Vikram Saran

Lead Engineer and educator. Interested in game engine code, physics engines, and artificial intelligence. Opinions are my own.

No longer on this website.

[Vikram Saran @vikhik]

Adiós, twitter

[christina 死神 @chhopsky]

once again i am begging people to understand that chatGPT and its ilk do not ever understand anything

they only know "these things often appear with these other things"

the model makes things that sound right. it does not know what 'right' is

[Tivadar Danka @TivadarDanka]

Matrix multiplication is not easy to understand.

Even looking at the definition used to make me sweat, let alone trying to comprehend the pattern. Yet, there is a stunningly simple explanation behind it.

Let's pull back the curtain!

[Dr Dale Whelehan @DrDaleford]

🙌 THE 4 DAY WORK WEEK HAS HIT IRELAND WITH ASTONISHING RESULTS. 🙌

The Irish Findings are as follows:
• 100% of the companies involved are continuing with the 4-Day work week ➡
• 85% of companies which reported data on revenue reported growth in revenue 📈 (1/X)

[David Milner @DaveMilbo]

As the only journo in the state that got the election result right, I'm gonna give away my trade secret: I live here and it was obvious.

[Chase Mitchell @ChaseMit]

Definitely the future of television I had in mind was me having to google every movie I want to watch to see if it’s currently in one of its one-month windows on any of the seven streaming services I pay for. This is way easier than buying a DVD. I love it.

[AssistantToTheRegionalManager (She/Her) @Purity_Birir]

We say we don't have a dress code in tech and we pretend to have an inclusive culture but in fact we do and this dress code and culture disproportionately affects women.

[Vikram Saran @vikhik]

@JackWilliamRtF Counterpoint: The Boy From Ipanema

[Black Socialists in America (BSA) @BlackSocialists]

Tupac Shakur on the normalization of greed under Capitalism.

[FOLLOW BSKY @lucafisher @lucanfisher]

I studied abroad in New York.

In the US, I discovered an ancient art of living.

10 ideas to find balance in life:

[Vikram Saran @vikhik]

@davekellett found your post from 2008 asking for rules for Tanj (https://t.co/3jYM1xKQ8N), and my gf uses this Arabic card game app that has the rules: https://t.co/e3k7PIx4iU

[Vikram Saran @vikhik]

What the utter fuck

[Acyn @Acyn]

Durbin: This is in ad for a JR-15… It’s like an AR-15 but it’s designed for kids.

[Squizz @SquizzSTK]

Morrison "Albanese has been ducking the questions for 3 years .. yesterday I noticed he didn't like answering questions"

"Mr Morrison - Michael Towke ..."

Morrison "no - I have to go"

#auspol

[Vikram Saran @vikhik]

@AskPlayStation is this the only way to get support for the Dualsense charging dock? I bought one in Australia in November (via PlayStation's Amazon store) and the front right pins are bent and won't charge. Is there a local service station that can repair/replace/refund?

[Gwen Frey @direGoldfish]

@glassbottommeg @PartlyAtomic Hahaha, yeah, this was me. I placed all the background characters in Bioshock Infinite & the dlcs. It was a large part of my job. Here's why there is a bread boy:
🧵

[PVO @vanOnselenP]

The lengths the Coalition are prepared to go against Djokovic, citing his anti vax views, are in STARK contrast to its tolerance for far more overt expressions of anti vax views among its own MPs. Profound hypocrisy in the hope of political advantage. Whatever your stance…

[Hannah Davis @ahandvanish]

New, very strong, meta-analysis published on 81 studies estimating #LongCovid prevalence!

Key findings:

32% of patients have fatigue at 12 weeks, 31% at 6+ months
22% have cognitive impairment at 12 weeks, 21% at 6+ months

Lots of additional info:

1/
https://t.co/HgEoUKPs8B

[Vikram Saran @vikhik]

BTFO Elon, hope he ponies up...

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

This hunger crisis is urgent, unprecedented, AND avoidable. @elonmusk, you asked for a clear plan & open books. Here it is! We're ready to talk with you - and anyone else - who is serious about saving lives. The ask is $6.6B to avert famine in 2022: https://t.co/eJLmfcMVqE