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x01660 t1_jeg33vq wrote

Reply to The Metro is the reason my car stays in the garage for weeks at a time. Without it, I would be driving 3-4 days a week. How much more frequently would you be driving if it weren’t for the Metro? by SuperBethesda

Honestly? Not that much more... I ride a motorcycle, and my job requires me to make frequent, random visits to client sites (MSP). A car would be annoying but doable, and metro doesn't go where I need it.

In addition, since I spend the majority of my time in the city (I live in the district proper), I try to get out on the weekend. Easy to ride (or drive my fiance's car) out 40 minutes to Chesapeake Beach or Annapolis then it is to take public transportation. Same for the monthly Costco trip.

I mostly take Metro to go to the airport, or to get back home after walking to the Mall/museums on a Saturday. But it's too slow (at least compared to my motorcycle), and doesn't go where I need it, when I need it.

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Jeffy29 t1_jeg33to wrote

Reply to Language Models can Solve Computer Tasks (by recursively criticizing and improving its output) by rationalkat

That's one of the most boring names I've have seen a paper have lol, though I skimmed it and it looks quite good and is surprisingly readable. Though I don't think this method will be adopted anytime soon, from the description it sounds quite heavy on inference and given how much compute is needed for current (and rapidly growing) demand, you don't want to add to it when you can just train a better model.

The current field really reminds me of the early semiconductor era, everyone knew that there were lots of gains to be had by making transistors in a smarter way but there wasn't the need when node shrinking was going so rapidly and gains were, it wasn't until the late 2000s and 2010s when the industry really started chasing those gains which there are plenty but it isn't nearly as cheap or fast as the good ol' days of transistor shrinking. But it is good to know that even if LLM performance gains inexplicably completely stops tomorrow, we still have lots of methods (like this and others) to improve their performance.

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MidnightAdventurer t1_jeg32az wrote

Reply to comment by defalt86 in Eli5 why does a survey need to have a minimum of 30 respondees to be statistically significant? by shashwathj

Sure, you obviously have a political point to make with your example...

My point was that in a conversation about statistical method, it is really important to make it clear that you need to be really careful that the statistics you collect and examine actually support the conclusions you make as this is a really, really common mistake

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SpiralSuitcase t1_jeg321s wrote

Reply to comment by squidwards_noze in ELI5: Is there a time difference everywhere? by squidwards_noze

Yes, because Time Zones basically came around with the advent of the railroad. It was important that everybody agree on what time it is, otherwise it would be impossible to plan anything. The earth spins at a constant rate, meaning that the sun goes across the sky at a constant rate. It would just be completely impossible AND useless to split the entire world into, say, 1-minute time zones.

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Liquidretro t1_jeg3110 wrote

Reply to Vanguard Traditional IRA - Interest on Money Market fund? by DMball

Yes you should be earning interest but it's one of the most conservative investment options available, so it's not a ton of interest. https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/mutual-funds/profile/vmfxx

I don't understand your strategy of contributing to a traditional IRA and then rolling it to a Roth. Why don't you just contribute to a Roth initially? Your max contribution per year is between all IRA accounts, roth or traditional. Can you explain why you are trying to do it this way?

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