Scene_Cast2 12 hours ago

Hasn't this been the case for a while? I vaguely remember using the optimal e8 packing to try to get denser product quantization for vector embeddings.

  • wyndyl 11 hours ago

    How did you apply e8 to vector embeddings?

    • Scene_Cast2 10 hours ago

      Chunk up your 128D embedding into 16 8D pieces, then quantize using the optimal packing points. Performs worse than k-means in my experience.

      • bananaflag 1 hour ago

        Why is this downvoted? I think it is sincere.

semiinfinitely 12 hours ago

I always think its funny when someone says "I am a chair" and really means it

  • j7ake 10 hours ago

    I think it technically means they have a permanent endowed position.

    • smcin 4 hours ago

      Reminds me of an old 1990s/2000s post from News of the Weird [0] about endowed chairs with funny names, such as an XYZ Corn Chair at some midwestern US university, or an NEC/ Nippon Electric Chair at some Japanese university.

      [0]: www.uexpress.com/oddities/news-of-the-weird/archives , can't find the exact citation.

Kevcmk 13 hours ago

Thank god i need to go rearrange the 8 dimensional cannonballs in the trunk of my car

  • karmakurtisaani 5 hours ago

    Sphere packing in higher dimensions actually has some applications, for example in signal processing.