I’m fascinated by how the AI models get better extremely fast once they are exposed to a few thousand users frantically working at them.
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I’m fascinated by how the AI models get better extremely fast once they are exposed to a few thousand users frantically working at them.
By now you have probably heard of Dall-E and Midjourney, etc.
I was clearing up some cutoffs in the shop, and noticed a couple of largeish pieces of bog oak in the pile.
No, that wasn’t Sun Tzu, it’s attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte (it’s in his book of collected military maxims) – I don’t believe that was one of Bonaparte’s; it sounds more like Talleyrand, who had a great deal of experience at standing on the sidelines watching Bonaparte make mistakes.
You’ve probably heard of the US Government’s strategic Helium reserve, or the fuel reserve. But, did you know that there is, under a mountain, a Tolkienesque city made of stacks of food?
Contrary to my high school opinion, not all politicians are bad. Some actually appear to have decided that what they want to do in life is serve the public.
It’s really an amazing adaptation, to have an anal sac that you can express at someone when they get annoying. Think what human civilization would be like if we had that ability.
I really enjoyed this video by Rick Beato; the idea is interesting and so are some of the collateral thoughts.
One really great thing about knife-making is that it seldom turns into an F-35 program. On the other hand, if it did, I’d be important, rich, set for life. It’s amusing to me to ponder the cost-scale and effort-scale between ancient weapons and modern, and that a dagger is still a better weapon in many ways.
From my bedroom window, this is one of the views: