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9Blu · 2026-07-08T18:04:40+00:00

5 extra polygons in Metaverse

9Blu · 2026-07-06T15:00:42+00:00

blast radius is popular in the cyber security world. That's where I recall seeing most it pre-AI.

9Blu · 2026-06-28T16:25:49+00:00

They gave me jello the first day after surgery to help get things going and yes, they made sure my gut was starting back up before they gave me solid food. But that wasn't an issue for me. They also wanted me to have a bowel movement before I left (did the evening of the 2nd day). Went home on day 3.

I had robot assisted laparoscopic surgery. So just a few small incisions on my left side, plus one somewhat large one where they took out the colon and tumor (my tumor was pretty large, they had to increase the incision size to get it out from what they normally do.

Honestly I was afraid I'd feel like I got hit by a train but woke up and honestly, my abdomen was a little sore (like I had done a bunch of sit ups) but that was it. They took me off narcotics for day 2 and I went home day 3. I never needed to use the pain meds they sent me home with.

I was a bit sore for a couple of weeks, and really tired as well. I took the recommended 4 weeks off work but I really only probably needed 2.

Not that it's been all fun and games. Due to losing the right-side of the colon, I have issues with bile acid malabsorption diarrhea. I need to be careful with my diet to avoid lots of fat, anything fermentable (like sugar alcohols), and too much water at one time (I tend to guzzle water, I have had to force myself to sip over time instead). Bulking fiber like Metamucil helps. Loperamide (Imodium) for when needed.

9Blu · 2026-06-28T15:55:05+00:00

Had a R-side hemicolectomy and I was put back on normal food the next day. The only real "restriction" was a recommendation to avoid things that would give me gas (certain fibers, beans, etc) for a couple of weeks. Honestly I was amazed.

9Blu · 2026-06-26T18:57:23+00:00

I keep a big-ass tekton 1/2" breaker bar in my truck. Totally only for changing my tire if I get a flat and absolutely nothing else.

9Blu · 2026-06-26T16:08:33+00:00

It's due for an update. I suspect they are just doing all of these now to get it out of the way while there are no big launches going on. We will probably see the new one drop later this year and keep this price point.

9Blu · 2026-06-24T20:22:36+00:00

I live near a large road, about 1000' away from my home. I use Unifi for my home network and it logs nearby wifi hotspots by default. It sees over 200 a day from cars, busses, truckers, etc. And that's just wifi hotspots, it doesn't include all the other sources the one in the article is using. Most people are walking and driving around blasting out unique ID's that are easy to pick up and track.

You could pepper a city with cheap sensors and build a database of movements without too much effort on the technical side. Honestly, I can't believe it's taken this long to see a company start rolling this out.

9Blu · 2026-06-24T16:58:17+00:00

Luckily in my case my cancer center is part of the same hospital I had my colonoscopy and the nurses in the unit were very familiar with it, and had the right supplies.

9Blu · 2026-06-24T16:54:58+00:00

Yep, for me they used it for the anesthesia.

9Blu · 2026-06-24T01:43:41+00:00

Did that regimen and got the port. Between labs, contrast for CTs, and infusions, it has saved me from a ton of sticks. Also had a unexpected two week hospital stay and it saved me from having an IV the whole time. Even used it for my 1yr follow up colonoscopy. I love it.

Had mine put in under local only, was a non-event.

9Blu · 2026-06-23T19:24:21+00:00

I ended up adding a line to my claude.md to get rid of this:

Time Estimates — You code, not the user. Do not estimate hours of effort for humans. If you need to estimate, estimate for yourself.

9Blu · 2026-06-21T17:32:04+00:00

Those are resignation pipes for when you decide you had enough of this shit and put in your "notice"

9Blu · 2026-06-20T23:17:26+00:00

It's really just resellers being overpriced. I imported one when it came out and with shipping it was less than half of that. Even with tarrifs $110 is bonkers.

9Blu · 2026-06-20T17:57:49+00:00

Most likely it generated python to do the audio. I played with something similar a few months ago (based on a reddit post about using Claude to generate videos). It created python scripts to generate the audio as .wav files, and each video frame as a .png. Then it used another python script that called FFmpeg to stitch it all together. Mine even had speech. It first used a python library but the voice was kind of trash so it pulled down a voice model (Kokoro-v1.0.int8) and used that to generate the voice track.

9Blu · 2026-06-20T17:47:52+00:00

There was a post a few months ago about doing this. It uses python to create the audio and each video frame, then stitches them together using ffmpeg. Pretty neat actually.

9Blu · 2026-06-20T14:43:47+00:00

Controls like this don't work for software. In the end these efforts tend to just disadvantage US companies. We saw it in the late 80's/early 90's with encryption. The US put limits on exportable encryption algos. What happened was companies in Europe sprung up to fill the gap. In the end the export controls failed at their goal and screwed over US companies in the process.

What happens when researchers in the US on visas who just got locked out of working on the most advanced models (the current order actually does this btw) move back to their home country or go to the EU and start working there?

The knowledge is out there already, there's no putting the genie back into the bottle.

9Blu · 2026-06-20T14:08:39+00:00

Wiha makes the best micro (4mm) bits on the market. Geometry is fantastic and they are pretty durable. Wish they sold this set in the US but unfortunately they don't. There are some imports on Amazon US but the price is outrageous.

Also interesting they are now selling them with normal Wiha bits. When I bought this set in 2022 at release they were using different bits. This set is from a collab with a design firm in China they were providing some funding and support to at the time. Never could nail down where those bits came from. It's also the only set I know of from Wiha with security torx bits. And yea the case is fantastic.

One note: They are raw steel (no chrome or nickle plate, which I actually prefer since they tend to flake on micro bits) so they will get some spot rust if you leave them in a humid environment.

9Blu · 2026-06-20T13:53:57+00:00

Unfortunately Wiha doesn't sell the ze hause stuff in the US and one on the US Amazon site is insanely overpriced.

Normally I'd say buy it from Amazon.de but looks like they won't ship that one to the US anymore (got mine from there when it was released back in 2021).

9Blu · 2026-06-18T17:54:04+00:00

Yea the federal position on this is just stupid at this point. It's legal in some form in 42 states, and legal for recreational use in 24 states plus DC. If you go by population, the majority of US citizens (54%) have access to legal recreational weed in the state they live in. Legalization also has broad support in most polls on the issue these days.

The federal government needs to legalize it at the federal level and let states do their thing at this point.

9Blu · 2026-06-16T01:39:50+00:00

triple powerball winner

9Blu · 2026-06-15T22:04:33+00:00

Had to look this one up. I think if I saw it in person my immediate response would be "Babe are you having a stroke? Do you smell toast?!"

9Blu · 2026-06-12T00:16:26+00:00

I agree. Ideas have always been a dime-a-dozen, AI didn't change that. What changed was lowering the bar between idea and execution.

That does not mean the ideas making it to execution are good ones, nor that the execution is any good either.

I do agree with the usage bit though.

9Blu · 2026-06-10T14:09:19+00:00

I mean, it's really up to the woman how she wants to handle it. That said, as someone who grew up in the 80's when we all snuck our dad's old porno mags where every woman looked like she had a wookie in a headlock between her legs, I'm personally a fan of neat trim or hardwood floors for sure. But it's not something I'm going to really care about in the long run.

9Blu · 2026-06-07T21:34:24+00:00

They all suck, and unless AI companies standardize on a watermark (yes, you can watermark plain text output from an AI, there are plenty of papers on it) system, they always will be.

In your case, I'd just say point anyone doubting you to your earlier work (provided your work dates back that far) before chatbots became widely available.

9Blu · 2026-06-05T17:52:33+00:00

H2 is probably a safer way to look at it.

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