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Backend systems, architecture, tooling.
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I've also been on the lookout for an AI assisted duplicate finder. Like, it'll compare pictures and then rate similarity between pictures on some scale, by appearance, colour or topic, perhaps with an auto-tagging feature as well. Ofc it should also compare dates, file sizes and the usual MIME type or hash based similarities as well.
Pictures are better sorted with EXIF keywords. So, metadata stored in the picture itself, perhaps even in the MIME type. Thus, if a picture is family related, just tag it #family, or #personx and so on. This is why I store them in the same folder on a per-date basis. The rest is keywords edited with programs such as Adobe Bridge and so on.
As for document file name structure, text files and the like, I've used both `Date then Descrpition.txt` or `Keyword Title or Description and then Date.txt` with the date obviously being an ISO date such that `YYYY-MM-DD-hhmm` with `-hhmm` being optional, also for sorting reasons. Sometimes I like sorting on "topics" i.e. keywords or titles, but other times, such as in logs, I like the date first because it's more essential to know when you logged something, and not necessarily the topic.
You should think the date is superfluous since it's also stored in the system. However, my experience that when you move around a file, the date eventually changes, and certainly if you make a mistake along the way. Meanwhile a filename date doesn't change. Also it helps with list sorting where applicable.
[1]: Example video https://youtu.be/cVDr-eFtPoU
I love this! At the same time, who would want to do this, given Python's excellent support for numbers and mathematics? And what about Haskell?
Seems to be that just about no-one are annoyed by continuous lights. And they can be cosy too. Moreover, with fancy new LED technology (sorry for the slight sarcasm) you can even have it in paper lamp shades, or whatever nicely done Art Nouveau creation you like.
Just like now, the Soviet Union was under heavy sanctions, and they weren't allowed to receive the latest computer tech. The various companies had ways around this, though, and the saying was that they'd purposefully design their boards so that Russian engineers could "tamper" with them in order to achieve higher than allowed clock speeds.
Anyway this cute board just made me think of that, so thought I'd share it.
The Union Demo https://youtu.be/comSfq97R9s?si=BjaC_NyEpnkBsCTG
Wicked Polygons Screen - Synergy Megademo https://youtu.be/T7YZ3n35eNg?si=29zuqG9dCCnp52hk
FirST Love by Overlanders https://youtu.be/3QginSr9V7A?si=rY3KGclc26lX24k3
Scavenger - Wicked Polygons https://youtu.be/xi7fg7UvsbM?si=BBb1pU3pZqwnWs2P
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(x-h)^2+(y-k)^2+(z-l)^2=5^2Anyway, it's simply not true that "all questions are answered." Often when I've read the answer for a purportedly same question, the nuances of the other question is often nowhere near the original one, leading you to never fully having your question answered, which is extremely frustrating.
Often what you're looking for is simply a new way to explain an old concept, so that you better learn the inner workings of the problem. People are different, and so different people need different explanations. This is basic pedagogy. And that's also why RTFM does not work for all people. To think so is so arrogant that I'm at a loss for words.
At some point regular replies were replaced by administrators and mods who are seemingly far more interested in finding faults with your question rather than to actually answer it. The worst one was probably those times I’d ask a question, and then it got labelled “not a question.” Honestly, this unhelpful, bureaucratic, and down right nasty attitude has really disgusted me with the site.
Apparently new users are having even bigger problems, and they get flamed really hard for asking newbie questions. Often people are rudely asked to read the manual, when the entire cause of their problems is that the manual is so poorly written that it’s impossible to make any sense for it—even if answering questions like that is the “raison d’être” of a place like Stack Overflow...
Now, with the prevalence of ChatGPT and services that will give you great answers to almost any code-related question, I honestly think that the fall of Stack Overflow is well deserved.
Suddenly you've got a viable model to use on real tactical maps, that is strikingly similar to SC2, though adapted to real life conditions. That is, if you're able to track - or in the least theorize the position of - each individual "piece" on that board (so soldiers and armour, etc).
A real life soldier does perhaps have some different qualities and abilities than a space marine, but it's still a great starting point for building a more realistic model.
So say, your model looks more like Arma 3... Only top down. Now, I've been in the army, so I can tell you first hand that many aspects of Arma 3 is scarily realistic. Other aspects, not so much. But if you add in some modding, and all that is solved.
It's the same principle. You've already have a base AI to "play the game" and now you adapt each information point to reflect real life instead of game mechanics.
Sure, this sort of AI is brand new, so there would of course be things to iron out. Perhaps you need to use other statistical models to better capture the fog of war. But at the end of it, I think it can be done. Hell, perhaps it can even be used to fight crime. What do I know, perhaps it already is, but nobody wants to talk about it, kind of like how it was such a great moment when it dropped that New Scotland Yards used graph databases to solve cases before it was cool.