Tom
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The finite difference method is pretty useful for some back of the envelope type examples and/or double checking gradients, but mostly not used, yes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The finite difference method is pretty useful for some back of the envelope type examples and/or double checking gradients, but mostly not used, yes.
My big worry about this and other actions like it is that it signals that'll be ok to mess with other elections in the next 3 years.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
My big worry about this and other actions like it is that it signals that'll be ok to mess with other elections in the next 3 years.
Yes, is a totally acceptable way to want your coffee, especially for the first cup.
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Yes, is a totally acceptable way to want your coffee, especially for the first cup.
Although they only needed to be the slightest bit better to qualify in 2018...
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Although they only needed to be the slightest bit better to qualify in 2018...
I've wondered about this WRT to state lotteries. You advertise 100M, but paid out over 20 years. Why not advertise a trillion and pay it out over the heat death of the universe?
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I've wondered about this WRT to state lotteries. You advertise 100M, but paid out over 20 years. Why not advertise a trillion and pay it out over the heat death of the universe?
Because you have to replace them after one project?
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Because you have to replace them after one project?
Jabba's palace is mostly pretty great IMO (Sy Snootles and Salacious Crumb).
The Luke vs Vader lightsaber fight in from of the Emperor is the best in all 9 movies too.
The Luke vs Vader lightsaber fight in from of the Emperor is the best in all 9 movies too.
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Jabba's palace is mostly pretty great IMO (Sy Snootles and Salacious Crumb).
The Luke vs Vader lightsaber fight in from of the Emperor is the best in all 9 movies too.
The Luke vs Vader lightsaber fight in from of the Emperor is the best in all 9 movies too.
I actually kinda think it's bad too. The choreography is so over the top that it doesn't feel like people trying to murder each other, it feels like ballet.
Duel of the Fates rules though.
Duel of the Fates rules though.
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I actually kinda think it's bad too. The choreography is so over the top that it doesn't feel like people trying to murder each other, it feels like ballet.
Duel of the Fates rules though.
Duel of the Fates rules though.
I would be very retired if I had made it through my interview 5 years ago.
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I would be very retired if I had made it through my interview 5 years ago.
His best memories are the most boring things to happen in the most boring offices around?
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
His best memories are the most boring things to happen in the most boring offices around?
Someone read Ex Supra.
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Someone read Ex Supra.
You could also try freezing the small model and just training layers added on top, with a residual so the base model mostly passes through information while the additional layers start learning.
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
You could also try freezing the small model and just training layers added on top, with a residual so the base model mostly passes through information while the additional layers start learning.
Couldn't you do distillation? The word has a connotation of reducing the size, but it's just a teacher, I don't see why you couldn't use a smaller teacher and larger student.
Is the idea to increase data efficiency somehow?
Is the idea to increase data efficiency somehow?
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Couldn't you do distillation? The word has a connotation of reducing the size, but it's just a teacher, I don't see why you couldn't use a smaller teacher and larger student.
Is the idea to increase data efficiency somehow?
Is the idea to increase data efficiency somehow?
I feel like that makes it more likely? Like Vance, Rubio, and Hegseth cut him out of the decision making like the leaked texts, or lead grandpa into that decision.
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I feel like that makes it more likely? Like Vance, Rubio, and Hegseth cut him out of the decision making like the leaked texts, or lead grandpa into that decision.
Some World Cup thing?
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Some World Cup thing?
My brain must be cooked because I don't think the X/pol pot/hitler joke should even be a scandal, let along a big one.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
My brain must be cooked because I don't think the X/pol pot/hitler joke should even be a scandal, let along a big one.
NJ +1 was a single poll that had black people going 60-40 R, wasn't it?
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
NJ +1 was a single poll that had black people going 60-40 R, wasn't it?
He's strawmanning by swapping "sell" for "inform."
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
He's strawmanning by swapping "sell" for "inform."
Didn't PNAC suggest a potential benefit of regime change is making an embargo less possible? That is, not to steal the oil, but to ensure availability in the future?
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Didn't PNAC suggest a potential benefit of regime change is making an embargo less possible? That is, not to steal the oil, but to ensure availability in the future?
If you have parties with a lot of cocaine?
November 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you have parties with a lot of cocaine?
Isn't Gunfight just an expression of Gender?
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Isn't Gunfight just an expression of Gender?
I watched Home on a first date once.
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I watched Home on a first date once.
Reposted by Tom
As a wise man once said
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
As a wise man once said