Sanjay Sinha
@sanjaysinha.bsky.social
A little bit of everything
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so they came up with the sykes-picot agreement, but by the time THAT was finalized, it was also clear the brits couldn't take constantinople after all. so basically the shape of the middle east was formed in response to two things that never happened
February 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
so they came up with the sykes-picot agreement, but by the time THAT was finalized, it was also clear the brits couldn't take constantinople after all. so basically the shape of the middle east was formed in response to two things that never happened
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DeepSeek has released the Janus model.
Model: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
They have also released two Janus Pro models as well.
Model 1B: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
Model 7B: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
Model: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
They have also released two Janus Pro models as well.
Model 1B: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
Model 7B: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
January 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
DeepSeek has released the Janus model.
Model: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
They have also released two Janus Pro models as well.
Model 1B: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
Model 7B: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
Model: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
They have also released two Janus Pro models as well.
Model 1B: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
Model 7B: huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
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Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit.
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Redirecting
answers.microsoft.com
January 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit.
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
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Yeah I’m into dune. Dune the national anthem for the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia.
The whole Zimmer / Saudi Arabia thing is being slightly misreported as "he's going to write a new national anthem" — seems they're making him their national composer for state-sponsored projects, which is almost as bizarre. Also, everything about this photo
www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/6487...
www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/6487...
Hans Zimmer to reimagine Saudi national anthem and collaborate on future projects
Chairman of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority (GEA) Turki Al Alshiekh revealed on Sunday that he held a meeting with world-renowned composer and music legend Hans Zimmer to discuss several amb...
www.saudigazette.com.sa
January 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Yeah I’m into dune. Dune the national anthem for the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia.
Nobody seems bothered about a 300-400 AQI life. No one in the media or civil society seems to be outraged about this.
www.hindustantimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Nobody seems bothered about a 300-400 AQI life. No one in the media or civil society seems to be outraged about this.
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This is a fascinating turn of events
January 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This is a fascinating turn of events
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Video Generation Models Explosion 2024 by Yen-Chen Lin
He reviews all the key techniques that are used in building state-of-the-art video generation models.
yenchenlin.me/blog/2025/01...
He reviews all the key techniques that are used in building state-of-the-art video generation models.
yenchenlin.me/blog/2025/01...
January 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Video Generation Models Explosion 2024 by Yen-Chen Lin
He reviews all the key techniques that are used in building state-of-the-art video generation models.
yenchenlin.me/blog/2025/01...
He reviews all the key techniques that are used in building state-of-the-art video generation models.
yenchenlin.me/blog/2025/01...
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This past week Microsoft finally made Phi-4 LLM available on Hugging Face. Phi series of models are highly compressed LLMs, trained on high-quality synthetic datasets, yet able to match much bigger models in terms of performance on some standardized benchmarks.
January 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This past week Microsoft finally made Phi-4 LLM available on Hugging Face. Phi series of models are highly compressed LLMs, trained on high-quality synthetic datasets, yet able to match much bigger models in terms of performance on some standardized benchmarks.
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a bunch of rich guys with nothing in their lives but their own money have hit middle age and are losing their minds
January 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
a bunch of rich guys with nothing in their lives but their own money have hit middle age and are losing their minds
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funniest thing I've seen all day!
January 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
funniest thing I've seen all day!
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"Tesla in December said it was starting to test the ability to process lithium through the its new Texas lithium factory. But the carmaker still doesn't have a contract for the water needed to operate the facility" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s Massive Tesla Lithium Plant Hunts for Water in Drought-Hit Texas
A lithium factory in a dry Gulf Coast county epitomizes the EV maker’s build now, ask later ethos.
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Tesla in December said it was starting to test the ability to process lithium through the its new Texas lithium factory. But the carmaker still doesn't have a contract for the water needed to operate the facility" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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omg it worked
January 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
omg it worked
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not just me, right? please tell me it's not just me
Ok this is actually really cool. Japan beats the world record for biggest firework.
January 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
not just me, right? please tell me it's not just me
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Couple of pieces I think about a lot.
One from the New York Times in 2018.
In Praise of Mediocrity.
www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/o...
One from the New York Times in 2018.
In Praise of Mediocrity.
www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/o...
December 31, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Couple of pieces I think about a lot.
One from the New York Times in 2018.
In Praise of Mediocrity.
www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/o...
One from the New York Times in 2018.
In Praise of Mediocrity.
www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/o...
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Great anecdote here from former FT editor Richard Lambert on the time Manmohan Singh came to the FT to talk with him and Martin Wolf. H/T @andymukherjee70.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Great anecdote here from former FT editor Richard Lambert on the time Manmohan Singh came to the FT to talk with him and Martin Wolf. H/T @andymukherjee70.bsky.social
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Bluesky feels like a peaceful place, partly because they don’t hesitate to ban dumbasses.
December 30, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Bluesky feels like a peaceful place, partly because they don’t hesitate to ban dumbasses.
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Now that we know ‘Adrian Dittman’ is Elon Musk, take a look at this. Absolutely pathetic.
December 29, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Now that we know ‘Adrian Dittman’ is Elon Musk, take a look at this. Absolutely pathetic.
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A lot of current immigration arguments are analogous to “let’s harvest the best fruit, even if we no longer agree to maintain the trees”
December 28, 2024 at 2:49 PM
A lot of current immigration arguments are analogous to “let’s harvest the best fruit, even if we no longer agree to maintain the trees”
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Tequila is facing up to a turbulent 2025, with Mexico sitting on around half a billion litres of the spirit as US demand stutters and Trump's tariffs loom large.
Via @financialtimes.com.
Via @financialtimes.com.
Falling demand leaves Mexico with a 500mn-litre tequila lake
The post-pandemic US thirst for the spirit has faded, leaving the country distilling more than is being sold
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December 29, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Tequila is facing up to a turbulent 2025, with Mexico sitting on around half a billion litres of the spirit as US demand stutters and Trump's tariffs loom large.
Via @financialtimes.com.
Via @financialtimes.com.