Moved to the Fediverse @lhl@randomfoo.net
Joined November 2006
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28 Nov 2022
Just an FYI, I've migrated to posting on my own Fediverse instance: fediverse.randomfoo.net/lhl (for those interested, I've also wrote up my setup: mostlyobvious.org/?link=/R… which is running akkoma.social/)
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4 Jun 2025
I don't post much here anymore, but maybe this is worth an exception. I've spent basically all year working on an open model that is incredibly strong in Japanese. For those interested, full details published here: shisa.ai/posts/shisa-v2-405b…
We're incredibly proud to release the newest and most powerful member of our open, bilingual (JA/EN) Shisa V2 family: Llama 3.1 Shisa V2 405B
The strongest model ever trained in Japan, it points to how even small Japanese AI labs can compete globally!
🤗 huggingface.co/shisa-ai/shis…
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6 Dec 2023
🚀 Excited to finish this EN/JA model I've been working on with @lhl!
Fine-tune: huggingface.co/augmxnt/shisa…
Base: huggingface.co/augmxnt/shisa…
We were able to create a competitive 7b JA model with only ~8b tokens of continued pre-training!
Sponsored in part by @akavirtual_ and @a16z
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18 Nov 2022
Since it seems that extended downtime is imminent now, for those that have their Twitter archives generated already, here's a good place to start to make sure you have URLs/media: github.com/timhutton/twitter… (you'll also need to manually get your lists, followers, and following)
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18 Nov 2022
Am hearing the number of Twitter resignations today is likely over 1,000, though unclear as not all are posting their decision.
Some teams, such as the engineering team that manages Twitter’s core system libraries, are completely gone now. theverge.com/2022/11/17/2346…
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14 Oct 2022
THREAD: The US government's new export controls are wreaking havoc on China's chip industry.
New rules around "US persons" are driving an "industry-wide decapitation."
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13 Oct 2022
Just received a notification on a 5 year old @signalapp bug (opened after a previous 2y older bug was closed) that iOS Import/Export was closed as "not planned" github.com/signalapp/Signal-…
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4 Oct 2022
At best, molnupiravir (MOV) is a useless drug we’re wasting $$ on. At worst, it could accelerate the emergence of novel variants with unpredictable characteristics. First I’ll explain why MOV is useless. Later, I’ll present evidence I’ve found that it could be dangerous. 1/
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3 Aug 2022
I'm very sympathetic to those who don't want to fight to defend Taiwan. I'm against the forever wars and generally am skeptical about the use of our military.
But defending Taiwan makes sense *for Americans' concrete economic interests, freedoms, and sovereignty*.
Why? 👇 1/
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23 Jul 2022
I've been asked about this a lot, so let me provide a quick FAQ.
Q: What's the nature of the issue?
A: Anyone who has bought my book from Amazon in the past few month hasn't bought a genuine copy, but a lower-quality counterfeit copy printed by various fraudulent sellers.
8 Jul 2022
For instance, if you go to the page of DLwP2 on Amazon, you see that it's being sold by a 3rd party seller named "Sacred Gamez".
If you click "buy", you won't get the actual book from Manning. You get a low-quality counterfeit printed by the fraudulent seller (from the book PDF)
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21 Jul 2022
ever wonder why the cheap junk flooding Amazon has keyboard-mashing brand names like MOFFBUZW?
let's dive into an example... the 2nd organic result for "baby moccasins" has:
- 0 reviews
- no Prime offer
- 20 day shipping (lol)
- a brand name that literally looks like Dog Shit
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4 Jul 2022
Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 838
The die is now cast: BA.5 is destined to be our dominant virus.
In today’s 🧵I discuss the implications on the course of the pandemic, and how to think about responding.
(I use “BA.5” & not “BA.4/5” since BA.5 is poised to outrun BA.4.). (1/25)
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1 Jul 2022
Spending $800 an hour to fly the helicopter to tell kids to get out of the pool because we don’t have money for lifeguards just sums up America perfectly.
1 Jul 2022
“This is the Baltimore City Police Dept. helicopter unit. Please exit the swimming pool. There is no lifeguard on duty. For your safety, exit the swimming pool.”
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29 Jun 2022
SCIENCE:
If you don't make mistakes, you're doing it wrong.
If you don't correct those mistakes, you're doing it really wrong.
If you can't accept that you're mistaken, you're not doing it at all.
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25 Jun 2022
Are there any DNS registrars that are secure by default? Thinking about it, there are multiple supply chain attack vectors (via CS reps and the like) across the infrastructure stack for targets worth way more than crypto/DeFi sites 🤔
24 Jun 2022
I'd say almost every registrar operates this way and I'd say we probably do things better than most. I'm speaking openly and honestly about it so you understand the risks.
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Been waiting for this to come out. Using zero-knowledge attestations, you can prove anything to anyone without leaking the underlying information. I think this has a huge design space, so curious what builders will do with it
(disclose: investor🙂)
21 Jun 2022
We open-sourced the Sismo protocol and its first ZK Attester.
Sismo is a modular Attestations Protocol.
It hosts diverse attestations focused on privacy and decentralization.
Anyone is welcome to build with us.
Sismo 101: Attestations as Web3 Cookies!
(Links end of 🧵)
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5 Jun 2022
The greatest protest photos of all time were taken 33 years ago today. On June 5, 1989, six (not four) photographers captured a lone protester facing down a column of tanks near #TiananmenSquare. This version of the“Tank Man” photo was made by @StuartAFranklin for @TIME...🧵
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5 Jun 2022
hot tip: to avoid writing bugs, don't write software
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