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jacobrussell

556 karma · joined December 30, 2019

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email: jacob@hey.com

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jacobrussell··on HuggingGPT: Solving AI tasks with ChatGPT and its friends in HuggingFace
> Therefore, in this paper, we propose a system called HuggingGPT to connect LLMs (i.e., ChatGPT) and ML community (i.e., HuggingFace), which can process inputs from different modalities and solve numerous complex AI tasks. More specifically, for each AI model in HuggingFace, we use its corresponding model description from the library and fuse it into the prompt to establish the connection with ChatGPT. Afterward, in our system, LLMs (i.e., ChatGPT) will act as the brain to determine the answers to the questions of users.

I can already feel the HuggingFace ChatGPT plugin coming. The only problem is it would be very slow and use a bunch of tokens.

jacobrussell··on Human augmentation with robotic body parts is at hand, say scientists
Is there a way for me to get one of these or print my own
jacobrussell··on Ask HN: HN for Finance?
The portfolio reviews are fun though
jacobrussell··on Yerba Mate – A Long but Current History (2021)
Not sure if he cites this one specifically, but you can look at this one: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443446/
jacobrussell··on Yerba Mate – A Long but Current History (2021)
What's wrong with Athletic Greens?
jacobrussell··on Yerba Mate – A Long but Current History (2021)
I've heard Andrew Huberman [0] often say the ill effects come from the smoked variety [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_D._Huberman

[1] https://twitter.com/hubermanlab/status/1500601677904113664?s...

jacobrussell··on Full-office tech jobs pay 1.9x less than full-remote
Seems to be hugged to death. Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220705142650/https://landing.j...
jacobrussell··on Coinbase employees petition to remove execs
Am I missing something or is there no way to see how many signatures there are?
jacobrussell··on I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone
You can still buy it on Amazon [0].

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Palm-PVG100-Premium-Unlocked-Titanium...

jacobrussell··on I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone
There is technically a mini-sized Android phone [0]; I've been using it for about 6 months [1].

[0] https://palm.com/pages/product [1] https://jacobhenryrussell.medium.com/six-months-with-a-tiny-...

jacobrussell··on Nearly 20% of active Twitter accounts likely to be fake or spam
I think I've missed something here. Why would Elon not want to buy twitter if it has >5% spam accounts? Isn't the number of fake accounts one of the reasons he wanted to buy it in the first place? I don't understand why this would make him want to back out. It doesn't seem to be in conflict with any of the reasons he wants to buy.
jacobrussell··on Boston University Undergraduate Costs Reach $80k
Related: [Colleges where everyone works and there's no tuition](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31309748)
jacobrussell··on Colleges where everyone works and there's no tuition
I attended one of these colleges -- it also has a private high school on campus with a similar model. In college I did things from HVAC, custodial, resident assistant, to web development to pay my tuition.
jacobrussell··on Ask HN: Share your personal site
It's awesome. Lots of cool things going on [0], great work life balance, competitive pay, great people. If you want to know more just email me (in bio).

[0] https://medium.com/@cfatechblog

jacobrussell··on Ask HN: Share your personal site
Built with Notion: https://jacobhrussell.com
jacobrussell··on A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)
Haha this is what I thought reading the article. One thing I don't think was really touched on was exercise. Am I suppose to exercise during the fat burning period i.e. 12 hours after my last meal?
jacobrussell··on Ask HN: Do people still use Meetup?
The admin does pay, but you can also setup the group where it charges members automatically. I changed my group from free to paid to cover what I was paying. My understanding is members have to review and agree before they are charged, but I'm sure people do it without thinking sometimes. People probably also join groups without knowing they are paid. Keep in mind this is just anecdata from my experience.
jacobrussell··on Ask HN: Do people still use Meetup?
I had a meetup group that never really got off the ground, but I had one person in my group that I was getting something like $10 a month from (can't remember the exact amount). I felt so bad I deleted the group because I didn't know if they knew they were getting charged. Tried to message the person a few times. I feel like this is probably a common thing with Meetup where there are groups with people in them that have forgotten, and they don't realize they are getting charged a small amount every month.
jacobrussell··on Ask HN: What is something exciting you're working on?
I'm working on an online reading group centered around the classics where people can see each other's notes and highlights and start conversations within the book.
jacobrussell··on A simple system I’m using to stay in touch with hundreds of people
I have an extremely similar system hacked together myself. It has definitely been a game changer for my relationships. I created it because I decided about a year ago I wanted to be a better friend, and the best friends I had were extremely intentional. I wasn't going to just get more intentional naturally, so this system helped me get there. Being able to reflect on what we talked about last time and get reminded to reach out after on a predefined interval is extremely helpful!
jacobrussell··on Event-driven access to my home after a run
If anyone has FortiNet FortiGate routers, they have something called "automation stitches"[0] which are a way to action on nearly any event, and they can be created in the routers config file. They can even run scripts and chain together. When the criteria is met they can send to a Slack channel, email, Lambda Function, or any webhook URL. Pretty fun to play with.

[0] https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Us...

jacobrussell··on Event-driven access to my home after a run
This is awesome! I love reading about projects like this. Always gets me thinking about how I can do little things like this for my life workflows.

> installing MyQ W-Fi connected garage doors

Haha you were already light-years ahead of me before you even started. I typically slide my key into a little pocket and pray it doesn't fall out. I think using events from your router is a great idea. I have recently been playing around with events you can send from routers and it has really opened up my mind to whole new avenues of creativity.

jacobrussell··on Send your email right to the other person's spam
I think by "invisible message" they mean it's invisible to the receiver because it's in their spam folder. I also thought this was a way to send a normal email to the spam folder, but looks like it is assuming the spam filter removes the email based on content. I wonder if there is a way to use this method with a tracker pixel, so that it gets filtered out because of the content, but the reader can't see it.

edit: I tried it in gmail and it was invisible.

jacobrussell··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
Do you mind sharing what some of them do?
jacobrussell··on Reasons I hate conferences, and suggestions for fixing them
The only conferences I have attended have been AWS re:Invent. I've been twice in person and did the virtual conference in 2020.

> It is too much cramming

My approach has been to tailor my schedule to include the talks that will supercharge the problem I'm currently working on, or will be soon. For me this is more valuable; the trade off might be that you lose out on hearing about things in other areas you aren't working in, but I can skim through videos after they are posted online if something sounds interesting.

> Networking is hard

To me this is a big pro of being in person for the conference. These have tended to happen naturally for me and for others I have attended with at the various parties that happen at the end of each day. I guess it depends on why you are networking -- finding a new job, recruiting for your company, just making friends, having interesting conversations, or something else. For me networking is just a way to hear about problems other people are solving in different areas and to have some fun conversations. For others I've been with they were looking for a new job and it was really valuable for them (probably not what their company would want them to do haha).

> It doesn't have to be that way. It is possible to fix this cheaply with great return-on-investment. At HPTS, Pat Helland gives an orientation talk urging everyone to meet everyone.

Agree that this can be hard if you are an introvert, but not sure how saying "Alright, introverts, go talk to each other!" really helps, but apparently it did.

> Travel and stay logistics suck

Never experienced this with re:Invent. It was pretty easy to register and get a hotel/flight.

I like in person conferences so I'm probably bias; I think it's a nice way to get away from work and dedicate time to learning and meeting others. When I've done online conferences I usually end up working while the talks play in the background, or I get pulled into something because I'm "online" and miss talks. Is it worth the thousands of dollars you pay? Maybe.

jacobrussell··on Ask HN: How do you deploy your side project?
For web applications

Frontend: Angular

Backend: Python

CI/CD: GitHub Actions

Cloud: AWS

DB: Postgres or DynamoDB

jacobrussell··on Tell HN: Salary data is for sale
When I fill out the form I get:

> We've encountered an error Sorry, this service is not currently offered to residents of your state. If you need further assistance, you can call Customer Care at (866) 295-6801. Customer Care is available 8 a.m. to midnight (ET), 7 days a week.

My state being Georgia.

jacobrussell··on Internet Sacred Text Archive
> Yes, Send Me The World's Wisdom

Pretty good call to action.

jacobrussell··on Ask HN: Longest (FAANG) Interview Process
I've had a January - April interview process before. Not FAANG at all, but a pretty big company. For me the first few months were HR and the last half were the coding/technical/hiring manager interviews, save one online coding challenge early on after the phone screen.
jacobrussell··on GitHub degraded performance – resolved
Good time for a lunch break I guess
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