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New comment by coss in "Claude-real-video － any LLM can watch a video"

coss — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:25:44 +0000

llmrv.

New comment by coss in "I had ChatGPT write a Decemberists song and recorded it"

coss — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 20:45:44 +0000

Just made this same argument without reading your comment. I do wonder if musicians will start using this in studios, especially pop ones with one or two hits, to help fill the rest of the album.

New comment by coss in "I had ChatGPT write a Decemberists song and recorded it"

coss — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 20:42:18 +0000

I love the decemberists, but I’m not going to lie, if you gave me a handful of their songs (not the most popular but fillers from the albums) and injected this as well, then asked me to tell you which one was written by chat gpt I’d fail. I think Colin over estimates intuition here. Intuition is just the ability to ability to know what’s best without completely understanding why. Which is precisely how chat GPT works. It doesn’t know why these patterns are common for humans to love, but neither do humans really.

New comment by coss in "Lexus in development of a manual transmission for electric cars"

coss — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 17:50:48 +0000

The hybrid plug-in models seem like a very good solution in terms of practicality and efficiency. Most can go 40 miles atm, which is a commute for most. Eventually cutting out fossil fuel work commutes for those who can’t work at home, or even the weekly run to wherever would eventually have a significant impact.

New comment by coss in "My dad's resume and skills from 1980"

coss — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:08:27 +0000

Sorry must be at least 5'10.

New comment by coss in "Complex of 500 standing stones found in Spain"

coss — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 08:51:12 +0000

Looks like a grave site?

New comment by coss in "Matrix Multiplication"

coss — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 23:24:26 +0000

Wow this is a much easier way to remember for me. Thank you!

New comment by coss in "Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”"

coss — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 04:23:01 +0000

Most people have their minds made up and just look for articles supporting it. I can't help but feel we are doomed in this respect. Only teaching critical reasoning can help combat this and I fear most countries aren't up for the challenge.

New comment by coss in "Why do we use R rather than Excel?"

coss — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 19:14:37 +0000

One problem we have with excel is merging documents. I wish there was a good tool to use that worked well with merging.

New comment by coss in "Challenges in the diagnosis of magnesium status"

coss — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 03:17:20 +0000

Damn this hits close to home. I've been convinced I have some debilitating neurological condition even since I saw my finger twitches a little with my arm stretched out. On top of that I've been having really bad sleep starts. Talked with neurologist and doctor who didn't seem worried at all.

Around this time I had a few migraines and was recommend to take magnesium. Not sure if that's what caused the sleep starts but I also noticed my leg started to occasionally twitch inwards when I'm sitting. The sleep starts have kept me up for hours at night. Going to try and add more calcium in my diet to see if that helps the problem.

New comment by coss in "Challenges in the diagnosis of magnesium status"

coss — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 03:12:50 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion. I think my problem is I'm just not getting enough calcium now that I'm getting a lot more magnesium. My legs and arms occasionally have been twitching and I've been having terrible sleep starts, since I started taking magnesium.

New comment by coss in "Challenges in the diagnosis of magnesium status"

coss — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 01:31:04 +0000

Wow, I started magnesium recently because of migraines. I’ve been twitching occasionally and I’ve been wondering why. Might just need more calcium. Thanks for sharing.

New comment by coss in "Sleeping octopuses may have dreams, but they're probably brief"

coss — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:28:34 +0000

I watched My Octopus Teacher and it really opened my eyes to how smart they are. Watching the Octopus play with the fish conducting a symphony was so beautiful to watch. Was on the edge of my seat when it was evading the predator as well.

New comment by coss in "Pimp My Microwave"

coss — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:33:24 +0000

I always wish I had this ability to fix electronics around my house, like my Kurig, which repeatedly asked me to clean the needle and wouldn't brew me a cup of coffee.

New comment by coss in "What computer and software is used by the Falcon 9? (2015)"

coss — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:24:32 +0000

It'd have to know that it's destination was earth, or does it just sit idle after a power on and wait for the command? What happens if the astronauts are asleep? I feel like it needs some persisted data.

New comment by coss in "What computer and software is used by the Falcon 9? (2015)"

coss — Sun, 31 May 2020 21:23:26 +0000

What happens if some anomaly happens where the shuttle loses power for a second?

New comment by coss in "Ask HN: How can I pick a side project and stick with it?"

coss — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 22:25:45 +0000

My friend said if you are having a hard time finishing a book, it's probably not a book for you.

Same thing applies. You gave up on these because its not right for you. Once you find someone worth spending your time on you'll stick with it. Keep looking.

New comment by coss in "Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft"

coss — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 20:15:07 +0000

To do what though?

New comment by coss in "Get your work recognized: write a brag document"

coss — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 02:44:17 +0000

Keep a worklog, preferably on company wiki. Export a backup every so often.

New comment by coss in "M 7.1 SoCal Earthquake: What's Next?"

coss — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 00:01:51 +0000

I live in SoCal and can't believe the amount of attention this has gotten, literally world wide. Am I underestimating the importance or is it just a slow news cycle?