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sturzaon Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs?

I built a RAG implementation for 35k books/articles/wiki pages/web pages i collected over the years(it took about 6 weeks on 3070ti 100% constant usage). I query it with various steps of data extraction/narrative building/refining etc, over LLMs. Almost daily i figure out new steps to add to the pipeline and honestly, i could not imagine learning about niche topic x from so many perspectives/periods in such a short time(including the original source). I did not yet figure out how to package this, but i spend at least 2h of my free time daily with it. Ideas and feedback is welcome.

sturzaon Ask HN: How does Apple CarPlay work?

1. no, probably same as the HMI capability 2. no 3. forwarding and giving access to necesaary capabilities 4. it does not

sturzaon The era of American computer magazines has drawn to a close

Can you share a link?

sturzaon Deep Learning Course

François, thanks for this.

sturzaon Rivian software update bricks infotainment system, fix not obvious

Instrument cluster display going black is a functional safety/QM issue. No blinker, transmission direction, speed etc confirmations.

sturzaon Rivian software update bricks infotainment system, fix not obvious

A/B partitions

sturzaon Jesus nut

The related slang term Jesus pin refers to the lock pin used to secure the retaining nut. More generally, Jesus nut (or Jesus pin) has been used to refer to any component that is a single point of failure which results in catastrophic consequences, and the only thing left to do is, metaphorically speaking, pray to Jesus, hence the name.

sturzaon Who came up with the idea for iPhone, iPod, iPad, and iTunes? Not Steve Jobs?

General magic and Tony Fadell

sturzaon A look inside a Sharia Courtroom

In Afghanistan, it's not just a conflict between the West and the Taliban. It's also a tug-of-war between tribal traditions and religious rules. Surprisingly, the women, often seen as sidelined, might be the ones to watch as they navigate and challenge both systems.

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When you're torn between 'Software Engineer' and 'Software Developer', just remember: Titles are just syntax, it's the logic of your passion and skills that truly compiles.

sturzaon A reporter said that Daily Beast killed the story about Wikipedia's dark side

Guess the Daily Beast didn't want to fall into Wikipedia's 'citation needed' trap!

sturzaon Ask HN: Those with ADHD. What's a hobby that never gets boring?

Photography.

sturzaon Show HN: The GPT Factory – Turn Your AI Ideas into Reality

> More than 10k people to serve you! Start Today!

What does this mean?

sturzaon Cargo Cult Science (1974) [pdf]

> It is interesting, therefore, to bring it out now and speak of it explicitly. It’s a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty—a kind of leaning over backwards. For example, if you’re doing an experiment, you should report everything that you think might make it invalid—not only what you think is right about it: other causes that could possibly explain your results; and things you thought of that you’ve eliminated by some other experiment, and how they worked—to make sure the other fellow can tell they have been eliminated.

Feels appropriate to the current LK99 discussions

sturzaon The GPU Song (GPUs Are Fire) [video]

This is chatgpt on drugs. Joke aside, i think there's something wrong with the group of people who know >80% of the references in the song, myself included.

sturzaon Stripe is no longer a suitable payment processor

> It’s is possible for stripe to want to serve SMBs and also not have the resources to provide the necessary support an SMB needs when their account is in trouble in a timely manner.

Exactly this, seen here: https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/stripe.com

sturzaon Living without a smartphone: The definitive guide

> What would you rather read? An AI generated, NLP-infused news article, or a classic novel that’s been around for decades or centuries?

I think you're missing everything in between these extremes. "Real" books(as per your definition) can be in digital form as well, ain't nothing wrong with having a kindle.

sturzaon Stripe is no longer a suitable payment processor

From the OP: https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/stripe.com. I don't think big orgs post comments.

sturzaon ChatGPT leaks answers to others queries when you prompt with a specific pattern

Well, it's the best i got. I would expect it to hallucinate, but i would not expect it to hallucinate restricted content and then tell itself it's forbidden.

sturzaon Stripe is no longer a suitable payment processor

> Ignoring a massive sector of businesses who might one day be the next "big thing" would be foolish for one thing and an unwise financial decision for another.

So Stripe would sacrifice enterprise high volume customers because they hope/speculate that low volume SMBs will one day be big, if they'd need to choose where to direct resources? I highly doubt it.

sturzaon ChatGPT leaks answers to others queries when you prompt with a specific pattern

I just replied to my original comment.

sturzaon ChatGPT leaks answers to others queries when you prompt with a specific pattern

As proof, it gave me multiple rewrite answers saying that what i asked(random user’s ask) was not meeting their guidelines/safety and cannot answer.

sturzaon Stripe is no longer a suitable payment processor

If you had to choose where to put resources between high volume enterprise and low volume SMBs, you’d choose the former.

sturzaon ChatGPT leaks answers to others queries when you prompt with a specific pattern

I filed a bug on BugCrowd with this issue, from the api, but it was dismissed. if you ask it to “rewrite” as the system message and no user message, it rewrites some random user’s message.

Edit: if i remember correctly it was the 16k gpt3.5 turbo model

sturzaon Stripe is no longer a suitable payment processor

> This is enshittification: Surpluses are first directed to users; then, once they're locked in, surpluses go to suppliers; then once they're locked in, the surplus is handed to shareholders and the platform becomes a useless pile of shit

sturzaon How to find a street in 2 minutes [video]

Cannot generalize outside the US

sturzaon AI-Aggregated Newsletter from 50 Sources

Is there a plan?

sturzaon Comma 3X

https://tinkla.us/t/tinkla_buddy

"It is so amazingly powerfule that I can not release the source code, nor can I give you hints on how it works. As a cybersecurity expert (in my real life), I can assure you I take security very seriously. So a no is a NO."

sturzaon AI-Aggregated Newsletter from 50 Sources

Can i give it my own sources?

sturzaon WhatsApp Is Down

Working again.