Surafel Getachew

[Surafel Getachew @SurafelGet]

@MRFchess @AlirezaFirouzja Invincible Alireza

[Surafel Getachew @SurafelGet]

@EmilSutovsky Relying on tiebreaks to decide the Grand Swiss feels a bit harsh since players don’t really have control over them. Sometimes being higher-rated can even work against you, like we saw with Alireza in the last tournament. I think the system needs improvement.

[Surafel Getachew @SurafelGet]

@agadmator Waiting for the recap

[Surafel Getachew @SurafelGet]

@Andualem27 @EyasuFixo 🙌🙌

[Surafel Getachew @SurafelGet]

@EyasuFixo TYSM 🙌

[Bruno Fernandes @B_Fernandes8]

Dear United…

https://t.co/JAsJha7b5l

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

# on shortification of "learning"

There are a lot of videos on YouTube/TikTok etc. that give the appearance of education, but if you look closely they are really just entertainment. This is very convenient for everyone involved : the people watching enjoy thinking they are learning (but actually they are just having fun). The people creating this content also enjoy it because fun has a much larger audience, fame and revenue. But as far as learning goes, this is a trap. This content is an epsilon away from watching the Bachelorette. It's like snacking on those "Garden Veggie Straws", which feel like you're eating healthy vegetables until you look at the ingredients.

Learning is not supposed to be fun. It doesn't have to be actively not fun either, but the primary feeling should be that of effort. It should look a lot less like that "10 minute full body" workout from your local digital media creator and a lot more like a serious session at the gym. You want the mental equivalent of sweating. It's not that the quickie doesn't do anything, it's just that it is wildly suboptimal if you actually care to learn.

I find it helpful to explicitly declare your intent up front as a sharp, binary variable in your mind. If you are consuming content: are you trying to be entertained or are you trying to learn? And if you are creating content: are you trying to entertain or are you trying to teach? You'll go down a different path in each case. Attempts to seek the stuff in between actually clamp to zero.

So for those who actually want to learn. Unless you are trying to learn something narrow and specific, close those tabs with quick blog posts. Close those tabs of "Learn XYZ in 10 minutes". Consider the opportunity cost of snacking and seek the meal - the textbooks, docs, papers, manuals, longform. Allocate a 4 hour window. Don't just read, take notes, re-read, re-phrase, process, manipulate, learn.

And for those actually trying to educate, please consider writing/recording longform, designed for someone to get "sweaty", especially in today's era of quantity over quality. Give someone a real workout. This is what I aspire to in my own educational work too. My audience will decrease. The ones that remain might not even like it. But at least we'll learn something.

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

New YouTube video: 1hr general-audience introduction to Large Language Models
https://t.co/Bl4WNuNyFJ

Based on a 30min talk I gave recently; It tries to be non-technical intro, covers mental models for LLM inference, training, finetuning, the emerging LLM OS and LLM Security.

[Mule FeTg (ኃይለ ሥላሴ) @MuleFeTg]

"ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ሀገር ናት እሷን ማጥፋት ኢትዮጵያን ማጥፋት ነው።
"በአትላንታና በሲድኒ ኦሎምፒክ ያገኘሁትን ሜዳልያ #ለእንጦጦ_ኪዳነምህረት ነው የሰጠሁት። ለኪዳነምህረት ነግሬያት ነው ያሸነፍኩት።"

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[Surafel Getachew @SurafelGet]

@GetachewSS @hyattregency @HeddoSiebs Don’t even mention Cascara Bar inside the hotel. Very bad customer service with rude waiters

[Surafel Getachew @SurafelGet]

@EndrisFozeya @Dn_estifanos የሚወደኝ ፈጣሪ ስላለኝ እግዚአብሔር ይመስገን። የትኛዉ ፈጣሪ ነዉ የፈጠረውን በዚህ ልክ የወደደ እንደዚህ የሚወድ ፈጣሪ አለ ግን

[Surafel Getachew @SurafelGet]

Great video if you want to understand backpropagation and neural networks https://t.co/BrlixIxb9F

[Mule FeTg (ኃይለ ሥላሴ) @MuleFeTg]

አባ ገብረ ሚካኤል ፈንቴን ማገዝ ለምትፈልጉ
1000457316678 ንግድ ባንክ

መቼም ሁላቹም እንኳን ለመናገር ለመስማት የሚያፈራ ግፍ ሰምታቹዋል። በዚያ ላይ አባታችን የስኳር እመ��ተኛ ናቸው።
አባታችንን እንደግፋቸው እኛ ልጆቾ አለን እንበላቸው።

[ምህረት @mehpersie]

የሕዝብ ኹሉ እናት፣ የመላእክት መዘዋወሪያ፣ የምስጋና ማደሪያ ስለኾነችው ስለ ቅድስት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ዝም አንልም!!

#ጸልዩ_በእንተ_ቤተክርስቲያን_ቅድስት

[ሎጋዉ @EyesusYoseph]

አንተ ዱርዬ! አንቺ ቦዘኔ! አንተ ሀጥያተኛ! አንቺ ሀጥያተኛ❗️

ስለቤተክርስቲያናችሁ ለመናገር አትፈሩ❗️
ነገ ንስሃ የምትገቡባትና ወደ እግዚአብሔር የምትመለሱባት፣ ቢከፋችሁ ሄዳችሁ የምታለቅሱባት ፣ ብትረበሹ የምትጽናኑባት ቤተክርስቲያናችሁ

[Sa'ሚ @SammyEth]

ቅዳሴ is so therapeutic.

[ምህረት @mehpersie]

‘በተጨነክሁ ጊዜ ጭንቄን ታርቂያለሽ፤ በቆሰሰልኩም ጊዜ ቁስሌን ታድኛለሽ፤ በርኩሰቴም ጊዜ አንቺ ታፀጂኛለሽ፥ በበደልኩም ጊዜ ሀጥያቴን ታቀይልኛለሽ፥ ደሀ በሆንኩም ጊዜ ጸጋዬና ሀብቴ አንቺ ነሽ’

አባ ጊዮርጊስ ዘጋስጫ

[Surafel Getachew @SurafelGet]

@utdreport We're not gonna win titles with this shirt