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  1. Comment on Translation services in ~tech

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    Occasionally it will not translate at all and just spit out the input exactly. Kagi also lets you choose between synonyms for individual words in a translation but this feature sometimes also...

    Occasionally it will not translate at all and just spit out the input exactly. Kagi also lets you choose between synonyms for individual words in a translation but this feature sometimes also breaks in a similar manner.

    These are relatively rare and I still prefer Kagi over DeepL. I think DeepL just benefits here from being around longer and having a bigger team.

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  2. Comment on Translation services in ~tech

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    From my experience (mostly translating German and a bit of Japanese) Kagi Translate is the best followed closely by DeepL. Google Translate has improved a lot but is still a ways behind. Kagi has...

    From my experience (mostly translating German and a bit of Japanese) Kagi Translate is the best followed closely by DeepL. Google Translate has improved a lot but is still a ways behind. Kagi has a lot more options for fine tuning the output and sounds more natural than DeepL but is also a bit more buggy.

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  3. Comment on Question - how would you best explain how an LLM functions to someone who has never taken a statistics class? in ~tech

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    I would recommend showing them 3blue1brown's Large Language Models explained briefly video. His videos normally require a pretty extensive knowledge of math but this was made specifically for the...

    I would recommend showing them 3blue1brown's Large Language Models explained briefly video. His videos normally require a pretty extensive knowledge of math but this was made specifically for the Computer History Museum so it is much more approachable. It also goes into a bit more depth than just explaining an LLM as "advanced autocomplete" and uses animations to make it much easier to understand.

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  4. Comment on What is the best way to discover and listen to music? in ~music

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    I watched this video recently and found it to be a good overview of some of the more manual ways to find new music. How to find new music in the age of algorithms I have also found music-map.com...

    I watched this video recently and found it to be a good overview of some of the more manual ways to find new music.
    How to find new music in the age of algorithms

    I have also found music-map.com extremely useful for finding similar artists.

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  5. Comment on <5 minute watch | well-worth it for the terminally online | nostalgia_bongrip.exe in ~arts

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    This album is also worth listening to if you are are terminally online and a fan of unique glitch pop. (although much darker thematically) I just found it recently so I haven't had much time to...

    This album is also worth listening to if you are are terminally online and a fan of unique glitch pop. (although much darker thematically) I just found it recently so I haven't had much time to dig into the lyrics but the absurdly long track titles tell enough.

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  6. Comment on What are your favorite music videos? in ~music

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    2D or Not 2D is by the Japanese synthpop/new wave band P-Model. They have many more odd music videos but this one is probably my favorite and never fails to put a smile on my face.

    2D or Not 2D is by the Japanese synthpop/new wave band P-Model. They have many more odd music videos but this one is probably my favorite and never fails to put a smile on my face.

    3 votes