ixplanatl
@ixplanatl.bsky.social
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ixplanatl
@ixplanatl.bsky.social
· Sep 26
Look at the numbers, but don't look at them too much!
If you're going to type "", might as well type f"" from the start
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
If you're going to type "", might as well type f"" from the start
If your IT person starts each bash session with "sudo su -", you better start wearing a helmet to work 👷
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
If your IT person starts each bash session with "sudo su -", you better start wearing a helmet to work 👷
If softmax temperature scaling, in the limit, becomes argmax, attention layers become dictionary lookups.
If they become dictionary lookups, attention becomes some sort of shuffle or resampling.
What then, is the essence of attention?
If they become dictionary lookups, attention becomes some sort of shuffle or resampling.
What then, is the essence of attention?
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If softmax temperature scaling, in the limit, becomes argmax, attention layers become dictionary lookups.
If they become dictionary lookups, attention becomes some sort of shuffle or resampling.
What then, is the essence of attention?
If they become dictionary lookups, attention becomes some sort of shuffle or resampling.
What then, is the essence of attention?
The more queues the faster
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The more queues the faster
If LLMs can come up with novel cooking recipes, they can do research
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If LLMs can come up with novel cooking recipes, they can do research
Depth Anything 3 really produces super clean point clouds! 🤯
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Depth Anything 3 really produces super clean point clouds! 🤯
the nice thing about paper diagrams is, you don't get tempted to keep them (as opposed to digital ones)
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
the nice thing about paper diagrams is, you don't get tempted to keep them (as opposed to digital ones)
the most important engineer's skill might just be being able to construct minimal toy models
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
the most important engineer's skill might just be being able to construct minimal toy models
Your intuition guides you into the rabbit burrow, ablations help you find your way back out
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Your intuition guides you into the rabbit burrow, ablations help you find your way back out
Pen and paper don't require a subscription
November 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Pen and paper don't require a subscription
that guy who pronounces SQL as sequel and zsh as seashell
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
that guy who pronounces SQL as sequel and zsh as seashell
What does a (deep learning) bias look like in your minds eye?
For me, it's a 1D gaussian that is being shifted left and right
For me, it's a 1D gaussian that is being shifted left and right
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
What does a (deep learning) bias look like in your minds eye?
For me, it's a 1D gaussian that is being shifted left and right
For me, it's a 1D gaussian that is being shifted left and right
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In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
vim keybindings itch the same scratch as eating with chop sticks
October 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
vim keybindings itch the same scratch as eating with chop sticks
It's probably a good idea to pair your relative threshold with an absolute one
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It's probably a good idea to pair your relative threshold with an absolute one
You can write the most elegant piece of art, if you don't have unit tests to protect it, it will end up in shambles
October 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
You can write the most elegant piece of art, if you don't have unit tests to protect it, it will end up in shambles
for unit tests: disentangle
for end-to-end tests: entangle as many things as possible
for end-to-end tests: entangle as many things as possible
October 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
for unit tests: disentangle
for end-to-end tests: entangle as many things as possible
for end-to-end tests: entangle as many things as possible
I want a coffee machine with vim key bindings
October 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I want a coffee machine with vim key bindings
Expression du jour: Se la raconter
October 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Expression du jour: Se la raconter
difftastic greatest thing since sliced bread
October 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
difftastic greatest thing since sliced bread
Am I blind or does tensorflow not implement flash attention? 😶🌫️
October 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Am I blind or does tensorflow not implement flash attention? 😶🌫️
YAML.. uuh yeah well no hmm not really but ok since json doesn't have comments
October 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
YAML.. uuh yeah well no hmm not really but ok since json doesn't have comments
why is it called whitening and not circl'ing or balling?
October 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
why is it called whitening and not circl'ing or balling?