Florian Otel
@florianotel.bsky.social
Some things change, some others don't:
Made my first code pull-request in years. Target ? Code repo for MCP server. Topic ? Multi-modal MCP servers :) #excited #signotimes
Made my first code pull-request in years. Target ? Code repo for MCP server. Topic ? Multi-modal MCP servers :) #excited #signotimes
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Some things change, some others don't:
Made my first code pull-request in years. Target ? Code repo for MCP server. Topic ? Multi-modal MCP servers :) #excited #signotimes
Made my first code pull-request in years. Target ? Code repo for MCP server. Topic ? Multi-modal MCP servers :) #excited #signotimes
Current status
July 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Current status
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Keeping Bitbucket and GitLab repositories in sync ensures nothing gets lost, avoids disruption, and allows for a gradual migration. #devops
Migrating From Bitbucket to GitLab? Here’s How to Keep Your Teams Moving Without Missing a Beat
hackernoon.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Keeping Bitbucket and GitLab repositories in sync ensures nothing gets lost, avoids disruption, and allows for a gradual migration. #devops
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Wall Street loves this one weird trick
Trump: “HELL IS COMING” -0.9% 🔴
Trump: “HELL IS DELAYED” +1.8% 🟢
Trump: “HELL IS COMING” -0.9% 🔴
Trump: “HELL IS DELAYED” +1.8% 🟢
May 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Wall Street loves this one weird trick
Trump: “HELL IS COMING” -0.9% 🔴
Trump: “HELL IS DELAYED” +1.8% 🟢
Trump: “HELL IS COMING” -0.9% 🔴
Trump: “HELL IS DELAYED” +1.8% 🟢
Don't we all love it when _this_ happens ....
A cartoon by Joseph Dottino and Alex Pearson. #NewYorkerCartoons
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May 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Don't we all love it when _this_ happens ....
The tell-tale sign of a well-functioning society: When faced with the unexpected, they pull together and work towards the common good.
"This was no nightmare. Indeed, the Great Blackout was the opposite. It was like a dream — a world populated only by the kindest among us, evil intentions quashed. Average citizens directed traffic at intersections without working lights."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/o...
Opinion | Spain in the Dark Is Safer Than Elsewhere With Power
The Iberian blackout showed us how much community matters.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The tell-tale sign of a well-functioning society: When faced with the unexpected, they pull together and work towards the common good.
Current status ...
March 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Current status ...
Yeap, it as this one -- with a mechanic rotary dial too !
And yes, I miss those days...
And yes, I miss those days...
Post the first video game you ever played
March 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Yeap, it as this one -- with a mechanic rotary dial too !
And yes, I miss those days...
And yes, I miss those days...
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This represents something that I have felt for a while: in a post-LLM world, authoritative sources matter more, not less!
The Mayo Clinic has come up with an approach to reduce LLM hallucinations.
Instead of RAG where relevant sources are included into the query to “ground” the result, their approach is to have the answer link back to authoritative sources. Then have a second LLM vet those citations.
Instead of RAG where relevant sources are included into the query to “ground” the result, their approach is to have the answer link back to authoritative sources. Then have a second LLM vet those citations.
Mayo Clinic’s secret weapon against AI hallucinations: Reverse RAG in action
To tackle data-retrieval-based hallucinations in non-diagnostic use cases, Mayo Clinic has applied CURE reverse RAG paired with vector databases.
venturebeat.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This represents something that I have felt for a while: in a post-LLM world, authoritative sources matter more, not less!
❤️❤️❤️
AND running Linux on this bad boy, like a renegade.
Oh, the memories...
AND running Linux on this bad boy, like a renegade.
Oh, the memories...
March 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
❤️❤️❤️
AND running Linux on this bad boy, like a renegade.
Oh, the memories...
AND running Linux on this bad boy, like a renegade.
Oh, the memories...
Sign of the times indeed
February 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Sign of the times indeed
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There is a lot going on in this paper, but it shows that no matter their maker's country (China or US) or politics (Musk's Grok vs. OpenAI), models seem to converge to the same values, often with some fairly shocking results. Those values might be steered in the future, but by who is a big question.
February 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is a lot going on in this paper, but it shows that no matter their maker's country (China or US) or politics (Musk's Grok vs. OpenAI), models seem to converge to the same values, often with some fairly shocking results. Those values might be steered in the future, but by who is a big question.
Please welcome to our new brainwashing overlords -- now far more insidious, and difficult to notice. NOT.
A friend who is a leader in using genAI for language teaching has found today ChatGPT is denying DOGE exists or has done anything in the past two weeks. This capability is a consequence of steerable biases: it creates a programmable propaganda machine/memory hole.
February 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Please welcome to our new brainwashing overlords -- now far more insidious, and difficult to notice. NOT.
Still true after 30+ years (and counting)
February 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Still true after 30+ years (and counting)
Uncle Satchmo is, to this day, my top fav American musician.
Oh, and the bonafide "rags-to-riches" story is only surpassed by his ability to overcome adversity, while being gentle, kind, and grateful.
Mad respect.
Oh, and the bonafide "rags-to-riches" story is only surpassed by his ability to overcome adversity, while being gentle, kind, and grateful.
Mad respect.
Bullets and blues: Louis Armstrong’s difficult upbringing revealed after discovery of family police records
Bullets and blues: Louis Armstrong’s difficult upbringing revealed after discovery of family police records
A new book reveals the jazz musician’s mother and sister were arrested several times for prostitution in New Orleans
He was one of the most influential figures in jazz history, famous for hits such as What a Wonderful World, appearing in Hollywood…
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Uncle Satchmo is, to this day, my top fav American musician.
Oh, and the bonafide "rags-to-riches" story is only surpassed by his ability to overcome adversity, while being gentle, kind, and grateful.
Mad respect.
Oh, and the bonafide "rags-to-riches" story is only surpassed by his ability to overcome adversity, while being gentle, kind, and grateful.
Mad respect.
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Such massive overreach. How can they expect a company to accept liability for a product bought on their website, charged by their company, and delivered by someone wearing their uniform from a truck with their logo on it?!
The EU proposes customs reforms that make ecommerce platforms such as Temu, Shein, and Amazon Marketplace liable for dangerous or illegal products they sell (Andy Bounds/Financial Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
February 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Such massive overreach. How can they expect a company to accept liability for a product bought on their website, charged by their company, and delivered by someone wearing their uniform from a truck with their logo on it?!
This might as well come from @manwhohasitall.bsky.social 😂
January 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This might as well come from @manwhohasitall.bsky.social 😂
"Let them eat crypto"
How Bitcoin maximalists attacking $TRUMP token investors reveals their inner authoritarian. A wake-up call for crypto's self-proclaimed freedom fighters. #crypto
Dear Bitcoin Maximalist: Your $TRUMP Rage Just Proved You're The Real Authoritarian
hackernoon.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"Let them eat crypto"
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Always 💖
Don't make me tap the sign
Don't make me tap the sign
November 6, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Always 💖
Don't make me tap the sign
Don't make me tap the sign
This is kind of down-to-Earth humor makes Mr Cuban an admirable mensch, "despite being a billionaire" (ha!).
To this point: The only quality of raging narcissists is that they are unpredictably predictable.
To this point: The only quality of raging narcissists is that they are unpredictably predictable.
Let’s hope that Tik Tok is disabled tonight at midnight and all day tomorrow and Monday.
Which means the biggest story on Monday will be…
And the reaction from the newly installed President will be …
Which means the biggest story on Monday will be…
And the reaction from the newly installed President will be …
January 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This is kind of down-to-Earth humor makes Mr Cuban an admirable mensch, "despite being a billionaire" (ha!).
To this point: The only quality of raging narcissists is that they are unpredictably predictable.
To this point: The only quality of raging narcissists is that they are unpredictably predictable.
Life goals
January 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Life goals
Here goes FB, going down the drain like Twitter.
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads
Meta is to get rid of factcheckers, “dramatically reduce the amount of censorship” and recommend more political content on its platforms, including…
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here goes FB, going down the drain like Twitter.
The curse of being an early adopter of Raspberry Pis is being compelled to buy each and every damn version as they come out.
When Model 4B came out I said "never again". Oh well, the urge for buying Model 5 has now become irresistible
When Model 4B came out I said "never again". Oh well, the urge for buying Model 5 has now become irresistible
a cartoon of a man with horns and the words " i accept defeat "
ALT: a cartoon of a man with horns and the words " i accept defeat "
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The curse of being an early adopter of Raspberry Pis is being compelled to buy each and every damn version as they come out.
When Model 4B came out I said "never again". Oh well, the urge for buying Model 5 has now become irresistible
When Model 4B came out I said "never again". Oh well, the urge for buying Model 5 has now become irresistible
I'm not reading Twitter posts anymore now, but the less I do it, the more that site seems to have decayed to utter garbage -- porn ads, click baits, and bat shit crazy political rants and trolls..
Is this just the effect of my perspective ? Or it has objectively become so ? Honest question ...
Is this just the effect of my perspective ? Or it has objectively become so ? Honest question ...
December 25, 2024 at 1:36 PM
I'm not reading Twitter posts anymore now, but the less I do it, the more that site seems to have decayed to utter garbage -- porn ads, click baits, and bat shit crazy political rants and trolls..
Is this just the effect of my perspective ? Or it has objectively become so ? Honest question ...
Is this just the effect of my perspective ? Or it has objectively become so ? Honest question ...