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rb2k
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German expat in the US, Production Engineer @ $COMPANY
Really great explanation of LLMs https://www.understandingai.org/p/large-language-models-explained-with
Derek Lowe on the superconductor paper: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/breaking-superconductor-news
🚲“The reason most public transportation is seen as ‘losing’ money is precisely because it charges for trips. If you don't charge fares, suddenly it can't ‘lose’ money. It just costs money, the same as the roads.”
This random comment has given me my new favourite argument for removing fares from public transit.
Oh wow, blast from the past. I loved fy_iceworld.
Chris Masterson
Ole BegemannI like my gimbal because it lets me get close to the ground. #Squirrel
Mike TykaWow, there's innovation in propeller shapes (which i thought we're close to optimal for a century): toroidal propellers https://newatlas.com/aircraft/toroidal-quiet-propellers/ >50% performance improvement at midrange rpms in liquids!
Toroidal propellers: A noise-killing game changer in air and water
These strangely-shaped twisted-toroid propellers look like a revolutionary (sorry) advance for the aviation and marine sectors. Radically quieter than traditional propellers in both air and water, they're also showing some huge efficiency gains.
cliffnormalize asking "what the fuck are you talking about" in meetings