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Comment · 2 years ago
When the story input parameters are too close or similar to an existing work, you'll receive output containing training artifacts. For example if the parameters for a story included topics such as a castle in Norway featuring a princess with powers. While the overall story will be its own thing, you'll definitely get names of characters and story elements from Disney's Frozen. The main ways to avoid this is to increase the top_p and temperature of the LLM requests, as well as add additional specifics to the story prompt. Are there any other techniques out there that would help in this?
Comment · 7 years ago
Tesla produces vehicles in batches based on order statistics. Vehicles are then matched with customers based on their selected options. Vehicles may be awaiting matching, or vehicles may be awaiting transport. International transport across the ocean happens when they can fill an entire ship to capacity.
Comment · 7 years ago
Wouldn't it make more sense to charge by the hour? Or perhaps you live in a location with low housing prices. In either case, it seems to highlight the fact that the system is broken.
Comment · 7 years ago
It blows my mind that the fees are percentage based. The amount of work required for an agent on a 100K house is very similar to that of a 2 Mill house. Presumably the seller agent wishes to get compensation for increasing the value of the house, but for both the seller and buyer agents, the number of deals done far outweighs slight incremental selling prices. In which case, both would prefer to settle on a lower price and move to the next deal. So frustrating. I wish the lawyers all the best!
Comment · 7 years ago
There is a fatalism mentality when it comes to writing about big technology ambitions like this. Maybe people are just jaded and used to being let down so much. There is zero doubt in my mind that this endeavor will cost more than expected, take longer than expected, etc... but at the end of the day the effort alone is going to spur other tunneling companies to push for innovations as well. Who knows if any of these early prototypes prove useful, but it sure is clear that Elon sees a lot of room for improvement in the technology, and at this point I wouldn't bet against that.
Comment · 8 years ago
It singles out Tesla and provides no broader context. Specifically there is no mention of the policies of other car companies. It is like saying that Kumo tires have been in 5 million car accidents. Sounds bad for Kumo, but there is no context to other types of tires. Will BMW or Lexus provide vehicle data after a crash? Will Google provide Android Auto data upon request?
Comment · 8 years ago
Doing it perhaps for the click-bait karma?

Edit: I'm one of those people that believe in what Elon is doing and while I don't consider myself a fan-boy, I get plenty frustrated by all of the biased negativity I somehow feel the need to inject some balance by saying something. That may come across as only ever defending, but the amount of negative fluff articles is astonishing.

Comment · 8 years ago
Isn't this true of any car company? BMW, Mercedes, and Lexus aren't going to hand over vehicle data. You can't just ask Google for your Android Auto data.
Comment · 8 years ago
Having been a fan of Apple for over a decade now, over the last year I've come to the opposite point of view. Their iPhone and airpods are great products and of course they can ride a long time on those, but in every other area from Macs and accessories I feel they are falling flat on delivering great user experiences. From FaceTime to Siri, to crappy Apple TV remotes, Home Kit... there are just a LOT of mediocre products that sit idle for years. Of all times, the company is at the point most worth criticizing. I do blame Tim Cook for this stagnation in product development. And indeed their lack of ideas means they have nothing better to do with their cash, that they are buying back shares. Ehh, I'm so jaded these days on Apple.
Comment · 8 years ago
They have been around so long you could likely get an Apple refurbished one for a few hundred less than new.
Comment · 8 years ago
I did the same. While I used to use my account regularly 5+ years ago, my feed was just full of stupid updates. People posting food pics, family commenting on news, and old viral videos, and lots and lots of ads. So, hey, I deleted my account. While Facebook isn't loosing any revenue from me, it certainly didn't ever attract me back into the active user status. Good riddance.

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