Vanth

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[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ha, two people I tagged so far in this thread. One for being a self-described and proud redpiller type (I don't remember the specifics on that one) and one for conversing in bad faith; that person kept arguing with well-sourced fact. Think flat-earther type stubbornness to acknowledge reality for the sake of being funny or edgy. There's a time and a place for that, but it was on a serious topic where everyone else was taking it seriously and trying to be genuinely helpful.

I haven't tagged you, OP. Yet.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah, you want specialized instead of general.

Well, then is a couple of books enough to train your LLM? How many books are there on wavelengths your first doublet filters for?

Seems like you might want a forum full of topic specific comments too to feed into the model. A photography textbook with a section on lenses is good, real questions and answers from actual photographers with real scenarios would be better for most people.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If copyright were magically not an issue, why does this need to be local/self hosted?

Like sure, some people will still self host and we need some people to keep information independent of corporations. But for people who just want a summary of a car maintenance task, why would they go to a local repository instead of the largest one they can find?

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 7 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Like, long enough to spread out into effectively a parachute? It would have to knot together into some sort of canopy. Bc just streaming loose above you won't be enough. Surface area normal to airflow is needed, not parallel to it, like loose, streaming hair would be.

Google it for proper formatting, but the equation is: Fd=21ρv2CdA, where Fd is the drag force, ρ is the air density, v is the velocity of the object, Cd is the drag coefficient, and A is the reference area of the object (as in reference with respect to the plane of drag).

Just because I happen to have this trivia in my brain: Terminal velocity in "skydiver" posture: stomach down, arms outstretched to max drag, is around 120 mph. Pulling in to minimize area (and therefore drag), one can get to around 180mph.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes, hard yes. "Clean room" should not be confused with "sterile room".

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 13 points 2 months ago

I would need more specificity around "basic human needs". It could be that only 1-30% of the world's population don't currently meet that threshold, so sure, easy call to lop off pinky thru middle finger on my non-dominant hand to help them. I mean, ask "would you cut off your pinky finger to stop the genocide in Gaza?" and that would be a hard, fast yes and that's way less than 10% of the world affected.

If we're talking past basic survival to full universal healthcare and universal basic income... I'd consider all ten fingers with more details. I'm super sus of any monkey paw curls, so I want to understand the ins and outs before I say all ten fingers.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 35 points 2 months ago (4 children)

During COVID I switched from a sit-stand-walk around type job to WFH sitting for the full 8+ hours. I found myself spiraling into some real hip and lower back pain until I invested in some new home office furniture to enable more standing and moving around.

Cheapo walking treadmill was the best $125 Bezos bucks I spent during lockdown.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

New medicine down the road of ozempic and other hormone mimics/manipulators. I think we're going to see a step change increase in how much control people can exert over their bodies when genetics and environment are a challenge.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Never conceived... that makes me Jesus? So either tap into that sweet church money or get crucified.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 9 points 2 months ago

Call them and ask.

My block has buried lines. A block away, they have overheads. The new local fiber provider is only running lines along overheads for now, with plans to tackle buried lines in another few years. Despite sending me half a tree worth of mailers, they won't run fiber to my house yet and the only way I was able to find that out was to call them up and talk to them.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago

The prompt was for thoughts on "sigma" label. That's my thought on the topic: those who self-identify in those terms are very tightly coorelated with those I want to avoid. So I find it very useful.

If you identify as "sigma" and would like to avoid people who think disparagingly of the "sigma" label, you get to avoid them (me) too. Best wishes on your sigma journey.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Gamma males, those with anger management issues and who tend to go a little green around the gills.

Delta males, those who adapt to change very well.

Upsilon males, straight up klutzes.

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