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penneyd··on GrassLobster: AI Agentic Generation of Parametric Geometry Workflows
Those stairs look challenging to say the least
penneyd··on As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing
Well in the example above the manufacturer still has incentive to provide the manual's and guides that describe how to use their products, and if that is subsequently served by an LLM that's totally fine. The only sites that LLM's would have a negative effect on are those that are only hosting content for the ad views.
penneyd··on Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has ignited a passion again
Same, early 50s and this is like the heyday of coding where you could rapidly iterate on things and actively make leaps and bounds of progress. Super fun.
penneyd··on We put Claude Code in Rollercoaster Tycoon
Agreed - this seems like a no brainer, surely this is something that is being worked on.
penneyd··on Century-old stone “tsunami stones” dot Japan's coastline (2015)
They just do the same thing with regular homes :)
penneyd··on Does the Bitter Lesson Have Limits?
Fine over here using Firefox
penneyd··on Open Sauce is a confoundingly brilliant Bay Area event
I agree that it was a bit meh, maker faire with a small side of youtubers is an accurate description but overall I enjoyed it and there were definitely some cool booths. Saturday was also ridiculously busy making it hard to navigate and interact with folks, Sunday was much better in that regard.
penneyd··on Thomas Aquinas' skull reveals appearance and cause of death
Are there any examples of these types of reconstructions where the reconstruction has been performed blind on the skull of someone for which we have photos?
penneyd··on Maslow 4: Large format CNC routing made accessible
For a full sheet low cost CNC the v4 LowRider is hard to beat

https://docs.v1e.com/lowrider/

penneyd··on Making Electronic Calipers
Article states +/- 0.6mm
penneyd··on The other British invasion: how UK lingo conquered the US
Turns out they actually say swim suit ;)
penneyd··on Chaos in the medium: Watercolour plotting
A drag knife setup might make the world of difference here, nice little project though.
penneyd··on An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus
I've always had it somewhat but COVID late last year definitely kicked it up a notch for a while, it did fade back to essentially being unnoticeable after a couple of months though. Hope yours fades too, it's a nuisance for sure.
penneyd··on Vehicle brakes produce charged particles that may harm public health: study
A model 3 is no heavier than a 3 series.
penneyd··on Apple Vision Pro review
Often times I'll look to position the mouse and then look at something else when I actually hit the button.
penneyd··on Keep Your Kid's Personal Info Off the Internet
Perhaps writing a blog post about it was ill advised if privacy was the goal.
penneyd··on LG washing machine sending 3.7GB of data a day
Just checked mine which is used all the time and it's about 1.5mb per week.
penneyd··on I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy
Yeah same here, 67 orders and no issues, perhaps it's a location thing?
penneyd··on The fall of Firefox: Mozilla's once-popular web browser slides into irrelevance
I flipped back to FF about a year ago, performs flawlessly and all the extensions I used on Chrome are available too.
penneyd··on Farming families who use more water from Colorado River than some states
If these folks didn't use the water, what alternate use would it be put to?
penneyd··on Southern Europe in extreme heat, with Greece seeing temperatures of 40C or more
Brutal - hope you're able to stay cool, is that 47 in the shade?
penneyd··on Don Knuth plays with ChatGPT
Perhaps we shouldn't expect these models to know everything about everything. What sources did you yourself use to learn this knowledge and did the training data incorporate them? It's a bit like asking a software engineer law questions, you can only draw from what you've studied. I feel as though what's missing is the ability for the model to understand what it doesn't know or cite sources. It's not like humans know everything either.
penneyd··on The Andy Warhol Copyright Case That Could Transform Generative AI
It wouldn't exist without a human actively creating/capturing it so doesn't seem as though that's an actual problem. Does a photograph involve significant human authorship - choosing a prompt or choosing to click the button on your DSLR is itself the act of authorship.
penneyd··on OpenAI tech gives Microsoft's Bing a boost in search battle with Google
Yet without stackoverflow chatgpt wouldn't be particularly helpful
penneyd··on 95% of Bay Area Cities Lost Zoning Authority
A law was recently passed that allows you to sell and move and keep your property tax rate that was designed to alleviate this issue.
penneyd··on Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train derailment
I take it that nobody is thinking sabotage?
penneyd··on ChatGPT is a ‘code red’ for Google’s search business
It does provide something for humans to do, a whole ecosystem is set to spring up employing millions of people churning out dirty limericks and jokes about religion. Tis a glorious future indeed.
penneyd··on Geodesic domes made simple
Is it possible (feasable) to create a geodesic dome on a hill or do you need a flat surface to make it work?
penneyd··on Using rats to clear land mines in Cambodia
Land mines persist long after the wars have ended, quietly waiting to maim the innocent.
penneyd··on Scaling up a Mastodon server to 128K active users
This is why it'll never take off.
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