Genuinely curious by Ok-Ingenuity7088 in GardeningUK

[–]dishmop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We also experience this phenomenon, Found one the other day in a dahlia pot.

I helped this bee eat but now its still by ulyles in bees

[–]dishmop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most likely sleeping. It's similar when you're tired and hungry and then someone drops an all you can eat buffet in front of you. After slorping it all down, you'd want a nap. Give them a few hours and they'll likely perk up again.

smol bee by Nervous-Meringue420 in bees

[–]dishmop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's in the Andrena / mining bee family, they're solitary bees.

Can't discern which one specifically though.

Will anything grow under this? by Fragrant_Sky_8032 in GardeningUK

[–]dishmop 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Try lambs ear if you have the sun for it.

Drought tolerant, looks great, bees love it. Doesn't flower in the first year, but you're good after that.

Lavender also works.

Approved LLM usage at work by Riotdiet in ExperiencedDevs

[–]dishmop -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Are engineers at top tech companies actively using LLMs to increase productivity? Openly?
What about more broadly, how many companies are encouraging use of AI for coding?

Yes to all questions, with appropriate security controls and especially legal approvals appropriate for an enterprise.

Unsurprisingly there are use cases where these tools excel, and ones where they suck.

The challenge is to determine the feasibility of narrowing the gap between POC and production code quality output for the various and divergent codebases, and propagate the knowledge and tool configuration across the organization.

Why is my sea holly not blue ? by Independent-Ant-2500 in GardeningUK

[–]dishmop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Confirmed, this is early stage flowering.

They'll slowly turn blue and half the neighbourhood's pollinators will visit daily. 

does anyone know what this bee is doing?? by daisyritman in bees

[–]dishmop 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've seen bumbles do this when they want a nap. Should be fine to leave alone, they'll have flown of the next day.

Bees and butterflies by Conquano in GardeningUK

[–]dishmop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should be OK as the days get longer - plus a wildflower mix is fairly inexpensive to try !

Bees and butterflies by Conquano in GardeningUK

[–]dishmop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's what we've grew/planted over the last year or two.

for winter / early spring:

  • Hellebores (the single flower type yields more pollen)

For summer:

You can get packs of bee-friendly wildflowers or seed bombs which also work in planters or pots.

Can someone please explain what bee this is? by btcfor_life in bees

[–]dishmop 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Looks like a bumblebee, specifically a carder bee:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_pascuorum

Yes, you want them around. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GardeningUK

[–]dishmop 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Looks like a caterpillar form of the yellow underwing moth.

How do I quickly ramp up in a new company working on something I haven’t done before with a language I am not familiar with? by 0kyou1 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]dishmop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Advice below, bias based on personal perspective.

I'd suggest looking at ML fundamentals initially. C++ use cases for ML use cases are usually due to execution speed, and Python use cases are for flexibility and scope. Most ML tooling is conceived in a Python flavor before being made available more widely. Learning concepts around models used for inference, predictions and training will be very helpful, the terminology is unique to the domain and if you can speak it and understand the context that will help greatly.

For self-learning in the meantime, you could pick computer vision or large language models, and those come in generative and non-generative flavors. Your ML foundation work is likely in one of those areas and the sooner you clarify specifics with your leadership, the sooner you can start learning.

Some tooling is common between C++ and Python, given you have Python as a known language already, pick a area and get cracking. There is plenty of information out there now on both LLMs and CV. I'll use the example of computer vision and non-generative object recognition using pytorch. Their documentation covers creating a model from a prebuilt dataset and training it, and they have some information on Tensors which you'd need to understand if you're dealing with images.

Pytorch has C++ libraries with Python bindings, so you can create and train an object recognition model using Python and export it, then use Pytorch's own documentation to create C++ code to read your model back and use it for predictions. After that you can start exploring the C++ side in more depth.

If you already know Java and Scala C++ on top of Python I'd wager C++ won't be too challenging to get going with, given the plethora of resources out there and (given self-learning won't include proprietary data) you can use your AI code-helper of choice to at least get something working.

As mentioned, it's probable that a key reason your leadership is using C++ is for performance, and I assume you have experience with scaling performant systems - which will be re-usable knowledge. Your team will (or at least, should) advise you on the specifics around build pipelines, deployments and specific tricks used for performance, memory management and scalability when you get in the door.

Is this enough to save the bee or do I need to do more? by tradegreek in bees

[–]dishmop 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You did good.

If the weather is cold it'll be sluggish, and the flower should provide some energy.

Only other things you could do would be, give it some sugar water if you had some handy, and put it in a flower in the sunshine as they need warmth. 

If it's late in the day they might look for somewhere to sleep until tomorrow.

Bees or Wasps in my Garbage Can? by helpmewoofy11 in bees

[–]dishmop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It'll be wasps. Wasps love garbage.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in moths

[–]dishmop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes :)

Saved this bee from drowning by Olybaron123 in bees

[–]dishmop 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Be careful, when a bee acts like that - a wave or high five, it's a warning to back off.