
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hey @Twitter any thoughts on adding spell+grammar check to tweets? I’d opt in! (Even had to go back and manually fix mistakes in this tweet #irony )
Python's ftfy library just converted an HTML page with horribly messed up unicode *perfectly* https://ftfy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ *Very* impressive!
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Python's ftfy library just converted an HTML page with horribly messed up unicode *perfectly* https://ftfy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ *Very* impressive!
Loving @github 's new Project Paper Cuts. Thanks to them, I encounter a neat new feature at least *once a week* https://blog.github.com/2018-08-28-announcing-paper-cuts/ "Resolve conversation" on PRs is amazing…
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Loving @github 's new Project Paper Cuts. Thanks to them, I encounter a neat new feature at least *once a week* https://blog.github.com/2018-08-28-announcing-paper-cuts/ "Resolve conversation" on PRs is amazing…
"Being silent is a choice" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7xFtzT88dw @RDerekBlack on the @TheDailyShow is really powerful
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Being silent is a choice" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7xFtzT88dw @RDerekBlack on the @TheDailyShow is really powerful
Bruce Schneier on Quantum Computers and Crypto https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/09/quantum_computi_2.html Easy to understand even with no knowledge of crypto.
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bruce Schneier on Quantum Computers and Crypto https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/09/quantum_computi_2.html Easy to understand even with no knowledge of crypto.
Anyone know how to get `--color-words` (or `diff-so-fancy`) working with `git add --patch`? https://stackoverflow.com/a/52231087/163677
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Anyone know how to get `--color-words` (or `diff-so-fancy`) working with `git add --patch`? https://stackoverflow.com/a/52231087/163677
Having issues keeping bluetooth headphones connected to your Mac? Try https://github.com/lapfelix/BluetoothConnector ! Thanks @lap_felix
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Having issues keeping bluetooth headphones connected to your Mac? Try https://github.com/lapfelix/BluetoothConnector ! Thanks @lap_felix
@Trevornoah hits the nail on the head on multiculturalism in France... I think as French people we should be celebrating the diversity afforded to us by immigrants making our country stronger - in soccer, economically, and fraternally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COD9hcTpGWQ
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
@Trevornoah hits the nail on the head on multiculturalism in France... I think as French people we should be celebrating the diversity afforded to us by immigrants making our country stronger - in soccer, economically, and fraternally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COD9hcTpGWQ
Bird watching https://www.instagram.com/p/BlN3AdZAv3_/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=6vojll5v9bhi
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
On hashing functions and the golden ratio: great article with in depth perf analysis https://probablydance.com/2018/06/16/fibonacci-hashing-the-optimization-that-the-world-forgot-or-a-better-alternative-to-integer-modulo/
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
On hashing functions and the golden ratio: great article with in depth perf analysis https://probablydance.com/2018/06/16/fibonacci-hashing-the-optimization-that-the-world-forgot-or-a-better-alternative-to-integer-modulo/
Soviet bugs in IBM typewriters. How did the French find them in the first place? http://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/selectric/index.htm?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=longreads
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Soviet bugs in IBM typewriters. How did the French find them in the first place? http://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/selectric/index.htm?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=longreads
Anyone else getting crawled by bots with locale=zh_CN, spoofing “Host:” header with “ or “
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Anyone else getting crawled by bots with locale=zh_CN, spoofing “Host:” header with “ or “
Cool bash tips. Didn’t know about <()! Something in there for everyone ;) https://zwischenzugs.com/2018/01/06/ten-things-i-wish-id-known-about-bash/
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Cool bash tips. Didn’t know about <()! Something in there for everyone ;) https://zwischenzugs.com/2018/01/06/ten-things-i-wish-id-known-about-bash/
I’d still rather not get the emails though... can’t think of a single product I/work has purchased via email discovery (2/2)
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’d still rather not get the emails though... can’t think of a single product I/work has purchased via email discovery (2/2)
Shell loading slowly? Try this out! https://kev.inburke.com/kevin/profiling-zsh-startup-time/
on OS X: Remove nvm init, “brew --prefix …”, lazy load pyenv…
on OS X: Remove nvm init, “brew --prefix …”, lazy load pyenv…
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Shell loading slowly? Try this out! https://kev.inburke.com/kevin/profiling-zsh-startup-time/
on OS X: Remove nvm init, “brew --prefix …”, lazy load pyenv…
on OS X: Remove nvm init, “brew --prefix …”, lazy load pyenv…
Ellen Pao: This Is How Sexism Works in Silicon Valley – interesting to hear from her. Rings true in many ways… https://www.thecut.com/2017/08/ellen-pao-silicon-valley-sexism-reset-excerpt.html
March 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Ellen Pao: This Is How Sexism Works in Silicon Valley – interesting to hear from her. Rings true in many ways… https://www.thecut.com/2017/08/ellen-pao-silicon-valley-sexism-reset-excerpt.html