Mastodawn

Machine translations are often brought up as a gotcha whenever I criticize LLMs. It's worth pointing out two things: Machine translations existed decades before LLMs, and yes, machine translations are useful. However: I would never in my life read a machine translated book. Understanding what a social media post is talking about in rough terms? Sure. Literature? Absolutely not. Hell, have you ever seen machine translated subtitles? It's absolute garbage.

Wistahe Mar 1

What I'm currently up to: reading Spinoza's The Ethics, seeing if quantum optics is worth studying, and doing homework for GR.

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Wistahe Mar 1

@wolf480pl Honestly that might be it. Which is unfortunate, it is a cool name.

Wistahe Mar 1

The older gen z desire to want tempered people with good intentions and a healthy respect for expertise to hold power so that you can just focus on your interests without worrying about the state of the world at large.

Wistahe Mar 1

Learning about Killing vectors in General Relativity right now. Surprised there are not many videos online on the topic.

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Wistahe Feb 25

@wolf480pl That is really interesting! I don't think I've seen those styles combined together before. I can see the brutalism in the concrete pillars and walls with holes in them, the solarpunk in the green ceiling beams, and the postmodernism with the layout of the floor and bookshelves. I'm used to seeing brutalism on the outside of buildings rather than the inside so it gives off a sense like the inside of the building is outdoors which probably adds to the solarpunk feel.

Wistahe Feb 24

Could you share with me your favorite styles/aesthetics? What's your favorite image with a unique feel to it? I'm interested in learning more about new styles. Please boost.

Wistahe Dec 31

I have about 4 books left then I feel like I will know basically everything about old school classical AI that I've wanted to know.

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Wistahe Dec 31

@tracefree I feel this deeply

Wistahe Nov 26

blackle mori Nov 26

req for info, pls boost
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my gf has some kind of chronic musculoskeletal/connective tissue disorder thing (diagnosis pending) and we've been struggling to find a workable desk chair for her that doesn't give her pain after only an hour or two of sitting. she has a thrifted chair at her apartment which she broke in over the years, but she can't seem to do that anymore.

we're at the point where we might need professional help to find a chair for her. has anyone gone about doing that/knows what the process is? thanks!