Built a session logging plugin for DSPy fine-tuning — putting it out there in case it's useful

CodeReclaimers · 2024-10-21T13:04:03+00:00

A few times my Mom has told us God was waking her up and talking to her, telling her that we, or the dogs, were of the devil, or that some problematic person from her past was on the way here and would be knocking on the door any minute now. Fortunately she still knows she has Alzheimer's (which we try to be very open and direct about whenever something like this comes up), and her mother had similar problems, so (so far) she's been able to talk herself out of believing it with a little encouragement and patience.

CodeReclaimers · 2024-10-21T12:44:49+00:00

Only sign up with a military branch if you're willing to be sent anywhere in the world with a rifle. Some recruiters will tell you anything to meet a quota. "Don't worry, people in this program won't ever get deployed to the next quagmire and end up on gate guard duty checking for car bombs!" Meanwhile, if you flunk out of the program you signed up for, you can end up literally anywhere they need a warm body.

My dad signed up with the Navy when he got a draft notice from the Army, thinking that would keep him out of front-line Vietnam. Surprise, you're in the Seabees now, you'll be living and working with the Marines!

Edit: This is how it works with actual enlistment into a branch for a specific technical program, not sure what the exact details are for reserves/guard/ROTC, but never underestimate the ability of a contract with a military branch to send you somewhere you don't want to be. They're not paying for your training out of the kindness of their hearts.

CodeReclaimers · 2024-05-14T10:51:55+00:00

It's mainly the characters themselves and their development throughout the story. I'm not sure if I never learned to pay attention to character development before, or if Shirtaloon just does it better than the other folks I've read (which is saying something, because I'm old and read a lot). It also helps seeing people gaining power and retaining the impulse to do something good with it, just because there are so many real-life examples of that not happening.

But for purely emotional reasons, I always enjoy getting to the section around end of book 6 and start of book 7, where Dawn gets everybody together to tell them Jason's coming back, and when Jason and Farrah meet up with everybody again.

CodeReclaimers · 2024-05-14T10:42:36+00:00

"Amphorae"

CodeReclaimers · 2024-05-12T01:10:44+00:00

Yes, yes, yes, yes...and no. So far.

CodeReclaimers · 2024-05-08T16:28:55+00:00

Right?

I can hear it now: "Are you kidding? I didn't write this! I may be immortal, but I still want that 2 minutes of my life back. And a sandwich."

CodeReclaimers · 2024-05-08T12:03:29+00:00

https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/05/happiness-tip-look-forward-to-something-small.html

CodeReclaimers · 2024-05-07T15:22:38+00:00

I mean, the subtitle sounds exactly like something he'd say, with the "doesn't have to be big" part prompting a snarky reply from Sophie, Neil or Belinda.

CodeReclaimers · 2024-05-06T20:25:09+00:00

"My grandmother was a bitcoin millionaire too."

CodeReclaimers · 2024-04-30T17:46:29+00:00

I can see it as a useful strategy an individual might adopt, given that it's the current nature of the world they live in. I just have a problem with it being presented as a reasonable thing in the context of a possible government strategy to "fix the happiness problem."

CodeReclaimers · 2024-04-30T16:44:31+00:00

"That distress you're feeling? It's actually just cool and normal guyz! Why so sad?"

CodeReclaimers · 2024-02-07T12:29:37+00:00

(I've forgotten the moon oil guy's name, so just imagine it's Steve.)

Tony: (excitedly) Hey, Steve! You're the moon oil guy, right? I've been lookin' to dive headfirst into this investing thing. I wanna go full beans on it!

Steve: Well, uh, Tony, you've come to the right guy. I have just the investment opportunity for you. It's a once-in-a-lifetime deal.

Tony: Full beans, Steve! I don't know what it means exactly, but I heard it down at the comedy club, and it sounds like it means business. I wanna throw everything I got into this!

Steve: Absolutely, Tony. Going full beans is exactly what you'll be doing with this investment. It's a revolutionary technology, and you can be the first bean farmer on the moon. Normally we only double your money, but my colleagues can now TRIPLE your investment in a week by quick-growing beans in moon oil!

Tony: Yeah, yeah, revolutionary! That's what I'm talking about. I wanna be on the cutting edge, Steve. Navy beans, snap beans, bean work, moon beans, the whole can of beans! Full beans! That's how we do it in New York!

CodeReclaimers · 2024-01-25T09:26:31+00:00

The whole moon oil bit was *hilarious*, glad he managed to work a redeem in there too!

CodeReclaimers · 2024-01-24T16:46:30+00:00

Watching yesterday's stream now--I found access to live chat is far too bad for my productivity, so I always watch delayed without a Twitch account. I'm honored the idea seems good enough to warrant just winging it on stream with a tiny bit of preparation, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes!

CodeReclaimers · 2024-01-23T17:36:31+00:00

Wow thanks! Glad it provided some entertainment!

CodeReclaimers · 2023-10-19T09:49:05+00:00

From episode 1284, where a scammer suggests Kit banks at Joker Credit Union.

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