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Comment · 19 days ago
Wasn't it fear of a Fukushima type event rather than Green policy that was the final nail in the coffin of German nuclear?
Comment · 8 months ago
What does pet" in "pet vs. cattle" mean?
Comment · 8 months ago
Thank you! I've read much of the page now and it is fascinating.
Comment · 8 months ago
Gwern on that smpy site what does the O-like character next to certainty: log mean?

I'm viewing on chrome from an Android device.

I'm trying to figure out what your certainty on smpy is.

Also thank you for your site. I read your n back analysis some years ago and found it to be very interesting.

Comment · 8 months ago
We haven't tried Dragon Box. Thank you for the recommendation, we will check it out
Comment · 8 months ago
Cultivating that passion is an art. A modern tool which I've found great to let my kids grow their math ability is the game Prodigy Math. Worth checking out - it's fun (do math to gain spellcasting ability in the game) and gently pushes the envelope of what they can do. It emails parents with details on what math problems the child didn't get right and with sample exercises to address those areas. I have no connection to them other than being a customer.
Comment · 8 months ago
By then perhaps it will be possible to continue with local LLMs
Comment · 10 months ago
Yes the circumstances are well known. Li Liu convinced Munger and Munger talked to Buffett.
Comment · 1 year ago
Cahm
Comment · 1 year ago
Would you have any standard prompts you could share which ask it to make a draft with you'd want (eg unit tests etc)?
Comment · 1 year ago
It seems to have a clock so it doesn't turn on at night?
Comment · 1 year ago
Can you setup entra authentication with PgAdmin? I'm more of a MS Sql person so I don't know, but if not the security improvement from this would be a huge improvement
Comment · 1 year ago
I would be curious about context window size that would be expected when generating ballpark 20 to 20 tokens per second using Deepseek-R1 Q4 on this hardware?
Comment · 1 year ago
The evidence is mixed, but some studies (e.g. Jaeggi) did find transfer effects from n back training to fluid intelligence.

It only takes 40 mins a day for 8 weeks to test it out. Much less time than the commitment to learn a new language.

Having tried it, I wouldn't be surprised if the mixed results were due to improper adherence and misunderstanding of how n back works by some study participants. In other words, I think it's possible that results would be less mixed for someone who is already starting from a point of solid intelligence and who is driven enough to put in the hard,focused work to get to higher n back levels.

Comment · 2 years ago
I see in another comment thread you mentioned downloading the VM iso, presumably from a central source. Your comment in this thread didn't mention that so perhaps this answer (incorrectly) assumes the VM you are talking about was locally maintained/created?

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