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by achenatx 3y ago
eating sugar is not a requirement for survival. You can eat zero carbs and survive just fine. Not so for fats/proteins.
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by achenatx 3y ago
I use it extensively. For example I was getting an error that no variable X was on an object. I could see the object in the debugger and could see the variable. I put the section of code into chat gpt and the error and it said that the func
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by achenatx 3y ago
I have a degree in electrical engineering and a degree in medical microbiology and immunology. It was one of my (many) dreams to model the immune system in software, using control systems to create a reference model that you could challenge
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by achenatx 3y ago
why would I want my furniture to last 20 years? My wife will cycle pieces after 5-10 because she wants something new. We also have moved ikea couches multiple times and they are fine. It is easy to get replacement cushions when the kids spi
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by achenatx 3y ago
my productivity has increased tremendously with chatgpt For example, I was getting an error that a method x was missing on var of type MyObject. In debugging mode I could see that they type was MyObject and the attribute x was there. I past
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by achenatx 3y ago
because not everyone wants the most reliable car. Some people want a fast car Some people want an electric car Some people want an american car Some people want a car that not everyone else has etc
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by achenatx 4y ago
its good for so many things: Need to write a speech as a best man Write a eulogy for a deceased family member Recently used it to speed up the time to fix an oauth problem in code I didnt write, knowing nothing about oauth. Replaces stackex
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by achenatx 4y ago
my friend imported an EV from china which is what you are looking for. It is essentially a golf cart. I believe there would be a huge market for a simple (but with safety equipment) golf cart style electric car. My next car will definitely
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by achenatx 4y ago
over time it will be able to play the songs and the exact location in the songs. You can ask for references now and it hasnt worked well.
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by achenatx 4y ago
here is one I used for teaching girl scouts to code: chat gpt build me a pong program using Ruby2D. It built one but it had some problems The ball goes through the paddle, please fix that. Then it wrote a collision detection routine for the
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by achenatx 4y ago
my daughter uses it to explain homework problems. Google search routinely fails for this. Chatgpt gives her the answer, but explains in detail how it got the answer. marketing team is using it to create baselines for articles/blog post
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by achenatx 4y ago
then you would expect the groups to be 1-9 and 10-19
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by achenatx 4y ago
and then liquid chlorine is impossible to find and doubled in price, so I ended up with salt water.
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by achenatx 4y ago
here is a post from the front page of mastadon. Seems pretty toxic to me. Im sure that person isnt getting banned, but the equivalent from the right would get banned. Just so we’re clear here, Florida wants to ban children from discussing t
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by achenatx 4y ago
just reiterating this comment PLATO, including avatar (multiple versions), empire, etc are available at https://www.cyber1.org/
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by achenatx 4y ago
Hey felix, avatar is currently running at https://www.cyber1.org/
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by achenatx 4y ago
I like books that are actionable. Lots of books are inspirational but not that useful (e.g. crossing the chasm). I run a curriculum in my company which uses a few books I have read over the years. emyth revisited (how to think about and str
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by achenatx 4y ago
when the power went out for 5 days two weeks ago, I could run the entire house on a $1200 generator. The gas furnace (600 watts), gas stove, gas dryer, and gas water heater used very little electricity. At some point Ill connect the generat
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by achenatx 4y ago
my friend is building his house and is putting in 4 heat pumps (big house). The problem is we just lost power for 4 days and 2 years ago we lost power for 5 days. He is discovering that electric heat uses massive amounts of electricity and
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by achenatx 4y ago
you can change the top end by lowering the temperature of your hot water heater. We have ours set at 120. Using a lower hot water temperature is a way to give you a wider range of useful temperatures. In texas during the summer we often tak
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by achenatx 4y ago
I have one of these grohe thermostatic valves. You can set the temperature and then use a push button to turn the shower on. The temperature is always set correctly as the on/off is separate from the temperature control. A majority of
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by achenatx 4y ago
Ive modestly tried to lose weight my whole life. Ive never been fat, but still had to work to keep my calories low. Im 5' 9", and it took 10 years to go from 170 to more like 160. Losing weight made me weaker and caused me to lose
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by achenatx 4y ago
been running my company for 23 years now and have friends that also have. 1) staying general works, but niching down works even better. My most successful friends found an up and coming technology partner and rode that wave. 2) most of my b
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by achenatx 4y ago
our oldest (15) didnt get a phone until about 13. Middle (10) has an apple watch for the phone function, 7 year old doesnt have a phone. They all have macbooks, ipads, etc. our internet goes on for them at 6am, turns off at 7am. They have t
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by achenatx 4y ago
water problems are actually energy problems. With cheap energy, you can clean all water from residential areas and you can pipe water in from where it is plentiful. Water is not usually created/destroyed it is moved around and contamin
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by achenatx 4y ago
wish the biden administration would give manufacturers a tax break to manufacture in south america. It would enrich our neighbors to the south and possibly put a dent in drug trafficking and illegal immigration. Making asia rich doesnt help
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by achenatx 4y ago
it isnt about truth or fiction, it is negative/hate tweets. I run a politics forum and the one rule is no insulting other people, groups, or positions. This makes for a very civil, but bland conversation. People engage with negative&#x
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by achenatx 4y ago
people eat unhealthily because they are lazy and fat/sugar are addictive. In season fruits and vegetables are inexpensive. You can easily find vegetables that are under $2/pound. Eating half a pound of vegetables a day (most peopl
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by achenatx 4y ago
crypto is supposed to be money that is outside the control of central banks or governments. As a result it is good for: Getting your money out of a country that is trying to stop you from doing that Transferring your money across borders wh
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by achenatx 4y ago
the software on my pint is glitchy for sure. I have multiple steep hills to get out of my street, the pint will often times slowly lose its balance point meaning the nose gets closer and closer to the ground. When going downhill it is a dis

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