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Language Model Interface Terminology Glossary

Core Interaction Terms

Term	Definition
Prompt	The input text or instruction you provide to the model.
Completion	The generated response from the model. In chat settings, this is usually called a "response".
Output / Response	Common alternative to "completion", used in most non-technical settings.
Token	A small unit of text (word fragment, word, or punctuation). Models process text as tokens.

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building_footprint_extraction_methods:
  - name: geoai.orthogonalize()
    purpose: Align polygon edges to 90° angles (orthogonal shapes)
    use_case: Post-processing irregular or noisy building polygons
    strengths:
      - Improves realism and map readability
      - Lightweight
    limitations:
      - May distort non-rectangular structures

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Fixing a Borrow Checker Violation in Rust

This post explains a common borrow checker error in Rust and shows how to fix it using idiomatic code.

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❌ Problematic Code

The original Rust code shared in a code challenge was:

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🔍 Model Comparison: Gemma 3n vs Phi-4 vs LLaMA 3 (8B/70B) vs Claude 3 Sonnet vs Gemma 3

🧠 Model Capability & Deployment Overview

Feature	Gemma 3n	Phi-4	LLaMA 3 (8B)	LLaMA 3 (70B)	Claude 3 Sonnet	Gemma 3
License	Open (permissive)	Open (permissive)	Open (Meta research)	Open (Meta research)	Closed / Commercial	Open (permissive)
Multimodal	✅ Text, image, audio, video	❌ Text only	❌ Text only	❌ Text only	✅ Text, image, vision	✅ Text + image
Context Window	128K tokens	128K toke

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# =============================
# Terminal Editing Cheat Sheet
# =============================

# Emacs-style keybindings (default in Bash, Zsh)
# ----------------------------------------------

# Cursor Movement
Ctrl-A        # Beginning of line
Ctrl-E        # End of line

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DXT Development Secret Source Documentation

The hard-won lessons from building a working Claude Desktop Extension

🚨 Critical Checks Before Starting

1. Verify Current DXT Specification

⚠️ The DXT spec changes frequently!

# Always check the latest official docs FIRST

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Type	Target Type	Cross-Volume	Breaks if Target Deleted	Privileges Needed	Common Use Case
Hard Link	File	❌ No	❌ No	Standard	Multiple names for same file on same volume
Symbolic Link	File or Folder	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	Admin or Dev Mode¹	Redirect path, config override, flexible shortcuts
Mount Point	Entire Volume	✅ Yes	N/A	Admin or Disk Mgmt	Mount drive into folder (e.g., C:\Games)
Junction Point	Folder	❌ No	✅ Yes	Standard	Folder redirection, legacy compatibility

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🧠 Prompt vs Completion — AI Input/Output Terminology by Context

Standard Terms in LLMs

Input Term	Output Term	Used In
Prompt	Completion	GPT models, OpenAI API, text-based LLMs
Prompt	Response	Chat interfaces like ChatGPT
Prompt	Generation	NLP/text generation tasks (e.g. Hugging Face)
Prompt	Prediction	Instruct-tuned or few-shot models

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MTB Brand and Model Comparison — Future-Proofing vs Budget

🚫 Why Trek Marlin is Not Future-Proof

Limitation	Explanation
Non-Boost (141 mm QR)	Not compatible with 12-speed MTB drivetrains
Quick-release axle	Outdated — most upgrades require thru-axle
Entry-level drivetrain (8–10 speed)	Limited upgrade path
No UDH / Di2 routing	Not ready for wireless/electronic future
Narrow tire/frame clearance	Less room for modern trail tires

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Comparison of 2014 Attention RNN vs. 2017 Transformer

🔁 2014: Attention with RNNs (Bahdanau et al.)

🧠 Architecture: RNN Encoder + Attention + RNN Decoder

Input sequence → [ RNN Encoder ] → Hidden states
                                ↘
                               [ Attention Layer ] ⇨ Context vector