dnemmers

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   by dnemmers 3mo ago

   Prior to human intervention, 'bananas' were small with tons of seeds.
2. 62.▲
   by dnemmers 3mo ago

   "He couldn't possibly have been stealing that many unique ideas over basically his 70 year career." I'm not sure how you could possibly make that assertion?
3. 63.▲
   by dnemmers 3mo ago

   Using AI to fight AI...unsure who's going to win, but I'm sure we'll all lose.
4. 64.▲
   by dnemmers 3mo ago

   When you are captive to the system, the costs changes are not external to you.
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   by dnemmers 3mo ago

   "All of the AI projects we have observed as a team are failing. Every single one – we have seen 0% success in a year and a half, not only amongst projects we have been asked to participate in2, but even within projects that we have obs
6. 66.▲
   by dnemmers 3mo ago

   It really would be nice if there were much less hero worship of FLW. He was quite the imperfect man, who did some terrible harms. He also made some buildings.
7. 67.▲
   by dnemmers 3mo ago

   I'm guessing limited car colors benefits the manufacturers more so than the customer. Less choice means less cost. Additionally, by avoiding 'polarizing' colors, they likely won't have issues with unsellable stock.
8. 68.▲
   by dnemmers 3mo ago

   Reducing derailment by decreasing track movement by painting the does of the track white, to reflect heat absorbed from the sun.
9. 69.▲
   by dnemmers 3mo ago

   I believe you can pass network traffic over the HDMI cable. https://www.slashgear.com/2102867/why-do-some-hdmi-cables-ha...
10. 70.▲
    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    Very glad to see. Vinyl, Casettes, and CDs may be the last physical audio media forever.
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    Cement will still take many days to reach full cure time (measured in increasing PSI ratings) https://www.ce.memphis.edu/1101/notes/concrete/section_3_pro...
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    Hydraulic cement is made for some of those occasions: https://www.quikrete.com/productlines/hydraulicwaterstopceme... But I wouldn't want to make any sort of building that only relied on it for waterproofing.
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    Disagree. The 'washing machine' problem, was solved decades ago. Improvements in detergent allows basically anything to be washed with cold water. Added 'features' from late model machines do very little to improve the e
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    I'm not sure exactly what you're saying is correct. 'Concrete' is a combination of sand, cement, water and aggregate, that cures together to form. When the water migrates away from the curing concrete, it leaves open por
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    "We're not forcing anybody to use it, but I will very loudly ignore people who try to argue against other people from using it. And no, AI isn't perfect. But Christ, anybody who points to the problems at AI had better be look
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    "Iran conveyed to Vance that the pair were more interested in exploiting insider knowledge of the negotiations to profit in financial markets than they were in reaching a deal." I wonder if they had any inside info about certain p
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    "But it does not predate the writing style — my very specific writing style — that LLMs themselves were trained on. Because I’ll have you know that I have been blogging on the worldwide web since 2004" Having your works being inje
18. 78.▲
    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    How much AI have you been ingesting?
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    A good Veritasium video on the subject: https://youtu.be/IV3dnLzthDA?is=MorITIg_MvFrKtvR
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    Very true that only recently, a lead-free substitute was available. https://g100ul.com/
21. 81.▲
    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    Love seeing those old Volvo's!
22. 82.▲
    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    With comments like this, it might be good to sit and think about what you are saying: "no way llms can be worse than what we have now (absolute gerontocratic retardation) and i think the tech is now good enough."
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    "its augmenting everything we do and its not going away". Yuck at this false claim. In a learning environment, absolutely. "Dozens of students in the class likely used artificial intelligence to cheat and earn perfect or near
24. 84.▲
    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    Big fan of AutoIt. Easy programming of mouse movements and keyboard inputs allows quick automation.
25. 85.▲
    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    Are you planning on slabbing up the trees for timber beams and planks?
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    Interesting that Wisconsin passed legislation a while back to allow a 'Kei' car loophole: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/related/lcactmemo/act1...
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    I think the 'make bad air' part, is that it allows carbon dioxide levels to build up...not that the air is unpleasant to the senses to breathe.
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    Thanks for the reply. I'm sure there are plenty of elements that could cause issues (acid flux, leaded solder, bursting, etc), I just hadn't hear the same things as galvanized or, like you said, lead piping.
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    I think the usual move once threads are gone, is to move to a steel threaded insert (helicoil, time-sert, etc) https://www.mcmaster.com/products/thread-repair-inserts/thre...
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    by dnemmers 3mo ago

    I'm confused, you're saying that copper piping is not healthy for water lines? Any info you could help link to?