This week, I learned:

  • httpretty can mock ALL Python HTTP libraries
  • Japanese pray to dead parents instead of gods. The dead are preserved in plates by priests. Japanese are generally non religious
  • Looks like GPT-4o is using CNNs to create vector embeddings of images, with images gridded into a 1x1, 2x2, etc. PLUS OCR. Ref
  • The sum of a sinusoidal series is like a spirogram. Spinning circle linked to another and so on https://www.andreinc.net/2024/04/24/from-the-circle-to-epicycles