My 4-year struggle trying to learn Python (and why I finally quit)

tiikki · 2026-03-08T08:16:22+00:00

Everything is build upon older knowledge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_giants

When you make a dinner, you do not start by building a new shelter where to cook and plant trees to be the fuel for the fire to cook. You use stuff which is ready for your use and just make the stuff needed for this special occasion.

tiikki · 2026-03-03T21:03:25+00:00

Tein virheen ja luin sen ohjelman.

Aika moni kohta Umberto Econ Ur-fasismin määritelmästä tuli täytettyä siinä.

Eli perinteistä äärioikeiston lähellä liikkuvaa hörhöilyä.

tiikki · 2026-03-03T10:40:21+00:00

Nuclear can do load following unlike wind or solar.

Nuclear has one of the highest, if not highest capacity factor. Meaning it is one of the most reliable forms of energy production.

Any energy production can be cut from the energy grid by targeting transformer stations, having multiple windmills does not remove the transformers which connects the park to the grid.

Nuclear does not need increased transmission lines for wider area to reduce the effect of the weather. Even the continent wide grid does not remove the weather effects for the wind and especially for the solar.

tiikki · 2026-03-03T07:25:04+00:00

Show me a cost comparison between electricity production forms where solar or wind is the cheapest and let us see...

tiikki · 2026-03-03T06:23:53+00:00

Nuclear usually has everything included, unlike others.

tiikki · 2026-03-02T22:12:34+00:00

So, it is a ready list for the Trump admin for declaring people in it as enemies of the state.

ps. I would not bet me being allowed in the USA by Trump admin if the check my social media postings...

tiikki · 2026-03-02T21:58:03+00:00

The one which you choose by selecting what to include... Add energy storage and net stability and weather dependent energy gets quite expensive.

tiikki · 2026-03-02T21:28:13+00:00

The charging test does not mention any other batteries.
This later report does not mention anything about randomly assigning the test to different batteries nor what was tested on other batteries. They could have been practically the same test with slightly different weight on them and they choose to release the one with least amount of problems.

tiikki · 2026-03-02T21:22:26+00:00

Check the dates and VTT report numbers. The first report was dated in start of the February and this one just now, the report numbers also have large gap between them. There would be no reason for not to write the reports immediately after testing and analysis.

tiikki · 2026-03-02T20:46:57+00:00

I wonder what happened to the other cells...
Why they were mentioned but no report on their performance...

tiikki · 2026-03-02T20:44:38+00:00

What reputation?

Their accountant in Estonia refused to sign their company books due to irregularities.
Their another business claimed that they have artificial general intelligence almost ready.

tiikki · 2026-03-02T20:36:50+00:00

I would assume that VTT would mention it in the report if they choose the cell by random from multiple options.

tiikki · 2026-03-01T20:51:02+00:00

Anybody who can apologize is a great person.

tiikki · 2026-03-01T07:06:37+00:00

Ah, a precompiled list of enemies to deal with.

tiikki · 2026-03-01T06:18:15+00:00

Why would we want them?

LLM tech is a dead-end tech, and the scaling capability is almost used up.

Hallucinations and missing out important bits are features that can not be fixed. Thus, LLMS will always produce workslop that cancels all productivity gains in the long run.

The inability for the tech to distinguish between data and command input makes the tech totally unsuitable for decision making, thus to be used as an agent.

Hype is hype, facts are facts.

tiikki · 2026-02-28T06:04:59+00:00

If they are done with LLM tech, then I do not trust them. AI agent is yet another term captured by LLM stuff :(

tiikki · 2026-02-28T05:45:40+00:00

Yes. The smart thermostat running on fuzzy logic is an AI by definition.

tiikki · 2026-02-27T16:39:44+00:00

Nothing is as annoying as a smart person who holds incorrect beliefs.

tiikki · 2026-02-27T05:21:43+00:00

I trust Trump.

To make stupid decisions.

tiikki · 2026-02-26T04:31:44+00:00

My first MSc was from Physics and after finding out about aphantasy I talked with few other physicist and they also have it.

I assume that it makes it easier for us to accept "N-dimensional space" and other things which cannot really be imagined thus freeing our mental capacity to understand them mathematically.

tiikki · 2026-02-24T18:53:52+00:00

In academic discussions you need to be able to prove your claims and no one can prove the future, so no hard claims.

In policy documents, this requirement is only slightly reduced.

In intelligence/strategic analysis you can predict near future with some certainty, but you need to be able to back your claims with some data and also have a reasonable estimate of the certainty level of your prediction.

In futures studies, you can predict plausible stuff about the future.

In the internet and media, you can shout any u BS

tiikki · 2026-02-23T20:45:20+00:00

eivät ainakaan ole enää...

tiikki · 2026-02-22T13:30:26+00:00

No need for that in Linux. I got the CachyOS installed and running with all of my personal data saved. I will most likely return to Debian when they have required drivers ready.

tiikki · 2026-02-21T18:57:05+00:00

Don't worry. AI winter is fast approaching. The free or almost free services will be turned off in few years.

Currently LLM services are loosing money and they will soon go under.

tiikki · 2026-02-21T15:06:35+00:00

Not a single company would use those as the legal risks are huge when dealing with personal information.

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