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awestley··on Incremental Context Testing for LLMs
Wrote a small script to test how LLMs handle growing context sizes. It sends larger prompts step by step and measures slowdown or failure. Pretty rough but useful so far. Curious if others have ideas for improving it.
awestley··on How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-)
Yes! It's a tell-tale sign something is written by AI.
awestley··on Tattoo ink exposure is associated with lymphoma and skin cancers
If lifestyle differences are not accounted for, I'd put little stock in this.
awestley··on Can I Build My Own Jarvis? Let's Find Out
Inspired by Iron Man, I’m building an AI that actually does things, not just talks.
awestley··on Johnny.Decimal – A system to organise your life
I see this pop up every few years. I wish I had the follow though to do this.
awestley··on Notepad++ is 21 years old
I can finally take it out for drinks as a thank you.
awestley··on OpenAI is reportedly going all-in as a for-profit company
"Didn't see this coming"

- No one ever

awestley··on Amazon is bricking $2,350 Astro robots 10 months after release
After this who on earth would trust the "home" version will stick around?
awestley··on Gordon Bell has died
RIP. I loved the Computer Museum as a kid. It’s probably one of those thing that had a much bigger impact on me than I realize.
awestley··on The Rise of the Carbon Farmer
The Wired article explores the promising practice of carbon farming and its potential to revolutionize agriculture. Carbon farming involves adopting regenerative techniques that not only enhance soil health and biodiversity but also mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon in the soil. By implementing methods such as rotational grazing, cover cropping, and agroforestry, farmers can enhance soil carbon levels while improving crop yields and resilience to extreme weather events. The piece highlights successful carbon farming initiatives around the world and underscores the urgent need for widespread adoption to combat climate change and ensure food security in the face of environmental challenges.
awestley··on Black Holes Are Even Weirder Than You Imagined
https://web.archive.org/web/20240330165204/https://www.newyo...
awestley··on Swept away: $500k sand dune built to protect US homes disappears in days
That is why I said more permanently. 10 years is better than 72 hours. To say "get rid of the houses" as a solution to beach erosion without considering legal, social, and economic implications is a classic case of oversimplifying a complex problem.
awestley··on Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks
That sound like a fun project to try out. I may try that out. Thanks.
awestley··on Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks
I haven't had great luck with shortcut reminders. I always feel like there are cases it didn't trigger, then I don't trust it.
awestley··on Swept away: $500k sand dune built to protect US homes disappears in days
I didn't mean it literally. a "line in the sand" is an idiom.
awestley··on Swept away: $500k sand dune built to protect US homes disappears in days
I agree, but to be fair it was also the state that limited them such a silly option. They can't do anything more permanent than sand. Which, I understand has an environmental impact, but the beaches are going to keep eroding so why not "draw a line in the sand" so to speak and help protect the beaches more permanently. Regardless of how lives there now.

* I live in the state but no where near the water. So I'm sure my taxes will be paying for this.

awestley··on Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks
Many apps lack a good means of triggering "reminders" on iOS and MacOs. Apple seems to keep the secret sauce to themselves. 3rd party apps just miss the mark IMO. However, the reminders app itself leave a lot to be desired. So something like this that ties a great app into what the native apps reminders is a great idea. Thank you for sharing!
awestley··on United Airlines tells Boeing to stop building Max 10s and to switch to max 9s
Of course the value value your privacy. They are selling it to 1532 partners.
awestley··on Akira Toriyama has died
Wow, this hit me. RIP
awestley··on Victorian Glass Fire Grenades (2020)
Tetrachloroethylene
awestley··on The Cult of Mac
Is the cult as strong as it has been? I feel like this "cult" is absolutely what Apple leveraged to get where they are and they not doubt played into it. But it doesn't seem like that is really the case anymore. Or is it?
awestley··on Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth
RIP little dude
awestley··on US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
Sounds like a shiny balloon to me.
awestley··on Sam Bankman-Fried's secret 'backdoor' discovered, FTX lawyer says
Maybe he saw Office Space one too many times.
awestley··on Twitter 2.0: Our continued commitment to the public conversation
I read the experimentation bit as Twitter (Elon) trying to push the boundaries of what Twitter can get away with from a PR perspective.
awestley··on Why are border smugglers trafficking bologna?
The title sounds like a Michael Scott joke
awestley··on Why We Banned Legos (2006)
“Why We Banned Lego” FTFY
awestley··on Amazon more than doubles max base pay to $350k
What is that? A yacht for ants?
awestley··on Memories of the “Sneakers” Shoot (2012)
RIP Sidney Poitier
awestley··on Tesla recalls almost half a million electric cars over safety issues
I've seen what an unlatched hood can do at highway speeds. It will rip the hood right off the dampers and smash the windshield. FSD won't help you.
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