lofi_lory

Ironically, DRM drives me towards Z-Lib and Libgen, when I happily payed No Starch for their stuff. Especially their bundles are a smart move in the digital age.

Also, see e.g. Steam, you cannot charge for these digital goods the way you used to. It's shifting towards (searchable) collections, not just individual books. It's ridiculous, when digital edition cost almost as much as print. They are emotionally and functionally different things.

Does it have practical applications tho? Last I read about it, I figured it was just neat. (On the other hand it pollutes the namespace as a "BMA" search term collision XD)

I am not sure I follow either.

i: Index of comparison, running 0..n

p: Index in pattern P, running m..0

t: Index in text T, running 0..n, t=i at cycle beginning.

Is the trick to not seek the character mismatching at T[i], but T[t+1], in front of the pattern-text-alignment?

I think that's the Sundance (?) variance or something. It's quite neat because you can do the simple BC preprocessing in O(m) and access in O(1) and still lose nothing over the extended BC, if the text is random (at least I can then prove it via expected value for character occurrences). So you simplify BC pre-processing, access times and gain one char possible shift distance.

However I am not sure how this goes with repetitive texts theoretically. And e.g. DNA is not random, although at our level of understanding it probably is practically.

In my implementation cutting GS didn't improve performance. Tho, I wrote it in Rust and then the compiler really weirdly optimize for cache misses in a not predictable manner; it mattered way too much where I put functionally equivalent code (do A, then so B wasn't the same as do B, then do A, for the most trivial and independent things).

Have you looked into the Z-algorithm? It's related to BM via Good Suffix rule, and I think it's very neat and handy.

Naive BM goes quadratic at

T: aaaaaaaaaaaa

P: xaaaaa

Not easy to come up with an improvement, there will always be that exception you didn't think of XD

I wonder, if you could derive meta information about the DNA "lyrical" composition by observing the BM put through. After all the algorithm assumes random text.

Harder to argue about character frequency in DNA/RNA sequences.

BM taught me that cleverness doesn't pay for fast, similar iterations. Performance is all about cache misses. I hated that lesson.

Could you explain it? To me this falls into a long list of bad BM explanations.

When I had to implement it for an assignment I thought I was going mad. E.g. everybody mentions the good suffix rule can be created in O(n), but no one explained how to, or even sold their O(n²) as the real deal. Then they talk about borders and such... I had to come up with my own thing based on the Z-algorithm... and then realized that what the others were doing as well, but can't fucking spell. And yeah, if they drawn that connection they would have the O(n) connection at hand too. Btw. it matters for real life performance.

I wonder, if mRNA tech offers the possibility of reintroducing lost of function for cells with mutations like p53 defects. E.g. maybe just do what p53 does, if it's present or not.

Much harder to identify the misbehaving cells, DNA deletions, than making all cells behave, I assume.

Bacteria could evolve "antibodies" to these molecules, or enzymes to get rid of them. See CRISPR, plasmid transfer and colony signaling ... bacteria got quite sophisticated defenses.

I am in this weirdness . Have they fixed the USB-C PD frying boards issue? That made not buy one so far as an USB-C dock is a must with the Air.

Yes. That's not 3D woven, is it? Robots aren't sewing jeans, but they can weave some variation of tube like socks or a simple pullover. Anyway, I think you are just trying to fight and feel superior over some pity. Hope you get better. Good night.

If peripheral input works and networking and all. And 0.5-1TB storage is just expensive, not ridiculously expensive.

Have the USB-C PD issues been resolved? Like hubs frying the motherboard for some bad PD implementation?

I honestly think there is a great opportunity for a Linux tablet plus pen input (high dpi; precision and low latency). People just don't know yet, that's what they want. FOSS would thrive there.

How is that different from any other computer?

Point is, the limitation is software. Even an extremely underpowered niche toy beats the iPad in a common, intuitive task for such a device.

For me the iPad (2018) was just the cheapest entry to the tablet + pen combo. I love digital pen input and the tablet for reading documents. For a moment I liked the app ecosystem and thought maybe the Apple hype is valid. Now, I hate the stupid limitations of iPadOS, the Appstore and the commercialisation of every god damn aspect of the iPad experience.

I would kill for a good Linux tablet with low latency pen input. Xournal++ and Krita would be completely sufficient.

Most apps and ideas I initially liked on the iPad, would be much better FOSS. So many apps ultimately fail for me because the developers trying hard to wall some garden, instead of implementing export/import of an open standard.

Oh and ofc, horrible file management and no code execution.

Fuck this shit. Stallman was right...

Where did I say it's not possible? This very article is about 3D printing of clothes. So someone pointed out 3D woven clothes exists, probably didn't really read my comment either. I too had 3D woven clothing in mind in my original first paragraph, when I emphasized the aesthetic benefits of 2D fabrics, over direct 3D fabrication.

What's your point, really? Is what I said invalidated, because you assumed some inconsistency off topic? Do you think that's constructive and helpful to discourse and exploring new ideas?

I don't think it's just cultural or anything for most people. Not just communication. I am usually not overly social at all, but I am now starting to crave other people's body warmth on a physical level. Feels like a headache... I can't enjoy anything anymore, because of it. The craving is there all the time, there is no substitute for the closeness I have not. I fantasize about pressing my body through an overcrowded club, collecting other people's sweat on me, friends screaming into my ears spitting all over my face. Sweat, sebum, saliva, warmth, smell, microbes, laughter, eye contact. It's not a sexual desire, it's something different completely drained, thirsty, essential for survival. I think back then, if my group abandoned me, I would just die of loneliness on the forest's mossy floor, no matter the circumstances.

I am gonna be really irresponsible, once I got my vaccine shot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlmDh4LlaKo

I use Aurora for the Playstore. It's buggy but does the trick for the few apps not in FDroid. No account needed as they provide a service for shared credentials.

Either "poster print" on multiple A4 papers, overhead projection onto the fabric, or laser cut. That's what I had in mind. I imagine an optional small helper device with lidar scanner and mini projector to measure the body and help with the pattern transfer. Both lidar and mini projector modules are becoming really cheap, as you find them in cheap chinese phones already.

I didn't mean to imply to tackle the fabric industry with this. Just the sewing. I think fabric is still better off mass produced by long running machines and then you design around what's on the market. Much like you would do with wood. This is all compromises, but I think fundamentally sewing is the most approachable craft to not offload to a specialized industry. It's the pattern issue and convenience at heart, I think. As I said, much harder to make your own fridge or couch, than a t-shirt or dress.

You are correct about the pricing it seems. Either they changed that, or I misremembered. Anyway, 50€/m is still way too much for hobbyists.

I think you missed the point. It's exactly the answer to "not everyone can design clothing". You download the design specs, the software does the calculation and application, and then you cut the fabric. No designing, no following and fitting lines on large paper patterns... All this can be done in software.

Yes and severely limited in aesthetical expression.

You got 3D woven clothing already in stores. But I think there is a fundamental limit in form and function. Clothing isn't just means to keep you warm and protected. Aesthetics matter.

I think the loom is already the dishwasher here, where sewing is collecting used, unordered dishes.

I think these tasks need a deeper understanding of what's there to handle. Prediction how things will behave and adapt intelligently if they don't. E.g. spontaneously using your pinky to stretch away the fabric getting in the way. You need to understand the meaning of the seam to manifest it, even out tension, redo some part, ... Non petrol based fabric has imperfections and variances.

I think you need general purpose, human-level AI to sew a good jeans.

In Europe there is Mietshäuser Syndikat https://www.syndikat.org/en/

Their model seems to work well. I think this is the way. Capitalism seems to be oddly unprepared, if you just drop the profit drive in the middle of things. Seems like you can make the system sell itself out.

Overall I believe the industry of sewing clothes is gonna be the last to be fully automated. The 3D manipulation of 2D fabric is just too finicky and screams for the human touch, experienced, versatile fingers. But starting off 2D, mass produced fabric is just so much more efficient and versatile.

Sadly, this is bad news for the future of human freedom, as it will mean the associated exploitation and environmental impact isn't gonna end soon either.

However, I have this hypothesis this problem can be solved with software otherwise, by removing the complexity and hurdle of custom pattern creation and distribution to the typical end consumer.

You can't make your own fridge, smartphone, and even wood working is out of reach for most people in the city (space, logistics). However, everyone physically capable could in principle sew their own clothes, if it's just down to the sewing part. Traditional pattern creation and/or application is the hard part. Space needed, investment in the sewing machine and fabric, time expenditure... It's all relatively feasible to most.

I think having a FOSS variant of Clo3d, UI optimized to match different experience levels and a github like collaboration network would offer the potential to kill a good chunk of fast fashion, complex supply chains, and consequently ecological and humanitarian exploitation.

Imagine using a camera or lidar scanner to measure your body, load that to the software, have the design specification applied to your personal body model, the pattern projected onto the fabric for cutting, or even laser cut, until all is left is sewing the pieces together according to the community improved instructions.

No more compromises in fitting. Things will last and be cared for, because you made them yourself. Fewer better clothing.

Or delegate this to your local sewing service, which operates under the same opportunity of reduced overhead.

Things just need to be FOSS to have this change the world. Clo3d costs 500€/month minimum... But really it's just blender with extra steps. It can be done.

Capitalism's search for minima isn't linked to human welfare tho. Therefore the minima may or may not align with humanity's long term interests. Right now the system seems on track to optimize for our extinction.

Without regulation, most essential markets fail humans.

And finally an ancap "free market economy" was the default state of the world and the whole of human history has been the struggle to overcome/refine that stake based hell.

Do you mean "capitalism" as in the dogmatic belief an unregulated market will somehow manage human needs to their benefit?

Yeah, I think that's an extremely ignorant and outdated ideology. Which is evidently progressing towards human extinction.

Optimizing towards the metric of monetary reward/economic growth is just horribly disconnected from human welfare.

There is also the fallacy of assuming all things interchangeable for market dynamics when in reality some things running out means "down-regulating demand" by killing off most of the population, e.g. phosphate rock.

Capitalism isn't set up to get us two cookies later. There is just no incentive for the market to give a fuck about humans. It's like the "stamp making AI" thought experiment. Or the attention optimizing algorithms mindlessly destroying political culture. Oversimplified metrics spiralling out of control.

Tho, economists have realized this and most markets are recognized to fail without regulation for their inherent nature. E.g. housing, water, electricity, education, ...

You don't see the inherent flaw still, do you?

Financial security isn't worth anything in face of extinction. Bitcoin inherently works against human prosperity. No matter the riches we achieve, PoW will take a massive cut.

Please, play it through in your head: What would happen to the PoW system, if we achieve almost infinite energy proliferation? E.g. some scifi space solar energy harvesting. Don't you see how Bitcoin works against our future?