Vsevolod

Lisp + random glimpses of the world's surrealism

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

My book has been published by Apress as "Programming Algorithms with Lisp" https://t.co/lgzlkUfB8k

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

@stylewarning AMOP

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

So great to be back at #elsconf after a 5-year forced break

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Racing at the longest urban descent race on stairs in the world, Colombia.

[📹 ferreira001]

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

Русофобия — нормальная реакция на русскую идею, выродившуюся в идею геноцида. Это не ксенофобия, т.к. причислять себя к русским как нации — личный выбор каждого. Не важно, кто вы по рождению и национальности, главное — не отождествлять себя с русскими, и всё у вас будет ок

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

@VallyWhitte Русофобия — нормальная реакция на русскую идею, выродившуюся в идею геноцида. Это не ксенофобия, т.к. причислять себя к русским как нации — личный выбор каждого. Не важно, кто вы по рождению и национальности, главное — не отождествлять себя с русскими, и всё у вас будет ок

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

The point here is not the actual list of subjects, but that the school system that teaches Chemistry or Geography for many years while not preparing children for real life in many aspects is substantially flawed

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Do you agree?

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

That time an enormous iceberg passed the shores of Greenland

This is a timelapse
https://t.co/rP4enKZk7t

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

@michael_nielsen The whole Vedic literature (at least, the part made accessible by the Gaudiya tradition). BG 18.66 is Bhagavad Gita chapter 28 verse 66. Or CC Madhya 20.278-280 refers to texts 277-280 from the 20th chapter of the second part of Sri Caitanya Caritamrita

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

The Schmidt Pain Index was the result of Dr. Justin Schmidt's remarkable endeavor where he willingly experienced the stings or bites of 78 different species of Hymenoptera, including bees, wasps, and ants, in an effort to quantify the pain intensity. Dr. Schmidt, an entomologist from Arizona, was driven by curiosity to understand the effects of these insect stings.

In 1983, he introduced the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, which rates the painfulness of various stingers on a scale from "0" (mild) to "4" (severe). For context, the common honey bee or wasp sting is rated as a "2" on this scale. However, the index goes beyond numerical ratings. Dr. Schmidt also provides qualitative descriptions of the pain and its duration in his assessments. The purpose of this index is to allow for scientific comparisons of the pain caused by stings from different species, using a four-point scale that simplifies the distinction between pain levels.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Mount St. Helens erupts in 1980.

Steve Firth, a friend of the man who took this photo had the following to say:

“...That Pinto and dirt bike belonged to a good friend of mine and when he stopped to turn around, he took this picture. He told me that there was lightning bolts shooting out of the smoke but he didn’t have the right filter on his camera to capture them at that moment.

The picture could have been even more amazing. It was used on the TV news and used to be on the cover of Mt. St. Helens brochure at the Johnston Observatory / visitor center. He gave me an original 8×10 copy of it although it looked like he was a good distance away from the blast, he barely made it out of there alive.

Had the blast came more in his direction he would have died in seconds. Sometime later he returned and photographed a burned-out pickup with a horse trailer attached to it. He told me he had talked to them that day and said they never made it out. He is a freelance photographer so he took some amazing pictures of the aftermath as well. Anyhow, I thought I’d let you know a bit more about that fabulous picture."

[Anton Thomas @AntonThomasMaps]

A final look at the #WildWorldMap before I draw constellations and cosmos in the corners. 🌌 The gap in the Southeast Pacific is for a likely cartouche.

Hard to believe it’s so close to completion after 3 years of hand-drawing and 1,500 different animals… 🐋

[(((ل()(ل() 'yoav))))👾 @yoavgo]

model outputs something extremely offensive: oh its just reflecting the patterns and biases in its training data. its not the model's fault its society and the internet.

model does something reasonable and useful: its a miracle! this thing is intelligent and thinks on its own!

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

The intelligence and emotion in the animal kingdom

[WeeMan @AntrimLens]

1/5 One for animal behaviourists. About 10 years ago I placed a Barn owl nest box in this barn and almost immediately a pair of jackdaws moved in and made it their home raising numerous broods over the years until 2022. In 2022 a pair of Barn Owls evicted the jackdaws and

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

First, let's argue for plant and insect rights. At least, those are indeed living.

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

People arguing for AI rights based on complex text processing algorithms need to ask whether they would assign the same rights to calculators, smart watches, and the internet.

“I don’t quite get it how works” + “it surprises me” ≠ it could maybe be sentient if I squint.

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

@Brad_Hoover @Grammarly @rahulrc @noaml Congrats on achieving this milestone! You've done a great job as a CEO

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

@uhbif19 I believe that non-mainstream languages are more resilient to any change like that as people are using them not because of purely economic considerations which may be altered by the advent of GPT

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

lisp continues to deliver in new unexpected ways 🤣

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

@uhbif19 You are taking it too seriously. There are hardly any factually correct memes.

Yet, speaking about the point, the dependence of output quality of an LLM on the volume of training data is well established.

[Vsevolod @vseloved]

@uhbif19 The prediction that lisp won't be used is continued for years and decades. And yet, it is still alive and kicking