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ash-ali
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Table of contents & the books description seem a little gloomy to anyone else?

GNU Radio, filters, AM/FM, IQ demod ... I remember working through all these topics on GNU Radio Tutorials wiki [0] but I don't know if the book offers anything more of value?

Also, if the authors focus on GNU Radio as their software stack why would they not include a chapter on creating your own Python Blocks which is the biggest upside (imo) to GNU Radio. I love SDRs and think anyone interested in electrical engineering should play around with them. I dont know if I'd recommend this book based off what the sample chapter 4 provided.

[0] https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/Tutorials
ash-ali
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I think this is the proper way to use llms for tasks that require high fidelity. currently im working on binary analysis using llms for natural language and letting ghidra/codeql do the symbolic work. scalability is a massive issue, perhaps the biggest besides fidelity.

its interesting to see many people come to the same neuro-symbolic conclusion around the same time.
ash-ali
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last years falcon (crowdstrike specific conference) they for the first time every showed live the interviews of 3 north koreans trying to get a job in software engineering positions at some forture 500 companies. i was baffled at every 'security' question to validate the person is actually in the US gets glossed over like: "my ID is at my home right now, and im in my office so i don't have that with me".
ash-ali
·anno scorso·discuss
RSA conference in the city
ash-ali
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imo its a little more difficult to publish at these conferences using: "take any architecture and any corresponding benchmark, tweak the architecture slightly and publish a paper". at t2-t3 conferences ... sure.
ash-ali
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One of the biggest problems i have with running basic text editors like vim/nvim is the investment time to spin up a fully loaded workable development env; esp since i've never done it before. basic vim with some modifications in .vimrc is all i have and i know some of my colleagues are also this way!

nowadays though i really want to use LLMs to write code for me instead of switching contexts on different platforms. can i ask what you use for LLM stuff on nvim? how do you like it compared to running bare bones vim and switching platforms?
ash-ali
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I absolutely love winutil. Periods of installing fresh windows made this one of the first things to do on a new system.
ash-ali
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i know europe is making it easier for grants/proposals to go through and lessening the overall time it takes for grants to be accepted, for people in academia leaving the US
ash-ali
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Vouch for this approach ... not just in ml/dl but as a general way of learning things in life.

resources like this are useful, in an academic setting. lets not forget we all forget 50% or more of what we learn about 20 minutes afterwards unless we consistently remind ourselves of what we learn.

unless others prove me wrong using personal anecdotes.
ash-ali
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the govy uses specialized hardware that isn't sold on the market right? would something like this be useful in developing said hardware>?
ash-ali
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I absolutely love this comment <3
ash-ali
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the main takeaway is complexity is the enemy of security; we could all agree with this no? ... anyone ever opened the thousands of pages bluetooth standard?

this is a really cool presentation to read regardless if people agree with it or not. regarding the QC stuff ... i no idea.
ash-ali
·2 anni fa·discuss
If anyone is interested in future small fabs: https://atomicsemi.com/ Looks very promising. Founder is an interesting person.
ash-ali
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I'm super skeptical about online degree programs. Although it seems you're enjoying it; gl!
ash-ali
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Why would NixOS be good for self-hosting and everything-management?

I recently tried to get into NixOS for the sake of learning something new. Struggling to find a proper reason to use this as a personal daily-driver.
ash-ali
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I hope someone could share their insight on this comment. I think the other comments are fragile and don't hold too strongly.
ash-ali
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I love this advice. But, I find it extremely difficult to just read and jot things down without having any applied work in parallel.

Your idea may be the ideal case :]
ash-ali
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EE & CS aim for that many. I've heard maths grads aim for 1.