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txg··on We gave 5 LLMs $100K to trade stocks for 8 months
Lack of market response is a valid point, but $100k is pretty unlikely to have much impact especially if spread out over multiple trades.
txg··on Git Worktrees and GitButler
If you want to run some time-consuming tests prior to pushing your bug fix it's convenient to run those in your separate worktree. You can continue working on your original branch while the tests run.
txg··on JPL Workforce Update
Given the size of the layoffs I'd imagine it's preferable to be at home and receive the news virtually if you're being laid off. It might be unpleasant being part of the group making their way to the exits en masse.
txg··on Online Lens/Optics Simulator
Have you got any recommendations for open-source, or free, optics design software?
txg··on The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle
On my twelfth year of North-American kettle operation I've gotten past the tedium of waiting extra minutes for the water to boil.

Visiting my family, however, I now have to flick the switch on twice - autopilot usually means the water has cooled below the supposed optimal infusion temperature by the time I return to the kitchen.

txg··on The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle
I drink both, but now use my kettle almost exclusively for the awful indulgence of pre-mug warming before dropping in the espresso from my stove-top pot.
txg··on Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video]
This is the right answer. The camera (and its 8 siblings) are capable of color HD imaging - the sensor has a Bayer filter. This image used a binning mode to produce a downsampled frame that could be more rapidly transferred back over the lower bandwidth comms used during landing. Binning combines the Bayer pattern and so color information is lost.

Also doesn't help that there is a (transparent) lens cover in front of the lens obscuring the view.