neil

@neil@mastodon.nz

Happily retired meteorologist, photographer, Apple fanboy, explorer of AI. he/him #Photography #NZTwits #Weather #Meteorology #Apple #AI

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neil, to random

Remember that map of AirBnB bookings and the track of the eclipse? Sadly, the track also matches Google Search trends for “My eyes hurt”.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?hl=en-GB&tz=-720&date=now+1-d&geo=US&hl=en-GB&q=My+eyes+hurt&sni=3

simon, to random
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At OpenAI DevDay, a ton of new stuff:

  • gpt-4-turbo (128,000 tokens, faster, cheaper)
  • Ability to pass a seed and get repeatable outputs (maybe we can finally write some automated tests!)
  • Can actually produce valid JSON now - plus call multiple functions in one response
  • Text to speech API (6 voices)
  • Whisper v3 (open model release)
  • Fine tuning for gpt-3.5-turbo 16k (and preview access for GPT-4)
neil,

@simon That new model just worked for me on an API call (I'm a GPT Plus subscriber). 😊

"created": 1699306678,
"id": "chatcmpl-xxx",
"model": "gpt-4-1106-preview",
"object": "chat.completion",
"system_fingerprint": "fxxx",
"usage": {
"completion_tokens": 291,
"prompt_tokens": 3373,
"total_tokens": 3664

djlink, to random
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recorded a Windows 95 full disk defrag to soothe your timeline.

video/mp4

neil,

@djlink Ah, those were the days.

KiwiEV, to random
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Current review car: New Zealand's first sub-$40k new EV. This car does everything very well. Style, acceleration, features, price. The anti-ev folks are gonna grind their false teeth in despair! 😂

neil,

@bananabob @KiwiEV Gotta be the MG 4 51 Excite for $39,975 after clean car rebate. Lots of great info at https://evdb.nz/evs

neil, to random

I knew crypto was bad news.

https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2023/09/20/cryptosporidium-outbreak-in-queenstown-expert-reaction/

neil, to Malaysia

#HealthAndSafety in #Malaysia

neil, to Malaysia

Petronas Towers, #KL #Malaysia #photography

neil,

@GW Thank you. Was a beautiful sight.

neil, to singapore

Orchard Road Presbyterian Church, #Singapore #photography.

neil, to random

Sure, it’s easy to be critical. Let those amongst us who haven’t stored top secret nuclear information in the bathroom, and lied about it, cast the first stone.

Man throwing stone. Throwing Black And White GIF by Bayerischer Rund.

stroughtonsmith, to random
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Reduced Xcode download size!

…but wait, no visionOS? 😟

neil,

@stroughtonsmith The State of the Union said it would be available around the end of the month.

neil, to random

Great story from @thespinoff about kiwi.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-side-eye/26-05-2023/the-side-eye-anahera-our-neighbour

neil, to random

There’ll be hundreds if not thousands of #aurora #photos posted from this event. Here’s mine. I never expected I would see an aurora on the #Kāpiti Coast, #NZ because of all the lights to south, including Wellington. This is from rural Te Horo. There looked to be a bit of brightening to the SSE. Held my iPhone 14 Pro Max on top of a fence post, for a 3 second exposure, and there was the aurora colour. This is cropped and lightly edited. 🙂

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