{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Jackson Fox","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/jacksonfox","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1665763","username":"jacksonfox","bio":"Designer, all around web geek. UX and design leader at Viget. 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on different reinforcement learning approaches.\nYou’d be right to think DeepSeek, an AI model from a Chinese company, doesn’t want to t... <a href=\"https://upstandingrobot.micro.blog/2025/01/28/learning-about-deepseek-today-this.html\">upstandingrobot.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://upstandingrobot.micro.blog/2025/01/28/learning-about-deepseek-today-this.html","date_published":"2025-01-29T00:27:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Jackson Fox","url":"https://jacksonfox.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F302028a74eb49881b3e6bc550ce514e5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"jacksonfox"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-29 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