Hacker News: old_sound

New comment by old_sound in "Arithmetic Without Numbers – How LLMs Do Math"

old_sound — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:19:39 +0000

What happens inside an LLM when it tries to calculate with nothing but matrices.

Arithmetic Without Numbers – How LLMs Do Math

old_sound — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:19:39 +0000

Article URL: https://alvaro-videla.com/llm-arithmetic-internals/article_interactive/article.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410427

Points: 94

# Comments: 31

New comment by old_sound in "The Apple Neural Engine Inference Book"

old_sound — Fri, 29 May 2026 14:11:03 +0000

LLM inference on the Apple Neural Engine, a practitioner's guide, complete with converters, Swift runtimes, and validated model manifests.

The Apple Neural Engine Inference Book

old_sound — Fri, 29 May 2026 14:11:03 +0000

Article URL: https://alvaro-videla.com/ane-book/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323337

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

How to Read Source Code a Warning or Advice

old_sound — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:14:02 +0000

Article URL: https://write.as/videlalvaro/how-to-read-open-source-code-a-warning-or-advice

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23007764

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Code Is a Palimpsest

old_sound — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:26:44 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@old_sound/code-is-a-palimpsest-c4fd0ebcd90c

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22242731

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Programming as Translation

old_sound — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 01:03:58 +0000

Article URL: https://increment.com/internationalization/programming-as-translation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19120036

Points: 41

# Comments: 4

What are good variable names?

old_sound — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 04:31:39 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@old_sound/a-study-of-misunderstanding-and-its-remedies-72aac85ed181

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18774883

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Audrey Tang – Open Government Hacker

old_sound — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 22:07:15 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/a-computer-of-ones-own/audrey-tang-open-government-hacker-d7b80a69c0df

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18742734

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Kathy Sierra – A Computer of One's Own

old_sound — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 22:28:55 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/a-computer-of-ones-own/kathy-sierra-programming-training-eminence-b8f28b3aa9fe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18737268

Points: 10

# Comments: 2

Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii – Computational Semiotics Pioneer

old_sound — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:45:14 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/a-computer-of-ones-own/kumiko-tanaka-ishii-computational-semiotics-pioneer-51a4aaeab8ff

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18727737

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Roberta Williams – The Queen of Graphic Adventures

old_sound — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:07:05 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/a-computer-of-ones-own/roberta-williams-the-queen-of-graphic-adventures-766e288ca3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18705725

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

A Computer of One's Own

old_sound — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 22:53:24 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/a-computer-of-ones-own/nancy-lynch-distributed-systems-pioneer-7234e9f1d34c

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18690798

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Nancy Lynch – Distributed Systems Pioneer

old_sound — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:06:46 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/a-computer-of-ones-own/nancy-lynch-distributed-systems-pioneer-7234e9f1d34c

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18679973

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Verónica Dahl – Founding Mother of Logic Programming

old_sound — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 01:31:08 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/a-computer-of-ones-own/verónica-dahl-founding-mother-of-logic-programming-c8ccaee969bb

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18669211

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Wendy Carlos – Electronic Music Pioneer

old_sound — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:02:39 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/a-computer-of-ones-own/wendy-carlos-electronic-music-pioneer-9a795282bb8d

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18662642

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Laurie Spiegel – Mother of VAMPIRE

old_sound — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:45:24 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/a-computer-of-ones-own/laurie-spiegel-mother-of-vampire-42530eb6d552

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18654939

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

How I went from selling food in the street to working for top firms in tech – 3

old_sound — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 03:15:36 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-i-went-from-selling-food-in-the-street-to-working-for-top-firms-in-tech-part-3-first-week-on-9b4486eb02ee?source=linkShare-97d4f236d42f-1506741232

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15371012

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

How I got my first job interview in tech

old_sound — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:03:56 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@old_sound/become-ii-how-i-went-from-selling-food-in-the-street-to-working-for-top-firms-in-tech-5da51d788ea9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15294495

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

How I went from selling food in the street to working for top firms in tech

old_sound — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:33:48 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@old_sound/become-how-i-went-from-selling-food-in-the-street-to-working-for-top-firms-in-tech-6aa61a2d0629

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15241781

Points: 6

# Comments: 0