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Another reason why we might see less junior SWE hires is that having fewer managers means managers are managing larger teams. This causes managers to have less time per IC, which is fine for senior+ SWEs but difficult for junior ICs who need more support, direction, & mentoring
Also MLOps SaaS sales teams. It's happen three times in the last year.
Also MLOps SaaS sales teams. It's happen three times in the last year.
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Lots of anxiety about SB 1047 in CA, and a lot of swirl. The broad contours will be familiar to folks following the US Executive Order and EU AI Act. There's a line in the sand, and if you cross the line, you have to do and disclose a bunch of things before training and releasing…
Lots of anxiety about SB 1047 in CA, and a lot of swirl. The broad contours will be familiar to folks following the US Executive Order and EU AI Act. There's a line in the sand, and if you cross the line, you have to do and disclose a bunch of things before training and releasing…
Leaky ReLU! machinelearningflashcards.com
The only AI regulation I fully support is that when robots turn evil their eyes must turn red. Add it to the UN charter.
I can push a button on my phone and a robot will drive me where I want to go.
I can push a button on my phone and a robot will drive me where I want to go.
Pessimism is easy, optimism is hard. Be brave, do the latter.
@GregKamradt I don't see LLMs as systems that can to create new knowledge, I see them as a tool I can use to help ME create new knowledge
Boeing’s factory is in Seattle. In 2001 Boeing moved its HQ away from the factory. The c-suite became 1000s of miles removed the product they build.
Boeing’s factory is in Seattle. In 2001 Boeing moved its HQ away from the factory. The c-suite became 1000s of miles removed the product they build.
The web is dead. Long live the web.
The web is dead. Long live the web.
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I trained a logistic regression clinical language model. Here's what I learned: ✅ It is very patient-centric ✅ It is about as good as you would expect ✅ It occasionally surprises! Happy to make the underlying dataset available if there is interest! It's about 2GB.
@chrisalbon Time to dust off the good ol Encarta, boys
@chrisalbon I stopped all alcohol 2.5 years ago, and made only 4 exceptions (birthday, new year eve) so far. I wasn't drinking that much, few glasses of wine at night, and sometimes a drink. I gained several hours a day of full capacity.
@chrisalbon Quit completely three months ago. I did not drink daily, but enjoyed a good party here and there. Amazing to have much more energy, and no Monday blues. Feels like a hidden superpower compared to my peers!
@chrisalbon It’s been 9.5 years for me and honestly never miss it. The only thing I miss is the social aspect of it but many more people don’t drink anymore these days. Welcome to the club!
@chrisalbon I feel the same way. The only time I drink and don't regret it is when I'm partying. On other days, drinking makes me feel terrible for the next few days. I've only had alcohol five times in the last year, all of which were outside of my home country and while partying.
@chrisalbon I've been out for over 8 months, non alcoholic beers and other cocktails make it very easy to still enjoy social life
@chrisalbon Same deal with carbs for me. I don't even like pizza anymore.
@chrisalbon I stopped almost entirely, a stupifying drug. Love a glass of fine wine but really dislike the effects on the body and mind now.
@chrisalbon idk who you are but good for you man! do what makes you the happiest
@chrisalbon if you like tasty beers but just want to skip the alcohol I cannot recommend @AthleticBrewing enough, I’m a big fan
@chrisalbon The only good amount of drinks are zero drinks. Even one messes with your sleep (especially if you go to sleep right after drinking). Good for you
@chrisalbon I switched to @AthleticBrewing when fiancé was pregnant and haven’t looked back. If you’re a beer a drinker
@chrisalbon Oura ring turned that feeling into data for me. It was slightly worse sleep that stacks after consistent moderate drinking.
@chrisalbon I've noticed this too. Feel so much better once I cut out alcohol from my life. And looking back, I'm honestly disappointed it took me so long to figure out. It's so normalized.
@chrisalbon 👏 👏 No alcohol is the easiest productivity hack
@chrisalbon This is why I haven’t drank in years. Get ready for your social life to take a huge downturn though.