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Comment · 1 month ago
Indeed, "Signore Galilei" makes one think "Galilei ladies" -- sisters, perhaps.
Comment · 1 year ago
Indeed, I tried several low-resource Romance languages they claim to support and performance is abysmal.
Comment · 2 years ago
Great article. One of the papers it cites is https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07183, which is also great and looks at the issue of LLM usage to write peer reviews.
It’s an issue I’ve noticed personally, as I’m seeing an increasing number of reviews that lack substance and are almost entirely made of filler content. Here’s an excerpt from a particularly egregious recent example I ran into, which had this to say on the subject of meaningful comparison to recent work:
> Additionally, while the bibliography appears to be comprehensive, there could be some minor improvements, such as including more recent or relevant references if applicable.
The whole review was written like this, with no specific suggestions for improvement, just vague “if applicable” filler. Infuriating.
Comment · 4 years ago
This looks like two midshipman’s hitches without the final half hitches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taut-line_hitch#%231855
Comment · 4 years ago
So happy to see tarot games mentioned on HN, I'm a big fan of their strategic depth and centuries-old cultural background.
Something a lot of people don't realise is that when tarot cards were invented, their intended purpose was to be a game. The whole divination/cartomancy aspect was made up much more recently, mostly to amuse French aristocrats.
An excellent resource for people interested in learning more about this very old tradition is the following YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiCFfp_ZY4g
Comment · 5 years ago
Wood gasifier stoves? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas#Stoves,_cooking_and_f...
Comment · 5 years ago
This brings back memories. I used Seat61 to plan a 40-day-long trip across Europe and Asia back when I was an undergraduate, and it was an invaluable resource.
There was even a planned TV series based on the website around 10 years ago: http://www.guerilla-films.com/man-in-seat-61.html
Comment · 6 years ago
For those who are wondering what the parent is referring to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzchung_controversy They banned a player who voiced support for the Hong Kong protests.
Comment · 6 years ago
I'm a Fastmail and Google Suite paying customer. I would SO transition to a "Firefox Suite" email+calendar service if Mozilla provided one.
Comment · 6 years ago
>> left and right.
> I've never had it be necessary to use these words. Often "on my/your side" if I'm walking with someone, or "beside/towards X" if there's a feature there.
> (it has deficiencies, and can be cumbersome, but these aren't them)
Surely the lack of words for left/right would make it pretty cumbersome to describe, say, the vehicle code, or to give driving directions, no?
Comment · 6 years ago
> When the state-of-the-art is 97% on a task, there's only so much room for improvement.
When models commonly achieve 97% on a task, it means it's time to define a harder task, as it's long stopped providing any useful signal.
Comment · 7 years ago
I'm surprised that an article on the use of negation in French forgot to mention anything about "si", an interjection used to negate a negative question. [1]
Example from Wiktionary: [2]
Tu ne m’aimes pas, n’est-ce pas ? — Si !
You don’t like me, do you? — Yes, I do!
Comment · 7 years ago
I'll be hiding one of these in my PhD thesis for sure.
There is also a wine version, if that is your preference: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/latex-wine-stains/cd...