At https://youtube.com/watch?v=5GFW-eEWXlc&t=1480s, the characters in the 1977 epic space opera Star Wars state the first 48 (binary) digits of the recently discovered Mersenne prime. That is, 47 years before its discovery. That's some serious prescience!

#mersenne #prime #tom7

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Okay, now this is important. Drop everything you're doing, because Tom7 has released a new video. And oh boy, is it wonderful. 20 minutes won't save your life - and this video demands you sacrifice that time. Now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y65FRxE7uMc

#Tom7 #Suckerpinch #AI #ML #Typesetting #TeX #LaTeX #Nerdy #Fun #ComputerScience #LLMs

#Tom7 aka #suckerpinch has a new video up for #SIGBOVIK , about, uh, "What if deep learning but worse?" It's genius Computer Science shitposting. "GradIEEEnt half decent: The hidden power of imprecise lines" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae9EKCyI1xU

"For all practical purposes, it doesn't matter"
"Well, what about *impractical* purposes?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae9EKCyI1xU

Fantastic #tom7 video. I enjoyed every single one of the 55 minutes it is long!

#deeplearning #floatingpoint #math

The video is much more entertaining and geeky than the title, from frequent #SIGBOVIK contributor #Tom7 aka #suckerpinch - "How I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c8i5SABqwU #pittsburgh

Another classic Tom7 video

How I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c8i5SABqwU

#Tom7 #Running #Suckerpinch

i love videos like this. someone taking a sorta terrible but interesting idea to its limit and actually nicely explaining and documenting it, and it takes actual thought and stuff.
"30 Weird #Chess Algorithms: Elo World"
https://invidio.us/watch?v=DpXy041BIlA
#suckerpinch #tom7