@bsky.app's discover algorithm over-reacts to novelty to the extent it can make the feed unusable. On the other hand, now that the chiefs/eagles game is starting to fade out, there are worse things than a multi-day firehose of baseball and basketball posts.
February 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
@bsky.app's discover algorithm over-reacts to novelty to the extent it can make the feed unusable. On the other hand, now that the chiefs/eagles game is starting to fade out, there are worse things than a multi-day firehose of baseball and basketball posts.
To Irish diaspora who have ever kept us in rowdy health. Music on your island is an golden age. Fontaines, Bicep, NewDad, Kneecap, Lankum, Holly Macve, Chaila, Jafaris, Ejaca, TraviS Elzzz, Amble, Kingfisher, Sprints. And that's just for starters.
Ejeca Boiler Room DJ set at Warehouse Project
YouTube video by Boiler Room
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
To Irish diaspora who have ever kept us in rowdy health. Music on your island is an golden age. Fontaines, Bicep, NewDad, Kneecap, Lankum, Holly Macve, Chaila, Jafaris, Ejaca, TraviS Elzzz, Amble, Kingfisher, Sprints. And that's just for starters.
The Bad Fire. Immense from Mogwai
January 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The Bad Fire. Immense from Mogwai
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How do you fit a 250kB dictionary in 64kB of RAM and still perform fast lookups? For reference, even with gzip -9, you can't compress this file below 85kB.
In the 1970s, Douglas McIlroy faced this exact challenge while implementing the spell checker for Unix at AT&T.
In the 1970s, Douglas McIlroy faced this exact challenge while implementing the spell checker for Unix at AT&T.
January 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
How do you fit a 250kB dictionary in 64kB of RAM and still perform fast lookups? For reference, even with gzip -9, you can't compress this file below 85kB.
In the 1970s, Douglas McIlroy faced this exact challenge while implementing the spell checker for Unix at AT&T.
In the 1970s, Douglas McIlroy faced this exact challenge while implementing the spell checker for Unix at AT&T.
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes in black and white is a treat
January 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes in black and white is a treat
The AGI debate in Star Wars is whether a Droid can be a Jedi
January 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The AGI debate in Star Wars is whether a Droid can be a Jedi
The best first line in Science & Mathematics history:
—I propose to consider the question, "Can machines think?"
—I propose to consider the question, "Can machines think?"
January 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The best first line in Science & Mathematics history:
—I propose to consider the question, "Can machines think?"
—I propose to consider the question, "Can machines think?"
Reposted by Bill de hÓra
Getting towards the end of Michael Collins’ autobiography, and this is basically him doing “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”, but alone on the far side of the moon
January 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Getting towards the end of Michael Collins’ autobiography, and this is basically him doing “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”, but alone on the far side of the moon
Notes on some books read in 2024: dehora.net/journal/some...
Some Books Were Read: 2024 — Bill de hÓra
Here are some notes on a few books I enjoye d and learned from in 2024, not all of which are books published that year.
dehora.net
January 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Notes on some books read in 2024: dehora.net/journal/some...
Reposted by Bill de hÓra
an under-appreciated president, and by all accounts a sterling human being.
RIP
RIP
Breaking news: Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to his son. He was 100 and the oldest living U.S. president of all time.
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says
The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:31 PM
an under-appreciated president, and by all accounts a sterling human being.
RIP
RIP
RIP Jimmy Carter. Condolences to his family, his friends, and his nation.
'We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace.'
'We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace.'
December 30, 2024 at 12:03 AM
RIP Jimmy Carter. Condolences to his family, his friends, and his nation.
'We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace.'
'We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace.'
Me watching LOTR on 4K UHD
December 26, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Me watching LOTR on 4K UHD
We are as far away from The Chemical Brother's Surrender (1999) as it was from Kraftwerk's Autobahn (1974).
December 22, 2024 at 2:41 AM
We are as far away from The Chemical Brother's Surrender (1999) as it was from Kraftwerk's Autobahn (1974).
Carry-On is definitely a Christmas movie.
December 22, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Carry-On is definitely a Christmas movie.
And it was quite a jank. Pain all week, optimistically might be running again on Sunday, but probably Monday.
December 21, 2024 at 1:01 AM
And it was quite a jank. Pain all week, optimistically might be running again on Sunday, but probably Monday.
Byte Latent Transformer: Patches Scale Better Than Tokens, dl.fbaipublicfiles.com/blt/BLT__Pat... Using entropy to determine when to chunk is a clever use of information theory and the focus on optimizing compute rings clear as a bell. Neural networking is still very much the engineering discipline.
December 20, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Byte Latent Transformer: Patches Scale Better Than Tokens, dl.fbaipublicfiles.com/blt/BLT__Pat... Using entropy to determine when to chunk is a clever use of information theory and the focus on optimizing compute rings clear as a bell. Neural networking is still very much the engineering discipline.
Reposted by Bill de hÓra
Great morning read from @eoinwoods.bsky.social on the gap between some areas of research and practitioners reality in software. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I'm recalling some notes from @bcantrill.bsky.social many moons ago on presenting DTrace at academic events.
I'm recalling some notes from @bcantrill.bsky.social many moons ago on presenting DTrace at academic events.
Dear researchers step 1: Find a team with a problem
www.sciencedirect.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Great morning read from @eoinwoods.bsky.social on the gap between some areas of research and practitioners reality in software. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I'm recalling some notes from @bcantrill.bsky.social many moons ago on presenting DTrace at academic events.
I'm recalling some notes from @bcantrill.bsky.social many moons ago on presenting DTrace at academic events.
Ironic, janking my back on a run listening to this 🩻
December 15, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Ironic, janking my back on a run listening to this 🩻
How to Think About Time: errorprone.info/docs/time
s-tier post from @kevinb9n.bsky.social, via the wonderful www.pointer.io. I recall reading through Calendrical Calculations a long (long) time ago and being stunned at how complicated time is.
s-tier post from @kevinb9n.bsky.social, via the wonderful www.pointer.io. I recall reading through Calendrical Calculations a long (long) time ago and being stunned at how complicated time is.
December 13, 2024 at 11:14 PM
How to Think About Time: errorprone.info/docs/time
s-tier post from @kevinb9n.bsky.social, via the wonderful www.pointer.io. I recall reading through Calendrical Calculations a long (long) time ago and being stunned at how complicated time is.
s-tier post from @kevinb9n.bsky.social, via the wonderful www.pointer.io. I recall reading through Calendrical Calculations a long (long) time ago and being stunned at how complicated time is.
December 5, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Jaguar concept car unveiled outside the Malibu Club in GTA Vice City
December 4, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Jaguar concept car unveiled outside the Malibu Club in GTA Vice City
Fontaines DC are Rock's Hottest Ticket.
November 23, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Fontaines DC are Rock's Hottest Ticket.
Playstation refusing Add To Cart to shill a game's _trial_ via a Plus upgrade, is noxious. Worse, X won't ATC, only a buried skip link will. Obstructing partner revenue is a steel man that Sony does not get platform services.
XBOX & Valve will rinse them when the post console era comes around.
XBOX & Valve will rinse them when the post console era comes around.
November 23, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Playstation refusing Add To Cart to shill a game's _trial_ via a Plus upgrade, is noxious. Worse, X won't ATC, only a buried skip link will. Obstructing partner revenue is a steel man that Sony does not get platform services.
XBOX & Valve will rinse them when the post console era comes around.
XBOX & Valve will rinse them when the post console era comes around.