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[wes4dbt]

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.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I guess Turkey is a very interesting place, these days.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Sapator probably wouldn't like that.

[wes4dbt]

I guess Turkey is a very interesting place, these days.

Yes, there is definitely high interest in Turkey.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I would like that kind of yield on my bonds. I would not like the inflation that caused that kind of yield.

[Peter Porter]

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.

[Peter Porter]

This has been planned for over two years, on and off, so you wont believe how relieved I am to finally be coding it.

[Peter Porter]

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.

[Peter Porter]

Was gonna call it rekramatoy for $hits and giggles, but I have another name in mind.

[Peter Porter]

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

[Peter Porter]

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

[Peter Porter]

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

[Peter Porter]

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.

[Peter Porter]

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.

[Peter Porter]

I wanna have it ready to start learning before I got back to work on January 7th.

[Peter Porter]

I coded a great visualization to show everyone it's learning, which I can't wait to intergrate on the final day!

[wes4dbt]

I would like that kind of yield on my bonds. I would not like the inflation that caused that kind of yield.

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.

[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.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I coded a great visualization to show everyone it's learning, which I can't wait to intergrate on the final day!

What is the process of learning? Neural nets? Genetics? Making things up?

[Peter Porter]

What is the process of learning? Neural nets? Genetics? Making things up?

It's mostly neural nets, with a sprinkle of optimization magic.

Maybe one day I'll throw in genetics for good measure!

[wes4dbt]

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.

Like, I'll trade you 3 cows, 2 sheep and these magic beans for your '92 Corolla.

[Peter Porter]

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.

Just read that Turkey will raise their minimum wage 30% in 2025, bringing it to over $3.00 an hour.

[Shaggy Hiker]

It's a start.

[wes4dbt]

Just read that Turkey will raise their minimum wage 30% in 2025, bringing it to over $3.00 an hour.

Those things are sort of relevant to where you live.

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.

[Peter Porter]

Where I live, you could probably get a low end 1bedroom apartment for @ $1500.

My parents 1 bedroom apartment in NYC cost them almost $2,000 a month.

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.

[Shaggy Hiker]

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.

[wes4dbt]

My parents 1 bedroom apartment in NYC cost them almost $2,000 a month.

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.

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.

[Peter Porter]

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.

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.

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.

[wes4dbt]

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.

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.

It does have one of the largest homeless populations which tend to include a lot of people with mental disorders.

[wes4dbt]

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.

[Shaggy Hiker]

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.

[Peter Porter]

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.

Hopefully you'll feelin' better by next year.

[Peter Porter]

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.

[wes4dbt]

Hopefully you'll feelin' better by next year.

I just might make that deadline. Feeling pretty good today. Hope this trend continues.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Nice day to be skiing.

[Zvoni]

Yes, there is definitely high interest in Turkey.

Isn't "Turkey" slang for hangover?

[Shaggy Hiker]

I've never heard it used that way.

[Zvoni]

I've never heard it used that way.

Eh? you are right, but i was close.

Confused it with "cold turkey" --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_turkey

That said: hangover wasn't that far out...

[Shaggy Hiker]

I've heard of cold turkey...it's good for sandwiches.

[Shaggy Hiker]

You got half the phrase, and half the symptoms. That sounds about right, overall.