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by richk449 1mo ago
That explanation is entirely inconsistent with sambellll's statement that when the user clicks a floor, the display tells them what elevator to take, and that elevator is then locked into going to that floor. Also, I don't think t
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by richk449 2mo ago
Interesting. I didn't realize that destination dispatch told the user what elevator to take at the time of request. (I've never used it.) Why not have active display above each elevator that says what floors it is going to when it
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by richk449 2mo ago
It is almost certainly because of the way the simulation was performed: It turns out these fancy kiosks are in general worse for wait times compared to the traditional good ol' up and down buttons. There are certainly edge cases when
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by richk449 2mo ago
If you want to know if something is a human or a parrot, you could give it a paint brush and ask it to paint the Mona Lisa.
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by richk449 4mo ago
It is also possible that the enlightenment only happened because of protestant reformation, which only happened because of the power and abuses of the Catholic Church. So in a way, we have the Catholic Church to thank for modern society. T
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by richk449 4mo ago
I’ve been using cadquery and build123 with Claude code and I find it incredibly painful. What is your workflow for llm integration to openscad?
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by richk449 6mo ago
You don't need WSL to run Claude code on windows.
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by richk449 7mo ago
Unlike conventional cars that require expensive safety systems such as air bags and seat belts, the mover3000's top speed of one mile per hour makes it intrinsically safe.
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by richk449 7mo ago
This authorizes an attack on Iran? SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Authorization for Use of Military Force’’. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. (a) IN GENERAL.—That the Presiden
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by richk449 8mo ago
I love the visual of humans desperately trying to preserve what they consider the natural world, and when they turn their backs evolution does it's thing.
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by richk449 1y ago
In this analogy though, maps are the only things we have access to. There may be Truth, but we only approximate it with our maps.
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by richk449 1y ago
How do you give cc the ability to compile in a loop?
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by richk449 1y ago
Slack is orders of magnitude better than Teams. Google docs is better than Microsoft office, but only by a little. Google drive is many many orders of magnitude better than Sharepoint.
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by richk449 1y ago
It sounds like you are making a distinction between digital (silicon computers) and analog (biological brains). As far as possible reasons that a computer can’t achieve AGI go, this seems like the best one (assuming computer means digital c
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by richk449 1y ago
HFSS does a typical FEM matrix solve then displays the results. It is often used for very complex or large problems, so as far as I know it isn’t set up for instant display of results. That would be a neat feature for small problems.
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by richk449 1y ago
> if these tools are close to having super-human intelligence, and they make humans so much more productive, why aren't we seeing improvements at a much faster rate than we are now? Why aren't inherent problems like hallucinati
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by richk449 1y ago
> If they would expect to achieve AGI soon, their behaviour would be completely different. Why bother developing chatbots or doing sales, when you will be operating AGI in a few short years? What if chatbots and user interactions ARE the
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by richk449 1y ago
What’s the latest on open/free solvers to replace HFSS/CST?
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by richk449 1y ago
Why do you say that America looks in research as a waste? We spend higher percentage of gdp on R&D than just about any other country in the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_re...
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Ask HN: What do modern hardware startups use for Manufacturing Resource Planning
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by richk449 2y ago
It seems amazing it has taken this long. Electric motors are so critical to national security, as well as the US economy. I keep wondering if these folks have a realistic alternative: https://www.nironmagnetics.com/ (They c
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by richk449 2y ago
Feynman’s Six Easy Pieces: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5553.Six_Easy_Pieces
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by richk449 2y ago
The art of doing science and engineering by Richard Hamming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Doing_Science_and_E...
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by richk449 2y ago
What is a hyperscaler for autos?
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by richk449 2y ago
Is this really true? The linear algebra is deterministic, although maybe there is some chaotic behavior with floating point handling. The non deterministic part mostly comes from intentionally added randomness, which can be turned off right
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by richk449 2y ago
Is there an effort to get this underway? I’m no expert, but I would guess that the two expensive parts are the electron source and the vacuum pump. UHV chambers seem solvable, and detectors are probably cheaply obtainable. High voltage powe
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by richk449 2y ago
So what is number 2? Black mirror was a British show first. I don’t know the others except for Man on the Inside - I’m skeptical, but if it turns out to as good as The Good Place, it will be impressive for Netflix.
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by richk449 2y ago
Has recent Netflix done anything that comes close to The Wire? Or to Breaking Bad?
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by richk449 2y ago
I’m not sure that the writing quality is the point. A better question to ask whether the creator has something they are trying to convey. It can be something artistic, or philosophical, or ethical, or none-of-the-above, but there is somethi
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by richk449 2y ago
As an ender-3 owner, I’m curious what makes the Bambu better?

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