thot_experiment

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by thot_experiment 9d ago
Yeah, I got recommended this video and felt very clickbaited and stopped watching when he mentioned that he's just replacing the innards with a Pi. Incredibly lame.
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by thot_experiment 9d ago
I don't understand, how is this possibly implemented?
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by thot_experiment 16d ago
Imagine thinking you'd killed yourself, and then breathing the intense sigh of relief when you realize you're bad at chemistry and you didn't manage to synthesize the compound correctly.
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by thot_experiment 16d ago
https://graffitiresearchlab.com/blog/projects/laser-tag/#vid... everything old is new again, and toys will be toys
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by thot_experiment 18d ago
You don't need the "for me", it's implicit in it being an article written by someone in a casual setting. I'd argue the issue is that we as internet blog post readers treat these think pieces with more gravitas then
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by thot_experiment 18d ago
What are you talking about lmao, tons of carpenters have said that. The subjective experience of your craft is shaped by the tools you chose to use. For some people, and I venture this is most often true for master craftspeople, not only is
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by thot_experiment 18d ago
It's written in a hyperbolic way, but I don't think your characterization is right. The author isn't saying everyone is an asshole, he's saying the systemic forces are mostly aligned in a predatory direction, and that pa
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by thot_experiment 19d ago
Sure I get that, but the part where the robot has to read the repo and figure stuff out can be done by a weak model for near-free with no thinking. The delta isn't that big.
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by thot_experiment 20d ago
I genuinely don't even understand how people run out of tokens with the basic subscription. I had Claude write an entire app that has completely replaced Adobe Illustrator for my specific usecases (mostly inking sketches, and embellish
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by thot_experiment 20d ago
I'm pretty sure this is just an economic problem right? It has long been convenient to exploit countries that have low wages and make little effort to price in the negative externalities of extracting these resources. It's not lik
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by thot_experiment 1mo ago
54% to go, good work team.
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by thot_experiment 1mo ago
There is no pretense here that closing the source is the only alternative. It's only the alternative the author has chosen. For better or worse we live in a society. Even being perceived and having a simulacrum of you in someone's
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by thot_experiment 1mo ago
In terms of safety to me and others this endeavor is far below what is societally acceptable and if you think otherwise you are bad at evaluating danger.
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by thot_experiment 1mo ago
It's absurdist to be concerned about this and be okay driving a car from a total harm to society perspective.
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by thot_experiment 1mo ago
It's shooting 3d printed balls, I imagine they don't stay supersonic for very long. Significantly less dangerous to others than driving a car.
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by thot_experiment 1mo ago
"800 billion" dollar companies making callout blog posts now, truly this is the dumbest timeline. I want to get off Mr. Bones Wild Ride.
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
Obviously not, but since the panels are >8x cheaper it's possible to buy 2x the capacity advertised here + an inverter for a one time cost of $200, so about $0.33/watt.
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
Just for comparison buying solar panels off craigslist is about $0.20/watt.
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
My freedom to choose an employer is orthogonal to the incentive structures within in that relationship.
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
I'm vulnerable with plenty of people, just not employers (in general). The incentive structures, especially at a company that's more than a few people are such that it is in their best interest to get as much from you for as littl
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
A mutually beneficial agreement can still be adversarial? If you're getting shaken down by the mafia it's beneficial for you to pay them protection money.
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
It always surprises me when people don't understand that the employee-employer relationship is an adversarial one. Unless you're in a democratic co-op or similar your employer is the enemy and you should never forget that. The cor
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
I don't know that you can be absolutist about these things, we cede a lot of power to the government because it actually does make more sense to pay for and manage some things collectively. I'm deeply against surveillance like thi
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
Systems like flock cannot by their nature be good for the average person unless maybe they are democratically controlled with strict oversight and transparency. Tools to concentrate power are, and will always be used to oppress. Flock is no
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
Not in the current context no, opportunity costs exist.
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
A. That's not a useful thing I care about nor should you (in the context of the current state of things) and B. I don't oppose AI as a concept. I oppose it as an emblem of the failure of our systems of governance to serve the comm
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
All my homies hate AI. It has really given us a perfect emblem of the worst capitalism has to offer, I'm not holding my breath but perhaps this backlash will precipitate further change to drive us toward a flatter economy and a society
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
Came here to post an anti-ollama rant, real glad this is already the top comment. Nature is healing. It's not my favorite but we do have to be aggressive in fighting these gross attempts for vc-backed silicon valley non-contributors to
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
I very much don't trust that article as a baseline. YMMV but I measured with a 240hz camera with a mid-high tier computer and a 144hz monitor in 2018 and a nice computer w/ 165hz in 2025 and I never got the huge latencies he exper
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by thot_experiment 2mo ago
It cannot. C is a wonderful language that makes me smile every time I pick it up. A truly universal tool that lets you go wherever your heart desires. Go is a prison designed to enforce a bleak uniformity on all of it's users. For only

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