tech, startups, internet

Introducing Gorilla.

This seems like it might be something. “Gorilla is a LLM that can provide the appropriate API calls. It is trained on three massive machine learning hub datasets: Torch Hub, TensorFlow Hub and HuggingFace. … Zero-shot Gorilla outperforms GPT-4, Chat-GPT […]

fun facts

What is one-pedal driving and how does it work?

I just heard about and had to look it up. Some electric vehicles offer this: “One-pedal driving allows a driver to bring a vehicle to a full stop without using the brake pedal.” Basically using the regenerative braking, letting go […]

fun facts

How wolf became dog.

Differing snouts, coats, and obedience to to humans distinguish the two species. Dogs are possibly the first domesticated animals species, and they came form some sort of wolf. But how exactly did that come about? This 2015 article in Scientific […]

big ideas

Earth’s microbial diversity may be underestimated.

A recent survey of 99 coral reefs found 500k species, which is kind of a lot. “The immense diversity of the microbes on the reefs may offer “ecological insurance” for coral, fish and other inhabitants, Pierre Galand, a researcher at […]

better doing

How to be great? Just be good, repeatably.

“The first step in becoming great is recognizing that you’re likely not already great. In fact, it comes from recognizing that there is no such thing as greatness at a specific instance in time. Greatness is instead a reflection of […]

better doing

The Johari window.

I learned this technique when I joined Entrepreneurs Organization years ago. It’s an interesting way to learn about yourself. The name sounds foreign and interesting, but it’s really just named after its creators Joe and Harry. ~ learn more

better doing

The biggest myths about emotions, debunked.

This was relevant to me because I’ve been on a years-long journey to be less reactive and more deliberate in the face of emotions. “Contrary to the notion that emotions are inherently fixed in our brains from birth, Barrett contends […]