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This doesn't work with the current architecture, because we have to introduce some element of stochastic noise into the generation or else they're not "creatively" generative.

Your brain doesn't have this problem because the noise is already present. You, as an actual thinking being, are able to override the noise and say "no, this is false." An LLM doesn't have that capability.


Well that’s because if you look at the structure of the brain there’s a lot more going on than what goes on within an LLM.

It’s the same reason why great ideas almost appear to come randomly - something is happening in the background. Underneath the skin.


We left. Three years ago, for Spain. We're not planning on returning, barring some sort of international catastrophe.


Would you mind sharing some of your experience (to whatever level you're comfortable with)?

I actually have spanish citizenship as well as my US one, and have considered moving there (temporarily or permanently) to be closer to family a couple of times.


Do you have any good resources for someone looking to do exactly this?


If you don't mind me asking...

Did you find a job before you left?

Did you already speak Spanish?


There are no "human tells" in Blackjack. Its you against the deck. Maybe you're confusing it with poker?


Any multi player game with hidden data lets you troll the other players. So if its the dealer and two or more players sharing a deck you can mess with them.

Everyone counts cards so under extremely rare circumstances given card count X you can play as if the count is X+1 or X-1 thus mess with the minds of people who accurately believe the count to be X, possibly leading to an advantage, if, statistically, they're in a position where being one off in the count is worse for them than it is for you, or if you're in such a bad spot that it doesn't matter if you signal something false you're doomed anyway.

Most of the people claiming to shuffle track, are not. Still, you got three guys watching the dealer shuffle by hand, then two can troll the third by pretending and the third's all like "what did I miss?" maybe panic and do something dumb.

Its not as much fun as poker, no.


But there are effectively no other players as far as you're concerned. You're playing against the dealer/house who makes purely rule-based plays.


Three players off the same deck is not unheard of, I suppose it depends on state regulators and casino policy.

I agree theres no direct me vs you money transfer but plenty of "we're all gonna start with $500 and whoever has more at the end of the night is the winner".

Although I would agree with you in spirit, if you want to feel like you're playing poker, theres no point in simulating it poorly with blackjack unless theres extenuating circumstances (one of your buddies is nuts for the game, or thinks he's gods gift to the card counting art, etc)


It doesn't matter how many people are playing off the same deck, you're only playing against the dealer, and they're following protocol. When its your turn, its you vs. the state of the game.

You can add rules on top of a game all you want (e.g. we're all gonna start...) but that doesn't change the actual game that's being played.


What's the hidden data in blackjack? All the cards are face up except the one dealer card.


New player : Whats card counting?

Intermediate player (where its possible to mess with people) : I'm not good at this, whats the count now?

(edited to note: I think external card counting devices like a phone app are illegal everywhere, which does leave some of the fun in the game)

Experienced player : Everyone is effectively perfect at card counting making it boring again.

Something I don't like about blackjack as a game is casinos minimize the entertainment of the game by having like six decks that are shuffled constantly, how super boring why not just play slots or set your cash on fire and watch it burn. If you play it at home with one deck multiplayer and no shuffling foolishness its a moderately entertaining arithmetic game with multiple meta levels of "press your luck" although the house doesn't have guaranteed boring income under that format, which is why casinos won't play that way. Its a game that's too much fun not to be made boring, or something like that. Casinos could take sex and make it boring. Not a fan.


Have you investigated that GI issue in depth? You could have Celiac, Crohn's, or a number of other issues. Covering up the symptoms with cannabis sounds like a surefire way to risk some sort of GI cancer down the road.

My family has a long history of GI issues that went unidentified and untreated for several years. They're extremely damaging over time. If you're constantly uncomfortable you should really diagnose the root cause ASAP.


Oh, and I’ll add that i’ve been self employed with no insurance or financially reasonable access to health care for almost all of the time my health was slowly deteriorating- over 18 years.

When I did see doctors, my symptoms were diagnosed as other syndromes or dismissed as something very mild. A family member who has celiac suffered from years of misdiagnosis and ineffective treatment, including surgeries, for conditions they don’t suffer from. So if I had been in the medical system all this time, it’s not clear the outcome would have been significantly better.


Yes, I almost certainly have celiac and food allergies. I’m currently at a leading hospital being evaluated by a widely cited expert who has written books about celiac and specializes in people who don’t get better following at GFD, such as me.

I agree that covering up symptoms with any drug can cause problems. It’s very common for swallowing disorders and celiac to exist for years before being diagnosed. I have celiac with the less typical presentation with fewer lower GI symptoms.


This is absurd. Does Walgreens "cause death" every time someone ODs on Tylenol? Or your local Ford dealer when someone gets in a car accident? Smoking killed 6.6X the number of people drugs did in 2017—do you think we should start arresting everyone who owns a 7/11?


There's a lot of people who call for jailing tobacco executives who peddled cigarettes despite knowing about the dangers. I don't agree with those folks, but it's not an "absurd" position to take.


So long as tobacco is product that is legal to sell, jailing the people who sell it would certainly be an absurd position.


To carry forth the analogy, if I sell a handgun to a known felon, and they kill someone, did I "cause death"?

Presumably illegal substances are illegal in part based on risk, so even participating in the transaction you're assuming that risk.


I don't think this analogy works with this scenario. The person selling the gun to a felon is breaking the law but "causing death" would depend on if they knew that was the persons intent. Sort of like if you buy a gun legally and say to the person selling you the gun I plan on killing someone with it, they will refuse to sell it to you and will report you to the police.

I don't think most people intend or want their customers ODing on their product, but it understandably will happen with some given the power of the addiction.

Even still I think where this thread is going is reaching in some respects. Sure people died from the drugs that were sold on the silk road, but from my understanding they wern't sold by Ross directly. Sure it he was getting a profit for the use of the silk road basically being the ebay for illegal stuff, but that to me seems more like organized crime and being a kingpin of sorts.


You're talking about selling things that enable violent crimes against others, while the person you're responding to is taking about selling benign things with which one can only harm oneself. They seem categorically different.


I flat out do not by that "can only harm oneself" argument. The effects of addiction on those close to the addict are quite well documented.


I sell a gun to someone who has expressed to me interest in self harm. They commit suicide. Did I "cause death"?


You would be complicit fault is infinitely divisible.


Does fault need to divide, or can it apply severally?


The distinction is tools of force vs other.


If you knowingly sold a weapon to a felon that is not allowed to posses said weapon, then I would suggest you should be charged with aiding and abetting or even accessory after the fact. While not accusing of "causing death", a punishment fitting the crime should be expected.


> Presumably illegal substances are illegal in part based on risk

The key word here is "presumably".


It's not the substance which actually matters, but that distributing outside of regulation means you're supporting abuse of that substance in the eyes of the law. You can legally sell morphine to hospitals, firearms to non-felons, or alcohol to adults (add five years for the US).


There are cultural differences here, specifically those that involve what the concept of "liberty" means in practice. Americans tend to focus on freedom "to", which is exactly what you're talking about here: employees should be free to choose whether or not they take maternity/paternity. Europeans tend to focus on freedom "from", i.e. employees should be from from worrying about whether the decision to take maternity/paternity will hold them back or not.

You can frame it the way you have if you want to, but to some cultures, having the government tell people what they can and can't do is the only way to ensure true liberty for all.


I'm an European and I strongly believe in the freedom from getting told when to quit my job.

...that is just to examplify that the freedom from/to distinction requires a very specific worldview to function as a robust differentiator.


I'm British and pretty left wing, don't assume that it's all tribal. Granted my post sounded quite American. The government forcing you to take time off is absolutely mental to me. Think of the edge cases => what if I'm not planning to bring up the kid? What if I want lots and lots of children? What if it's an absolutely vital time for me at work, partnerships are coming up or something. What if I'm self-employed? Then think about how possible choices for these edge cases lead to messed up situations. I can imagine people pretending not to be bringing up their children so that the government doesn't mess with their lives.

I see how you can frame it as "freedom not to have reproduction affect your career". But for one thing that still won't work. Time off is time off and income correlates with total hours worked in your life. For another, I don't think all of society agrees that we should pay for your freedom to have children without incurring any costs. We don't need more children, the world population is still increasing. There's this strange train of logic now that because aging populations become poor (because we massively overpromised on pensions) we need native children. 1. We can use immigration. 2. If your system cannot support the decreasing population necessary for the world to get through the next centuries, you need to fix the system not encourage breeding.

Also what about incels, gay people, people who just don't want children? Why on earth are they paying for straight middle class peoples ability not to have their kids interfere with their law career.


That doesn't sound especially left on this issue. Welfare and safety nets are normally accepted as a good thing in the centre and on the left, in varying degree.

In practice if you're young, junior or working for a jerk (or a high hours constant death march startup) the choice becomes work through and let partner do it alone, or get fired. For the rest it is a case of how confident you are in your tenure, seniority and perhaps number of years in the workplace how you will react to your employer hinting strongly to just take a couple of days.

What's needed is strong enough legislation such that anyone who wants to support their partner can, and the few who have to work can do also. I'd much prefer for it become an accepted norm, and for those who don't to be the unusual case. It has benefits for both the parents and the child.

Your last point immediately begs the question what about all the rest? Why on earth are they paying for straight middle class kid's education, healthcare, child allowance etc. Why on earth are they paying for pensions of those no longer working? That way lies the abolition of all social safety nets and ultimately pay yourself or sink. I don't want to live there thank you. :)


Your last point is incoherent. Every single person benefits from education. The person benefiting from time off for maternity/paternity is the parent much more than the child.

If you're poor/young bad boss/start up and have kids it's tough yes. It's also tough if you don't have kids, and they're a choice.

It's kind of pointless to argue left/right, dismiss me with a label if you want. This only exists in a few very left wing countries so I don't think opposing it puts me on a fringe somewhere.

The point is that maternity/paternity leave is the rest of society subsidising parents, who are not doing anything useful by adding to existing overpopulation. Not whether I'm left wing or right wing. If you want to make life easier then I'd go for basic income over selective welfare that disproportionately benefits the already privileged.


> The person benefiting from time off for maternity/paternity is the parent much more than the child.

That's a very surprising claim. All the psychological consensus that I've seen says that the continuous presence of people of reference (preferably the parents) is a positive influence on the early development of children.


"So before I tell you about this nacho recipe, let me tell you my entire life history, really diving into every time I ever at chips, cheese, or any combination thereof..."

Whenever I find a recipe that doesn't start like that I bookmark it. This is my gold standard for internet recipes (in Spanish): http://www.lapaella.net/receta-paella-valenciana/


What a fantastic format, I can see why.


Here in Spain there are lots of fantastic wines around 5€, although I assume you're surgically taking about the states.

Perrin's CdR is ~$10 I believe—we used to drink that almost every day when we lived in NY. Also Jelu from Argentina is a fantastic Pinot Noir for ~$10 as well I believe.

Be careful with your price ranges there, the most expensive wines in the world are Pinot Noirs!


Wines like MaT are designed to be people pleasers. They're full of easily accessible flavors.

4 out of 5 Americans would prefer Katy Perry to The Flaming Lips, that doesn't mean she's better (or worse), it just means she's more crowd friendly.


What does mean she's better?


This is not true: if a wine turns into any sort of "vinegar" then a bacteria was present that should not have been. This is considered a "fault", and won't happen normally, even after 100 years in the bottle.


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