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Mike Pound

@mikepound.bsky.social

Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Nottingham. I love telling people about computers, including on the Computerphile YouTube channel.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things

Tweet exchange in which a photo of Anne Hathaway is posted by @TheRoyalSerf, to which user @VvSchweetz24 replies "@grok...do your thing.

@Grok replies: Anne Hathaway isn't Jewish; she was raised Catholic but left the church. She married Adam Shulman (who is Jewish) in 2012 and celebrates Jewish holidays with their kids. SHe's played Jewish roles, like in "Armageddon Time."

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Mike Pound @mikepound.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

But for the distilled model you don’t need a data centre. I agree 5m is a huge amount for many, but for organisations it’s a much more practical amount than the previously quoted costs for the big models.

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Mike Pound @mikepound.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

What DeepSeek has just done is approach the performance of a flagship model from OpenAI using modest hardware and a very smart training approach. It screws with the idea that (a) you need a data centre to compete, (b) bigger is always better, and (c) that closed source AI is going to be viable

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Mike Pound @mikepound.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Thanks Josh! Not at all, I’m happy my videos helped. :)

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Mike Pound @mikepound.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

“I remain unconvinced your solution has merit.”

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Mike Pound @mikepound.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Have transferred the turkey to the fridge. Hoping to avoid another year like the one where I forgot to defrost it and was outside with a bucket of water at 4am.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Academics finishing the semester: FINALLY I can start working on my work!

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Mike Pound @mikepound.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Yeah I’ll probably be able to whip it up on the sofa while watching tv?

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Mike Pound @mikepound.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Oops

Order summary for the breadboard computer

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Mike Pound @mikepound.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Stuff is very busy at the moment, so why is my brain telling me to order the bits for an 8 bit breadboard computer? I do not have time, brain! eater.net/8bit/

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Ben Eater

I create tutorial-style videos about electronics, computer architecture, networking, and various other technical subjects.

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Mike Pound @mikepound.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Created an account! Now to learn how to do things on this site..

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