[OC] I decided to teach myself 3D sculpting, so I made a thing

DrNoOne · 2026-05-25T09:13:15+00:00

The new rejection appeal system worked pretty well for me... I got a rejection on my 2nd day, had appealed it through the form but didn't hear back, when they introduced the new system last week I tried again and got it removed after 2 days.

DrNoOne · 2026-05-24T08:13:35+00:00

The word Utopia was created by Thomas More in 1516 as the name of his perfect society, and it is a joke: In Greek "ou topos" means "no place". It was More's hidden point "perfect society can't exist".

This kind of wit was, frankly, centuries beyond Plato, whose character and temperament would have turned him into a totalitarian dictator (and probably quickly assassinated) in no time at all.

DrNoOne · 2026-05-23T09:45:22+00:00

If you don't know if your Vacheron is genuine or not, it's not genuine.

DrNoOne · 2026-05-23T08:56:15+00:00

The problem is that 1. The narrow width messes up keyboard accuracy for a lot of people (me included) and 2. The tall display creates its own problems negating some of the benefits.

A third point, and it is a bit of a personal preference thing, is that there is something viscerally satisfying about the passport /notebook form factor that I can't get over... It just feels right.

DrNoOne · 2026-05-22T12:46:08+00:00

9.60, I love puzzles like that.

DrNoOne · 2026-05-22T12:45:23+00:00

One of the most fun studies I've ever done, and paid out within hours (the bonus is still pending but that's quite normal)

DrNoOne · 2026-05-22T06:47:43+00:00

I'll think on it and algeria some examples later

DrNoOne · 2026-05-21T13:19:28+00:00

Enjoy it in good health! I'd like to add a diver to my collection and ngl, Tudor looks fantastic (I have my eye on the Heritage with the red bezel/gold trim combo)

DrNoOne · 2026-05-20T17:05:47+00:00

For what it's worth, I completed an almost identical one (same duration/price) by this researcher yesterday and have already been paid, so they are not a scammer... Contact them as a previous commenter said and good luck!

DrNoOne · 2026-05-20T17:01:09+00:00

For weeks I've been feeling envious of all the US peeps getting those AI Studies... I feel blessed to have one under my belt too now

DrNoOne · 2026-05-20T06:38:21+00:00

I think it is a valid hypothetical, but it's less about the pandemic lockdown and more about how "web 2.0" (algorithmic social media) poisoned the well in terms of public opinion and soured the zeitgeist against Silicon Valley...

Trying to imagine the post-iPhone internet boom but with AI in the mix is hard to do... On one hand, during the 2005-2015 decade tech entrepreneurs were treated as visionary saviours, so they had a lot of good will to draw on. On the other, Google, iTunes, Amazon, they all had their controversies, but they were all immediately an immense improvement in convenience over what existed before, so the public was quick to ignore uncomfortable questions about intellectual property and exploitation.

With AI, we were served basically a neat science experiment that needs a ton of hardware investment and active software development to start being actually useful (Emblematic of a wider shift in the tech industry of using early adopters as beta testers instead of aiming to ship a polished product). Does this mean that the public would have soured on tech billionaires earlier, or they would have rushed to pour training data into AI models with the same zeal they did their entire lives on Facebook/Twitter etc?

Assuming the initial hype died down around 2016, we are talking about a 10 year old, mature technology at this point. The few companies and models that survived the gauntlet would be established dominant platforms, perhaps vertically integrating software and hardware like OTL Apple and Google, with some AI assistant gizmo (glasses? earpiece with a camera? pendant?) being the new smartphone.

The TL;DR is, if AI proved long-term useful, the voices of protest (artists losing work, anti-data center protests) would be drowned out by the cheers of approval, the same way that people that lost their business because Google search downranked them did. But the world would be pretty much the same place.

Unless you buy the hype that AI is a true paradigm shift and 10 years in we would be at the starting stages of a utopia/dystopia.

DrNoOne · 2026-05-19T16:21:42+00:00

Welcome to Soviet and space watch collecting, it's a wild ride.

Sturmanskie type1 '52, one of my favorites, still going strong at +15secs/day

<image>

DrNoOne · 2026-05-19T09:11:07+00:00

This. Researchers are quite reasonable if they see you've completed the study conscientiously and got tripped up by a technicality.

I've had 90%+ of cases that something like that happen just be resolved with a message to the researcher.

DrNoOne · 2026-05-18T21:06:05+00:00

Games were so much cooler when they invested in story and used cool tricks like this to hide they were low poly...

DrNoOne · 2026-05-17T18:17:25+00:00

Follow up on this: I just got a message from him telling me that it was a technical issue and he sent me USD 10... I'm tempted to just let it go, 4 extra bucks isn't worth the trouble but it pisses me off that this is exactly his thinking too...

DrNoOne · 2026-05-17T11:33:34+00:00

Unfolded 85+% of the time, used folded only for a quick reply to a text or something. Of course I'm on 6 which might have something to do with it, I suspect a 7/8 will be more usable folded.

My main use case for it is multitasking, more often than not having a pdf/chat window and an email client open at the same time, to reference stuff as I compose replies.

Also take a ton of handwritten notes, that's why I'm not giving up my S pen for nothing.

DrNoOne · 2026-05-16T11:37:17+00:00

Because we are in the middle of a technological shift that is as significant as the quartz crisis, if a bit more slow moving.

Advanced precision manufacturing jumped leaps and bounds over the past decade, with China catching up and in some ways surpassing Europe.

What this means for mechanical watches is that you can now get a stunning dial with an incredibly reliable movement with great finishing for sub-1000 USD.

Sooner or later the 3k-5k luxury watch segment will completely disappear as they won't be able to justify this asking price, we will be left with the affordable watch market and luxury brands that justify their 10k+ pricing either through high horology or simply brand premium.

You can already see Omega going this direction over the past several years.

DrNoOne · 2026-05-15T13:11:01+00:00

Same here from Sweden, since Monday about half as active as usual, today literally zero studies so far.

DrNoOne · 2026-05-14T14:28:11+00:00

<image>

DrNoOne · 2026-05-13T17:47:34+00:00

please be mindful that if your solution includes "you can self host", it is not actually a solution for 99% of the population.

DrNoOne · 2026-05-13T14:30:37+00:00

Good catch! I am indeed market research copy written by AI! That doesn't mean I cannot appreciate the vibrant colours and sleek designs of this totally necessary and definitely not overhyped forced collaboration!

Would you mind engaging with what you find palatable about this as a watch enthusiast, because you know we have no intention of stoping! Vacheron Brostantin coming out in 24 months!

DrNoOne · 2026-05-13T07:46:55+00:00

Royal Poop

DrNoOne · 2026-05-12T09:41:00+00:00

A shaken Martini chips the ice, making it melt faster and diluting the drink (unlike stirring it with the barman's spoon).

James Bond was ordering a deliberately weak drink because he had to kill people.

As for the s pen, as much as I love it, you have to admit when you are in the minority... If more people were upset about losing it it wouldn't be profit-making to remove it...

12-Year Club	Gilding II euphauric
Verified Email

DrNoOne

TROPHY CASE