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kuida0r3··on GPT-3.5 Turbo fine-tuning and API updates
Not an expert but my understanding is retrieval+vector db enables accurate information retrieval, whereas finetuning is more focused on specific task performance and generating coherent text (maybe in a different style) generally.
kuida0r3··on GPT-3.5 Turbo fine-tuning and API updates
Andrew Ng's deeplearning.ai just released a course on this yesterday https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses/finetuning-large-l... - at a high level it lets one put more data into the model than fits into the prompt.

And yes your use case of a large private knowledge base is one of the prime examples she used in the course. Scenarios that are domain-specific or privacy conscious probably makes more sense for finetuning as opposed to prompting.

kuida0r3··on Shap-E: Generate 3D objects conditioned on text or images
From the jupyter notebook in the repo [0], the output is in .ply or polygon file format which is used by some 3D scanners and can be converted to STL supported by most 3D printers.

0-https://github.com/openai/shap-e/blob/main/shap_e/examples/s...

kuida0r3··on Launch HN: Micro Meat (YC S21) – Technology for scaling cultivated meat
Does the scaffold you use become dissolved during processing, or are edible and incorporated into a final product?
kuida0r3··on E.P.A. Finds More VW Cheating Software, Including in Porsches
From the EPA news release [0], your 2015 Q5 TDI seems to be safe: "on September 25th EPA initiated testing of all 2015 and 2016 light duty diesel models available in the U.S using updated testing procedures specifically designed to detect potential defeat devices".

It's also possible that EPA just hasn't finished testing all of the vehicles yet and your particular car may get added to the list. Sorry about that. I actually test drove the Touraeg TDI that shares the same engine and almost bought one a couple of years ago...

0 - http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/4A45A5661216E66C8...

kuida0r3··on RadioShack has filed for bankruptcy
I think we've all seen this coming for a while. But where does one go to find random electronic parts offline now? :(
kuida0r3··on Soylent’s Next Chapter
Per https://faq.soylent.me/hc/en-us/articles/200789315-Nutrition - The Soylent recipe is based on the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and is approved as a food by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Soylent 1.2 was developed under the close guidance of our nutritional advisor, Dr. F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, M.D., MPH. Pi-Sunyer is professor of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. At St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center he serves as chief of endocrinology, diabetes, and nutrition, and is director of the New York Obesity Research Center. Dr. Pi-Sunyer is also a senior attending physician at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

kuida0r3··on Yahoo to Acquire BrightRoll
approximately 400 employees[1]

[1] https://investor.yahoo.net/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=88227...

kuida0r3··on Yahoo to Acquire BrightRoll
Per Yahoo's Investor Relations Press Release (https://investor.yahoo.net/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=88227...), "Yahoo is acquiring BrightRoll for approximately $640 million in cash. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions."
kuida0r3··on Tony Hsieh Steps Down from Lead Role at Las Vegas Downtown Project
I've always been interested in the Downtown Project but haven't had a chance to visit. Can someone more familiar with it comment on the state of download Las Vegas now?
kuida0r3··on BPA-Free Plastic Containers May Be Just as Hazardous
Most glass bottles (Lifefactory, AVENT, Boobunny) use borosilicate glass which is what they use for laboratory glassware partly because it is stronger than normal glass. Many of these brands also sell a silicone sleeve that protects the bottle from being dropped.
kuida0r3··on Show HN: Codementor Office Hours
Looks like it's back up.
kuida0r3··on Android for all and the new Nexus 5
Wonder if this means alert dialogs will start showing up from ads in embedded webviews. Window.alert() didn't work in Android's webview and the WebChrome client was the workaround.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=752

kuida0r3··on Twitter Acquires MoPub
Congrats!
kuida0r3··on Obama Plans to Take Action Against Patent-Holding Firms
Thanks. I'm usually signed in so I don't notice the paywall. The WSJ experience for a nonsubscriber is highly aggravating...
kuida0r3··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2013)
San Francisco, CA

Come work at MoPub! Current engineering openings:

- Data Scientist- NetOps Engineer

- Software Engineer internship

- Software Engineer, Data

- Software Engineer, Mobile

- Software Engineer, Systems

- Software Engineer, Web

We also have tons of other open positions. Check them out: http://www.mopub.com/about/careers/current-openings/

kuida0r3··on Redux: 12 Steps to Better Code
LMGTFY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor :)

The bus factor is the total number of key developers who would need to be incapacitated (as by getting hit by a bus/truck) to send the project into such disarray that it would not be able to proceed; the project would retain information (such as source code) with which no remaining team member is familiar.

kuida0r3··on Reimagining the Windows Command Line
Ah that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying.
kuida0r3··on Reimagining the Windows Command Line
When I work on windows, I just use cygwin with the mintty shell to get productive with a familiar look&feel. What am I missing with this setup that Wish fills?
kuida0r3··on What is a good open rate for your email newsletter?
Here's a chart of stats by industry that MailChimp published - http://mailchimp.com/resources/research/email-marketing-benc... for reference. As petercooper said the industry isn't the best breakdown to compare against. It's probably more helpful to benchmark your own campaigns using A/B and optimize for your goal.
kuida0r3··on Apple Reaches Licensing Deal With Swiss Railway Over iPad Clock Design
Oops thanks - didn't catch it.
kuida0r3··on Announcing the First Beta Release of Persona
Speaking of themes, how easy is it to customize the look&feel of the login prompt? It may be odd for the user to see an entirely different site when they try to sign-in to a site.
kuida0r3··on New Apple maps app under fire from users
Wow, can I ask which Android version/HTC phone you're using? I kept my HTC Incredible from 3~4 years ago rooted for development and sometimes as a music player in the gym. All of my apps still function. That said, I don't use it everyday nor as a phone so the issues may just be non-obvious to me.
kuida0r3··on Ask HN: Do you have a ThinkPad X1 Carbon?
Ah thanks. I wasn't sure of that (but assumed they were pretty similar due to model #).
kuida0r3··on Firefox 15 available to download, finally fixes add-on memory leak
Here's tech demo!

https://developer.mozilla.org/media/uploads/demos/a/z/azakai...

kuida0r3··on Ask HN: Do you have a ThinkPad X1 Carbon?
The site's back http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201104-7945/
kuida0r3··on PayPal Acquires card.io
Is there a lower resistance alternative for a general consumer transferring money to a friend over the web/mobile phone? I default to using PayPal since the chances of my friend having a Paypal account is higher than the newer services.