Bill (e/λ)

Computer Scientist; AI researcher. Working on AGI. Finally mustered the courage to try to understand the universe and the nature of reality.

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

"You just begin. You do the math. You solve one problem... and you solve the next one... and then the next. And If you solve enough problems, you get to come home."

[Parmita Mishra @parmita]

social media is making biology so much more interesting 🥲

a humpback whale was photographed in Brazil in 2003. twenty two years later, the SAME whale was photographed in Australia. 15,100 kilometers apart. identified by its tail fin: unique as a fingerprint. longest confirmed distance between sightings of any humpback whale EVER. reported 6 DAYS back.

a second whale made the same crossing in the OTHER direction. and here’s what’s kinda cool: humpback whale songs spread culturally across ocean basins. these whales may be carrying songs from Brazil to Australia. they are cultural ambassadors between hemispheres 🥰

and nobody KNEW. nobody was comparing photos taken 22 years apart on opposite sides of the planet!

the only reason we found out is because a platform called Happy Whale lets citizen scientists upload tail photos. the discovery was made by matching two photos taken by two strangers on two continents two decades apart

[akhil @fkasummer]

After all those experiments, so much math and theoretical computer science, it is time to write.

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@ArfinNathaniel Yup

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

Indeed

[erik.eth 🛡 @programmer]

Seems like a great time to start an ai lab in Canada

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@SymoneBeez @tonykipkemboi Ok lol

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@SymoneBeez @tonykipkemboi It will lol. The only way they can make it affordable for themselves is to have everyone subscribing

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@NickADobos @yacineMTB It was a bit of tongue in cheek. I didn’t want to dunk on you but I was honestly surprised by the statement. I don’t generally count the number of lines but if I am working on something I am reading EVERYTHING about the chain of execution and the surrounding scaffolding code.

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@NickADobos @yacineMTB I honestly understand why I am a better engineer than a lot you here. What does it mean “you can’t read all the code”

[Parmita Mishra @parmita]

theres no competition.

because nobody has seen what we have seen

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

This is the stuff I come for on X the everything platform

[Dan Hollick @DanHollick]

Did you know that the .png format was created out of spite? Or that .jpeg just discards like half of the colours in your image because you won't notice?

To celebrate last week's launch, I published a chapter on image compression.

https://t.co/IwwPF9l1LK

[Dan Hollick @DanHollick]

Did you know that the .png format was created out of spite? Or that .jpeg just discards like half of the colours in your image because you won't notice?

To celebrate last week's launch, I published a chapter on image compression.

https://t.co/IwwPF9l1LK

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@parmita @precigenetic Wow!

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

Especially if your intention is to make it a serious project that you want to publish or place in production

[kache @yacineMTB]

you need to read and understand every line of code going into your codebase

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@yacineMTB Good! You know the drill

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@AllanatrixQ @haydendevs Honestly how are you youngins doing all these projects while being unemployed? How are you supporting yourselves?

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@izzyz Cell metamorphosis simulator?

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@parmstar @rayansadri @ripple_ventures How are pension funds related to this conversation?

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@parmstar @rayansadri @ripple_ventures Pension funds??? I have no idea of what you’re talking about at this time.

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@usr_bin_roygbiv lol. Some of us were interested in TCS for a while and had awesome professors to work with

[Bill (e/λ) @billmdevs]

@parmstar @rayansadri @ripple_ventures Tell you more??? Lmao. How about giving the same money you give to American companies and not increasing the hoops when it comes to Canada