@ViennaMike

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Computer and electronics hobbyist. Intelligent Transportation Systems consultant. He / Him
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ViennaMike4d ago
Building My First RAG System (Which Sadly Failed the Tax Preparer Exam)
A while back, I posted about how I gave the IRS’ volunteer tax preparer exam to ChatGPT. It scored in the 70s, but an 80% is the minimum required score to pass and be certified. A short while later, I took a Coursera short course on Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). I then decided to
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#Uncategorized #AI #chatbots #chromadB #gradio #llamaparse #LLMs #ollama #python #RAG #Taxes
Building My First RAG System (Which Sadly Failed the Tax Preparer Exam) | The Aspiring Roboticist

ViennaMikeMar 15
Matthew MartinMar 15
The ghost of Julius Caesar took up programming, but never did like IDEs.
ViennaMikeMar 8
Show threadMikalaiMar 8
@mishaderidder @pluralistic
RSS doesn't have any middle agent between you and that site/org/biz/friend you wanted to hear from. No middle with monopolist directing your eyeballs: "... Dave, you must look there."
ViennaMikeFeb 28
Show threadRobin BartonFeb 28
@VeroniqueB99 She missed the pastafarian eight things I would rather you didn't (https://doctorspaghetti.org/our-faith/)
Our faith

The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster teaches us that Mosey the Pirate captain received ten stone tablets as advice from the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Of these original ten “I&#8217…

Doctor Spaghetti
ViennaMikeFeb 28
VeeFeb 28
Texas public school teachers are now required to post the Ten Commandments in their classroom. Here’s how one teacher is handling it.
ViennaMikeFeb 22
Indivisible ❌👑Feb 22

Democrats continue to hold the line after making it clear they would not support any DHS funding bill without restrictions on ICE.

We must urge Democrats to keep going to get ICE Out For Good, and pressure Republicans to agree to a DHS funding bill that protects our communities and civil rights: https://act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out-for-good/?source=mastodon

Tell Your Members of Congress: Halt the ICE Terror Machine

On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direct result of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. Congress is currently negotiating funding for DHS, which includes ICE and Border Patrol. We are demanding our Members of Congress draft a new bill that, at minimum: Ensures there is not one penny more for ICE or CBP Pulls ICE and Border Patrol out of Minneapolis and the rest of our communities Prevents ICE or Border Patrol enforcement at designated ‘sensitive locations’ such as houses of worship, day cares, and hospitals Restricts ICE and Border Patrol’s ability to target people based on their race, language or accent, place of employment, or location at the time of the apprehension Ends the administration’s unlawful practice of warrantless home entry and arrests Use this tool to instantly contact your Members of Congress with a clear message: Protect our communities by reining in ICE NOW. The email to your Members of Congress:

Indivisible Guide
ViennaMikeFeb 16
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Feb 16
These colors don't run.
ViennaMikeFeb 12
d0rk ✅Feb 11
Didn't know that one yet. But it hits the nail on the head. As I already experienced.
ViennaMikeFeb 6
LLMs like Claude can greatly accelerate a coding project, but they can also take away from learning. I often find my projects involve learning multiple new skill/tools. So I make limited use of AI for what I want to learn, but use it heavily for other tasks. For example, I wanted to learn RAG, Llama Index, etc, so I didn't heavily use Claude for that, but I DID use it to wrap it in Gradio for a nice user interface. #LLM #AI
ViennaMikeFeb 4
Building on the RAG course I took, and with some help from Claude, I've got a tax chatbot running locally on my PC with a nice, web-based interface. Granted, running on my home PC, it takes several minutes to answer a question, but it's taking far less water and electricity than ChatGPT and its like.
Next up: a chat interface for our HOA covenants, bylaws, and architectural guidelines...