Mike Staub mikestaub

Anti-hype LLM reading list

Goals: Add links that are reasonable and good explanations of how stuff works. No hype and no vendor content if possible. Practical first-hand accounts of models in prod eagerly sought.

Foundational Concepts

Pre-Transformer Models

macOS Internals

Understand your Mac and iPhone more deeply by tracing the evolution of Mac OS X from prelease to Swift. John Siracusa delivers the details.

Starting Points

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Paleotemperature Hockey Sticks

This is a list of paleoclimate studies [2–63] that use a variety of temperature proxies and methodologies in affirmation of Michael Mann's hockey stick result [1], which shows strong recent hemispheric and global warming. The last column provides an exemplary figure from each paper.

The original MBH98 paper [1] has so far been cited 1200+ times (Web of Science).

N.B. For the original text list without hyperlinks or figures, go here. It's still being updated.

What do paleotemperature studies tell us in general?

Schemas Design Doc (draft)

Please note: The following document is an initial draft proposal. All decisions are subject to change. Our present goal is to collect feedback and iterate upon this document. Please feel free to share your suggestions and concerns.

Overview

ADX is a federated network for distributing data. It leverages cryptographic signatures and hashes to distribute authenticity proofs along with the data, enabling each node to transact upon the data independently of the data's origin. ADX might therefore be described as an Internet-native database in which records are replicated across nodes.

As a consequence of relying on authenticity proofs, ADX must exchange "canonical" records. That is, ADX records must be transmitted in their original encoding and structure in order to validate the signatures and hashes which comprise the proofs. This stands in contrast to the RESTful model of the Web in which "representations" of records are exchanged and therefore may be constructed at the ti

Introduction

I'm Ruben Somsen, Bitcoin Sorcerer. I do protocol design in order to enhance Bitcoin.

I'm sponsored by Spiral, Superlunar/Gemini, HRF, and am currently working on Silent Payments with Josie and assisting Davidson with the implementation of Proof-of-Work fraud proofs into Floresta.

I also help maintain the bitcoin-dev mailing list, am a BIP editor, co-hosted the Unhashed Podcast, founded the Seoul Bitcoin Meetup in 2014, actively co-organizing BitDevs Amsterdam, and on the layer two funding sub-committee of OpenSats.

You can find me on Twitter, Mastodon, and Telegram. You can also join [this Te

Moved to Shopify/graphql-design-tutorial

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

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	# https://huggingface.co/spaces/NyxKrage/LLM-Model-VRAM-Calculator/blob/main/index.html

	Infographics: https://i.imgur.com/zGygu4U.jpg

	Luke Dashjr, a prolific Bitcoin Core developer, has been sent to Twitter jail: he received a permanent suspension for proclaiming he'll respond with appropriate force if anyone tries to force vaccination on him or his family. To avoid confusion it's important to clarify he does not have an anti-vaccine stance, rather he took a wait for more data approach instead.

	Bitcoin is the future of money, a technology that is as fundamental to humanity as speech itself. It is paramount for mankind to thrive. Luke spent over a decade working on this technology, therefore taking away his access to public communication channels is great disservice to society itself.

	Flexes:

	- Core dev
	- BIP maintainer

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