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disago··on QwQ: Alibaba's O1-like reasoning LLM
Well, I had to try just for fun of it. The immediate reply was the following:

[...]

Starting with 0 paired with 1. If I think about functions or some formula that could map these values, but that might be too complicated.

Alternatively, perhaps these numbers represent something specific. For example, maybe they're representing the number of certain features in the number itself, like the number of closed loops in the digit's shape.

Let's think about that:

0 has one closed loop. 5 has no closed loops. 6 has one closed loop. 7 has no closed loops. 8 has two closed loops. 9 has one closed loop. Wait a minute, that seems to match the sequence:

0 (1 loop) - 1

5 (0 loops) - 0

6 (1 loop) - 1

7 (0 loops) - 0

8 (2 loops) - 2

So, if 9 has one closed loop, then it should be paired with 1.

But let's double-check this theory with the given pairs.

0 has one loop, paired with 1 – matches.

5 has no loops, paired with 0 – matches.

6 has one loop, paired with 1 – matches.

7 has no loops, paired with 0 – matches.

8 has two loops, paired with 2 – matches.

Yes, this seems consistent.

Therefore, 9 should have one closed loop, so it should be paired with 1.

[...]

Then it continued trying another approach related to the number of angles in the digit shape, but it discarded it. Then "Alternatively, perhaps it's related to the number of segments that are 'on' in a seven-segment display." and so on.

disago··on Stellarium: Software which renders realistic skies in real time
Thank you for this. I just installed it an it was exactly what I looked for when I bought my Oculus: the opportunity to explore, zoom and learn about the night sky freely in 3d. I tried many others but this has been the only one to fill my expectations.
disago··on Size is the best predictor of code quality (2011)
Yes. All modern systems run a huge amount of code if we count the underlying microcode, operating system, runtime libraries, 3rd party dependencies and the application itself.

The thing is not the total size but the boundaries and the understanding of each layer and how manageable each layer is for the humans modifying and mantaining it ... which is, of course, the total cognitive complexity.

disago··on Glamorous Toolkit: Moldable development environment
I struggled initially to understand what this was about. Then, after digging a little bit more, I see that it is an open and rich environment to visualize (while executing) data from different perspectives while being extensible from within the same environment (using Pharo), allowing to create a rich and custom ecosystem for data and systems exploration in an orderly and structured manner.

What I couldn't find is information about workshops or forums besides discord to talk and understand about its possibilities.

Specifically, I had trouble understanding how to apply it to other programming languages and their frameworks. I can see that for some of them (e.g. PHP) you have to export the project with a tool and then import it into GToolkit, but that converts such a system into just an static structure to be analyzed, but not a live system to experiment with. This would mean that live documentation would require permanently exporting and then importing the code from such system. To get a living system + its real time perspectives and embedded live documentation it seems you must program the system in Pharo.

disago··on Inexpensive I-PhosHD Spectrometer (370-950nm)
No affiliation, just a happy customer. I initially explored the DIY way, but since this one has such good references, I decided to start with it and go from there having a better reference to compare against my DIY attempts.

Here you can find an independent review from a laser hobbyist perspective: https://www.laserdiscourse.org/t/inexpensive-i-phos-hd-370-9...

disago··on US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and storing it for 15 years
To get around this I usually just store the secret (from the QR code) in a secure place (encrypted database with yubikey).

This always allows me to recreate the TOTP entry.

disago··on The Mars Helicopter Is Online and Getting Ready to Fly
But aren't those cameras just for navigation and won't record or stream any footage?

Edit: spelling

disago··on The Mars Helicopter Is Online and Getting Ready to Fly
Sadly, this helicopter won't record any footage, it is only meant to test flight control and to proof that the idea will work for future missions. There is a interesting Veritasium episode (youtube) that talks about this (interviewing the actual designer from the JPL). The only footage will be from Perseverance filming the flight.
disago··on Rclone – Rsync for Cloud Storage
One of the advantages is to be able to put the destination as 'append only', reducing the risk in case an attacker gained access to the backed up server and wants to delete the backups. Another one to easily switch to a different backend or copy data between them.
disago··on Ask HN: Which Telescope Should I Buy?
You may want to take a look at eVscope: 100x ($1600 USD - Indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/evscope-100x-more-powerfu...).

It promises a enhanced vision technology allowing beautiful images even inside the city and also the ability to connect to a mesh of telescopes around the globe participating in scientific research from SETI institute, allowing it to be controlled remotely by the object under investigation.

disago··on What Is Code? (2015)
Github repo for the article: https://github.com/bloombergmedia/whatiscode
disago··on MailChimp vs. Amazon SES – How I Reduced My Monthly Bill
We are happy Postmark customers also, sending a couple thousand transactional emails per day. Postmark delivery rates are of the highest rates I've seen. I also appreciate how easy is to diagnose any delivery problems via their API or the web interface. In the rare occasions we've needed further details their support staff were immediately helpful.

It is the most expensive service if you don't buy in bulk, but is well worth if you want to stop worrying on blacklists and other delivery problems.

disago··on Fast MySQL Backup and Restore Using Mydumper and Myloader
Since version 0.9.1 mydumper supports all schema objects [1]

[1] https://www.percona.com/blog/2015/11/12/logical-mysql-backup...

disago··on Ask HN: What are some of the better Hacker News apps?
After trying many, I settled with Materialistic [1]

Its easy to navigate, allows good interaction with HN and is very stable.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidr...

disago··on Englebart's Violin (2012)
Check http://www.openstenoproject.org/ - they have some pretty great ideas and alternatives (and the software to run them)
disago··on Lost C64 Games: Daffy Duck – 1992 Hi-Tec
You must have under (Linux) ~/.vice/DRIVES and ~/.vice/PRINTERS the correct firmware - then you'll be able to use the disk drives. You can get those files from the windows zip distribution of vice.