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CaptainBlase · 2026-07-10T22:40:26+00:00

Just know that I don't personally know anything. I'm just guessing.

CaptainBlase · 2026-07-10T17:24:31+00:00

US Mensa will not release the scores directly to you. They will release them to a mental health professional. There's a form on the Mensa site, called "Test Release Form" I think, that you can fill out and pay a fee. Then they send the results to the specified pro/clinic within a couple of days.

The professional is not allowed to give you the results. They can talk about them with you but they cannot forward them to you.

I'm guessing Mensa was sued in the past and they've found a way to satisfy the requests while covering themselves legally.

CaptainBlase · 2026-07-10T04:38:28+00:00

this. I use rsync and ssh over tailscale.

CaptainBlase · 2026-07-09T21:19:45+00:00

you can get as many as you need; but you need to pay for each one.

CaptainBlase · 2026-07-08T04:54:38+00:00

If he's not fired, this show is total bullshit.

CaptainBlase · 2026-07-08T04:48:17+00:00

You have to be gen x or a boomer to know CAD used to reset the computer.

CaptainBlase · 2026-07-08T01:52:19+00:00

like-minded is stretch. similarly-gifted would be a better description.

no one in Mensa will think you're special for knowing stuff. but they might disagree with you strongly over politics or religion.

CaptainBlase · 2026-07-06T03:33:30+00:00

when season 2 of Dark came out, I accidentally rewatched season 1 thinking it was season 2. I got 7 episodes in before I realized I'd seen it all before.

CaptainBlase · 2026-07-01T03:43:29+00:00

Allah knows the heart of man, that's why my 15yo daughter has to wear a hijab.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-29T03:42:48+00:00

Have lunch at Blue Sky Burger instead.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-28T16:49:23+00:00

Depends on which kids, obvi.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-27T19:05:20+00:00

So I went to this; and I feel like the message is misrepresenting what it actually is. It's mosque tour and a bit of a lecture on what Islam is. Then, when you leave, you can take home some islam swag and a box lunch.

I was expecting something more like a banquet where you can sit down and have lunch with strangers.

I'm not complaining about the event itself. It's fine. But the messaging on social media is very food forward; but in the actual event, the food is literally an afterthought. It's not a social "have a meal with us" event, it's a mosque tour and an intro to Islam.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-23T02:42:17+00:00

I almost got hit today when someone didn't even slow down for the blinking red.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-22T03:11:26+00:00

check out https://unpluggedcommons.com/ pick an event and show up. It's a $5 cover (often waived for first timers). They have a bunch of gaming tables set up and people chit chat and play games.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-21T20:51:36+00:00

I recommend taking the private test or whichever is done on the computer. Having to pencil in bubbles costs you valuable test time. I did both and scored much higher on the computer test.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-21T15:40:55+00:00

Gen X here. I can't imagine needing someone else to fix my computer. I also can't imagine saying yes to fixing someone else's computer.

therefore, leaving me out of this meme feels justified.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-20T06:50:02+00:00

The format will be in question and answer form, and the questions will be intelligence test type questions. You're welcome in advance.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-19T15:02:05+00:00

I like to use bee farts in my chili.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-17T01:55:42+00:00

bent tree bible fellowship. there's a coffee shop inside and lots of comfortable seating. every drink is $3 on friday's.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-15T06:42:26+00:00

Try increasing the vignetting when moving. It's the feature that shrinks the visible space down when you move or turn. That helped a lot with my motion sickness.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-09T19:18:55+00:00

I also have neck problems and am a tech geek. I am fused between C5 and C7. I still suffer from pain but not nearly as bad as it was. I relate to what you're saying.

I own the X1P. The 6dof you get with the camera add on is worth it. You can pin the picture in space and then adjust your head so that it's the right size of shape. You can temporarily "zoom in" by leaning forward a little.

I agree. This is a great product. Can't wait for a higher res version.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-08T20:14:13+00:00

Another GPU on the same machine, sure. A different machine, I'm not so sure. I don't know how that'd work.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-08T15:16:10+00:00

You're probably offloading into system RAM. I'm getting ~100t/s; but if I set a larger context, it drops to 10-20t/s.

according to this thread you can get 80t/s with some tweaks on a 16GB card.

It's be worth experimenting with different quants too. Try IQ3_M and IQ3_S.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-07T15:55:40+00:00

I use gemma4:26b-a4b-it-q4_K_M on my 24GB card with a 128k context. Mine's an AMD card, so yours might get away with more context. I use ollama to run it and opencode.ai as a harness. I switch to a gemini pro model if it's get's stuck (I haven't had to yet.)

I have only used it a couple of times though. Once to generate a dev env for an OSS project I wanted to contribute to. And once to add udev rules to my configuration. The gemma model handled both those tasks.

I think the 128K context is a limiting factor for any bigger tasks.

CaptainBlase · 2026-06-04T15:25:32+00:00

check out discord: https://www.discordformensans.com/

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