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title: Things I Learned - 03 Mar 2024
date: 2024-03-03T00:00:00+00:00
categories:
  - til
description: I learned to stream HTML out of order using slots and studied Shane Parrish's mental frameworks. I also tested AI tools including MetaVoice for cloning, Qwen 1.5, and Demucs for splitting high-quality audio tracks.
keywords: [html slots, shane parrish, metavoice, qwen 1.5, demucs, sourcegraph, llava]
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This week, I learned:

- [You can use slots to stream HTML out of order](https://lamplightdev.com/blog/2024/01/10/streaming-html-out-of-order-without-javascript/)!
- Shane Parrish. Short-term patience podcast
  - have a frame of reference to relate EVERY experience to. That helps you evaluate (measure) and learn. That's part of what Charlie Munger's lattice of frameworks is about
  - when there is a very high or very low interest scenario, low interest scenario then go ultra long term. Issued hundred years when the interest rate regime was very low
  - short term optimal is rally long term optimal. So you need to learn to take a loss and look like an idiot to play the long-term game
  - grit is a behavior that enables long-term thinking. Short term success gives you the luxury to think about long term
  - #IMP power is about optionality. It's about being in a position where you have the options that can affect the positive change rather than circumstances controlling you. Read Robert greene's book on the 48 laws of Power
  - low leverage enables that
  - begin with the end in mind. Always
  - how do you think about risk? Well, things do happen. It's as simple as that
  - autonomy and decentralization helps derisk
  - do more and more of what works. That's a powerful way of compounding
  - long-term investments are better than frequent trading because you get to reinvest the tax you otherwise would have paid. So unless the alternative is super compelling, stay invested
  - if you need to be the person who DOES the thing, you delegate less, leverage list, compound less, because you have to DO. BE A PERSON WHO SETS THE FIELD INSTEAD. The coach, the chess master, the director, patient strategist who Waits for the good hit
- Being in Control motivates #Lesson. my cycle tires were flat. I thought it was someone pulling out the air and felt very demotivated. But once I carried my cycle pump, I felt so much more in control and power and felt a whole lot better
- [SourceGraph](https://sourcegraph.com/) is the default platform for private code completion & search
- [MetaVoice 1B](https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ai-voice-cloning-and-creation/) offers voice cloning on American & British accents with 30s training
- [Qwen 1.5 72B](https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen1.5/) appears to outperform Mistral Medium, making it one of the top non-proprietary models
- [Llava 1.6](https://llava-vl.github.io/blog/2024-01-30-llava-1-6/) is a substantial improvement over Llava 1.5 and slightly better than CogVLM, Qwen-VL
- AI scams are growing. [Deepfakes scammed $34m](https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hk-firm-scammed-of-34-million-after-employee-is-duped-by-video-call-with-deepfake-of-cfo). But [voice fake for kidnapping](https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ai-phone-scam-18561537.php?sid=64ffe30738148943ca040a9b&ss=A&st_rid=40d8ca22-ad29-44d1-bcfa-45dcd33455f0) is scarier.
- [Buildspace's demo](https://youtu.be/u9dZd4jIxL0) is a great demo of how voice and actions can be used effectively.
- [demucs](https://github.com/adefossez/demucs) does an EXCELLENT job of splitting songs into drums, bass, vocals and others