John Grange
@jmgrange.bsky.social
Co-founder + CTO @ OpsCompass | Co-founder + GP @ MOVE Venture Capital | Cybersecurity, AI, software | Tinkerer | Dad
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Videogames actually don't need a lot to be *cool*. Like, here's the intro from DOOM 64. Tech-wise it wasn't particularly impressive even when it was brand new. But it was cool. And even now, more than a quarter of a century later, it's still kind of cool.
March 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Videogames actually don't need a lot to be *cool*. Like, here's the intro from DOOM 64. Tech-wise it wasn't particularly impressive even when it was brand new. But it was cool. And even now, more than a quarter of a century later, it's still kind of cool.
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On the one hand, military history has a more even political balance than most history (that is, there are more conservatives there), but on the other hand, every military historian I know, even the conservatives (*especially* the conservatives), pretty much despises Pete Hegseth.
I was repulsed by military history for a longtime because I (wrongly) associated it with people like Hegseth. I now realize that the Hegseth types are basically anti-military historians.
February 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
On the one hand, military history has a more even political balance than most history (that is, there are more conservatives there), but on the other hand, every military historian I know, even the conservatives (*especially* the conservatives), pretty much despises Pete Hegseth.
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raw milk 🤝 raw pointers
January 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
raw milk 🤝 raw pointers
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Quantum mechanics is described by a consistent & VERY well tested mathematical framework, & nothing we've seen in particle physics experiments is inconsistent with its basic tenets. It's incredibly precise -- we can predict properties & behaviors of particles to truly amazing levels of precision.
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January 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Quantum mechanics is described by a consistent & VERY well tested mathematical framework, & nothing we've seen in particle physics experiments is inconsistent with its basic tenets. It's incredibly precise -- we can predict properties & behaviors of particles to truly amazing levels of precision.
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This thing where folks are convinced it's cheaper to order doordash than make a burrito because they're comparing the cost of one dashed burrito to the cost of ingredients for like 8 burritos feels like the food version of folks who grew up with ipads and smartphones not knowing how to use computers
i feel like no one taught a lot of these kids about per unit cost? like, even if i buy the most expensive ingredients, the per unit cost of making chocolate chip cookies at home is still cheaper than buying them from a bakery.
as someone on the zoomer/millennial boundary i feel there's a legit problem with people not knowing how to purchase groceries
January 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This thing where folks are convinced it's cheaper to order doordash than make a burrito because they're comparing the cost of one dashed burrito to the cost of ingredients for like 8 burritos feels like the food version of folks who grew up with ipads and smartphones not knowing how to use computers
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The last time LeBron didn’t play on Christmas, Twitter was 9 months old. He’s got 26 points through 3 quarters.
December 26, 2024 at 2:53 AM
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🔥 Cozy up to a digital fireplace with Sierra On-Line's "A Computer Christmas" (1986). 🎄💾 This vintage software's Yule Log vibe reminds us why preserving digital works matters.
🎁 See the whole card. ➡️ archive.org/details/sier...
Preservation #Christmas #vanishingculture
🎁 See the whole card. ➡️ archive.org/details/sier...
Preservation #Christmas #vanishingculture
December 25, 2024 at 1:32 PM
🔥 Cozy up to a digital fireplace with Sierra On-Line's "A Computer Christmas" (1986). 🎄💾 This vintage software's Yule Log vibe reminds us why preserving digital works matters.
🎁 See the whole card. ➡️ archive.org/details/sier...
Preservation #Christmas #vanishingculture
🎁 See the whole card. ➡️ archive.org/details/sier...
Preservation #Christmas #vanishingculture
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Everyone in this picture would be able to walk if the polio vaccine had existed in time for them.
December 15, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Everyone in this picture would be able to walk if the polio vaccine had existed in time for them.
I love this chart
December 15, 2024 at 1:46 AM
I love this chart
I spent the day with o1-preview-2024-09-12. Ignoring costs, because that wasn't really my concern today, my impression falls pretty much in line with its results on LiveBench Language benchmark, a benchmark I feel is fairly reflective of model capability.
December 15, 2024 at 1:29 AM
I spent the day with o1-preview-2024-09-12. Ignoring costs, because that wasn't really my concern today, my impression falls pretty much in line with its results on LiveBench Language benchmark, a benchmark I feel is fairly reflective of model capability.
I'm both pissed off that the Bills lost a winnable game by 2, yet exhilarated by that all time Josh Allen performance. 6 TDs😍
December 9, 2024 at 1:45 AM
I'm both pissed off that the Bills lost a winnable game by 2, yet exhilarated by that all time Josh Allen performance. 6 TDs😍
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Most consecutive games scoring 20+ points on 50%+ shooting:
25 - Shaq (2001)
25 - Zion (2021)
21 - Giannis (active)
20 - Karl Malone (1989)
19 - Wilt (1966)
Giannis has done it every game this season 😳
(via LEAD)
#NBA
25 - Shaq (2001)
25 - Zion (2021)
21 - Giannis (active)
20 - Karl Malone (1989)
19 - Wilt (1966)
Giannis has done it every game this season 😳
(via LEAD)
#NBA
December 8, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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I don't know that much about Syria, I always from a cursory look went "Assad seems really bad." In the process, my analysis outperformed about 80% of people who comment on Syria.
December 7, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I don't know that much about Syria, I always from a cursory look went "Assad seems really bad." In the process, my analysis outperformed about 80% of people who comment on Syria.
Sports Bluesky has been excellent again this weekend
a man with a beard wearing a yellow jacket and black shirt
ALT: a man with a beard wearing a yellow jacket and black shirt
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Sports Bluesky has been excellent again this weekend
Why waste time getting an education or learning an actual skill like a sucker when you could be in the arena trying things like pumping a shitcoin
There’s a site called Pump.Fun where you can pump and dump crypto memecoins. A kid earned $50,000 doing so and angry people who bought only tor the price to crash doxxed him then harassed his family.
Clearly what we need here is less regulation.
Clearly what we need here is less regulation.
Teen creates memecoin, dumps it, earns $50,000
Unsurprisingly, he and his family were doxed by angry traders.
arstechnica.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Why waste time getting an education or learning an actual skill like a sucker when you could be in the arena trying things like pumping a shitcoin
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Chain of Thought helped LLMs reason forward through problems. This paper found teaching them to also work backwards (like humans checking their work) makes them even better “reasoners”
Applying basic human thinking strategies to LLMs continues to yield interesting new ideas arxiv.org/pdf/2411.19865
Applying basic human thinking strategies to LLMs continues to yield interesting new ideas arxiv.org/pdf/2411.19865
December 7, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Chain of Thought helped LLMs reason forward through problems. This paper found teaching them to also work backwards (like humans checking their work) makes them even better “reasoners”
Applying basic human thinking strategies to LLMs continues to yield interesting new ideas arxiv.org/pdf/2411.19865
Applying basic human thinking strategies to LLMs continues to yield interesting new ideas arxiv.org/pdf/2411.19865
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The Reality of #AI and Biorisk
"We find that existing studies around AI-related biorisk are nascent, often speculative in nature, or limited in terms of their methodological maturity and transparency." ~ @sarahooker.bsky.social et al.
arxiv.org/abs/2412.0...
#GenerativeAI
"We find that existing studies around AI-related biorisk are nascent, often speculative in nature, or limited in terms of their methodological maturity and transparency." ~ @sarahooker.bsky.social et al.
arxiv.org/abs/2412.0...
#GenerativeAI
The Reality of AI and Biorisk
To accurately and confidently answer the question 'could an AI model or system increase biorisk', it is necessary to have both a sound theoretical threat model for how AI models or systems could...
arxiv.org
December 6, 2024 at 2:30 PM
The Reality of #AI and Biorisk
"We find that existing studies around AI-related biorisk are nascent, often speculative in nature, or limited in terms of their methodological maturity and transparency." ~ @sarahooker.bsky.social et al.
arxiv.org/abs/2412.0...
#GenerativeAI
"We find that existing studies around AI-related biorisk are nascent, often speculative in nature, or limited in terms of their methodological maturity and transparency." ~ @sarahooker.bsky.social et al.
arxiv.org/abs/2412.0...
#GenerativeAI
This is exactly right. The 90s/2000s idea of 'mainstream' media simply doesn't exist anymore. Republicans own the mainstream media, as it exists today. The Democratic party definitely needs to recalibrate.
My view is that cable news doesn’t matter for people under 50 and the establishment media is mostly ready by well-educated and wealthy people — it’s just not very relevant to everyday voters anymore one way or another, and isn’t worth obsessing over.
December 5, 2024 at 2:16 AM
This is exactly right. The 90s/2000s idea of 'mainstream' media simply doesn't exist anymore. Republicans own the mainstream media, as it exists today. The Democratic party definitely needs to recalibrate.
I only listen to Russillo during the NBA season, and yet, he's still my 2nd most listened to pod. Maybe the season is too long!😂
December 4, 2024 at 1:55 PM
I only listen to Russillo during the NBA season, and yet, he's still my 2nd most listened to pod. Maybe the season is too long!😂
Art was a legend. RIP to an all-time great.
Art Cashin, UBS’ director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange and a man The Washington Post called “Wall Street’s version of Walter Cronkite,” has died. He was 83 and had been a regular on CNBC for more than 25 years.
Art Cashin, New York Stock Exchange fixture for decades, dies at age 83
Art Cashin was UBS' director of floor operations at the NYSE and a man The Washington Post called "Wall Street's version of Walter Cronkite."
www.cnbc.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Art was a legend. RIP to an all-time great.
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New paper in @natureportfolio.bsky.social reports intervention that restored walking in people with spinal cord injuries using deep brain stimulation. One participant said “I feel the urge to walk.” And (slowly) did.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hypothalamic deep brain stimulation augments walking after spinal cord injury - Nature Medicine
Whole-brain anatomical and activity surveys identify the lateral hypothalamus as a key driver of recovery from spinal cord injury, leading to a deep brain stimulation therapy that augments the recover...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:28 PM
New paper in @natureportfolio.bsky.social reports intervention that restored walking in people with spinal cord injuries using deep brain stimulation. One participant said “I feel the urge to walk.” And (slowly) did.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Wow, this is such a useful resource of industry LLM applications! And filtering via search/tags is so responsive. I was thinking of compiling something like this over the holidays (ala applied-ml) but thanks to @strickvl.bsky.social I can spend the time reading instead ♥️
zenml.io/llmops-datab...
zenml.io/llmops-datab...
December 3, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Wow, this is such a useful resource of industry LLM applications! And filtering via search/tags is so responsive. I was thinking of compiling something like this over the holidays (ala applied-ml) but thanks to @strickvl.bsky.social I can spend the time reading instead ♥️
zenml.io/llmops-datab...
zenml.io/llmops-datab...
Somehow what I'm working on tonight ended up requiring me to build a Windows 11 VM in Azure, with a very particular WSL distro setup. Basically, witchcraft. Pray for mercy upon my soul.
December 1, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Somehow what I'm working on tonight ended up requiring me to build a Windows 11 VM in Azure, with a very particular WSL distro setup. Basically, witchcraft. Pray for mercy upon my soul.