benogorek
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Data Scientist. Recently started freelancing. Interested in classical Statistics, Machine Learning, and AI.
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Comment · 1 year ago
Not saying it's AGI but I haven't seen agents running in parallel before. Still can't figure out how to make one subagent call another. Code: https://github.com/baogorek/Miscellaneous/tree/master/ai/cla...
Comment · 1 year ago
Funny I was worried that Thinkpads might be "made for Windows" and not as compatible with Linux, but you're saying it's really the other way around. Well, I'm glad Windows is off my new machine.
Comment · 1 year ago
Maybe more intersting than the Thinkpad is how bad GPT-5 was at giving advice in this situation. Gemini was incredibly helpful.
Comment · 1 year ago
I think you're right and that two Christmases and two Easters and almost 700 days is enough time, but there is the perspective out there that the 2-year mark is when you've finally learned enough to be productive and the 3rd year is when you're actually running on all cylinders.
Comment · 1 year ago
The LinkedIn badge was satire, but I did some consulting in 2019-2021 and my employement history got a little fragmented. I thought it would be a good signal to a future employer that could play nice for a couple of years in a standard corporate environment.
But that signal came with a cost.
Comment · 1 year ago
I don't have much advice for you but I can tell you the statement, "I would feel sick at my stomach just looking at code in the morning" resonates quite strongly.
I just got laid off last week and was looking forward to taking some time, but someone last night strongly advised me not to wait as Spring is hiring season. I should probably start looking.
I'll tell you what I really hate, is when you get short on vacation during a burn out period. Then you really see how trapped you are.
I think a mistake I've made is sticking things out because I wanted to get my 3 years in. That's a long time for a LinkedIn badge.
Comment · 2 years ago
I built a free Chrome extension for Desktop users of X / Twitter who enjoy the platform but want to control how much time they spend on it. It's called XCoach, and it allows users to create timed sessions and see their minutes spent on X that day and through history.
If you'd rather read about it than watch the video demo, I wrote a Medium article: https://medium.com/@baogorek/xcoach-a-chrome-extension-for-a...
Though it's completely free, I'm having trouble getting users. I'd really appreciate any ideas.
I'm also wondering whether it would make sense to create a "Coach" for other platforms on desktop as well. I learned that some people primarily use TikTok on desktop, which surprised me (well, one person, who is a creator).
Comment · 4 years ago
A competitor to TI - which has been able to sell 1992 technology for the same price for three decades - is definitely a good thing.