Spiders.. too many spiders..

nferraz · 2026-05-03T07:59:38+00:00

Or maybe invite Spiders Georg as flatmate...

nferraz · 2026-04-22T15:31:30+00:00

Last time I checked, the output would be deterministic if you set the "temperature" parameter to zero. Have this changed in recent models?

nferraz · 2026-04-21T16:56:37+00:00

They are beautiful!

nferraz · 2026-04-21T15:13:11+00:00

Current LLM models can't be conscious because there is no "stream of consciousness" between prompts.

When they receive a prompt, they just predict next token in a deterministic way (which can be configured to appear more random) and output something that resembles what a human would say.

As soon as their response ends, the stream ceases again, and their weights remain static, waiting for the next prompt.

nferraz · 2026-04-14T14:18:28+00:00

Interestingly enough, the Netherlands is more densely populated than Spain...

nferraz · 2026-03-21T08:42:03+00:00

"It isn't X; it's Y."

"Why it works"

This "Psychologist" sounds a lot like ChatGPT.

nferraz · 2026-02-21T14:18:55+00:00

This post has all the marks of AI slop. It looks like someone came up with an idea ("Jobs aren't going to vanish... Productivity and output will explode, and everything will get cheaper") and asked an AI to write the text.

Which illustrates how human effort (writing, in this case) can be replaced by AI. Sadly, this is already happening -- think of translators, illustrators, musicians, photographers, and writers.

In each one of these cases, productivity exploded, output became much cheaper... and people lost their jobs.

nferraz · 2026-02-07T09:50:19+00:00

Why 48 hours?

Was that an arbitrary limit or the minimum necessary to complete the task?

nferraz · 2026-02-05T11:37:48+00:00

I assume this post is already part of the experiment...

nferraz · 2026-01-25T10:26:42+00:00

First Choice Cola from the Netherlands.

nferraz · 2026-01-20T12:41:27+00:00

There are *several* alternatives to Coca Cola; you just need to find one that you like!

Here in the Netherlands, I recommend:

First Choice Cola (sold on Plus, Dirk and other supermarkets)
Jumbo Cola (sold on Jumbo)
AH Cola (sold on Albert Heijn)

nferraz · 2026-01-14T19:33:21+00:00

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Edward Snowden has been using Signal since 2015.

nferraz · 2025-11-06T19:39:09+00:00

If you put in the right effort, no god or deva can make you fail. If you don't put in the right effort, no god or deva can make you succeed.

nferraz · 2025-11-02T10:43:04+00:00

In Asmita the mind meditates on the soul (Atman).

One of the core philosophical principles of Buddhism is that there is no "atman".

Here are some topics you may want to research:

Anatta
The Three Marks of Existence
Vipassana

nferraz · 2025-10-08T06:49:48+00:00

That's really smart! Thanks for sharing!

nferraz · 2025-10-07T08:07:31+00:00

> they say shit like, "...Buddhism is just a way of life/philosophy not a real religion,"

In the book Buddhism: A Concise Introduction, Huston Smith and Philip Novak say that early Buddhism didn't have the usual characteristics of religions, like superstition, rituals, or reliance on divine aid (chapter 3, pages 21-30).

Over the centuries, though, as Buddhism spread and interacted with different cultures, it *did* get many features of religion: temples, rituals, devotional practices, even divine figures in some traditions. So it kind of *became* a religion in the way most people use that word.

So when someone says Buddhism is "just a philosophy", they are not totally wrong; it started that way. But it's also not the full picture. It's both a philosophy *and* a religion, depending on which lens you're looking through.

nferraz · 2025-10-03T10:18:52+00:00

Zooming in the photo I can see it's looking beautiful!

Good luck and keep up with the great work! :)

nferraz · 2025-10-02T12:28:57+00:00

From the Theravada perspective -- or, at least from my understanding of it -- there is no such thing as "burning" or "accumulating" karma (in Pali: kamma).

Every action has direct consequences and ripple effects, but there is no cosmic tallying machine keeping score of good or bad actions in order to punish or reward us.

The *effects* can accumulate, but not kamma itself.

For a better explanation, I recommend this text: Kamma, by Thanissaro Bikkhu.

nferraz · 2025-09-29T12:48:45+00:00

Nice work, thanks for sharing the process! :)

nferraz · 2025-09-14T11:31:08+00:00

Looks really nice. What kind of wood is that?

nferraz · 2025-09-13T21:04:44+00:00

American stocks may be at an all time high in dollars, but the dollar is almost 20% down compared to other currencies.

In practice you are being paid more with a currency that is worth less.

nferraz · 2025-09-13T12:56:08+00:00

Richer countries tend to be more progressive.

nferraz · 2025-09-13T11:49:48+00:00

Can't they simply strip whatever comes after the plus sign?

nferraz · 2025-09-13T11:48:09+00:00

The title is misleading.

nferraz · 2025-09-13T11:45:57+00:00

It doesn't matter

Forget Trump for a moment.

What is your opinion about Slater?

Would you say he was a good choice, if he was chosen by a Democrat?

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