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tianlong

74 karma · joined June 20, 2020

Computational chemist and data scientist

meet.hn/city/46.5218269,6.6327025/Lausanne

Interests: AI/ML, Data Science, Programming, Research, Science

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tianlong··on Removing yellow stains from fabric with blue light
That's quite surprisingly!
tianlong··on Removing yellow stains from fabric with blue light
Interesting that blue light is enough! Sun drying clothes is the most effective way to get rid of annoying stains, as any Mediterranean parents would know (UV cleans even better than blue light!).
tianlong··on Problems in LLM Benchmarking and Evaluation
What's the TLDR about how to solve that benchmark problem?
tianlong··on XentGame: Help Minimize LLM Surprise
Quite impressed by the entries of Claude
tianlong··on XentGame: Help Minimize LLM Surprise
Interesting I'm wondering if it is possible to cheat using LLMs!
tianlong··on Arrows of Time for Large Language Models
There is a link with entropy creation?
tianlong··on Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational Lithography”
That reminds me the windows app Inkulator! Great name for all romance language speakers!
tianlong··on France's largest semiconductor company got nationalized in plain sight (2022)
Interesting! I thought that was the modus operandi of every consulting company (respond to the exact hidden specs from insiders).
tianlong··on Elite Swiss ski resort flies snow to the slopes after mild winter
In Switzerland, we are expecting a fiercy battle in the next years for the access to water resources: from one side, the ski resorts that will need more and more snow to sustain their business, and from the other, the population and its need for water for industry and agriculture. I know that it sounds ridiculous, but I'm not sure the latter will win....skiing is a religious in Switzerland.
tianlong··on Ask HN: How do I communicate to my employer that I am pregnant?
Thank you for the very good advice. I will first contact the HR!
tianlong··on Ask HN: Falling Asleep to Podcasts
I have developed the same habit and any podcast, audiobook, boyfriend reading book works for me. I fall asleep much faster if I listen to something that is not in my mother tongue. It works even when I need to do an afternoon siesta. If the episode is interesting, I re-listen it when I am completely awake.
tianlong··on Show HN: A generator of Fake Italian Coffee names
Effusione is wide spread in the world of fake Italian Coffees. I can not name the brand :)
tianlong··on Show HN: A generator of Fake Italian Coffee names
I'm glad it made you laugh! :)
tianlong··on I refuse to stand by while my students are indoctrinated
I am not caucasian from a predominantly Caucasian European country, where we are indoctrinated to judge people by how they cook pasta, living in an even more caucasian European country when we are judged by the trash bag we used. Guess what? I live exactly like the others (I know how to cook pasta in the right way and I use the correct trash bag). Once again, I thank the divine Providence to let me born and live in Europe.
tianlong··on Why are most climate models in Fortran?
These considerations are valid also in another fields such as in computational quantum physics/chemistry. Major software are written in Fortan and in C++. I work in the ML community now, after many years of quantum chemistry and when I say that I know Fortran people usually laugh :).
tianlong··on Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
Italian here. We do study at school Roman history, a lot, since 6 years old. Obviously, we are very proud and connected to that historical period. Everyone knows Cesar, Augusto, Nerone and all the other important figures of the time. Mant of us, at high school, study latin. I did a science-based high school (public school) and I studied latin literature and grammar for 5 years, 4 hours per week.
tianlong··on The world is drinking less coffee while office workers stay home
A simple 20$ Moka machine does brilliantly the job.
tianlong··on The stable marriage problem and modern dating
More handsome attractive men!
tianlong··on The stable marriage problem and modern dating
The reality is that men profiles on online dating apps are terrible! I have tried to check for fun both male and female profiles and there are so many women with attractive pictures while men have really poorly curated profiles.... Are women naturally more attractive than men or culturally, women are "forced" to take care of themselves and show how attractive they are while this pressure does not exist for men (men have other type of pressures, like a good salary)? I do believe is the second one. As woman, I'd love to see handsome men, online and not only.