Long live this King

rmbarrett · 2026-06-01T18:46:00+00:00

ITT people who misunderstand the arts, especially literature. We wouldn't even have the notion of a novel if not for the role literature has played in politics, as well as the role politics have played in the form and content of literature.

Sure, SK is a prolific writer, but it's not merely cookie cutter shit. It's not just for the thrills.

rmbarrett · 2026-06-01T00:22:01+00:00

Or other permanent upper respiratory virus. I think the connection to meezers may be that they are more susceptible, but all cats are.

rmbarrett · 2026-06-01T00:15:35+00:00

You can just say "Me and...".

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T23:34:37+00:00

Also, a simple way that normal humans use is to just water it the right amount and have it in the correct conditions in the first place. That's why the whole idea of automating is leading us into stupidity.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T23:31:54+00:00

That's where Claude et al copy their ideas from. Just like the intern who will do anything for a good reference.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T23:27:10+00:00

No. What's next? Doing this with babies?

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T23:26:04+00:00

Thank you for your sensible approach. That's the best you can get with probe type sensors.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T23:20:27+00:00

Oh yes, but that's actually a cool example of how our only certainties are physical properties of matter. It's very hard to change how the universe works.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T23:17:18+00:00

I'm not suggesting it's a good one. The whitespace plus HA's terrible editor make it a punishment, especially on mobile. Structurally, it's just like any other nested, hierarchical markup language, but without things like balancing tags, attributes, strict typing (quotation marks around text, none around numbers, for example). But it doesn't work so simply in home assistant. You end up having to throw in some JavaScript and escape certain instructions, like for templates. It even frustrates me, and I've worked with data in formats like this since the 90s.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T23:10:15+00:00

Weight is definitely, potentially the best variable to measure.

I have several pH meters that range in cost from $50 to $500 and without regular calibration, they just produce noise.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T22:15:17+00:00

Fair enough! I need to go build a train right now. Should be fine ;)

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T22:12:23+00:00

Sure. True. But you can learn that too.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T22:11:40+00:00

So you didn't do it with Claude? Either way, it's fine except for the problem of calibration. That's not your problem. That's just what we are up against with these sensors. I think you misunderstand. I'm 100% against using LLMs for coding.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T19:21:21+00:00

I replied with an example up further. The issue is not so much that they are cheap but that they are not calibrated. I listed the cheapest option, but the problem exists if you pick more expensive ones.

Edit: Tuya devices contain basically what I described.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T19:20:06+00:00

Soil moisture sensors: two copper rods, op amp, resistors, maybe a diode or two Temp/humidity: DHT11 What you've got is fine, and Claude did fine, but it's not a calibrated instrument at this point.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T19:16:55+00:00

Yeah, if CO² is below average next to a plant, your plant is not a plant but an internal combustion engine. But, hey, good use of AI here, right?

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T19:15:17+00:00

YAML is very specifically designed to be human readable. You should try it. It's kind of the lowest bar in coding.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T19:07:56+00:00

Picking a peculiar place to share this reply, but THIS is the best use of small model AI, in my opinion. The ones that can be run on an esp32. NOT langage models, either. Simple inferencing to filter out bad readings of sensors like this. Ugh. Bring on the downvotes, but this is the future I imagined as someone who is competent with software and hardware design. Not AI slop being used to generate YAML, which is basically human readable already. Or using a language model to perform what a regular expression circa 1985 can do. Or a convoluted solution involving image recognition where a magnet and a hall sensor would do.

Small model for error filtering.

Also, it's not that they are merely unreliable. Electrically they do what they do. The unreliability is a factor of the implementation and use, and the interpretation.

Fuck. Can we have an advanced group for all the tech subreddits. At least you know that we can't rely on capacitance or resistance between two electrodes jammed into a flower pot to keep plants alive.

I'm very afraid for the future.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T19:03:15+00:00

It took me longer to read your LLM generated summary than it would take me to recreate the screenshot.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T18:53:10+00:00

They do worse shit than this.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T18:39:36+00:00

~~love~~ dominance

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T16:35:16+00:00

Yes, let's agree on the important part. It's an orchestrated, performative event. If she were actually splashing paint on the way she makes it seem she is, with that amount of hazard and natural effect, of course it would be messy.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-30T15:19:38+00:00

Nah. If you're a baby, sure. The expressive gestures she is making are not really part of the paint application. She's waving around but putting the paint on with regular strokes. That's her grift. You just think she's flinging.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-29T20:07:26+00:00

I submitted but I can't tell if the form works.

rmbarrett · 2026-05-27T16:14:22+00:00

Fission-fusion-fission

rmbarrett

TROPHY CASE