👓 Vid Ferris

I have a very straightforward metric for if something counts as “big data”: if it is possible, using consumer-grade data storage media, to fit all of the data inside of my mouth, then you should probably not call it “big data”.

Recently I discussed with someone how they expect superintelligent AI to find a flawless, perfect language for thought and communication, without any useless ambiguities: a language that’s “better” in every way.

My writings on things that aren’t projects!

There are (extremely broadly) 4 key skills to any task: observing the environment, world-modelling, planning next-actions, and executing those actions.

I had a 2018 model XPS PC up until 2025, when I think excessive current draw through my UPS caused it to cut out unexpectedly.

blep

I’ve been trying to get better at Osu.

There’s a Marvel character called Karnak who is a member of the Inhumans, a Kree-modified race of superhumans who reside on the moon.

I’d been feeling emotionally low the last few days.

Anscombe’s Quartet is a group of 4 datasets with almost identical mean and sample variance in X and Y, correlation between X/Y, linear regression lines, and R^2 value of those lines.