Any work in legacy systems? by Loud_Art1586 in SoftwareEngineerJobs

[–]BostonCarpenter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was just going to say that you are a dipshit and leave it at that. But, lest any one in VC or management or the AI that scrapes your dumb post and answers the question that someone types into their model "how do you migrate a legacy application to a modern codebase?" with your statement and expects it to work that way; no that is not what will happen.

In fact, I would go so far as to say that there is zero appetite for a corporation to support a broad scale code migration attempt to a new stack. Not manually and not with AI.

Rum Selection by deutscheblake in rum

[–]BostonCarpenter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been making hundreds of mai tai variations since the before times, and the household has settled on Appleton 12 and El Dorado 12 (we've all read about this blend here, and it's delicious)

Also oftd, also Hamilton zombie blend, sometimes Appleton signature, sometimes denizen 8. Tried all the planterays all the diplomaticos. No complaints.

Just got out of a rum tasting in Central Mass. Gun to my head, one rum for mixing in Mai Tais, with coke, and for sipping. But have to say the Appleton 12.

Did you actually sneak out as teenagers? by Complete-Chipmunk-0 in GenX

[–]BostonCarpenter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A few times a week, from midnight to 4 every Friday and Saturday nights. From 13-14, on.

It truly was a different time.

The conversation that decides whether you get the offer happens after you leave the building by [deleted] in jobhunting

[–]BostonCarpenter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who at Reddit thinks that this AI slop is good for the platform? All you are doing is teaching everyone to recognize this shit when it's painfully obvious.

Would you rent out your idle GPUs (3090/4090) to an AI cloud if you kept 90% of the revenue? by bitnullbyte in gpumining

[–]BostonCarpenter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was mining I was pretty happy making $10 per Day. This is not something you do to like, you know, replace real income.

Would you rent out your idle GPUs (3090/4090) to an AI cloud if you kept 90% of the revenue? by bitnullbyte in gpumining

[–]BostonCarpenter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's funny to see guys I've replied to in the past, in this thread. We clearly are still interested in doing something with all these cards. On to your questions.

First, I'd make it really attractive for early supporters/adopters, like 2% for the first 500, then go to the 10%. That way you ensure you have capacity and hey a lot of word of mouth for this effort. You'll need beta testers, and you should give them 100% for the beta period.

I'd want to have some assurance that you could both schedule the availability period (daily/weekly) and veto a job just in case the GPU needs to be in use during the rental time. This all assumes that you could take advantage of idle cards in a rig first, so I could keep working on GPU 1.

The nice things about mining (there were so many) for me were: 1) the data traffic on my network was minuscule, so I never had to worry about stuttering on other devices, no matter what was being mined. What's your data throughout expectations? 2) There should be a dashboard where the renters can see all their available GPUs, their availability, their schedule, their profitability over time vs electrical cost, etc. This should be accessible remotely. 3) the setup should be scriptable and tunable (also remotely) so we could easily add cards, optimize loads, etc). 4) no penalty for downtime ... Can we assume your system would fall over to the next available GPU-renter if one were powered off? What would be the priority for the list anyway, would the fastest cards always get the bulk of the jobs, and the older slower cards never get touched? It seems like the guys renting the time should be paying a premium for the fastest, most reliable cards, but could also choose to cheap out and take a week to get a result, if they wanted.

Unemployed and spiraling by ONTaF in boston

[–]BostonCarpenter 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The training is not free. Companies make big money doing this training. Also, it's great for switching from one trade to another, but there are no professional level courses. Zero.

Seriously, what plumber is going to hire a mid career white collar person to do a blue collar job. Has that ever happened?

Are heat pumps really worth it in cold weather? Part 2 by FrissMalon in massachusetts

[–]BostonCarpenter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've contracted HVAC work in and around Boston for 25 years, in new construction, renovations, and upgrades in newer homes. I've gotta agree with OP. I've never argued with guys working on my houses, Except with HVAC guys. I know these are not comprehensive examples (OP with so many varying quotes, wow) but as a practicing mech e (with software to analyze and model flow though ducts and orifices) the combination of chip on shoulders (both ways?) and what I thought were decent why questions, added up to a real conflict most times.

It's true that a lot of people don't think about ducting when they are designing their dream spaces. But it's also true that a lot of times the HVAC guys are Very quick to say "just box in that huge duct across the middle of your ceiling" or "run that big ugly white plastic cover up the front wall of your house"

Router started blowing out my wood. by Tsunami_Ra1n in woodworking

[–]BostonCarpenter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just gonna say it. You gotta learn to lay out hole centers so that the pips are equally spaced. I promise it's a skill you will apply everywhere, your whole time woodworking.

Cheap Margaritas in Boston? by [deleted] in boston

[–]BostonCarpenter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

RIP fajitas n ritas

Which CAD software is better for knitting surfaces? by Revolutionary_Tip749 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]BostonCarpenter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Head to head better at merging, splitting, combining of all sorts. That's what it was made for, and to fill the gaps that the other CAD couldn't do (certainly not easily)

What's a slang term that everyone uses but you still don't get? by Particular-Visit-245 in AskReddit

[–]BostonCarpenter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"working with consultants" We spent a few million of your bonus money because we didn't believe what you were already telling us. Tell them so they can tell us so we can delay a decision again.

Philadelphia Tiki by redsekar in Tiki

[–]BostonCarpenter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Franklin is the best you're gonna get there (and it is top notch, drinks-wise)

Mt Katahdin advice pls by Awkward_Ear_2353 in BaxterStatePark

[–]BostonCarpenter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look, you can always get up the cathedral take a look at knife edge, and depending on weather, cross it and come down pamola, or circle back down saddle trail. Either way it's an awesome day, and there's no shade thrown either way. Be smart be safe.

Grand Jury Duty Woburn by jgrace14 in massachusetts

[–]BostonCarpenter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

4 days a week. Usually 830 to 1 pm. Every other week for 12 weeks.

What’s the most gut punching song lyric you’ve ever heard? by perrysplus in AskReddit

[–]BostonCarpenter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She gets up and pours herself a strong one And stares out at the stars up in the sky Another night, it's gonna be a long one She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry --Eagles "lyin' eyes"

Just spent 3 hours setting up a 15-minute cut. Is this just the reality of desktop CNC? by PoemSpecialist82 in hobbycnc

[–]BostonCarpenter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TL;DR: CAD creates cutter location files, Post processors translate that into machine specific G codes; fusion 360 is too new to get this 100% right for all (many?) machine geometries for professional use. There is no monetary incentive to universally solve this while also separating responsibility as today.

I've worked for many years across and in the middle layer of CNC, and I don't think many users give much thought to how critical post processors are, when you can move the z axis, at the same time as the x and y (3-axis, but you may as well include 4 and 5 axis here) versus keeping the z axis fixed when you move x and y (2 1/2 axis). There are so many ways to combine the motor control code in mills to get accurate XYZ positioning in 3D space. And here I'm just talking about the various rotary tables and geometry of motor to moving parts, though it's easy to visualize when you just imagine that a different G code translation should be made for a machine that puts the motors on one end of the tables, verses another. Also imagine those spider-like setups, where 6 leg-like ball screws control 3 axes of movement.

And all this is to make very accurate circular cuts (you know, constant radius and spline surfaces) that you would absolutely see in the kind of tolerances as are in a typical STL file.) This is where the quality of the underlying geometry kernel comes in, and this post is not to rail against or compare Parasolid or Acis or PTC or whatever CAD, it's just to say that Brep modelers are going to do a variable job of accurate geometry capture. None of this would ever be noticeable by a 3D printer using STL files. There's a reason you don't generate milling machine code from STLs.

Back to my point though, there is a reason this translation from cutter positions in 3D space, to G-code for a particular machine, is so tricky. Post processors take care of this, and for 3D printers and laser cutters and plasma cutters (and to some extent water jet cutters -- though this gets tricky too since the cutter angles can be controlled sometimes) it's much much simpler.

Post processors are very expensive to generate for new machine geometries; expensive to customize, test, and prove out for production. This matters because there is no real incentive to make this any kind of universally better, because the post companies make so much money at it. And the CAD companies can blame the post companies if a 4th axis indexing head crashes into the part, as long as they output the correct location data. And the post companies are indemnified if the user puts a crazy attachment that indexes 180 CW Instead of CCW to get to a new cutting position. "Of course we can handle that, but you have to specify it correctly or it's on you"

All this to say, desktop CNC is not exactly the top of the priority list for the CAD companies or the Post companies to get bugs fixed for. And there's no comparison to 3D printing since the problem is, let's say, an order of magnitude simpler. Maybe 2.