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Comment · 18 days ago
I'd like to do this too.

What's the latency like? Is the llm used to create an instruction set for the robot? How is it interrupted for reflex actions like controlling stumbling?

Comment · 1 month ago
Isn't it more to do with being able to describe truth with language
Comment · 1 month ago
It does make you think about the old question "are we discovering or inventing mathematics?"
Comment · 2 months ago
Thanks! This is encouraging. I try to use Claude Code for producing client facing presentations that are static html files with charts, tables, and annotations. It never gets the tone correct and phrases things so weirdly - it drives me mad. I have to really fight it to stop it writing insights in a flowery and verbose way
Comment · 3 months ago
What exactly makes it proactive? I created a similar system that ran on a ticker, but then could also set itself to run in n seconds in the future. RSI came from the actions available to the system and granting the ability to modify itself. The prompt was a string of messages made from static and dynamically generated sections (like memories or plans of tasks or outputs from actions taken on the previous turn). It worked really well
Comment · 5 months ago
I've done this with the Libre 2 sensor. I added Gemini to it. It gets like 2 weeks of readings at once, and the user can "chat to their data". I added a meals tool as well, where the user can photo their meal, and the ai estimates the impact on the readings.

It's so helpful to offload some the thinking about the condition to ai, all these people moaning about 'muh safety' don't get it. T1D suffers have to think about it all day all the time. A person doesn't have their own blood glucose data in their head.

Comment · 1 year ago
I use recover when i'm unsure on how reliable some legacy code is so that we can emit our telemetry and then exit gracefully.
Comment · 3 years ago
I never reveal it at work, there are morons out there that have opinions like "I'm starsign x, and if you're y, then we won't get along". It's so frustrating
Comment · 4 years ago
Has anyone tried buying art from Etsy recently? It's very difficult to find something that is actually original. Etsy is full of super hero Chinese knockoff poor quality shite
Comment · 6 years ago
Be careful with OKCupid. I'd been using it on and off for a while and recently I got a notification saying that my email address on my account had been changed, then 2 minutes later, that my password had. You don't need to confirm anything to change the email on your account! Not even click an email link!

I was panicking

I was still receiving phone notifications despite not being to log into the app. I could see that messages were being sent and received but couldn't access my account. I believe that others are being scammed using my account

I quickly changed all other passwords and contacted OKC immediately. It's been a week now with no response. OKC have lost a paying customer for life

Comment · 6 years ago
Weird, I write in Go, and based on the number of posts about Rust, i'd assumed that it was gaining traction
Comment · 7 years ago
If it's really made out of stainless, with those angles wouldn't it fail on pedestrian collision tests?
Comment · 7 years ago
Ha! I help out the NHS and they're amazed that we are able to autopopulate forms using ActiveDirectory. They're used to paper...
Comment · 7 years ago
I write primarily in Go, I have to admit that I can't stand the name of it. When doing a search I constantly have to write "go golang" in my searches to get relevant results. It's too generically named, like naming something "The"
Comment · 7 years ago
I'd be interested in your take on this as someone slightly older than the cliched tech employee.

To be honest, i'm never usually that impressed with people that are in their mid-20s and working as developers. They can typically produce good output, but in my experience they are unable to state 'why' something works well. They're following best practices laid down by people in their 40s/50s years ago. I think they have the energy to not give up and trawl the forums till they get the answer, not necessarily finding the answer by considering the principles underlying the task

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