Andrew Weeks
@meloncholy.bsky.social
Product data scientist in fintech. Mostly lurking while I try to find my voice again. I help run PyData London.
Liberalism’s answer would probably be the harm principle: community moderation strives for that at least.
Also reflecting that we tend to give states a monopoly on violence for a reason…
Also reflecting that we tend to give states a monopoly on violence for a reason…
October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Liberalism’s answer would probably be the harm principle: community moderation strives for that at least.
Also reflecting that we tend to give states a monopoly on violence for a reason…
Also reflecting that we tend to give states a monopoly on violence for a reason…
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Incidentally, my personal favorite interpretation of advancements in computer science is that most of the progress we've made has been in defining the problems themselves. Many successes correlate to clearer definitions of what "good" means or abstracting the task away from weak definitions.
September 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Incidentally, my personal favorite interpretation of advancements in computer science is that most of the progress we've made has been in defining the problems themselves. Many successes correlate to clearer definitions of what "good" means or abstracting the task away from weak definitions.
It's a good reminder that these models are great for problems that have already been solved and well documented many times, but much riskier for those that haven't.
And that matters because a huge advantage LLMs have over traditional search is solving the "I don't know what I don't know" problem.
And that matters because a huge advantage LLMs have over traditional search is solving the "I don't know what I don't know" problem.
July 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It's a good reminder that these models are great for problems that have already been solved and well documented many times, but much riskier for those that haven't.
And that matters because a huge advantage LLMs have over traditional search is solving the "I don't know what I don't know" problem.
And that matters because a huge advantage LLMs have over traditional search is solving the "I don't know what I don't know" problem.
Nice! I have a couple of slot Pentium IIs from the same time I’d love to get out again.
From memory most things ran with dual CPUs on NT/Win2000 but I did have to return a modem as it crashed the computer.
From memory most things ran with dual CPUs on NT/Win2000 but I did have to return a modem as it crashed the computer.
July 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Nice! I have a couple of slot Pentium IIs from the same time I’d love to get out again.
From memory most things ran with dual CPUs on NT/Win2000 but I did have to return a modem as it crashed the computer.
From memory most things ran with dual CPUs on NT/Win2000 but I did have to return a modem as it crashed the computer.