cloneofsimo

# credit: https://github.com/Nordth/humanize-ai-lib/blob/main/src/humanize-string.ts
import re

_HIDDEN_CHARS = re.compile(
    r"[\u00AD\u180E\u200B-\u200F\u202A-\u202E\u2060\u2066-\u2069\uFEFF]"
)
_TRAILING_WS  = re.compile(r"[ \t\x0B\f]+$", re.MULTILINE)
_NBSP         = re.compile(r"\u00A0")
_DASHES       = re.compile(r"[—–]+")         # em- & en-dashes → ASCII hyphen
_DQUOTES      = re.compile(r"[“”«»„]")       # curly / guillemets → "

yoavg

Learning LLMs in 2025

So you know how the transformer works, and you know basic ML/DL, and you want to learn more about LLMs. One way to go is looking into the various "algorithmic" stuff (optimization algorithms, RL, DPO, etc). Lot's of materials on that. But the interesting stuff is (in my opinion at least) not there.

This is an attempt to collect a list of academic (or academic-like) materials that explore LLMs from other directions, and focus on the non-ML-algorithmic aspects.

Courses

• David Chiang's Theory of Neural Networks course.
• This is not primarily LLMs, but does have substantial section on Transformers. Formal/Theory. More of a book than a course.

swayson

credit: https://youtu.be/x48578Nmt1M

## Self-Communication (Changing Self-Talk)

**Technique:** Change the way you communicate with yourself, shifting from a critical "bully" inner voice to a supportive "best friend" inner voice.

**Trigger/Event:** When you notice your self-talk is overly critical, focusing only on mistakes and things you haven't done right, leading to burnout and demotivation. Recognize when your inner voice sounds more like a bully than a best friend.

**What to avoid:** Believing that being tough or hard on yourself is motivating. This approach is counterproductive and leads to burnout. Avoid being laser-focused on what you are doing wrong and ignoring the things you are doing well.

hamelsmu

Success Stories of Fine-Tuning LLMs Across Industries

Below is a summary of diverse use cases where companies fine-tuned large language models (LLMs) to solve business challenges that previous methods struggled with. Each case highlights the challenge, the fine-tuning approach, and the key results achieved.

Summary of Fine-Tuning Success Cases

Use Case	Key Results	Source Link
Wealth Management Assistant (Finance)	98% advisor adoption; document access up from 20% to 80%	OpenAI & Morgan Stanley
Insurance Claims AI (Insurance)	30% accuracy improvement vs. generic LLMs	[Insurance News (EXL)](https://www.insurancenews.c

Quasimondo

Stream WAV Files as Bluetooth Mic Input from Raspberry Pi Zero W

Author: Mario Klingemann

Description

This guide configures a Raspberry Pi Zero W to stream WAV files (8kHz, mono PCM) to a phone via Bluetooth Hands-Free Profile (HFP), simulating a microphone for calls. Tested on Raspbian Bullseye with a Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 6 Pro, it should work with similar setups.

Note: due to restrictions of Android it seems that headset microphones are not allowed to use certain features like voice assistant or voice typing on the keyboard. This seems to be an ongoing nuisance and I have not found a solution for it.

Note: this might not work on a Raspberry Zero 2 W, since it is using a different bluetooth chip which seems to have certain quirks.

jph00

oliveratgithub

{
	"emojis": [
		{"emoji": "👩‍👩‍👧‍👧", "name": "family: woman, woman, girl, girl", "shortname": ":woman_woman_girl_girl:", "unicode": "1F469 200D 1F469 200D 1F467 200D 1F467", "html": "👩‍👩‍👧‍👧", "category": "People & Body (family)", "order": ""},
		{"emoji": "👩‍👩‍👧‍👦", "name": "family: woman, woman, girl, boy", "shortname": ":woman_woman_girl_boy:", "unicode": "1F469 200D 1F469 200D 1F467 200D 1F466", "html": "👩‍👩‍👧‍👦", "category": "People & Body (family)", "order": ""},
		{"emoji": "👩‍👩‍👦‍👦", "name": "family: woman, woman, boy, boy", "shortname": ":woman_woman_boy_boy:", "unicode": "1F469 200D 1F469 200D 1F466 200D 1F466", "html": "👩‍👩‍👦‍👦", "category": "People & Body (family)", "order": ""},
		{"emoji": "👨‍👩‍👧‍👧", "name": "family: man, woman, girl, girl", "shortname": ":man_woman_girl_girl:", "unicode": "1F468 200D 1F469 200D 1F467 200D 1F467", "html": "👨‍👩&z

kastnerkyle

# Author: Kyle Kastner
# License: BSD 3-Clause
# See core implementations here http://geekyisawesome.blogspot.ca/2016/10/using-beam-search-to-generate-most.html
# Also includes a reduction of the post by Yoav Goldberg to a script
# markov_lm.py
# https://gist.github.com/yoavg/d76121dfde2618422139

# These datasets can be a lot of fun...
#
# https://github.com/frnsys/texts

swayson

Map	Action
<F1>	Causes Netrw to issue help
<cr>	Netrw will enter the directory or read the file
<del>	Netrw will attempt to remove the file/directory
-	Makes Netrw go up one directory
a	Toggles between normal display, hiding (suppress display of files matching g:netrw_list_hide) showing (display only files which match g:netrw_list_hide)
c	Make browsing directory the current directory
C	Setting the editing window
d	Make a directory

aparrish