Michael Griffiths
@griffiths.ai
I don't use Excel anymore, but honestly Power Query and Power Pivot (w/ M-language) are all good things. And you can query modern datasets like Parquet. The whole Power ecosystem is "pretty good" (extends Excel's utility quite a bit).
September 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I don't use Excel anymore, but honestly Power Query and Power Pivot (w/ M-language) are all good things. And you can query modern datasets like Parquet. The whole Power ecosystem is "pretty good" (extends Excel's utility quite a bit).
Every line of dialogue in that movie is important to the plot. It's amazing. Fabulous movie.
July 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Every line of dialogue in that movie is important to the plot. It's amazing. Fabulous movie.
Shape constrained splines are nice too, as a way to introduce theory-based constraints.
July 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Shape constrained splines are nice too, as a way to introduce theory-based constraints.
From the outside, it just looks like Llama missed a trick focusing on MoE instead of reasoning. A bunch of people used that as evidence that the strategy was bad and convinced Z to blow things up. So far the announced moves have been an incoherent land grab at Z's expense.
July 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
From the outside, it just looks like Llama missed a trick focusing on MoE instead of reasoning. A bunch of people used that as evidence that the strategy was bad and convinced Z to blow things up. So far the announced moves have been an incoherent land grab at Z's expense.
Yeah, the degrowth stuff needs to be killed thoroughly and without mercy. No.
July 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Yeah, the degrowth stuff needs to be killed thoroughly and without mercy. No.
While true, these tech advances generally benefit society. The Luddites lost their jobs and their kids made less money for generations - but cheaper textiles was a huge benefit to many others.
June 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
While true, these tech advances generally benefit society. The Luddites lost their jobs and their kids made less money for generations - but cheaper textiles was a huge benefit to many others.
My experience is that it felt like 4 for the first year.
June 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My experience is that it felt like 4 for the first year.
I should! I just finished a P-spec for a system that looked something like this -- generate P spec from code, use that to find errors, turn error traces into tests in project language. You need to be a little careful but it's very fun.
June 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I should! I just finished a P-spec for a system that looked something like this -- generate P spec from code, use that to find errors, turn error traces into tests in project language. You need to be a little careful but it's very fun.
I took a number of methods/stats courses in undergrad, and the *only* discipline that covered this was, oddly, psychology. There, they spent a lot of time on validity (e.g. www.simplypsychology.org/validity.html) and then introduced stats as part of it.
Validity In Psychology Research: Types & Examples
In psychology research, validity refers to the extent to which a test or measurement tool accurately measures what it's intended to measure. It ensures that the research findings are genuine and not d...
www.simplypsychology.org
May 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I took a number of methods/stats courses in undergrad, and the *only* discipline that covered this was, oddly, psychology. There, they spent a lot of time on validity (e.g. www.simplypsychology.org/validity.html) and then introduced stats as part of it.
It's great. Sonnet 3.7/4 is also good. I've been using TLA+ for months now to check my own code, and to explain system dynamics in e.g. bug reports. Growing adoption should increase your target market, not decrease it.
May 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's great. Sonnet 3.7/4 is also good. I've been using TLA+ for months now to check my own code, and to explain system dynamics in e.g. bug reports. Growing adoption should increase your target market, not decrease it.
Reminds me of "in the long run, we're all dead "
May 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Reminds me of "in the long run, we're all dead "
(Not always true, sometimes it's much harder)
April 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
(Not always true, sometimes it's much harder)
Yeah, that's true. Verification is often much easier however.
April 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Yeah, that's true. Verification is often much easier however.
This is one of the great uses of LLMs, though. Turns into (often) a 2-minute job
April 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is one of the great uses of LLMs, though. Turns into (often) a 2-minute job
Mmmm, they don't. Even if they lose money on average per query, that's dominated by long outlier conversations.
January 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Mmmm, they don't. Even if they lose money on average per query, that's dominated by long outlier conversations.
I agree it's a big deal. I grew up in Santa Rosa and recall the fire that burned down >7% of the city housing stock. Drive through neighbors and see melted cars and lone brick chimneys. It's sad to see the same kind of thing in LA
January 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I agree it's a big deal. I grew up in Santa Rosa and recall the fire that burned down >7% of the city housing stock. Drive through neighbors and see melted cars and lone brick chimneys. It's sad to see the same kind of thing in LA
I do think licensing limits available staff and drives compensation up, so provider cost seems like a part of it. The important takeaway is the incentive structure of insurance conglomerates.
December 13, 2024 at 2:34 PM
I do think licensing limits available staff and drives compensation up, so provider cost seems like a part of it. The important takeaway is the incentive structure of insurance conglomerates.
Yeah. And insurance company policy changes get attention, but not the fraudulent billing or practices that lead to insurance companies cracking down.
December 5, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Yeah. And insurance company policy changes get attention, but not the fraudulent billing or practices that lead to insurance companies cracking down.