Mike

🧰 Engineer 📈 Excel enthusiast 🧮 Big number fan

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

@ExcelHumor All of them

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

If only we had a massive data set for a large learning model... what to do, what to do.

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

A random winner from AI is Encyclopedia Britannica. 

The physical book seller is 250 years old and got clapped by the internet (namely Wikipedia).

But is now considering a $1B IPO. How? It’s licensing its info database for LLMs and AI chatbots. This is on top of running websites (Brittanica, Merian-Webster) that get 7B annual page visits and education tools.

It's currently doing $100m in revenue with 45% (pro forma) profit margins, per NYT.

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Link: https://t.co/0TraDBQEfu

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

This is the correct question

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

Why are sweet pickles a thing

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

Two activities where frozen turkeys are a bad idea:

1. Testing airplane windshields
2. Deep frying

Stay safe out there

[AmericanPapaBear™ @AmericaPapaBear]

Which is better for Thanksgiving?

Deep fried Turkey or Oven baked?

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

Just started the Red Rising series by @Pierce_Brown

Laughed out loud at an Osgiliath reference

Well played

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

@nateliason Plenty of value in N=1 studies when you are the subject

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

Waiting for Community Notes to show up...

9-1 is hard to believe. It's been a LOOOOOONG time.

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

Guys,

The Detroit Lions are the best team in the NFL.

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

@APompliano Jon Batiste: Für Elise - Reprise

https://t.co/aYk5yKIG19

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

Fun optimization problem: Norman Windows

Semi-circle on top of a rectangle with a fixed perimeter.

Change the width to maximize the area of the window.

Visualizer here:

https://t.co/tKbDMo3KTC

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

@TornadoNate He was borderline depressed after losing the 1912 election and decided to take life-threatening trip to explore the Amazon River. 3 men died during the trip. He nearly did, too. "River of Doubt" dives into the details. Wikipedia hits the highlights:

https://t.co/Gtsh98ZrAr

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

Beethoven reimagined
https://t.co/oweBWG4nI6

h/t @tferriss

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

@engineers_feed I think you mean WhaT

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

@1517fund Godspeed, Kalpana.

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

Still hits hard...

You don’t need more time https://t.co/5E26pXHRrx

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

He just made the Kessel Run in 12 bars

[Bob Golen @BobGolen]

Sir, we've found the rebel bass!

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

@tinyrevver Someone chose violets this morning

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

2^136279841 - 1 is prime!!!

41,024,320 digits of indivisibility

https://t.co/dAGDULAHe0

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

@waitbutwhy Who did you learn about from the early 21st century?

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

Fractals are an important part of breakfast

[Mike @mikeshafer40]

New world's largest known prime number?!?

https://t.co/IkbSp9fD7Z