Thinker. Observer. Parent. Immigrant. Imperfect human. See also: https://xitter.cf/t.co/gCGaizCgNC
Mountain View, CA
Joined October 2007
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At a coffee shop.
Me: “What are these rolls?”
Shop assistant: “Turkish delight, freshly made.”
M: “Great, do you also have Turkish coffee?”
S: “No, we have Brazilian coffee.”
M: 🤷♂️
There’s an easy way to get a “beachfront” view. You need to tilt the neck up a bit and look… at the vast sky.
TIL: the eccentric math genius, Grothendieck. theguardian.com/science/arti…
By the architect of CUDA, excellent insights into why the GPU is designed the way it is. Hint: it’s memory latency, and ultimately, physics. How GPU Computing Works | GTC 2021 youtu.be/3l10o0DYJXg?si=iL-i…
5/5 ⭐️ Irreverent, sure, but also informative and restorative. @mixedmsgs is an antidote to the culture of “wandermust”. penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
“Great Art Explained in 15 minutes” by James Payne is fantastic. Rx: One video a day, before bed. youtu.be/lKIbT-4UFaE
📖 “From Strength to Strength” by @arthurbrooks is a well-articulated plea for those of us old enough to stop “striving” and start connecting — with family, friends, community, humanity. arthurbrooks.com/from-streng…
Incoming recruiter email 😱 "[The company's] goal is to create a general AI that can allocate capital at superhuman levels, run autonomously on the internet, and be co-owned by the world."
Heard this in a college admissions seminar: “It’s not where you go that’s most important, but what you do there.” Wise advice; engagement matters. Also, the idea transfers well to workplace.
🎥 Loved My Octopus Teacher (Netflix, 2020) for its fantastic storytelling, imagery, and background score. It touches your heart. This is not another “nature documentary”. seachangeproject.com/stories…
Everyone seems to be training* LLMs? I couldn’t get any A100 on EC2 in US-West regions. Doesn’t help that AWS gives these in a bundle of 8’s, unlike GCP. (*fine-tuning)
Fascinating theory on intelligence of the human brain, specifically the neocortex, with implications on machine intelligence. Bonus points for clear, sharp writing 👉 numenta.com/resources/books/… Or if you have only an hour to spare: youtube.com/watch?v=TS5zcTGi…
TIL: Oceanic pole of inaccessibility, or "Point Nemo". allthatsinteresting.com/poin…
