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Dear people. Please understand that LLMs are not AI. Don't use phrases like "code generation with AI". Use the term LLM instead. LLMs are just a tiny subset of machine learning which itself is a subset of AI science.

#ai#ml#llm

So I'm curious. I'm thinking about using #nix as a way to reproducibly manage scientific results and the computational dependencies between those, specifically simulations and their outcomes.

Some of those simulations involve measuring the execution time of a given algorithm, and plotting those times on a graph. That graph would then be integrated into a report or a paper of some sort, which would be the build artefact.

Issue is... those execution time measurements aren't 100% deterministic. Not down-to-the-microsecond reproducible. Hence, the results are technically not reproducible either.

Obviously, Nix is a software build tool, not meant for what I'm using it for here, but... I still find the notion of these reproducible, cacheable units with pure-functional relationships of one deriving from another to be very appealing.

Thoughts?

#academia #computerscience #nix #nixos

semester is winding down. My goal for summer is to read a bunch of #computerscience and #programming books over summer and build stuff. I need to find a job in software, IT, or ideally games. I need to build my resume and skill set through making stuff and learning stuff and learning stuff through making stuff.

The modern tech industry is very weird (Not just the big name MEGACORPS) and finding a job seems to be a multi-stage boss fight. I gotta get some decent “gear” by building my skills.

#Introduction
Hi everyone, I am currently working as a software developer and I am interested in #ComputerScience, #Science in general, #Gaming and #Reading.

Even though I like Linux and I own a Latitude with Pop_OS on it, I'm using mostly an MBA with MacOS.

As for reading, I like fantasy, sci-fi and non-fiction. I use both paperbacks and e-books.

I also have a personal blog (you can find it in the profile info if you are interested, I won't spam the link in this introduction post).