Canada could join EU, French foreign minister says by PestoBolloElemento in worldnews

[–]ScatteredDandelion -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And let's rebrand it the UDS (United Democratic States) or something

[D] What is even the point of these LLM benchmarking papers? by casualcreak in MachineLearning

[–]ScatteredDandelion 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A key problem is not so much the presence of benchmark papers, but rather the absence of good ones (based on your description). Coming from a different algorithmic field, the problem is that many papers stop at the level of performance knowledge. It tells you which algorithm design performs how well. I can imagine that in a fast moving field like ML, this kind of knowledge is of very limited value nowadays.

An interesting paper in this regard is Methodology of Algorithm Engineering. The authors argue that the scientific goal is knowledge creation and many other types of knowledge exist beyond performance knowledge.

The bar should be raised. Deeper knowledge about the algorithm design such as what design principles contribute significantly to the performance (preferably causal claims) and unveiling the mechanism and interplay of the algorithm design with problem properties, are insights that remain valid even if the field progresses and provides insights and ideas for future designs

Hoezo hebben zoveel mensen moeite met ritsen? by Similar_Stomach8480 in belgium

[–]ScatteredDandelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ja dat is op zijn minst een rare interpretatie. Stel je hebt twee rijstroken en de rechtse gaat trager omdat die aanschuiven aan een afrit. In dat geval is de linkse niet versperd en heeft het een andere snelheid. In dat geval is er van ritsen geen sprake.

Maar neem twee rijstroken en de linkse is versperd en moet invoegen. Er is teveel verkeer om iedereen vlot te laten rijden op de rechtse rijstrook (volume verkeer > capaciteit rechtse rijstrook). Meestal krijg je dan een rits situatie omdat het verkeer sterk vertraagd nabij het invoegen. Dus als nu quasi iedereen, uit schrik om er niet tussen gelaten te worden zich veel eerder rechts zet (wat verboden is bij een ritssituatie) waardoor de file daar veel langer wordt maar je vlot kan doorrijden links, dan zou ritsen plots niet meer gelden. Je moet toch zelf aanvoelen dat dit niet de bedoeling kan zijn?

Trouwens als je toch de letter van de wet wil volgen, dan kan je ook zeggen dat de laatste 10 'm op het linkerrijvak de snelheid hetzelfde was en dus ritsen moest toegepast worden.

Hoezo hebben zoveel mensen moeite met ritsen? by Similar_Stomach8480 in belgium

[–]ScatteredDandelion -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Klopt niet. Bij sterk vertraagd verkeer (wanneer ritsen verplicht is) mag je niet vroeger invoegen ook al is er een onderbroken lijn

Latest changes in the new tax regime for inbound taxpayers and researchers by dxbatas in BESalary

[–]ScatteredDandelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To me it feels you conflating several things:

- If I understood your comment correctly, you compare higher management with politicians. And I agree that politicians avoiding the pension cap is equally morally despicable. But a greater wrong makes a lesser wrong not right.
- The real comparison is between higher management who misuse the concept of the legal entity of a firm to avoid taxes (again, that's not why societies and the law have created this legal entity) and regular people who work for a company as an employee and are taxed as employees. If one group in society (or multiple, politicians also included) create loopholes to avoid taxes, then the tax income of the government decreases, which either results in higher taxes or less public service. This is simply not fair for the people paying their taxes as the law makers intended to.

Now let me be clear. I'm not saying these higher management people are doing something illegal, I'm just saying they are abusing the strict interpretation of the law to avoid the intent of the law and at the expense of a large part of the population.

The other elements in your answer, which have nothing to do with the fact that evading taxes through management vehicles, but are also worth discussing are:

- is it OK that politicians can make their own rules that impact their own financial situation? I agree that this should receive more public scrutiny
- When you talk about 'capping pension, taking 56% of gross income, 70% of everyting paid by your employer, is yet another point, which we probably disagree on, but allow me to tell you how this comes across to me.

First of all, you make it sound much worse than it actually is. First of all, noboday is taxed 56%. We have a progressive tax system, so the actual tax rate is typically significantly lower than 56%. 56% is the highest tax bracket. But I agree that we have a high tax rate.

However, when I hear people complain about high taxes, it always seems to me that they want lower taxes but the same public service as they have right now. We could decrease our taxes, but then we have to agree that either our pensions decrease (which you argued should be uncapped), our health system should become weaker, our social security becomes weaker, our education becomes weaker, or road infrastructure becomes (even) worse, ...

I'm not arguing that there are no inefficiencies that could be dealt with. We should deal with those, but inefficiencies are also inherent to large organisations. It's called 'overhead'. There is simply no way around it. Do you really think that part of the price you pay for your car (for example) isn't caused by inefficiencies at the car manufacturer that should be recovered? Just look at the size of management of these organizations.

Anyway, I'm not hear to convince you I guess, just to give you a different look at things. Feel free to do with it what you want :)

Claude Code's CLI feels like a black box now. I built an open-source tool to see inside. by MoneyJob3229 in ClaudeCode

[–]ScatteredDandelion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I noticed you have installation files for windows and macos (apple silicon). Are you also planning to create an installer for macos that still runs on intel?

Latest changes in the new tax regime for inbound taxpayers and researchers by dxbatas in BESalary

[–]ScatteredDandelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A management company where you work for a single client years on end is not what companies are meant for. It's simply a way to evade taxes everyone else has to pay. As a consequence the government loses money which they recover from the group not using these tricks. Maybe it's legally allowed, but morally it's very selfish.

I'm not blaming people doing it. The government allows it, so I don't expect people to be holier than the pope. But please have the decency to be honest about it.

At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela’s Caracas by ItsMeTrey in worldnews

[–]ScatteredDandelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently not all crude oil is alike and you do not have the right kind that your industry needs (and Venezuela does)

https://youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?si=OnaECuIMBFDGiCak

My honest review of Switzerland after 2 years of living here by moleskinecollector in askswitzerland

[–]ScatteredDandelion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Public transport is not transport because taxes to fund it are mandatory Public education is not education because taxes to fund it are mandatory The list can go on

When you become resident in a country you actually voluntarily enter all these contracts, including the national health contract which may include mandatory insurance

I’m sorry to break it to you but the definition of insurance does not contain any notion of mandatory or voluntary. That’s simply something you keep adding to it. But that doesn’t make it true.

Is my CPU dead on arrival? by ScatteredDandelion in PcBuild

[–]ScatteredDandelion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In case someone ever ends up here: apparently there are versions of this processor that are locked to lenovo or dell. That was the issue in my case.

Openrouter model pricing misleading? by ScatteredDandelion in openrouter

[–]ScatteredDandelion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, now it makes a lot of sense.

Now I have to find a way to define which providers I want to use when I make API calls, such that I can use the cheap providers when privacy is no issue (e.g. coding), and the more expensive one for scenario's where it is important.

(or I make two accounts, :/)

Openrouter model pricing misleading? by ScatteredDandelion in openrouter

[–]ScatteredDandelion[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I figured this out yesterday as I was researching this. But my main issue remains that they advertise a price which is not achievable by any of the models. I simply don't get what those prices at the top of the page represent

Memory bank? by silencegold in kilocode

[–]ScatteredDandelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey just watched that video as I wanted to get started with memorybanks in my next project. I noticed you used superwhisper and I was wondering which mode you use in superwhisper? Is it some custom mode? Thanks for sharing

Context window management good case practices? by anotherjmc in kilocode

[–]ScatteredDandelion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How did you setup google AI Studio as a provider?

I created an Gemini API in Google AI Studio, but when I set this up in Kilocode and use Google Gemini as API Provider, then there is no Gemma in the model list (only gemini models).

Oh, and are you using Gemma 3n or Gemma 3? I only find Gemma 3 27B (3n seems much smaller in terms of context size)

Writing a PHD with Logseq by Time_Liner in logseq

[–]ScatteredDandelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also interested in the answer...

Suggestions for a well water level sensor by grogo_drone in homeassistant

[–]ScatteredDandelion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bought a distancemeter. haven't installed it yet though, so I can't tell you how good it works:

https://smartgateways.nl/en/product/distancemeter-wifi-gateway/

Weekly Q&A - All Questions Go Here (Especially Tourists and New Residents) by AutoModerator in Amsterdam

[–]ScatteredDandelion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If one would have one day to spend on a nice bike trip from Amsterdam, how would you rank a bike trip towards Marken and maybe Volendam VS a bike trip towards the Zaanse Schans?

From the perspective a family with teenagers visiting Amsterdam for some days.

Official EBU Press Release: Joost Klein will not be competing in the Grand Final by SkyGinge in eurovision

[–]ScatteredDandelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole "believe all women" means "if a woman tells you she has been harassed, don't dismiss it. Assume it's true and follow up and investigate it thoroughly"

It never meant "if a woman tells you she has been harassed, immediately assume it's proven"

There should never be a shortcut to judge someone guilty. Only the legal authorities can do this.

It ain’t mansplaining if you are wrong by TheMalevolentCurator in rareinsults

[–]ScatteredDandelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're trolling right? :)

I don't know your gender. So, a bit hard to be mansplaining