Why do LLMs freak out over the seahorse emoji?(vgel.me)

618 points by nyxt 1 year ago | 312 comments

Blog post by vgel examining why large language models produce confused, looping output when asked whether a seahorse emoji exists.

Redis in the Wild: Unexpectedly Bumping into Antirez in His Hometown(orazioscicolone.it)

19 points by skiwithuge 20 days ago | 6 comments

A personal blog post by an SRE recounting unexpectedly meeting Redis creator Salvatore Sanfilippo (antirez) in his Sicilian hometown.

Java 21 VirtualThreads vs. Clojure Lazy Seqs(clojure.org)

197 points by grzm 3 years ago | 121 comments

Solar and batteries are going to win, and our thinking needs to adjust(noahpinion.blog)

57 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 58 comments

Airfoil(ciechanow.ski)

4 points by gronky_ 2 years ago | 0 comments

Airfoil(ciechanow.ski)

2422 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 280 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how airplanes fly by examining the forces generated by airflow around wings and airfoils.