Great news, I've approved for a loan by the Turkish government at a new lower rate.
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-ce...0ae688711f24a3
Sweet!!! lol
That article was a shocker to me. didn't know those kind of rates even existed.
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Great news, I've approved for a loan by the Turkish government at a new lower rate.
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-ce...0ae688711f24a3
Sweet!!! lol
That article was a shocker to me. didn't know those kind of rates even existed.
I guess Turkey is a very interesting place, these days.
Sapator probably wouldn't like that.
Yes, there is definitely high interest in Turkey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I would like that kind of yield on my bonds. I would not like the inflation that caused that kind of yield.
Yesterday I started a journey coding an advance AI in Visual Basic from scratch, without third party libraries. I knocked out two classes today (AdamOptimzer and MatrixUtils), which took a few hours, so I'm cutting it to a class a day.
This has been planned for over two years, on and off, so you wont believe how relieved I am to finally be coding it.
There was gonna be some hard coded rules to assist with it's learning, but I decided to drop it, and let it learn on it's own once it's ready.
Was gonna call it rekramatoy for $hits and giggles, but I have another name in mind.
I'm taking it slow with the AI classes, testing them as I go.
Here are some console results:
Testing MatrixUtils...
Initialized Matrix:
0.0077 0.0001 0.0013
0.0063 0.0064 0.0053
0.0027 0.0031 0.0067
Dot Product Result:
0.0001 0.0000 0.0000
0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
0.0001 0.0000 0.0001
Error: Matrix A has 3 rows and 2 columns. Matrix B has 4 rows and 3 columns. Matrix A columns must match Matrix B rows for multiplication.
Embedded Sequence:
0.0061 0.0042
0.0062 0.0083
0.0041 0.0064
Error: Invalid index 5 in the sequence. Valid indices are from 0 to 2.
Updated Weights:
0.0076 0.0001 0.0012
0.0063 0.0063 0.0053
0.0027 0.0030 0.0067
Testing MatrixUtils...
Initialized Matrix:
0.0065 0.0094 0.0087
0.0087 0.0087 0.0010
0.0039 0.0080 0.0070
Dot Product Result:
0.0002 0.0002 0.0001
0.0001 0.0002 0.0001
0.0001 0.0002 0.0001
Error: Matrix A has 3 rows and 2 columns. Matrix B has 4 rows and 3 columns. Matrix A columns must match Matrix B rows for multiplication.
Embedded Sequence:
0.0001 0.0064
0.0006 0.0029
0.0010 0.0008
Error: Invalid index 5 in the sequence. Valid indices are from 0 to 2.
Updated Weights:
0.0065 0.0094 0.0087
0.0086 0.0087 0.0010
0.0038 0.0079 0.0069
Testing MatrixUtils...
Initialized Matrix:
0.0005 0.0032 0.0054
0.0068 0.0097 0.0031
0.0074 0.0089 0.0045
Dot Product Result:
0.0001 0.0001 0.0000
0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
Error: Matrix A has 3 rows and 2 columns. Matrix B has 4 rows and 3 columns. Matrix A columns must match Matrix B rows for multiplication.
Embedded Sequence:
0.0089 0.0072
0.0002 0.0089
0.0074 0.0042
Error: Invalid index 5 in the sequence. Valid indices are from 0 to 2.
Updated Weights:
0.0005 0.0031 0.0054
0.0068 0.0096 0.0030
0.0073 0.0088 0.0045
Testing MatrixUtils...
Initialized Matrix:
0.0011 0.0068 0.0051
0.0028 0.0006 0.0036
0.0071 0.0013 0.0031
Dot Product Result:
0.0001 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0000 0.0001 0.0001
Embedded Sequence:
0.0011 0.0068
0.0051 0.0028
0.0006 0.0036
Updated Weights:
0.0011 0.0067 0.0050
0.0028 0.0006 0.0035
0.0070 0.0013 0.0031
Testing AdamOptimizer...
Updated Weights After Adam Optimizer:
0.0001 0.0058 0.0041
0.0018 -0.0004 0.0026
0.0061 0.0003 0.0021
All tests completed.
These tests check if the basic operations like initializing matrices, computing dot products, and updating weights with Adam are working correctly, and they are! Woo-hoo!
I'm ready to move on to the next class of the AI. :bigyello:
I wanna have it ready to start learning before I got back to work on January 7th.
I coded a great visualization to show everyone it's learning, which I can't wait to intergrate on the final day!
All joking aside. I really can't imagine how a financial system can work with rates like that. Seems like any borrowers would just go broke. But I don't know much about finance, except to pay my bills. I think the last time I got a loan was in 2002 when I refinanced my house.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I would guess that a whole lot of stuff is handled by barter, or in other currencies, or something like that. With inflation at that level, any money you get your hands on should be turned into tangible goods as quickly as possible, as the money will be losing noticeable value by the day.
What is the process of learning? Neural nets? Genetics? Making things up?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Porter
It's mostly neural nets, with a sprinkle of optimization magic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Maybe one day I'll throw in genetics for good measure! :p
Like, I'll trade you 3 cows, 2 sheep and these magic beans for your '92 Corolla.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Just read that Turkey will raise their minimum wage 30% in 2025, bringing it to over $3.00 an hour. :eek2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
It's a start.
Those things are sort of relevant to where you live.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Porter
The US federal minimum wage is $7.25. But in CA the state minimum wage is $13.50. When you consider the average one bedroom apartment is $2,155month that still is to low of a wage.
Where I live, you could probably get a low end 1bedroom apartment for @ $1500.
On the other hand, the annual income per capita in Afghanistan is only $410. My guess is there are some countries with even lower income levels.
My parents 1 bedroom apartment in NYC cost them almost $2,000 a month.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
My siblings have been trying to get them to move in since they have large houses, and maybe travel a bit, but they just want to put, which doesn’t make sense, especially since they always talk about how dangerous the city has become in every conversation, constantly looking over their shoulders.
It seems like the danger of NYC is more in the perception than in reality. The city is safer than it has been in a long time, though there was a spike in crime following COVID.
That's pretty low. About half the average amount. Still a lot of money each month, got to be hard to make end meet if your making minimum wage or retired on social security.Quote:
My parents 1 bedroom apartment in NYC cost them almost $2,000 a month.
NYC isn't my cup of tea. Didn't like it when I was there. I live on the west coast(I'm not on the coast) and it's just different out here.
It was real enough for me when I took my family there. The first time we visited, we came across one psycho on the way to the airport as we were leaving. The last time we visited, three pyschos in one week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
In the 80s it was tough, but to me, from what I've experienced, and the endless reports of gun violence, people getting pushed on tracks, punched in the face for no reason, and burned alive, it's gotten worse.
It really isn't one of the US high crime rate cities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._by_crime_rate Though the news does portray it that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Porter
It does have one of the largest homeless populations which tend to include a lot of people with mental disorders.
I'm still getting presents from Christmas. The flu. lol
My daughter and granddaughter had been sick but had pretty much recovered. Didn't think they were still contagious. So we gathered at my daughters house for Christmas. Hit me late Saturday, hasn't been to bad so far. Not sure if I'm going to get off easy or it's gonna get worse. They were pretty sick.
I finally got out cross country skiing. There has been snow, it's just also gotten too warm for me to think it would be any good. It certainly was nice, yesterday evening.
Hopefully you'll feelin' better by next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
Last weekend and today was nice. I went to town and brought a new satelite reciever, headphones, universal remote, Wlan and HDMI cables, and a switcher. And got a crappy car wash at a gas station on the way home.
I just might make that deadline. Feeling pretty good today. Hope this trend continues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Porter
Nice day to be skiing.
Isn't "Turkey" slang for hangover?Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
I've never heard it used that way.
Eh? you are right, but i was close.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Confused it with "cold turkey" --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_turkey
That said: hangover wasn't that far out... :bigyello:
I've heard of cold turkey...it's good for sandwiches.
You got half the phrase, and half the symptoms. That sounds about right, overall.