Best Rob Rang Podcasts (2024)

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Furness Show 5-2: Byron Murphy Press Conference, Gregg Cosell, Daily Power Play, Rob Rang. 1:44:02

14d ago1:44:02

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The Kraken disputed a report of a mutiny within the organization and ESPN has yet to respond to the false report. The Mariners had a good homestand, but not great. There are some things to work on and despite the team's record, it feels like a potential house of cards. We look into the numbers. We listen live into Byron Murphy's press conference he…

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Furness Show 5-20: Nicky Scarlotta, Mollywhop Monday and Something Dumb 1:38:09

37m ago1:38:09

1:38:09

The Mariners lost a series, Oklahoma City is out and Ian is elated. Xaznder Schauffele wins the PGA Championship. People are figuring out how to hit against the Mariners pitching staff. Nicky Scarlotta, Yankees Aficionado joins us to talk about his new life after going viral over the Mariners vs. Yankees a few years ago. He previews Seattle's serie…

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Furness Show 5-17: Gary Hill Jr., Curtis Crabtree, Daily Power Play, Bobby Casper. 1:31:04

5h ago1:31:04

1:31:04

Hockey playoffs are awesome, we are all Canucks! Mariners broadcaster Gary Hill Jr. joins the show to talk about the huge series in Baltimore, Ty France bouncing back, JP Crawford's situation and much more. Mat Connolly from Georgetown Brewing joins the show to talk about Bob's Brown Ale. Friends of Furness: Curtis Crabtree joins the show to talk S…

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Did NFL Give Seattle Seahawks Favorable 2024 Schedule? 32:14

20m ago32:14

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Now two days removed from the NFL's annual schedule reveal, the jury remains out on whether or not the Seahawks received a more favorable slate of games heading into year one of the Mike Macdonald era than a year ago. Hosts Corbin Smith and Nick Lee discuss Seattle's schedule and rate the 17-game docket in terms of difficulty based on prime time ga…

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Real Hawk Talk Episode 316: NFL & Seahawks Schedule Release LIVE Reaction 1:36:40

1h ago1:36:40

1:36:40

The crew gathers to react to the NFL schedule release live as it happens and discuss the Seahawks schedule in particular and initial thoughts on what it means for their season outlook.Be sure to like and subscribe!You can become a YouTube member here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAkM3Arfo7PUf1gl7ohDyLw/joinYou can become a Patreon member here:h…

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Furness Show 5-16: Seahawks Schedule, Stu Jackson, Daily Power Play, Dumbest Thing You'll Hear Today. 1:32:25

37m ago1:32:25

1:32:25

The Mariners win another series and the pitching continues to shine. Andres Munoz draws some energy from Kirby, and we hear from him. The Seahawks have four primetime games this season and Thursday nights aren't great. If you could choose a primetime game for your team to play in, which day of the week would you choose? The Seahawks have a great st…

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2024 Seahawks Schedule Release 17:55

3h ago17:55

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Jen Mueller and John Boyle review the 2024 schedule, which features four primetime games and a Week 1 home opener vs. the Broncos. Today’s show: what stands out most about the 2024 schedule (01:34), rookie quarterbacks (03:27), Primetime in Detroit (04:33), 49ers matchups (05:37), Bye Week (06:41), Aaron Rodgers and the Jets (08:43), December games…

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2024 Seahawks Schedule Release 17:55

4d ago17:55

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Jen Mueller and John Boyle review the 2024 schedule, which features four primetime games and a Week 1 home opener vs. the Broncos. Today’s show: what stands out most about the 2024 schedule (01:34), rookie quarterbacks (03:27), Primetime in Detroit (04:33), 49ers matchups (05:37), Bye Week (06:41), Aaron Rodgers and the Jets (08:43), December games…

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Way-Too-Early Seattle Seahawks 2024 Game-By-Game Predictions 32:20

16m ago32:20

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Though OTAs haven't even started yet, it won't be long before the Seahawks suit up for their regular season opener against the Broncos, creating much buzz about how they will perform in year one of the Mike Macdonald era. Peering into his crystal ball months before Week 1 kicks off, host Corbin Smith aims to predict each and every one of Seattle's …

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CLIP4Clip: An Empirical Study of CLIP for End to End Video Clip Retrieval 36:53

2h ago36:53

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State-of-the-art computer vision systems are trained to predict a fixed set of predetermined object categories. This restricted form of supervision limits their generality and usability since additional labeled data is needed to specify any other visual concept. Learning directly from raw text about images is a promising alternative which leverages…

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Rapid Reaction: Breaking Down Seattle Seahawks 2024 Schedule 23:23

5m ago23:23

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In an annual tradition for sports fans, the NFL will reveal official 2024 schedules for the Seattle Seahawks and all 32 teams at 5 PM PT. How many prime time games did the 'Hawks land entering year one under new coach Mike Macdonald? Which stretch looks toughest heading into a new season? Host Corbin Smith dissects Seattle's entire schedule and dis…

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Projecting Seattle Seahawks Breakout Candidates For 2024 Season 31:53

21m ago31:53

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While fans anxiously await the reveal of the 2024 NFL schedule, teams such as the Seahawks are shifting their focus towards the start of OTAs, which will be critical for coach Mike Macdonald and a new staff as they get their first look at the roster. Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang examine several breakout candidates on offense and defense to watch…

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Furness Show 5-15: Mariners, Gloria Navarez, NFL Schedule, Daily Power Play, Bobby Casper. 1:38:34

20m ago1:38:34

1:38:34

Mariners lose game 2 vs Royals, need to win this series today. Moutain West Conference Commissioner Gloria Navarez joins the show to talk about the agreement between WSU, OSU and the MWC, and much more. We hear afrom Scott Servais pre game ahead of game 3 vs Royals. NFL schedule comes out today, how many streaming services will you get to watch the…

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Will Jared Goff's New Deal Impact Geno Smith, Seattle Seahawks QB Situation? 33:36

6d ago33:36

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Locking up their franchise quarterback through 2028, Jared Goff's new deal with the Lions could have ripple effects on the rest of the NFL, including the Seahawks. Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang discuss how Goff's massive extension could dictate future decision making at quarterback for Seattle with Geno Smith and Sam Howell both currently on the …

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Furness Show 5-14: Sports Jerseys, Joe Sheehan, Dumbest Thing You'll Hear Today, Daily Power Play. 1:40:28

11m ago1:40:28

1:40:28

Washington State made a bad decision when it comes to scheduling. The Mariners won again. Is there a chance Jamal Adams comes back to the Seahawks? Ian says no. Who's jersey is not ok to wear in Seattle now? Alyssa Charleston, FOX 13 joins the show to preview the WNBA season debut tonight and she expresses what a shift there's been when it comes to…

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A decoder-only foundation model for time-series forecasting 19:41

36m ago19:41

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Motivated by recent advances in large language models for Natural Language Processing (NLP), we design a time-series foundation model for forecasting whose out-of-the-box zero-shot performance on a variety of public datasets comes close to the accuracy of state-of-the-art supervised forecasting models for each individual dataset. Our model is based…

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Furness Show 5-13: Mollywhop and Mariners win! 1:34:06

1d ago1:34:06

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What a fantastic weekend - Mariners win a series, the lights were amazing on Friday and Portland sucks. Anders is back! Julio Rodriguez is a joy to watch. We take a listen to Scott Servais' postgame yesterday, in which Jessamyn severely embarrassed herself.The team of who we do not speak went down again. Is Kevin Durant a coach killer? When is the …

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Which Seattle Seahawks Could Benefit Most From Role Change in 2024? 34:35

6m ago34:35

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With a new coaching staff taking the reins for the first time since 2010 under Mike Macdonald, change could continue to be a theme for the Seahawks when returning veterans hit the practice field for OTAs later this month. Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang investigate five returning vets who would benefit from either a position switch or a newly devis…

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Autonomous LLM-driven research from data to human-verifiable research papers 31:11

9h ago31:11

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As AI promises to accelerate scientific discovery, it remains unclear whether fully AI-driven research is possible and whether it can adhere to key scientific values, such as transparency, traceability and verifiability. Mimicking human scientific practices, we built data-to-paper, an automation platform that guides interacting LLM agents through a…

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DeepSeek-V2: A Strong, Economical, and Efficient Mixture-of-Experts Language Model 41:56

11m ago41:56

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We present DeepSeek-V2, a strong Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model characterized by economical training and efficient inference. It comprises 236B total parameters, of which 21B are activated for each token, and supports a context length of 128K tokens. DeepSeek-V2 adopts innovative architectures including Multi-head Latent Attention (MLA) an…

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Geno Smith Still Holds Key to Seattle Seahawks Fulfilling Potential in 2024 28:57

36m ago28:57

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Following a busy offseason full of coaching and personnel changes, Geno Smith remains the Seahawks starting quarterback and whether fans want to hear it or not, his performance carries the most weight for the team's success in 2024. Host Corbin Smith discusses Smith's outlook heading into his third season as starter and examines moves made by the t…

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Granite Code Models: A Family of Open Foundation Models for Code Intelligence 58:32

1h ago58:32

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Large Language Models (LLMs) trained on code are revolutionizing the software development process. Increasingly, code LLMs are being integrated into software development environments to improve the productivity of human programmers, and LLM-based agents are beginning to show promise for handling complex tasks autonomously. Realizing the full potent…

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Furness Show 5-10: NBA and NHL News, Sataoa Laumea and Friends of Furness 1:33:10

3d ago1:33:10

1:33:10

Mother's Day is on Sunday and Ian has tickets to give away! In addition, who wants to go tonight to see Bryan Woo's debut? The Mariners had a flush it game yesterday, but what could they do right now to fix the problems on offense? What can the Mariners do to win right now, when they're in their window to do so? We take a listen to what Jim Bowden …

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Improving Diffusion Models for Virtual Try-on 27:25

2h ago27:25

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This paper considers image-based virtual try-on, which renders an image of a person wearing a curated garment, given a pair of images depicting the person and the garment, respectively. Previous works adapt existing exemplar-based inpainting diffusion models for virtual try-on to improve the naturalness of the generated visuals compared to other me…

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Furness Show 5-9: Mariners lose, Chris Crawford and Jed Collins 1:36:05

14m ago1:36:05

1:36:05

Red flags abound with the Mariners. Ian talks about what makes Jake Dickert so great, and respects Kalen DeBoer for the same reasons. Plus, the importance of financial literacy for athletes. We revisit our conversation with Jake Dickert yesterday, because there's a lot to chew on within it. He discusses the high retention rate for his team during N…

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Real Hawk Talk Episode 315: Draft Aftermath & Rookie Minicamp 1:19:51

3h ago1:19:51

1:19:51

Please remember to subscribe and click the Like button!You can join the YouTube channel as a member here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAkM3Arfo7PUf1gl7ohDyLw/joinYou can join as a Patreon member and get access to all the audio versions of this show and the Slack channel here: https://patreon.com/hawkblogger…

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Plug N' Play? UConn O-Line Coach Breaks Down Seattle Seahawks Rookie Christian Haynes 19:37

11d ago19:37

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Expected to compete for a starting job right away in the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle Seahawks hope to have bolstered their interior offensive line with the arrival of third-round pick Christian Haynes, a two-time All-American selection at UConn. Breaking down Haynes' game and his ascendance into one of the top guards in the country, host Corbin …

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Assessing Seattle Seahawks Slot Cornerback Options Prior to OTAs 35:30

11d ago35:30

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Finishing fourth in Defensive Rookie of the Year balloting, Devon Witherspoon put up historic numbers primarily thriving in the slot for the Seattle Seahawks in 2023. But a new coaching staff and scheme could alter how the rising star corner is deployed moving forward. Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang discuss what Seattle may opt to do at the slot c…

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Furness Show 5-8: Mariners win, Ryan Clark and Jake Dickert 1:42:38

19m ago1:42:38

1:42:38

The Mariners won in a big way yesterday and Ian took great interest in the ebbs and flows of the game. It was a bummer to see Taylor Saucedo with an injured knee, as he proves to be of great value in the bullpen. Welcome back to reality, Oakland. We relive the Trailblazers knocking out the Thunder in 2019. Ian wants to know, especially with the NBA…

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StoryDiffusion: Consistent Self-Attention for Long-Range Image and Video Generation 34:04

3h ago34:04

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For recent diffusion-based generative models, maintaining consistent content across a series of generated images, especially those containing subjects and complex details, presents a significant challenge. In this paper, we propose a new way of self-attention calculation, termed Consistent Self-Attention, that significantly boosts the consistency b…

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Assessing Seattle Seahawks Right Guard Competition Prior to OTAs 34:10

15m ago34:10

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As the Seattle Seahawks gear up for the final phase of their offseason program with OTAs kicking off at the VMAC later this week, the starting job at right guard should be up for grabs with as many as two competitors vying to win the role. Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang break down where things stand at right guard heading into OTAs and discuss whe…

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Furness Show 5-7: Manny Acta, Joe Sheehan and Sonics talk 1:31:47

6d ago1:31:47

1:31:47

We have a new studio sponsor! Ian almost drove off the road when he heard Chris Kidd had to say about potentially naming the NBA team here in Seattle something other than the Sonics. Ian can't fathom it happening. Manny Acta, Mariners 3B Coach joins to give us the state of the Mariners right now. He knew the pitching staff would carry them and the …

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RAG and RAU: A Survey on Retrieval-Augmented Language Model in Natural Language Processing 1:16:45

7d ago1:16:45

1:16:45

Large Language Models (LLMs) have catalyzed significant advancements in Natural Language Processing (NLP), yet they encounter challenges such as hallucination and the need for domain-specific knowledge. To mitigate these, recent methodologies have integrated information retrieved from external resources with LLMs, substantially enhancing their perf…

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Dave Carey: Brock Director, Personal plates, Robbing a service station to pay for racing and more! S4E2 40:27

2h ago40:27

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This week we're joined by Dave Carey from Adelaide in Australia! Yep! The good work we have been doing has trickled down under, and we're gathering some momentum, which attracted motoring journalist and petrol head Dave to get in touch with us. Dave's father passed away when he was just over 5 years old, but he still has some strong memories of his…

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First Impressions of Seattle Seahawks 2024 Draft Class at Rookie Minicamp 33:47

10d ago33:47

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Getting their feet wet in an NFL practice before merging with veterans next week at OTAs, coach Mike Macdonald and his coaching staff got their first on-field look at the Seahawks 2024 draft class at rookie minicamp on Friday and Saturday. Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang share their first impressions of Byron Murphy II, Tyrice Knight, and the rest …

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Furness Show 5-6: Mollywhop Monday, Sonics talk and Corbin Smith 1:36:03

13m ago1:36:03

1:36:03

Ian had a great weekend and completely appreciates those who filled in on Friday. Shoutout to the beautiful campus of Gonzaga. What do we make of the Seahawks after getting a look at the rookies out at VMAC this weekend? Ian breaks down what he sees in the top-heavy draft and where there still may be needs. Ian wants you to tell the truth - did you…

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KAN: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks 1:33:54

4d ago1:33:54

1:33:54

Inspired by the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem, we propose Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) as promising alternatives to Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs). While MLPs have fixed activation functions on nodes ("neurons"), KANs have learnable activation functions on edges ("weights"). KANs have no linear weights at all -- every weight paramet…

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Takeaways From Seattle Seahawks First Rookie Minicamp Practice 38:16

11d ago38:16

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Hitting the practice field for the first time, the Seattle Seahawks latest draft class kicked off a much different looking rookie minicamp under new head coach Mike Macdonald on Friday, including a newly-signed Byron Murphy II. Hosts Corbin Smith and Nick Lee share their takeaways from the first day of minicamp, including first clues for how Seattl…

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Furness Show 5-3: Chris Crawford in for Ian Furness! 1:41:11

2d ago1:41:11

1:41:11

Chris Crawford and Anders Hirst are in for Ian, with Jessamyn at Seahawks minicamp so we have you covered on all things Seattle sports. We take a look at things out at rookie minicamp and preview the series against the Astros. Plus, are you more interested in watching the NBA playoffs or the NHL playoffs right now, considering Seattle doesn't have …

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Utah O-Line Coach Breaks Down "Passionate, Competitive" Seattle Seahawks Rookie Sataoa Laumea 18:14

17d ago18:14

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Starting as a redshirt freshman and never looking back while earning multiple All-Pac 12 accolades at guard and tackle for Utah, Sataoa Laumea landed with the Seattle Seahawks as a sixth-round pick and will look to become the franchise's next day three gem. Joining the show to break down his former pupil, host Corbin Smith chats with Utah assistant…

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Make Your LLM Fully Utilize the Context 20:48

3d ago20:48

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While many contemporary large language models (LLMs) can process lengthy input, they still struggle to fully utilize information within the long context, known as the lost-in-the-middle challenge. We hypothesize that it stems from insufficient explicit supervision during the long-context training, which fails to emphasize that any position in a lon…

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Takeaways From Seattle Seahawks DT Byron Murphy's Introductory Press Conference 33:33

11d ago33:33

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Just one week after receiving the call from general manager John Schneider, Seahawks first-round pick Byron Murphy was introduced to the media for the first time alongside Schneider and coach Mike Macdonald. Host Corbin Smith, who was on site at the VMAC, shares his observations from Murphy's first press conference, including an already budding rel…

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Real Hawk Talk Episode 314: 2024 NFL Draft Recap 1:23:42

4d ago1:23:42

1:23:42

Brian and Dayna dissect every Seahawks pick, give their unfiltered thoughts, and discuss what they think this draft means for the future of this team.Please remember to subscribe and click the Like button!You can join the YouTube channel as a member here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAkM3Arfo7PUf1gl7ohDyLw/joinYou can join as a Patreon member …

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How Far Are We to GPT-4V? Closing the Gap to Commercial Multimodal Models with Open-Source Suites 43:03

4d ago43:03

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In this report, we introduce InternVL 1.5, an open-source multimodal large language model (MLLM) to bridge the capability gap between open-source and proprietary commercial models in multimodal understanding. We introduce three simple improvements: (1) Strong Vision Encoder: we explored a continuous learning strategy for the large-scale vision foun…

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Seattle Seahawks Stock Watch: Winners, Losers From 2024 NFL Draft 38:12

4d ago38:12

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With the 2024 NFL Draft now in the rearview mirror and the Seattle Seahawks transitioning towards rookie minicamp and OTAs, as is always the case, some veterans will be thrilled by the incoming draft class and others will now have to watch their backs with new competition. Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang discuss which offensive and defensive player…

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Texas DC Pete Kwaitkowski Breaks Down Byron Murphy II's Game, Fit With Seattle Seahawks 17:31

19d ago17:31

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Falling into the Seahawks lap with the 16th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Byron Murphy II will come to the Pacific Northwest carrying lofty expectations after helping Texas advance to the College Football Playoff last season. To dive into what Murphy brings to the table for Seattle, host Corbin Smith chats with Texas defensive coordinator Pet…

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Furness Show 5-1: Mariners, Jordan Eberle, Steve Palazzolo, Brent Sevryn, Mike Holmgren. 1:45:36

4d ago1:45:36

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Mariners are finally changing the narrative on the slow start, and their pitching is somehow better than everyone expected it to be. Mariners pre game as we hear from Scott Servais ahead of game 3 vs the Braves. Joe Withee from Emerald Downs joins the show to preview the season and talk about Emerald Downs as a whole. Jordan Eberle joins the show t…

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Which Seattle Seahawks Incoming Rookies Have Best Chance to Immediately Contribute? 31:46

20d ago31:46

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Preparing for rookie minicamp later this week, Christian Haynes and the Seahawks latest draft class will be thrown into the fire with their first offseason program in the NFL quickly getting under way. Who has the best shot at carving out a significant role early? Hosts Corbin Smith and Rob Rang rank Seattle's eight-player draft class based on like…

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Furness Show 4-30: Mariners win, Joe Sheehan and WIAA Executive Director Mick Hoffman 1:34:07

15d ago1:34:07

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There is a push for women's flag football to become a varsity sport in Washington high schools and Ian and Jess discuss. The Mariners beat the NL East leading Braves last night and Ian thinks ownership needs to give this team what they deserve. The Seahawks didn't draft or sign a quarterback this weekend, so what is their plan? We hear from John Sc…

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Dynamic Generation of Personalities with Large Language Models 24:33

6d ago24:33

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In the realm of mimicking human deliberation, large language models (LLMs) show promising performance, thereby amplifying the importance of this research area. Deliberation is influenced by both logic and personality. However, previous studies predominantly focused on the logic of LLMs, neglecting the exploration of personality aspects. In this wor…

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