Dmitri Kalintsev

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Some random dude with opinions. Grand-master in the ancient art of confusing people. Computer networks, a dash of cloudy stuff, occasional cats.
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I got baited by that tweet saying that you're not ambitious enough if you don't live in the Bay Area. ended up writing a whole thing in response. Here is a deep dive into why I've built my tech career (and am building a company) outside the Bay Area: https://newsletter.goodtechthings.com/p/the-case-against-living-in-the-bay

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Oof
The fuck happened here?
Researchers say AI transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

Whisper is a popular transcription tool powered by artificial intelligence, but it has a major flaw. It makes things up that were never said. Whisper was created by OpenAI. It's being used in many industries worldwide to translate and transcribe interviews, generate text in popular consumer technologies and create subtitles for videos. OpenAI has promoted Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy." But more than a dozen computer scientists and software developers tell The Associated Press that isn’t always the case and that it's prone to making up chunks of text and even entire sentences. An OpenAI spokesperson says the company studies how to reduce that and updates its models incorporating feedback received.

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meow

I guess pausing Netflix doesn't work anymore. Been happening 100% of the time.

Upd: wonder if Netflix, while paused, is trying to do something that doesn't like pihole

fuck what
in other news, the water is wet
Puzzled by folks going off their heads about that Olympic shooter's photo. Dude is shooting an air pistol which generally doesn't need hearing protection. Everybody wears glasses that work for them individually. You don't strictly need anything special, but it may help some folks. Yes, some people can shoot with both eyes open. As to his body position, it's precisely as it should be - here’s an illustration from the ISSF National Coach Course:
well duh