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Noah Snavely
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ChatGPT and Gemini both seem to struggle with sheet music. They both insist that this excerpt is in D major (2 sharps), and resist any attempt to tell them that there 3 sharps in the key signature. I think this is really cool and interesting!
July 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Did Italo Calvino discover bag of words and topic models in 1979?
She explained to me that a suitably programmed computer can read a novel in a few minutes and record the list of all the words contained in the text, in order of frequency. "That way I can have an already completed reading at hand," Lotaria says, "with an incalculable saving of time. What is the reading of a text, in fact, except the recording of certain thematic recurrences, certain insistences of forms and meanings? An electronic reading supplies me with a list of the frequencies, which I have only to glance at to form an idea of the problems the book suggests to my critical study. Naturally, at the highest frequencies the list records countless articles, pronouns, particles, but I don't pay them any attention. I head straight for the words richest in meaning; they can give me a fairly precise notion of the book." Lotaria brought me some novels electronically transcribed, in the form of words listed in the order of their frequency. "In a novel of fifty to a hundred thousand words," she said to me, "I advise you to observe immediately the words that are repeated about twenty times. Look here. Words that appear nineteen times: blood, cartridge belt, commander, do, have, im- mediately, it, life, seen, sentry, shots, spider, teeth, together, your...   "Words that appear eighteen times: boys, cap, come, dead, eat, enough, evening, French, go, handsome, new, passes, period, po- tatoes, those, until...   "Don't you already have a clear idea what it's about?" Lotaria says. "There's no question: it's a war novel, all action, brisk writing, with a certain underlying violence. The narration is entirely on the surface, I would say; but
February 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Sharing this really exciting job opportunity I came across!
A screenshot of the NY Philharmonic "Meet the Orchestra" page showing that the Contrabassoon section currently has a vacant position. https://www.nyphil.org/about-us/meet/meet-the-orchestra/section#roster-instrument-22
January 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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On our holiday nostalgia subway ride from 96th St, we were treated to a live announcement from Mr. Charlie "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please" Pellett.
Charlie Pellett, one of the voices of the NYC subway, after making an announcement on the holiday nostalgia train.
December 15, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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Most majestic: "Genoese fortress (Sudak)" (megascenes.github.io/web-viewer/?...). A fortress built on the side of mountain, leading up to a grand peak. I like learning about new places like this!
November 27, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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How did you guess that I have a secret list of scenes that I really like?

All-around favorite: "Statue of cucumber in Nizhyn" (megascenes.github.io/web-viewer/?...). Just a wonderfully weird thing that I'm glad exists! There is also a secret problem for 3D reconstruction methods in this scene.
November 27, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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Did anyone ever figure out what causes the last paragraph of a CVPR templated paper to have weird line spacing? Is this some kind of karma for doing bad space-saving hacks in previous papers?
November 22, 2024 at 5:03 AM