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@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2026-06-06 10:53:27

Important development in AI, "Small Models are Closing the Gap to Frontier AI"
https://paulkedrosky.com/chart-of-the-day-small-models-are-closing-the-gap-to-frontier-ai/

Chart of the Day: Small Models are Closing the Gap to Frontier AI
A quiet story in AI isn't that large models keep getting better, it's that small ones are catching up quickly. In 2022, reaching 60% on MMLU, a test of academic reasoning, required a 540-billion-parameter model. By 2024, a 3.8-billion-parameter model hit the same threshold — a 142-fold parameter reduction in

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-05-27 11:42:02

from my link log —
Someone’s been messing with Python’s floating point subnormals!
https://moyix.blogspot.com/2022/09/someones-been-messing-with-my-subnormals.html
saved 2022-09-06

Someone’s Been Messing With My Subnormals!
TL;DR: After noticing an annoying warning, I went on an absurd yak shave, and discovered that because of a tiny handful of Python packages b...

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-05-27 18:00:05

at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata

at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022). 2115 nodes, 2908569 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/at_migrations

@davej@dice.camp
2026-04-27 20:19:44

Content warning: CW: ukpol, longevity.

“The analysis, based on data from the Office for National Statistics between 2022-24 and 2012-2014, found those in the wealthiest 10% of areas could expect to have around 20 more years of good health than those in the poorest.”
#ukpol #health

Radical Anthropology (@RadicalAnthro@c.im)
No starker measure of inequality than this, actual Healthy Life Expectancy: 'In England, Richmond in London had the highest rates of HLE at 69 for men and 70 for women. In comparison, in Blackpool it was 51 for men and in Hartlepool is was 51 for women. London was the only region that saw an improvement in HLE over the period.' Supposedly even worse in parts of Scotland. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20q07w3gl9o

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-04-07 17:43:27

Fernando Mendoza won't be attending NFL Draft in Pittsburgh: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7178471/2026/04/07/fernando-mendoza-nfl-draft-attendance/

Fernando Mendoza won’t be attending NFL Draft in Pittsburgh: Source
Mendoza could be the first No. 1 pick to not attend the draft since Jaguars defensive end Travon Walker in 2022.

@NuclearDisorder@mastodon.social
2026-03-26 07:04:26

Heute vor 61 Jahren: Am 26.03.1965 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Whetstone die 35. Atombombe "Cup". Whetstone war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1964/65 insgesamt 46 Bomben größtenteils im Testgebiet in

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