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Notes

Hello FastAPI

Notes on the FastAPI tutorials and documentation.

Setting Up a Multi-container Docker Application for Local Development

Learning about Docker through a real project: configuring a local multi-container Docker application that uses the Chroma DB docker image and FastAPI.

Hello Docker

My attempt to get up-to-speed with Docker in a systematic way, starting at the beginning. It’s a boring way to learn.

The Meaning of Meaning (book)

A study of the influence of language upon thought and of the science of symbolism.

SimCSE: Simple Constrative Learning of Sentence Embeddings (paper)

This paper presents SimCSE, a simple constrative larning framework that greatly advances state-of-the-art sentence embeddings.

Differences Between GPT and Embedding Models

GPT-style models predict the next token, embedding models output a single fixed-size vector.

Book: Learning Deep Representations of Data Distributions

This book reveals and studies a common and fundamental problem behind almost all modern practices of (artificial) intelligence. That is, how to effectively and efficiently learn a low-dimensional distribution of data in a high-dimensional space and then transform the distribution to a compact and structured representation? For any intelligent system, natural or man-made, such a representation can be generally regarded as a memory or knowledge learned from data sensed from the external world

Chromadb Basics

Following the Chroma “Getting Started” guide.

Frederick II of Hohenstaufen: a Life

Source: https://archive.org/details/frederickiiofhoh0000mass Author: Georgina Masson Published: 1973

Michael Scot and Frederick II

In any judgement respecting the scientific activity of the court of Frederick II, much depends upon the opiniion formed of Michael Scot, the emperor’s astrologer, whose writings form a large part of the scientific and philosophical product of the Magna Curia.

Natural Philosophy

The study of nature and the physical universe, ignoring any supernatural influence.

Alchemy Restored

Alchemy now holds an important place in the history of science.

Roger Bacon as Magician

The practice of magic was much in vogue in the Renaissance and even the word had gained a limited respectability.

Scientia Experimentalis

Without experience, nothing can be properly known.

Who Was Ibn al-Haytham?

A mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age.

Roger Bacon Resources

Sources of information about Roger Bacon.

Roger Bacon's Family Life

What’s known about Roger Bacon’s family life?

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

What Does It Mean to Understand Language?

Language understanding entails not just extracting the surface-level meaning of the linguistic input, but constructing rich mental models of the situation it describes.

Ilchester

Ilchester, England

Roger Bacon and the Brazen Head

What is a Brazen Head?

Roger Bacon Overview

Some notes about Roger Bacon.