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jassyr··on Mistral OCR 4.1
Ah, I see. Thanks for sharing. I am OCR'ing public domain .pdfs, so perhaps I haven't run into that issue. The irony couldn't be stronger though.
jassyr··on Mistral OCR 4.1
>Anthropic now flags OCR

I haven't seen any difference in my ocr workflows, what do you mean by this?

jassyr··on The $15,000 AI Bill. Your $20 Subscription is a DELUSION [video]
Frankly these tools should be priced per query. One doesn't need mythos to get a french toast recipe or add a few numbers together, but the flat rate subscription rate hides the inefficiency. Maybe a routing filter at the beginning of the query that chooses the right model for the query?
jassyr··on Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?
Very cool! I've been playing uke for a few years to help me disconnect from the real world.

Did you go to a luthier school or self taught?

jassyr··on AI helps add 10k more photos to OldNYC
I love this! Thanks for sharing. My job involves reviewing old maps and documents, and I have a special place in my heart for easily accessible archives.

So much cool stuff is freely available at libraries but in practice no one visits them anymore.

jassyr··on How elites could shape mass preferences as AI reduces persuasion costs
You mentioned you're not a fan of this administration. That's -1 on your PalsOfState(tm) score. Your employer has been notified (they know where you work of course), and your spouse's employer too. Your child's application to Fancy University has been moved to the bottom of the pile, by the way the university recently settled a lawsuit brought by the governmentfor admitting too many "disruptors" with low PalsOfState scores. Palantir had provided a way for you to improve you score, click the Donateto47 button to improve your score. We hope you can attend the next political rally in your home town, their cameras will be there to make sure.
jassyr··on An unprecedented window into how diseases take hold years before symptoms appear
you can't criticize someone for poor reasoning while simultaneously making unsupported claims yourself
jassyr··on What I learned gathering nootropic ratings (2022)
Creatine does help some. Staying hydrated and good sleep, too.
jassyr··on What I learned gathering nootropic ratings (2022)
I'm in a similar situation but with multiple sclerosis for over 15 years. I love to exercise, however on some days a medium-intensity cardio session will leave my brain functioning at like 50% which is not great for my job. I gotta work hard to make sure my gas tank has enough for all the tasks planned for that day. My neurologist calls it Energy Management.
jassyr··on Microsoft's Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing
It's like some sort of Cunningham's Law Inception.
jassyr··on Microsoft unveils Majorana 1 quantum processor
Whenever I read about a scientific breakthrough I login to HN to see what the smart people think about it, and am disappointed if there isn't a post with hundreds of comments.
jassyr··on Elon Musk PAC will pay registered voters in swing states to sign a petition
Yes. In any election in which a federal candidate is on the ballot, federal law prohibits any individual or entity, including 501(c)(3) nonprofits, social welfare organizations, and unions, from knowingly and willfully paying, offering to pay, or accepting payment either for registering to vote or voting

52 U.S.C. § 10307

jassyr··on No one expects young men to do anything and they respond by doing nothing (2022)
Even so, the IP is used to make things which require resources. Disney IP is used to make toys, movies, books, etc, that all require electricity, paper, computers, employees sitting and eating, commuting into the office. Or a vaccine patent will be used to make a vaccine which requires a factory to be built and operated, the product produced, stored, shipped, used, and disposed into a landfill.
jassyr··on Ask HN: People who switched from GPT to their own models. How was it?
Reddit community r/LocalLlama has great info
jassyr··on Better Call GPT: Comparing large language models against lawyers [pdf]
I'm in the energy sector and have been thinking of fine tuning a local llm on energy-specific legal documents, court cases, and other industry documents. Would this solve some of the problems you mention about producing specific answers? Have you tried something like that?
jassyr··on Polyamory, the Ruling Class's Latest Fad
Morals for thee, but not for me!
jassyr··on Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago
Ah thanks for the clarification, I suppose I considered the survivor the superior.
jassyr··on Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago
Ha, that took an unexpected but interesting twist!
jassyr··on Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago
I wonder how the neanderthals felt when a new, superior(?) species appeared out of nowhere. Is this how we're feeling about technology and AI now? Give technology another thousand years and humans may well be facing the same fate as neanderthals did. Or perhaps like nea/humans, we will find a way to interbreed?
jassyr··on Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update
6a user here. No issues.
jassyr··on Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence
I went down a very deep rabbit hole looking into the Tang clan/dynasty. So interesting.
jassyr··on Boeing whistleblower: MAX 9 production line has "enormous volume of defects"
Having been through a number of mergers and subsequent layoffs, I can confirm the surviving talent is typically less... Talented.
jassyr··on Antidepressant use is surging in Britain
>While some people may have a temperament that predisposes them to having depressive episodes or symptoms

This is me, and that's why I needed medication (bandaids).

jassyr··on Against Normalcy: Why Being Normal Can Be Dangerous
I really enjoyed the read, thank you! Though... I get the feeling we're all obsessing over how to live instead of just... Living. About halfway through I got anxiety thinking about how to improve my life.
jassyr··on Harvard Teaching Hospital Seeks Retraction of 6 Papers by Top Researchers
I agree. You can infer that falsely creating positive results leads to funding leads to prestige, fancy dinners and fancy homes, fancy educations and large inflated egos.
jassyr··on Harvard Teaching Hospital Seeks Retraction of 6 Papers by Top Researchers
This is an incredible post, thanks for the link! The researches are quite literally photoshopping study images! How is this even legal? Plain vanilla fraud.
jassyr··on Antidepressant use is surging in Britain
Recently science has been pushing back on the "Imbalance" language. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/jul/analysis-depression-prob...

Moreover, it seems to me there are far more people skeptical and ideologically opposed to antidepressants than those supporting it.

SSRI's changed my life for the better and it's a real shame I listened to the naysayers for so long. There's no shame in seeking help and treatment. Something like 8% of American men take an ssri, and based on my own social group's struggles it should probably be well over 50% (I'm exaggerating only slightly).

jassyr··on Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence
When I was younger I was naive to think these business leaders were some types of geniuses. Turns out every one of them is just jumping from one hype to the next, hoping something sticks. If it doesn't, write it off. If it hits, they're a genius.
jassyr··on US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, Study Finds
Is there a similar report for Europe?
jassyr··on Ask HN: Who else is working on nothing?
Feels like you read my mind. I'm disconnected from career and generally feel disappointed with direction of technology. It's quite difficult finding meaning in life surrounded by careerist.
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