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i want your strongly held opinions on pgvector vs specialized databased for vector embeddings.

at what point do teams switch to specialized alternatives? when is it worth it?
January 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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The final US Presidential vote count is out (yes, I know, rest of the world!). According to Cook Political Report analysis, the election was decided by just 229,766 votes across MI, PA and WI out of about 155.2 million cast nationally.
December 16, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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Alright #dataBS: for anyone using Databricks -

What do you mostly use it for? What made you choose the tool? Where do you find it solving your problems most?
December 10, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Initial experience of Ray Ban Meta glasses:
- I couldn't install firmware update via a closed wifi network on my Pixel. The Meta view app itself was v unhelpful, Meta documentation not much better. Gave up, it worked fine on iPhone.
December 5, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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Not everyone realises how easy it is to run a local LLM these days. If you’re on MacOS with Homebrew:

> brew install --cask ollama
> ollama run llama3.2

That’s it.
December 3, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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Still capturing the incredible journey of my 22-year-old son Elliott, on his epic charity cycling adventure from France to Australia.

15,000 KM achieved 🚴‍♀️

The #dataviz part is the easy part

public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
November 26, 2024 at 7:22 AM
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Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Most accurate description of so much data work is below: "most of us are counting imaginary fictions and somehow getting paid for it"
I think there's space for both and probably both will find use. I prefer the one where we never take ourselves seriously because most of us are counting imaginary fictions and somehow getting paid for it 🤣
October 29, 2024 at 8:36 PM