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All Sora videos in one place with no talking

aquarkortwo — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 23:53:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jicsH-wxZDU

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39623363

Points: 2

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New comment by aquarkortwo in "Demis Hassabis (DeepMind CEO) Chatbots to AI Interview"

aquarkortwo — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:57:03 +0000

"Demis Hassabis talks about how we have very little comprehension of what is coming. He specifically talks about how we can't wait until things change so radically that we are forced to confront them, but instead, need to start talking and planning now.

We can't possibly grasp how quick things will happen, Hassabis talks about how money will become irrelevant if advancements come like he thinks they will over the next decade. He thinks we will reach AGI within this decade, which will change everything that is foundational to our modern way of life."

Demis Hassabis (DeepMind CEO) Chatbots to AI Interview

aquarkortwo — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:57:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwUARJeeplA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39533793

Points: 3

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New comment by aquarkortwo in "Ask HN: How to Overcome the Trough of Sorrow?"

aquarkortwo — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:47:32 +0000

They also had strong communities in many cultures/cases. Community, "sharing the load", and having a sense of purpose (e.g. kids, community members) helps a huge amount.

Ted Xiao: long context window implications

aquarkortwo — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:10:55 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/xiao_ted/status/1761865996716114412

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39512116

Points: 3

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New comment by aquarkortwo in "Ask HN: What have you learnt from your mistakes?"

aquarkortwo — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 07:06:21 +0000

Caregiver burnout is real and we have to self-regulate even if no one else seems to be stepping up.

If a person minimizes their own feelings and doesn't realize it, be it towards family or others, they will minimize yours' when the time comes and not see the damage they are doing regardless of how many ways you try telling them.

Once an addict, always an addict (e.g. gambling). The game may change but the instinct to react in a fight-or-flight way and protect one's wins versus think rationally will kick in.

If feeling neglected in a relationship, not to compare to others and try to incentivize one's partner to step up.

Shutting down and minimizing and invalidating and gas-lighting can be incredibly damaging. It isn't an "offensive" technique but damaging nonetheless.

New comment by aquarkortwo in "Anyone here grow up watching Avatar the Last Airbender? [video]"

aquarkortwo — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 02:19:04 +0000

I grew up watching Avatar the Last Airbender — as a kid and young adult, I rewatched the series at least 6, 7 times (probably closer to 10-15). Anyone else love Avatar as a kid? How did it impact you? Do you now watch it with your kids? Watching clips of the new Netflix series reminds me about how deep of an impact the show had I find the show gets better with each iteration: it hits especially differently each time I experience a different type of deep loss.

Legend of Korra is amazing too: it does depression, trauma, ptsd especially well. I didn't appreciate LoK as much until adulthood hit.

https://www.cbr.com/avatar-uncle-iroh-most-inspiring-quotes/...

Anyone here grow up watching Avatar the Last Airbender? [video]

aquarkortwo — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 02:19:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_GE2QzyHsQ

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39497031

Points: 2

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Matryoshka Embedding Models

aquarkortwo — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:25:13 +0000

Article URL: https://huggingface.co/blog/matryoshka

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39491003

Points: 2

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New comment by aquarkortwo in "Losing two jobs in one year"

aquarkortwo — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 06:50:49 +0000

>it won't matter, so get drunk with your friends and stack some rocks.

Good to take a balanced approach, but my thoughts too a lot of the time. I am most likely going to go to Patagonia in the next few weeks/months, a dream of mine, and then go home and see grandparents while they are still around.

New comment by aquarkortwo in "Losing two jobs in one year"

aquarkortwo — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 06:47:45 +0000

My approach as well. Yep, agreed: we are just blips in the cosmic timeline.

The links are wonderful, thank you.

I appreciated the part about caregiver burnout:

"They are the shadow soldiers in the battle, where all the attention and support goes to the patient."

New comment by aquarkortwo in "Losing two jobs in one year"

aquarkortwo — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 04:57:13 +0000

"Something else changed. Suddenly, the two layoffs stopped being of any consequence. They quite frankly didn’t matter anymore."

Beautiful piece. I feel this very deeply these days. Loved ones are all that matter in life (including ones no longer in my life).

The ideas here remind me a bit of the book "Man's Search for Meaning."

Beyond A*: Better Planning with Transformers via Search Dynamics Bootstrapping

aquarkortwo — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 22:34:11 +0000

Article URL: https://huggingface.co/papers/2402.14083

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39487007

Points: 3

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New comment by aquarkortwo in "Super-Forcasters and Future Predictions?"

aquarkortwo — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:55:22 +0000

Came across this on my nightly read. This definitely feels like "pop science." Opinions? I have met people who have been consistently accurate (e.g. Trump when he ran the first time, Russia-Ukraine 2 years before).

Super-Forcasters and Future Predictions?

aquarkortwo — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:55:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.popsci.com/technology/superforecasters-future-predictions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39478416

Points: 3

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New comment by aquarkortwo in "Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]"

aquarkortwo — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:41:38 +0000

Helpful partners and friends who try to find opportunities most definitely can help (and in unbalanced relationships, can do it all), like the market research team at a startup.

New comment by aquarkortwo in "Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]"

aquarkortwo — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:55:31 +0000

> Or when someone is intelligent enough you don't figure out they're not honest until it's too late.

Very true, and it may not even be malicious on their end, just avoidance and their brain rationalizing/minimizing without them realizing it.

Gemini 1.5: over-the-top RPG character request

aquarkortwo — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 04:08:44 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1759825115657716114

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39450046

Points: 8

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A mysterious wave-like structure in our galaxy found to be slowly slithering

aquarkortwo — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 22:03:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencealert.com/a-mysterious-wave-like-structure-in-our-galaxy-found-to-be-slowly-slithering

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39447577

Points: 10

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New comment by aquarkortwo in "Raising Children on the Eve of AI"

aquarkortwo — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 06:58:02 +0000

In a world where we have personalized tutors and assistants that can pass on knowledge much more efficiently and effectively than human teachers can.