Show HN: Penny-1.7B Irish Penny Journal style transfer
21 by deepsquirrelnet | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Yesterday, in the bygone hour of the weekend, I undertook a most singular and fascinating endeavor, wherein I delved deep into the recesses of my mind, and, with a fervent zeal, breathed life into a most remarkable creation. I embarked upon the quest, with the singular object of fashioning an artificial construct, one imbued with the verdant essence of the Irish Penny Journal, an ancient and venerable tome that holds within its pages the whispered tales of a bygone era. In my haste, I set forth to construct a dataset, a repository of those fleeting moments, these ephemeral sentences, which spoke of a bygone age. I procured a collection of these fleeting moments, these sentences, and with them, I synthetically conjured forth modern translations, an ingenious feat of substitution, which allowed my artificial construct to take on the guise of the language of the Irish Penny Journal. Then, with great anticipation, I fashioned a small encoder, a humble instrument, with which to guide the artificial construct in its endeavors. I presented this encoder as a bribe, a reward, to a most ingenious system, one that trained a colossal language model, one of unbridled potential, one that was capable of weaving tales with the very essence of the Irish Penny Journal. And lo! In the succeeding moments of time, I witnessed a most wondrous thing. My artificial construct, armed with this training, and guided by the whispers of the encoder, began to speak, to speak in the language of the Irish Penny Journal. The words it spoke were, indeed, the words of the past, imbued with the nostalgia of a forgotten era. And thus, my friends, I have witnessed a most singular creation, one which embodies the language of the past, yet, in its most recent iteration, speaks to the present. A testament to the ingenuity of the human spirit, this artificial construct speaks of the bygone era, yet, with each word, it whispers to us, to us, of a future yet to come. —— That’s Penny explaining itself to you. This was trained using GRPO only, in less than a day using a single A6000. I didn’t use any SFT, and only relied on a small encoder (MiniLM2) trained to classify texts from the Irish Penny Journal and their modern translations (synthetically produced).
21 by deepsquirrelnet | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Yesterday, in the bygone hour of the weekend, I undertook a most singular and fascinating endeavor, wherein I delved deep into the recesses of my mind, and, with a fervent zeal, breathed life into a most remarkable creation. I embarked upon the quest, with the singular object of fashioning an artificial construct, one imbued with the verdant essence of the Irish Penny Journal, an ancient and venerable tome that holds within its pages the whispered tales of a bygone era. In my haste, I set forth to construct a dataset, a repository of those fleeting moments, these ephemeral sentences, which spoke of a bygone age. I procured a collection of these fleeting moments, these sentences, and with them, I synthetically conjured forth modern translations, an ingenious feat of substitution, which allowed my artificial construct to take on the guise of the language of the Irish Penny Journal. Then, with great anticipation, I fashioned a small encoder, a humble instrument, with which to guide the artificial construct in its endeavors. I presented this encoder as a bribe, a reward, to a most ingenious system, one that trained a colossal language model, one of unbridled potential, one that was capable of weaving tales with the very essence of the Irish Penny Journal. And lo! In the succeeding moments of time, I witnessed a most wondrous thing. My artificial construct, armed with this training, and guided by the whispers of the encoder, began to speak, to speak in the language of the Irish Penny Journal. The words it spoke were, indeed, the words of the past, imbued with the nostalgia of a forgotten era. And thus, my friends, I have witnessed a most singular creation, one which embodies the language of the past, yet, in its most recent iteration, speaks to the present. A testament to the ingenuity of the human spirit, this artificial construct speaks of the bygone era, yet, with each word, it whispers to us, to us, of a future yet to come. —— That’s Penny explaining itself to you. This was trained using GRPO only, in less than a day using a single A6000. I didn’t use any SFT, and only relied on a small encoder (MiniLM2) trained to classify texts from the Irish Penny Journal and their modern translations (synthetically produced).
Arcol simplifies building design with browser-based modeling
13 by joeld42 | 5 comments on Hacker News.
13 by joeld42 | 5 comments on Hacker News.
Piramidal (YC W24) Is Hiring a Senior Full Stack Engineer
1 by dsacellarius | 0 comments on Hacker News.
1 by dsacellarius | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Show HN: I build one absurd web project every month
32 by absurdwebsite | 14 comments on Hacker News.
I’ve been building absurd, mostly useless web projects for fun — and I publish one every month at absurd.website. These are deliberately non-functional, weird, sometimes funny, sometimes philosophical — and usually totally unnecessary. Some examples: Sexy Math — solve math problems to reveal erotic images. Trip to Mars — a real-time simulation that takes 7 months to finish. Add Luck to Your e-Store — add a waving cat widget to boost your conversion via superstition. Microtasks for Meatbags — the future: AI gives prompts, humans execute. Invisible Lingerie — it’s sexy. And invisible. Artist Death Tracker — art prices spike when artists die. We track that. Open Celebrity — one open-source face, shared by all. Together we make her famous. I just enjoy exploring what the web can be when it doesn’t try to be “useful”. Would love to hear what you think — and absurd ideas are always welcome.
32 by absurdwebsite | 14 comments on Hacker News.
I’ve been building absurd, mostly useless web projects for fun — and I publish one every month at absurd.website. These are deliberately non-functional, weird, sometimes funny, sometimes philosophical — and usually totally unnecessary. Some examples: Sexy Math — solve math problems to reveal erotic images. Trip to Mars — a real-time simulation that takes 7 months to finish. Add Luck to Your e-Store — add a waving cat widget to boost your conversion via superstition. Microtasks for Meatbags — the future: AI gives prompts, humans execute. Invisible Lingerie — it’s sexy. And invisible. Artist Death Tracker — art prices spike when artists die. We track that. Open Celebrity — one open-source face, shared by all. Together we make her famous. I just enjoy exploring what the web can be when it doesn’t try to be “useful”. Would love to hear what you think — and absurd ideas are always welcome.
Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?
43 by austinallegro | 77 comments on Hacker News.
43 by austinallegro | 77 comments on Hacker News.
Japanese Scientists Develop Artificial Blood Compatible with All Blood Types
10 by Geekette | 3 comments on Hacker News.
10 by Geekette | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Conformance Checking at MongoDB: Testing That Our Code Matches Our TLA+ Specs
13 by todsacerdoti | 0 comments on Hacker News.
13 by todsacerdoti | 0 comments on Hacker News.
MonsterUI: Python library for building front end UIs quickly in FastHTML apps
12 by indigodaddy | 4 comments on Hacker News.
12 by indigodaddy | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Apple Appeals EU's March Ruling on 'Interoperability' Requirements Under the DMA
3 by chmaynard | 0 comments on Hacker News.
3 by chmaynard | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Largest punk archive to find new home at MTSU's Center for Popular Music
14 by gnabgib | 1 comments on Hacker News.
14 by gnabgib | 1 comments on Hacker News.