ddingus

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by ddingus 1y ago
I rarely call it AI myself and for similar reasons. The LLM models are something. To me they look like knowledge holograms. Or maybe just a huge pattern inference machine. And they are ODD. Like a fragment of smarts. Dangerous and for s
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by ddingus 1y ago
My other comment on this discussion partially answers your questions. I don't evaluate the nature of the gain before deciding whether AI will be worth it. Fact is I do not know prior to some use. I suppose the better question, given t
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by ddingus 1y ago
Oh wow! I have not heard that name in a while! ( and yes, I know I still haven't heard it outside my own head, but that is just a nit to pick..) Mars. That track is so great! All of them are, but that one shows off so many great sy
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by ddingus 1y ago
What did not work? Many things appear to work at first, right. Most of the time, using AI seems great, until one spends a lot of time working out lots of important details. A bunch of prompts later... Yeah. Sometimes it is nice to begin w
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by ddingus 1y ago
I did not stop. I do limit my use today, compared to a few months ago. Most of that is having successfully mapped out use cases that make sense, I find myself doing less seeking. Where it is a net gain, go; otherwise, why bother?
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by ddingus 1y ago
Do you expect the ability to reason about geometry would emerge, or would it be more like pattern matching limited by the training data problem space? Meta: testing in progress
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by ddingus 1y ago
Thanks. Perhaps a test is in order.
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by ddingus 1y ago
That is what I was writing about above. Use current CAD and a script to output a LOT of cases to be used for training data.
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by ddingus 1y ago
That is circular.
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by ddingus 1y ago
Yes and no. Parasolid is happy to work to whatever precision it is asked to use. The system driving it is where the choices are. Sloppy tolerances really equal dynamic tolerance based on model geometry size. Really, there have been a few d
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by ddingus 1y ago
Which writing structures would you identify specifically?
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by ddingus 1y ago
Edit: I got the number of control points discussion above wrong. The Arts and conics should be marked three control points each, with the difference being the constraint on the middle control point. Whoops!
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by ddingus 1y ago
Nice addition! Don't be sorry. Tons of users call it UG. Yeah, I had an airplane model to play with and built a fair number of surfaces. It works well. Space X has a nice 3D setup.
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by ddingus 1y ago
I agree! Viz needs love for sure. Sidebar: My home plasma TV is a 3D capable one. Back in the 90's I used to use 3D to visualize models on SGI machines. Fast forward to the mid 10's and I can hook up a laptop with nVidia GPU an
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by ddingus 1y ago
Re: honor Humor mode = 1 (you will see why) LOL, Thanks for that! Really. CAD is kind of obscure meaning it is rare to have this chat. Was nice. I find it an equal honor to talk with others very highly skilled. Bromance Curious Mode = 0
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by ddingus 1y ago
Perhaps text answers are possible? Today, a solid consists of the following entities that follow the golden rule; namely, each edge is shared by two and only two surfaces: [0] Solid Cubish 6 faces bounded by 4 edges each, having endpoints,
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by ddingus 1y ago
Yes, and the struggle with this back in the day was the *IAA and related organizations wanted to equate infringement with theft. And to be clear, we javelin the word infringement precisely because it is not theft. In addition to the deprive
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by ddingus 1y ago
Yes, my confusion! Great catch!
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by ddingus 1y ago
Me too, and you are quite welcome! CAD is close to my heart. I jumped in during the 80's as a high schooler running on an Apple 2! Even back then, limited 8 bit CAD could do a lot. And it was one application that helped me see the f
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by ddingus 1y ago
Hacking never included thievery where I come from, nor did it condone doing harm by vandalism. Seems to me, a vandal has learned how their less than worthy craft is done virtually.
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by ddingus 1y ago
I live seeing efforts like this. But I am just going to put this here so the general thoughts incorporate a fundamental problem before significant labor investments go too far: What is a probable, viable, possible answer to the geometry ker
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by ddingus 1y ago
I will do the same. I am aligned with ESR basically, as expressed in "The Clue Train Manifesto." Use value of OSS remains high. Because of that, when I can add to the body of OSS, I do. People will do what they do. All I contro
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by ddingus 1y ago
Ouch! I believe in OSS. But damn. I had not really considered this move. I had a stray thought and that is most SI content I have looked at has watermarks of a sort. Perhaps this could be used?
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by ddingus 1y ago
They do love it. I have been, nicely and as helpfully as I can, educating people on the nature of LLM tools. I personally have little hostility toward the AI search results. Most of the time, the feature nails my quick search queries. Th
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by ddingus 1y ago
SGI branded DAT drives would copy and play anything. Just FYI for anyone using IRIX. The machines were generally great for audio.
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by ddingus 1y ago
I am not sure we are always talking about bad defaults. That needs evaluation, and that need to be done in context. In many cases, the defaults are not bad. One finds that out by working with them. Really, I just don't feel "fault
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by ddingus 1y ago
That is absolutely not a faulty conclusion in any objective sense! Now, you get to say it is faulty, and when one thinks about it for a minute, that idea packs a whole lot less punch. Just want to dilute some unnecessary implied authority o
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by ddingus 1y ago
Yes. There is a big heuristic lookup network involved. Ever notice as we age, get hurt, that table, network, updates? For some injuries, part of the imperfect process, is a relearn, recalibrate step involved. Once that has played out. The
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by ddingus 1y ago
( removed because I am not in a place to do it right, sorry all)
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by ddingus 1y ago
I will! TY! (Not sure why I got zeroed above... was genuine curiosity, honest!)

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