Richard Decal
@richarddecal.bsky.social
Senior ML engineer @Dendra.io, scaling ecosystem restoration and monitoring. @bae_theorem on Twitter
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How are Kernel Smoothing in statistics, Data-Adaptive Filters in image processing, and Attention in Machine Learning related?
My goal is not to argue who should get credit for what, but to show a progression of closely related ideas over time and across neighboring fields.
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My goal is not to argue who should get credit for what, but to show a progression of closely related ideas over time and across neighboring fields.
1/n
December 8, 2024 at 9:45 PM
How are Kernel Smoothing in statistics, Data-Adaptive Filters in image processing, and Attention in Machine Learning related?
My goal is not to argue who should get credit for what, but to show a progression of closely related ideas over time and across neighboring fields.
1/n
My goal is not to argue who should get credit for what, but to show a progression of closely related ideas over time and across neighboring fields.
1/n
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The RL book by Kevin Murphy is finally online (copied shamelessly from the other place) arxiv.org/abs/2412.05265
Reinforcement Learning: An Overview
This manuscript gives a big-picture, up-to-date overview of the field of (deep) reinforcement learning and sequential decision making, covering value-based RL, policy-gradient methods, model-based met...
arxiv.org
December 9, 2024 at 6:25 AM
The RL book by Kevin Murphy is finally online (copied shamelessly from the other place) arxiv.org/abs/2412.05265
TIL Jack Dorsey left bsky and is now working on his 3rd social network thing. nostr.com
Nostr, a simple protocol for decentralizing social media that has a chance of working
A guide to the simplest decentralized protocol that isn't peer-to-peer, therefore works.
nostr.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:39 PM
TIL Jack Dorsey left bsky and is now working on his 3rd social network thing. nostr.com
Reposted by Richard Decal
Firehose access on Bluesky gets shut off for Bridgy Fed temporarily, Bridgy Fed unable to operate w/ Bluesky during that period. Not malicious, but I think @dryad.technology is right that it's a reminder this is a result of centralization. mastodon.social/@mcc/1135412...
mcc (@mcc@mastodon.social)
Bluesky is a proprietary service operated by a single company, but with an unusually good "API" for plug-in 3rdparty tools. As with other sites that previously had "API"s, that API remains valid only ...
mastodon.social
November 25, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Firehose access on Bluesky gets shut off for Bridgy Fed temporarily, Bridgy Fed unable to operate w/ Bluesky during that period. Not malicious, but I think @dryad.technology is right that it's a reminder this is a result of centralization. mastodon.social/@mcc/1135412...
Sorry but I think block lists are great
Haha, turns out I didn't know how moderation lists work. Everyone, use this instead please: bsky.app/profile/kami...
November 28, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Sorry but I think block lists are great
Reposted by Richard Decal
FYI, here's the entire code to create a dataset of every single bsky message in real time:
```
from atproto import *
def f(m): print(m.header, parse_subscribe_repos_message())
FirehoseSubscribeReposClient().start(f)
```
```
from atproto import *
def f(m): print(m.header, parse_subscribe_repos_message())
FirehoseSubscribeReposClient().start(f)
```
November 28, 2024 at 9:56 AM
FYI, here's the entire code to create a dataset of every single bsky message in real time:
```
from atproto import *
def f(m): print(m.header, parse_subscribe_repos_message())
FirehoseSubscribeReposClient().start(f)
```
```
from atproto import *
def f(m): print(m.header, parse_subscribe_repos_message())
FirehoseSubscribeReposClient().start(f)
```
TIL that you can use starter packs to mass mute/block, and that one exists for crypto
bsky.app/profile/xeop...
bsky.app/profile/xeop...
There ought to be an "Assholes starter pack" that you can 1-click block
I've decided I'm going to mute anyone that's aggressive/unpleasant towards me, or that I see being like that to someone else.
I mean no offense by it—it's just not why I'm here.
If I'm at the bar after a day at a conference, and someone's being unpleasant, I keep my distance there too.
I mean no offense by it—it's just not why I'm here.
If I'm at the bar after a day at a conference, and someone's being unpleasant, I keep my distance there too.
November 27, 2024 at 9:08 AM
TIL that you can use starter packs to mass mute/block, and that one exists for crypto
bsky.app/profile/xeop...
bsky.app/profile/xeop...
"computational psychiatry"
The thing that is hard to get about LLMs is that we expected AI to be awesome at math & be all cool logic.
Instead, AI is best at human-like tasks (eg writing) & is all hot, weird simulated emotion. For example, if you make GPT-3.5 “anxious,” it changes its behavior! arxiv.org/abs/2304.11111
Instead, AI is best at human-like tasks (eg writing) & is all hot, weird simulated emotion. For example, if you make GPT-3.5 “anxious,” it changes its behavior! arxiv.org/abs/2304.11111
November 27, 2024 at 8:53 AM
"computational psychiatry"
My first Uber ride by a 2 year old (Argentina).
November 27, 2024 at 1:58 AM
My first Uber ride by a 2 year old (Argentina).
Tango scenes around Buenos Aires
November 27, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Tango scenes around Buenos Aires
Library in Argentina, Brutalist architecture
November 27, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Library in Argentina, Brutalist architecture
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I hate the way articles about BSky keep framing choice to move here in terms of left/right and echo chambers. Fundamentally, the bigger issues for me are wanting to see links/current news, wanting to see posts that aren't rage-baiting/content farming, and wanting actually diverse conversations.
November 26, 2024 at 9:46 PM
I hate the way articles about BSky keep framing choice to move here in terms of left/right and echo chambers. Fundamentally, the bigger issues for me are wanting to see links/current news, wanting to see posts that aren't rage-baiting/content farming, and wanting actually diverse conversations.
Some doomslide fans in Buenos Aires apparently @xjdr.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Some doomslide fans in Buenos Aires apparently @xjdr.bsky.social
Spotted in Buenos Aires
November 26, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Spotted in Buenos Aires
It seems to me like the "bsky is ultra leftist Twitter" is fake news? I haven't seen that at all, but I'm just following the ML folks
November 25, 2024 at 10:49 PM
It seems to me like the "bsky is ultra leftist Twitter" is fake news? I haven't seen that at all, but I'm just following the ML folks
There ought to be an "Assholes starter pack" that you can 1-click block
I've decided I'm going to mute anyone that's aggressive/unpleasant towards me, or that I see being like that to someone else.
I mean no offense by it—it's just not why I'm here.
If I'm at the bar after a day at a conference, and someone's being unpleasant, I keep my distance there too.
I mean no offense by it—it's just not why I'm here.
If I'm at the bar after a day at a conference, and someone's being unpleasant, I keep my distance there too.
November 25, 2024 at 3:45 AM
There ought to be an "Assholes starter pack" that you can 1-click block
I am exploring the idea of a self-hosted service which periodically scrapes a Twitter account and mirrors their content on bsky. wondering if I would need to create a ton of email addresses for each bot, though. also, whether I'd be liable for any potential abusive content that gets mirrored.
November 25, 2024 at 12:10 AM
I am exploring the idea of a self-hosted service which periodically scrapes a Twitter account and mirrors their content on bsky. wondering if I would need to create a ton of email addresses for each bot, though. also, whether I'd be liable for any potential abusive content that gets mirrored.
Reposted by Richard Decal
I've moved to a custom domain, so I'm now @howard.fm. All links to my previous bsky id (jph) should have auto-updated. I created a new "jph" id to avoid anyone taking over external links to my account.
Directions here for anyone interested in doing the same:
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
Directions here for anyone interested in doing the same:
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
bsky.app
November 24, 2024 at 9:22 PM
I've moved to a custom domain, so I'm now @howard.fm. All links to my previous bsky id (jph) should have auto-updated. I created a new "jph" id to avoid anyone taking over external links to my account.
Directions here for anyone interested in doing the same:
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
Directions here for anyone interested in doing the same:
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
I don't get why Blue Sky hasn't opened up the beta yet, or at least given a lot more invites. Everyone will just get bored of voidposting and leave
August 23, 2023 at 2:58 AM
I don't get why Blue Sky hasn't opened up the beta yet, or at least given a lot more invites. Everyone will just get bored of voidposting and leave