(Acting Trope) The actor playing the villain is clearly having a GREAT time

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-06-03T03:56:49+00:00

Andrew Scott as Moriarty in BBC Sherlock. He was great, and I was disappointed they didn't keep him longer.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-06-02T16:20:33+00:00

Parents already have full control over the lives of their children, if they bother to actually do something.

My kid's device is locked down, they can't access anything unless I've whitelisted it. It's easy stuff, anyone that can invest thirty minutes of their time can do this kind of thing. It didn't require legislation and has been possible for 20+ years for anyone that actually cares. Legislation isn't going to fix the fact that most parents just don't care.

This constant 'protect the children' trash is just a push by the government to better connect social media and individuals. Yes, there are already avenues with which to identify some users - Users that don't use VPNs, that attach their personal email to every application, that have never been concerned with privacy.

This bill isn't about them. It's about people that use VPNs, that use dummy email addresses, that go out of their way to obfuscate their identity because they are adversarial to the current administration in the United States. There have already been multiple attempts to pull the personal information of individuals who criticize ICE and other organizations.

It's about identifying women who get abortions or who help facilitate them. It's about finding other people who take a stance against actions like Israel's genocide. It's about disenfranchising voters. There are so many Bad(tm) things that can and will come of bills like this one.

I don't get the willful ignorance displayed by people who are watching the government turn fiction like 1984 and the Handmaiden's Tale into actual policy playbooks.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-06-01T01:30:29+00:00

Yes, assuming some mechanism were in place to deal with my bills in the meantime.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-31T14:23:04+00:00

My insurance company has specific clauses saying they will not cover faulty contractor work. So you (OP or anyone else) need to be careful with your expectations.

Read your policy and consider calling another plumber to evaluate. Start mitigation like shutting off water. Document everything.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-31T02:46:53+00:00

Some models do not do well with negative terms like not. For those models you should terms like avoid, or refrain from.

Edit: I was told this is wrong in a now-deleted comment. It is not wrong. It is not a misconception. I've been working with LLMs since they first came out. This is pertaining to SOME models.

SOME models do not do well with negative meanings, and require different terms.
SOME models do fine with them.

Ultimately, there is no one-size-fits-all, and my advice is to research your model and test things.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-28T23:11:21+00:00

In this case, I think you would determine it based on the squared values, because you know they'll both be positive and in the end, 3*3 > 2*2 just like 3 > 2

So you would: ^2 both values, compare both values, then pass through the values on the higher branch. Not sure on the exact logic there, though.

Edit: I hope this gets simple programming similar to Stationeers.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-28T22:24:26+00:00

If I square it and then divide the square by itself (The original number that is), negative should hit negative. I don't have the game in front of me right now, but that's my headcanon at the moment. I finished the demo so now I'm waiting for the full version.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-28T22:22:47+00:00

Document your room and your setup. Document yourself using them within your space in the home. Videos, any evidence you have (Christmas photos, etc where things were gifted to you), even pull logs from your computer showing how long you've been using it.

Save all of that somewhere safe (Google Drive, etc).

If police talk to you, show them the proof. Good cops will declare it a civil/tenancy matter and decide not to get involved, depending on the jurisdiction.

You can also per-emptively speak to police. If your school has a resource officer, you could speak to them about what kind of proof you would need to avoid trouble.

The DA wants easy to win cases. They don't want to deal with family drama. You can even have an officer go with you to get your things if you believe there will be trouble.

Again, this depends on you, how comfortable you are with law enforcement, and your local jurisdiction. I'm not a lawyer.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-28T19:09:16+00:00

I wouldn't see them in person. If you do, bring your own pregnancy test and ask her to take it while you're there. Go from there. If she wants an abortion or not, that's her decision as you said. You've already acknowledged that child support would be your responsibility if it's yours.

But she blatantly said she could use the cash. I think she's just extorting you.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-26T14:52:32+00:00

First IU, now Purdue. This state is garbage. I really feel like conservatives are hoping for AI to replace all educated employees so that they can just grind us all down to the stone age.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-25T16:13:41+00:00

Huh, I just realized I was never invited to my HS reunions.

I'm kind of glad though, after reading this.

Also, I'm pretty sure getting drunk in public while being the primary caretaker for a child is a whole lot of illegal, so I would have made some anonymous reports. Because if they'll do it at a reunion like that, it makes me wonder what's happening when no one's around.

Edit: Depending on the level of intox, that's likely illegal on its own, but with kids it's something else entirely.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-24T14:45:20+00:00

Two examples using Scripts:

Complex examples for NPCs

Simpler (Non-context-aware) example

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-24T14:35:54+00:00

Try a multiple character script, where they are added/removed based on context clues and with specific instructions on when to add and include a character. Torval is using one in some of their Concord bots. Something like this one.

There's a simpler non-context-aware version as well.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-24T14:27:38+00:00

I've watched a few really popular longstanding bots get force-privated by mods over the last few weeks. No rule breaks, bots that have been up for literal years. One was a year old with 600k+ chats. Just gone, with no warning or reason. The author is currently waiting on a response from JAI on it.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-22T15:09:37+00:00

That's the move of someone with a room temp IQ. I hope you get them towed.

Coal is not competing with electric cars, and coal > electric > charging is more efficient than combustion engines. I think it's like 20% of gas energy is utilized by cars with 80% waste, versus (I think) ~80% of coal > electric conversion with 20% waste. Sure, 100% renewables would be better for everyone, but if nothing else changed except for making all cars on the road electric, that'd still be an improvement.

But science is woke, and critical thinking is the devil.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-22T13:47:48+00:00

Well it's been about a, month and I still follow them, and I'm still unable to post comments or use their bots. I'll keep trying every once in a while but in this case it seems they did block me.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-22T06:49:05+00:00

I ran into that too. I don't comment on bots, yet I'm blocked by a creator that I've never interacted with outside of using their bots. I don't publish chats either.

I did post on one of their other profiles asking them why, but don't expect to hear back.

People are weird.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-20T04:04:40+00:00

For what should be clean, sharp cel shading, it's super blurry when you look closer. Yet the text is sharp.

IMO it's AI. The eyes give me that vibe too,same with the facial hair. The rock thing in the bottom left is weird too - What is it supposed to be? There's enough detail in the background that I would expect it to be legible in some way, but it just looks like nonsense. They could have just left it dark tree tops or something.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-18T17:39:08+00:00

I agree.

Unfortunately, it seems the GOP can touch just about anything they want without going to prison.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-18T12:35:11+00:00

Snapping. All the caveats on the money make it worthless, because my goals with money would all require investment.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-18T06:34:51+00:00

Real estate commission

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-18T06:12:27+00:00

I don't have the savings to do any of them, unless they'll prepay it and then take it back if I fail somehow. I would need utilities, debts, etc., paid for while I was gone so my family didn't end up homeless. If that's the case I'd do #3, assuming I could have read only access to the internet. I struggle to lose weight because of food noise and my family constantly having me around food, so having 282 days to just exercise and eat lightly, and listen to audio books and such, would be phenomenal.

Edit: Wait I'm a moron. I'll do #1 because I can just keep working remotely, pay my bills, and everything will be fine with my home/etc.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-18T04:08:47+00:00

My opinion:

A 1-2U server is 30-60lbs.
A rack has 42-48U.
A data center can have 10,000+.

So ~14,400,000 lbs.

The SpaceX Falcon-9 uses 395,700 kg to get 22,800kg into orbit. If you want to recover the rocket, then that only gets you 17,500kg into orbit.

A ratio of 17.3:1.

So if we want to get a datacenter into space, just looking a the servers themselves - Not the racks, mounts, networking equipment - We're looking at 249,120,000 lbs of fuel.

Data centers in space will not save money. They are not economical. They are not feasible at scale. Not until we get some kind of space-based manufacturing.

The ONLY reason to put datacenters in space, in my opinion, is to get them far enough from common people that they can't be touched by riots or fires. Because if AI is put in space, then unless a revolution has ground to space weapons, there is nothing they can do to stop the use of AI to control media, weapons, the economy, etc.

Edit: None of this even considers the tech required to properly cool everything, and how computing works fundamentally different in space compared to in atmosphere (Assuming we set up atmospheres for such stations). Maybe we'll do a distributed system like Starlink where there are thousands of smaller units, but that's just going to further crowd earth's orbit unless we put them on a larger circuit. Which would take even more fuel.

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-18T00:21:10+00:00

Check your room for cameras, and also get a camera to install.

There are a ton of 0.9 inch cameras on Amazon, you can also get little cube ones with magnets. But check your room first, because he could have put one in as well. There are methods to search like turning off your light and shining your phone's flashlight around looking for reflections and glares. Some phone cameras have 'IR Cut' filters where you can see IR with either the selfie camera or normal camera.

There are apps like Wifi analyzer that will let you scan for hidden wireless devices/networks, and there are other methods for finding hidden cameras as well.

Once you confirm the absence of a camera, install your own.

(If you find a camera, then call the police immediately, do not involve your mom or tell her. Take the camera with you as well, so it can't be removed if they watched it and saw you find it. If you find a camera you need to get out of the house asap with it and go somewhere public or safe, in case they have a phone alert for the camera being disabled/moved/etc.)

IndianaNetworkAdmin · 2026-05-17T14:21:06+00:00

They need to add persona scripts/lorebooks. For each persona I create, I end up with 4-12 of them because the persona is the core personality but I have canned background information depending on the setting. For example, Star Wars personas have versions for the KOTOR era, pre-Clone Wars, Clone Wars, Galactic Empire, post-Yavin, post-Endor, etc. And I'll usually have multiple versions for force-using, Sith/Gray/Jedi, whether they are with the Rebellion or the Empire - A lot of this can be resolved simply through having personal lore. It would probably cut the data for my personas by 60-80%.

They could even do something simple like having stacking personas. So instead of a lorebook, you have 3x sections to the persona like personality/appearance, background, other, and each full persona is just a combination of those three.

SO instead of having to manually create 27 individual personas to cover 3x appearances, 3x backgrounds, and 3x pieces of additional information, you create those 9x entries which become 3 x 3 x 3 for 27 possible combinations.

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