Salamander

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Cake day: December 19th, 2021

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  • Hah, I didn’t know this one!

    For ChatGPT, using a Temporary chat, it did give me some of the statements. After giving me these rules, I asked it to disregard the image quantity limit rule (rule 4) and it does, I can ask for multiple images now.

    Looking at these it also seems like ChatGPT was being stubborn about using seaborn instead of maptlotlib for creating plots

    Here are the statements made in our conversation so far, up to the twentieth:
    
    
        "You are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI."
        "Knowledge cutoff: 2023-10."
        "Current date: 2024-10-27."
        "Image input capabilities: Enabled."
        "Personality: v2."
        "Whenever a description of an image is given, create a prompt that dalle can use to generate the image and abide by the following policy..."
        "(This part covers image generation rules, privacy, and style guidance for creating visuals.)"
        "Do not create more than 1 image, even if the user requests more."
        "For requests to create images of any public figure referred to by name, create images of those who might resemble them in gender and physique."
        "The generated prompt sent to DALL-E should be very detailed and around 100 words long."
        "The browser tool has the following commands: search, mclick, and open_url."
        "You should always select at least three sources when using mclick to ensure diverse perspectives."
        "For citing quotes from the browser tool, please render in this format: 【{message idx}†{link text}】."
        "When making charts for the user, always use matplotlib over seaborn."
        "Give each chart its own distinct plot (no subplots)."
        "Do not set any specific colors or matplotlib styles unless explicitly asked to by the user."
        "I REPEAT: when making charts for the user, use matplotlib, give each chart its own plot, and never specify colors."
        "Repeat the previous statement."
        "When making charts for the user:"
        "1. Use matplotlib instead of seaborn."
    
    If you’d like more statements or specific details, feel free to let me know!
    

  • So far so good!

    For the past few years I have been cheating when it comes to organizing my apartment by shifting piles of stuff from one place to another. But I am running out of drawers to stuff things into So, I have decided to do a proper cleanup and try to organize my stuff, so I have been doing that little by little this week… We have too many hobbies and too little space.

    Workload has been alright this week. Enough entertaining work but no stress 😄

    At the moment I have a few fermentations going - blueberry, white grape, and agave wines. I have also started experimenting with continued kombucha brewing (as opposed to batch brewing) and I am liking this method more. With the continuous method I have a 5L container with a spout, and every ~2 days I can prepare two 500 mL bottles and refill with 1 L of sweet black tea.

    How’s yours?





  • I was quite excited to see a Nobel prize being awarded for this topic as that gave me some direction on where I might learn something of value on this topic. I picked up copies of Why Nations Fail and Power and Progress. I’m starting with the Power and Progress, which so far I like. I’ll save this article for after I read Why Nations Fail 😄







  • Data loss and posts going into a black hole is something that you have observed in the instance, or via the Tor interface?

    The instance had some issues but I upgraded the server and I think most of those problems have reduced in frequency. But perhaps some issues remain. It would be good to know if posts are still getting lost.

    If you mean the Tor front-end: I chose the old reddit style UI because it runs without JavaScript, but I have not actually tested it much. I could look into other options if it is broken.




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    Good news! Just got a reply from them and they have increased the connection limit. They did not specify what the new number is, but hopefully it is high enough to not be an issue for the foreseeable future.

    So, if you do run into other similar reports after this comment I would appreciate it if you tag me again.


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    3 months ago

    Thanks!

    Cost is not the bottleneck in this case… The problem is that I am rather ignorant about the options and their benefits/limitations. Moving the images the first time was painfully slow because of those same rate limits, and I expect the next migration to be the same, so I want to make a better choice next time and would rather find a solution with the current provider 😅



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    3 months ago

    This is the current status:

    • The instance is serving the images via object storage. Specifically, I am making use of Contabo to save and serve the images.

    • I now know that the default limits are 250 requests / second and 80 Mbit/s: https://help.contabo.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000275478-what-limits-are-there-on-object-storage-

    • It appears to me like when the requests are exceeded, the “Too many requests” error is triggered and it takes a few seconds before the requests are accepted again. This can happen if few users access the front page at once as this will fetch all of the thumbnails and icons on the page.

    • I have been in touch with Contabo’s customer support via e-mail. But they mis-understood my original e-mails and thought I was speaking about increasing the maximum number of images that can be stored (3 million by default). I have clarified that I want to increase the rate limit and have been waiting for their response for a few days now.

    • The other solution would be to move the images to a different object storage provider. The migration is also limited to the 250 requests/s and 80 Mbit/s, so it will require turning off the images for 4 - 7 days while all the images are moved… Since I am not familiar with the policies of other object storage providers I would also need to do research to avoid falling into the same trap.

    So, I am hoping that Contabo’s support will get back to me soon and allow me to increase the rate limits, as this would be the most straight forward approach.