Ryan Cavanaugh
@searyanc.dev
Making TypeScript for 10 years running
Another headline about someone trying to avoid doing math in two dimensions because of a weird name someone gave one of the basis vectors in the 17th century
![5 + 3i: I don't believe in "imaginary" numbers
[5, 3]: So geometric! Very real!!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k4hstfvvvpj7befljr3bvcso/bafkreig3vwoogkewreh2sbgt7q6gam42jm2hqoyo73rxbnoc3dyl5tmz4m@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Another headline about someone trying to avoid doing math in two dimensions because of a weird name someone gave one of the basis vectors in the 17th century
Seattleites watching Mamdani cruise to victory while waiting for +Wilson ballot drops
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Seattleites watching Mamdani cruise to victory while waiting for +Wilson ballot drops
An out-of-control car practically destroyed this entire building. Imagine how bad this could have been if it were an e-bike or scooter!
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
An out-of-control car practically destroyed this entire building. Imagine how bad this could have been if it were an e-bike or scooter!
Seattle Public Utilities is wise on your scheme to throw out an extra 1,280 gallons of food for free in November. No!
November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Seattle Public Utilities is wise on your scheme to throw out an extra 1,280 gallons of food for free in November. No!
We have the technology
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We have the technology
Mom come pick me up, slashdot escaped containment again
October 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Mom come pick me up, slashdot escaped containment again
Helpful visualization of Doug Eddings' strike zone tonight
October 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Helpful visualization of Doug Eddings' strike zone tonight
Inside you there are three wolves
September 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Inside you there are three wolves
The Rockies? The Colorado Rockies?
September 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The Rockies? The Colorado Rockies?
The Bambu didn't stop the print for spaghetti failure but I guess it didn't need to
September 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Bambu didn't stop the print for spaghetti failure but I guess it didn't need to
Who needs Bob Villa when you've got G.P.T. Escher here
September 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Who needs Bob Villa when you've got G.P.T. Escher here
Weird week for etsy witching
September 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Weird week for etsy witching
The top minds of Facebook have cracked the case: the existence of bike lanes actually causes pollution
(every car idling here is waiting to get onto I-5)
(every car idling here is waiting to get onto I-5)
September 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The top minds of Facebook have cracked the case: the existence of bike lanes actually causes pollution
(every car idling here is waiting to get onto I-5)
(every car idling here is waiting to get onto I-5)
Back to school forms time. I somehow missed the meeting of the White-Whites where we kicked out the Eastern Europeans, anyone have notes on that?
September 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Back to school forms time. I somehow missed the meeting of the White-Whites where we kicked out the Eastern Europeans, anyone have notes on that?
"It just predicts the next token based on data in the training set" is a poor abstraction of LLMs because it makes poor predictions
For example, we might predict that it's very difficult to have an LLM emit the phrase "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy cvnpmnzq", but it's trivial
For example, we might predict that it's very difficult to have an LLM emit the phrase "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy cvnpmnzq", but it's trivial
September 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"It just predicts the next token based on data in the training set" is a poor abstraction of LLMs because it makes poor predictions
For example, we might predict that it's very difficult to have an LLM emit the phrase "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy cvnpmnzq", but it's trivial
For example, we might predict that it's very difficult to have an LLM emit the phrase "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy cvnpmnzq", but it's trivial
Definitely, but the DoorDash UI is extremely misleading on that front
September 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Definitely, but the DoorDash UI is extremely misleading on that front