by Dev
HackrLife, is a podcast about personal growth, mental models, life hacks and technology. In my day job I work for Google. In my spare time I create products, content and designs to learn new things by doing them. HackrLife is a compilation of these learnings. A way of life where we are always learning.
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January 11, 2024
<p>Large Language Model’s don’t really have a database to query on. They analyse petabytes of data on a range of topics <em>(as part of “training”)</em>, and measure the distance between clusters of words or pixels that are most likely to appear together. They then match the pattern to a given natural language prompt, and generate a remixed output in the form of text or image. It is generally a learnt synthesis of the kind of content or image that has been created before on the subject of the prompt.</p> <p>The output depends on what you ask (hence prompt engineering), but in most cases a basic human language query is enough for the system to match patterns and return some text or image which looks good and reads ok.</p> <p>Question though, is novelty aside, what do you ask a system that (apparently) can answer anything? Where does it truly help beyond writing content or creating images?</p>
January 4, 2024
<p>A single man can break a stone single-handedly. But how can his credo help our self discovery and development ?</p> <p>We often overemphasise on effort, without equally emphasising on the environment in which this effort can be successful. The fact however, is that the environment we live in, continuously and gradually shapes us, just like the repeated strikes of a stonecutter eventually weaken the rock. Our chances of success can be gradually increased by positive factors such as supportive work environments, educational opportunities, and nurturing communities. </p> <p><br></p>
January 2, 2024
<p>From the time of its inception, the best real world use case of Blockchain technology has been in the realm of <em>decentralised finance</em> or <strong>DeFi</strong>. But for years it failed to gain traction due to three key things</p> <ul> <li><p>Non inclination of financial institutions and governments towards tokenisation of real world assets</p> </li> <li><p>Very high annual percentage yields which made it seem like a game of blackjack than an actual stable investment option</p> </li> <li><p>Lack of institutional interest and integration into real world financial systems</p> </li> </ul> <p>This happens. Every new technology undergoes this curve of adaptation and 2023 was mostly a year for DeFi to shore back and consolidate after the scams and scandals of yesteryears. </p> <p>But with meaningful and sustainable changes like <em>Real Yield </em>over <em>APY</em>, increasing interest in tokenisation of real assets, and more institutional interest in using the innovation offered by DeFI over blockchain for real world financial systems, the tide is starting to slowly re-shape. </p> <p>2024 can turn out to be the surprise year for DeFi if it continues on this path of real world integration. But which DeFi protocols do we start looking at, given there are so many?</p>
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