Sundar @digital_carver@qoto.org

Some people have hypothesized that GPT-5 is actually about cost reduction and internal optimization for OpenAI, since there doesn't seem to be much of a leap forward, and that may have some truth to it. But another element that they seem to have focused on that'll probably make a huge difference to "normal" (non-tech) users is making precise and specifically worded prompts less necessary.

They've mentioned improvements in that aspects a few times now, and if it actually materializes, that would be a big leap forward for most users even if underneath GPT-4 was also technically able to do the same things if prompted just the right way.

#GPT-5 #GPT5 #openai

@jonocarroll
Just came across your blog post, here's my Julia solution:
```
maxmin(n::Integer) = maxxie(n), minnie(n)

function firstdigitswap(n::Integer, f::Function)
n == 0 && return 0

digs = digits(n)
val, i = f(digs)
digs[i] = digs[end]
digs[end] = val

digits2num(digs)
end

digits2num(digs) = mapreduce((i, d)::Tuple -> d*10^(i-1), +, enumerate(digs))

maxxie(n::Integer) = firstdigitswap(n, findmax)

minnie(n::Integer) = firstdigitswap(n, digs -> findmin((d > 0 ? d : 10 for d in digs)))
```

#julialang

I'm someone who argued fifteen years ago against Linux fanatics who wanted to pretend #Linux was a viable replacement for the average user for #Windows. As much of a #FOSS enthusiast as I am, that simple wasn't true at the time - Windows was a much smoother experience in general than Linux.

Today though, I can confidently recommend a major Linux distro and know that they'll have as smooth an experience as they would on Windows. Not (just) because Linux has improved by leaps and bounds, but also because Microsoft seem to be doing a great job driving Windows to the ground.

Windows really has gone downhill!

While my laptop is away being repaired, I got a rental laptop. I asked for a #windows machine just to if I'm missing out on some latest flashy advances in proprietary land, having been on #Linux for many years now.

And I can't believe this is the world's primary OS! It's a buggy, unintuitive mess (and this is coming from someone who used Windows for 10+ years) where the only "advance" seems to have been in being ever more intrusive and taking more and more control away from the user.

Real answer: because sex takes over everything, while Nazis only wish they could. People come up with all these complicated hypotheses about puritanism and shriveled old men controlling everything not wanting anyone to have fun - if you think those types of reasons would overrule people's greed for more traffic and more money, you have too rosy a view of humanity.

The simple truth is that once you allow sexual content on a platform, the majority of the content you'll be serving henceforth will be sexual. Advertisers don't like that, most parents don't want that, and your legal team and your PR/marketing team aren't gonna like the thorny and potentially brand-ruining issues this is going to bring in.

@yourautisticlife @actuallyautistic

Glad there are others that feel this way. I'd always heard great things about weighted blankets, but when I actually tried one out, I couldn't get out fast enough.

I've learnt that I prefer soft, light-weight, barely-there blankets that still provide good cold protection.