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Tim's Motorbike Rides
@timsrides.bsky.social
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Out of Brisbane, Australia, I organise small-group motorcycle rides... long day rides full of fun, adventure, great people and good food, and road trips along amazing roads to iconic destinations across eastern Australia. https://www.youtube.com/@timsrides
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Hey everyone! I'm an Aussie motorcyclist who spends most weekends leading small-group rides around SEQ and Northern NSW. But my real love is road trips... whether its 2 days or 2 weeks... big adventures to fun places.
You're arguing against a position I've never taken.
At least on that we can agree 🙂
Yeah… LLMs don't assign truth values… they learn statistical correlations from massive text data. “Patterns of meaning” emerge from co-occurrence and context. Transformers use an attention mechanism to model these complex relationships between words, creating a structured (but not grounded) output.
On your first point... absolutely agree there needs to be a wider understanding of the limitations of LLMs, but that should involve an accurate and up-to-date explanation of how they work (and it also doesn't change the fact they can be incredibly useful). No arguments at all on your other points. 🙂
I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but the simple answer is: because that's how they're trained. 🙂
That's an oversimplification... we're well beyond that now. While pre-training involves large-scale web data (which can include a mix of "good" and "bad" info), the data is filtered and weighed, and post-training reinforcement learning and fine-tuning pushes models towards more accurate response.
Close, but an oversimplification. LLMs aren't trained on random data... they model factual knowledge and can retrieve it with a high (and continually improving) degree of accuracy. It's true they lack actual "understanding", but they match patterns of meaning, not just words.
Chillin’ in Nimbin with good vibes and great company. ✌️🌈

#BeKind #RainbowWalk #Nimbin #PrideMonth #MotorcycleLife
I had planned to bling my bike up, but typically for me I left it too late 😢.

But I'll be wearing this t-shirt!
Off on a ride to celebrate Pride Month tomorrow morning. First time I've done this, but I'm keen to support everything this month stands for—and it has become more personal to me this year.

Nimbin, a centre of counterculture, seems like a fitting destination 🙂.
Ah, yep, familiar with Procreate. Nice!
IIRC, the second photo is the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon River? 🙂
That's pretty neat. How'd you create it? Programmatically, or by hand?
So... that'd be a no, then? 🙂
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The impact of the TACO administration is global, and millions will die as a result of its anti-science agenda.
Visited Hallstatt a few years ago on a trip to Austria. A truly beautiful town. Of course the entire trip I was thinking "I wish I was on a motorcycle" 🙂
Jul 17, 2019: Photo by Sheng L on Unsplash

Discover Hallstatt, Austria, a picturesque town surrounded by mountains and a serene lake, showcasing a blend of old and new architecture.

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I was happy to help Filippo out and annotate the beautiful still of his image (non-annotated version sent to @apod.shinyakato.dev as I really think it is worthy).

You could do so much science communication from this one image:

- galaxies (plural!)
- aurora
- stellar evolution
- nearest system

🔭🧪
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Ok, here it is!

This beautiful footage, made by my friend Filippo Rivetti was taken last night during the height of the storm from Royal National Park, on the southern outskirts of Sydney.

We see #aurora, the beautiful Milky Way and a sea of stars above our Earthly ocean.

They sent a poet ...

🔭🧪
Aurora Australis at Royal NP
YouTube video by Filippo Rivetti
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Just one reason promoting Pride Month is so important. I have treasured friends whose lives are at risk simply because of who they are. This is not hyperbole... this is the reality they live with every day.
Even without the stunning colour mapping used in the Hubble or James Webb images, the Pillars are still bloody awesome 🙂. Thanks for sharing!
Hey send enough and surely at least some of them won't blow up 🙂