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172: Transformers and Large Language Models
Intro topic: Is WFH actually WFC?
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Topic: Transformers and Large Language Models
Intro topic: Monitor setups
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Topic: Compilers and Interpreters (Request by Jessica W.)
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Early career, finding role at FAANG, liaising vs shipping code. Startup?
3 part. 1. How and when current hype for AI will end? 2. Shape of the show 3. Upcoming in tech
What are essential programmer knowledge items?
CS Student, how to organize life and goals? What purpose life should serve?
What kind of programmer were you in college?
Happy Holidays!
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Topic: HyperLogLog
Intro topic: What are expectations on developers that have nothing to do with programming
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Topic: Godot
Intro topic: Jogging Metrics
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Topic: Desktop user interfaces
- pganalyze: https://pganalyze.com/
- Weekly series "5mins of Postgres": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDV_1Dz2Ixgl1nT_3DUZVFw
- How Postgres chooses which index to use: https://pganalyze.com/blog/how-postgres-chooses-index
- CMU databases courses: https://db.cs.cmu.edu/courses/
- Postgres community: https://www.postgresql.org/community/
As well as social links:
- Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@lukas
- Twitter/X: @pganalyze, @LukasFittl
- GitHub: @pganalyze, @lfittl
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lfittl/ , https://www.linkedin.com/company/pganalyze/
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Topic: Differential Equations
Things to consider when choosing a database
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Episode 163 - Recursion
Intro topic: Electric Cars
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Topic: Recursion
In the latest episode of Programming Throwdown, we delve into the captivating world of interactive fiction. We explore: Wordnet, Inform, and how games in the past have been the forerunners of today’s NLP challenges.
00:00:22 Introductions
00:00:39 To hard mode or not to hard mode
00:08:58 No moats in Google
00:16:37 Stable Diffusion blows Jason’s mind
00:21:31 Putting beats together
00:23:38 GPT4All
00:27:44 White Sand
00:35:28 Fortuna
00:38:55 Patrick’s ‘dirty’ secret
00:47:20 Wordnet
00:53:56 Procedural generation
00:57:29 On tabletop RPGs
01:00:48 Inform
01:07:27 Farewells
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