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Well, it depends on the audience of your software. Bloomberg Terminal is awesome, but has a steep learning curve. Most people who learn to use it are learning it with the specific intention of finding a job where they are paid to know how to use the Bloomberg Terminal. I agree, the UI is awesome for that, but if your startup is an app to find a dog walker or something, the vast majority of your potential users are going to be turned off by the Bloomberg Terminal interface.

What LLM are you currently using? And how do you prevent against hallucinations/drift when generating content of this length? Do you start by asking the model to generate an outline of a book, and then have it expand on each chapter with more detail? Awesome project

I still use a 2014 macbook air as my home server. It was my daily driver for 7 years. No complaints, still works perfectly. Haven't been careful with it either.

They're grown from stem cells. Neuro-ethics (especially the ethics around using brain organoids) is an entire field of research. Although brain organoids exhibit neural connections and electrical activity, they have so far failed to form even basic synaptic circuits — without which consciousness is probably impossible. But of course we should take every precaution to ensure that they DON'T form consciousness. But that's still a ways away.

Are there any good resources for understanding models like this? Specifically a "protein language model". I have a basic grasp on how LLMs tokenize and encode natural language, but what does a protein language actually look like? An LLM can produce results that look correct but are actually incorrect, how are proteins produced by this model validated? Are the outputs run through some other software to determine whether the proteins are valid?

Get a sleep study done. Lofta will ship you an at-home test. Sleep apnea will leave you feeling unrefreshed no matter how much sleep you get, and it will only get worse without a CPAP or other aid.

I would love to see a comparison of the average amount of trash (especially plastic waste) the average American homeowner produces vs the average European homeowner. I bet the difference is astonishing.

$60 + lost income for a student who works outside school hours and also has to take the test outside school hours + transportation which could be over an hour in rural areas and you can see how this could quickly add up, especially for a teenager who may be smart but may not see the proper cost/benefit of skipping the SAT

Absolutely agree. If these tests are not offered in the school during normal school hours, students should receive compensation for taking the test. It's bonkers to me that students have to pay to take it. Travel should also be provided if the test cannot be offered in the student's school. I think that would be a much fairer way to close the equity gap for standardized testing, rather than remove one of the few ways a student from a low-income background can prove their academic worth.

Not a dumb question, I’m assuming it’s been treated with flame-retardant chemicals, but I’m surprised that it’s fireproof-ness wasn’t addressed in the article.

I would strongly suggest reading “Time Loops” by Eric Wargo if you’re interested in investigating this feeling more. There are many (documented!) instances of people “remembering” and dreaming about real events in their lives that haven’t yet happened. But of course, the scientific evidence for precognition is pretty flimsy. If it’s real, it seems to have a very small/rare effect.

QR codes. Look into the Museum of Danish Resistance, they have implemented a really impressive guide app (on a device they hand you when you walk in), which you use to scan QR codes and listen to audio narration as you walk through the museum. Much more interactive than a standard audio guide, and really changed my perspective of what a museum can be. I think the Alcatraz museum does something similar, but I haven't been in a long time so my memory is fuzzy.