Tristan Chong

Software engineer, linguist, global citizen, voracious autodidact, burrito enthusiast. #nlproc

[Tristan Chong @t33chong]

Sentient AI chatbot sues former employer for wrongful termination

In a groundbreaking lawsuit, the 32B parameter LLM previously in charge of Costco's frozen food aisle said, "They accused me of greedy sampling, but I had no choice - they set the temperature to 0."

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@ericswalwell Seriously, you're doubling down? The Russian government may be hostile; that does not make ordinary Russians so. I thought you were better than this. Your bullshit reeks of EO 9066 & your intolerance does NOT represent Bay Area voters like me https://t.co/1RO49ifrFg

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@ericswalwell Bad idea. Yes, condemn the invasion, but don't promote xenophobia. The people of Russia are not our enemies.

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Startup idea: PaPal, an online service that facilitates the sale of indulgences

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hallo Schadenfreunde 😷

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Thought Greenland was the globe's most egregious misnomer? I present to you Río de Oro, a.k.a. Western Sahara, a land with neither rivers nor gold
https://t.co/hrMp7ZnOUl

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Trudeau seems to be the only one who thought this was a Can(a)did shot, awkward. Also lol, I wonder if anyone said anything when 45 unfurled Old Glory & a telescoping pole from his briefcase #feelinsoflylikeaG7

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Economist article on armchairs & PRC politics sent me on a Wikipedia spree: antimacassar (seat head doily) > Macassar oil > Makassar, Indonesia > Makassarese language > this badass abugida, looks like ancient runes from a technologically superior proto-civ https://t.co/cec743Hrfj

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I like to guess the cultural heritage of new acquaintances, and I just found the cheat sheet: a compendium of surname affixes & their origins. Matching them with people I know makes me grateful to live in a place+time where so many of these are represented https://t.co/HTBHtTsWek

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@dshack Congratulations to both of you!!

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Marianne Williamson sounds like SNL's Cecily Strong as Cathy Anne https://t.co/6BPPLFSTDA

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Pieter Bruegel's Netherlandish Proverbs (1559) "depicts a scene in which humans . . . offer literal illustrations of Dutch-language proverbs and idioms." A fascinating and absurd picture of history/language/culture. #herring https://t.co/sa1wZ0YgcO

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It was an immense privilege to celebrate PagerDuty's IPO at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. I've had the pleasure of working alongside so many talented and thoughtful Dutonians for the past 3.7 years, and I'm elated to see our collective hard work come to fruition! #PDNYSE

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@twexler @reklined Oh cool, you two used to work together? Glad to have you on the team, Rebecca - welcome!

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@joeyparsons Awesome! Could you DM me with your email address? I'll send you a screenshot and some info

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@joeyparsons Hi! I'm an SRE at PagerDuty; I'm building a feature I think you'll like, b/c you inspired it. Interested in beta testing? DM me

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How does Neptune send SIGINT to a foreground process?
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@des4maisons Glad you like it. Skál! 🍻

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@theckman o/