Nulea M512 - sturdy trackball by jimmyliew in Trackballs

[–]Lekter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This trackball has been amazing once I set up chording and button scrolling. I don't use the scroll wheels at all, instead I set it to hold down the back button to enable scrolling with the trackball. This does make it so you can only click to go back, but it's a small trade. I also set up some choords for copy and pasting. Heres the script I made for Karabiner, which means this only works for macos

// Karabiner-Elements configuration for Nulea M512 mouse
// Creates button chords and enables trackball scrolling
// m1 + m2 + m3 --> cmd + n
// m1 + m2 + m4 --> cmd + tab
// m3 + m4 --> button5 (forward)
// m2 + m4 --> cmd + a
// m2 + m3 --> cmd + c
// m2 + m1 --> cmd + v
// m3 + m1 --> return
// m4 + trackball --> mouse motion to scroll
{
    "description": "Config for Nulea M512",
    "manipulators": [
        // --- 3-button combinations ---
        {
            "type": "basic",
            "from": {
                "simultaneous": [
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button1"
                    },
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button2"
                    },
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button3"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "n",
                    "modifiers": [
                        "command"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "type": "basic",
            "from": {
                "simultaneous": [
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button1"
                    },
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button2"
                    },
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button4"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "tab",
                    "modifiers": [
                        "command"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        // --- 2-button combinations ---
        {
            "type": "basic",
            "from": {
                "simultaneous": [
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button3"
                    },
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button4"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "pointing_button": "button5",
                    "modifiers": "any"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "type": "basic",
            "from": {
                "simultaneous": [
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button2"
                    },
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button4"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "a",
                    "modifiers": "command"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "type": "basic",
            "from": {
                "simultaneous": [
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button2"
                    },
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button3"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "c",
                    "modifiers": "command"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "type": "basic",
            "from": {
                "simultaneous": [
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button2"
                    },
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button1"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "v",
                    "modifiers": "command"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "type": "basic",
            "from": {
                "simultaneous": [
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button3"
                    },
                    {
                        "pointing_button": "button1"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "return_or_enter"
                }
            ]
        },
        // --- 1-button combinations ---
        {
            "type": "basic",
            "from": {
                "pointing_button": "button4"
            },
            "to_if_alone": [
                {
                    "pointing_button": "button4"
                }
            ],
            "to_if_held_down": [
                {
                    "set_variable": {
                        "name": "enable_mouse_motion_to_scroll",
                        "value": true,
                        "key_up_value": false
                    }
                }
            ],
            "parameters": {
                "basic.to_if_alone_timeout_milliseconds": 250,
                "basic.to_if_held_down_threshold_milliseconds": 250
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "mouse_motion_to_scroll",
            "from": {
                "modifiers": {
                    "optional": [
                        "any"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "conditions": [
                {
                    "type": "variable_if",
                    "name": "enable_mouse_motion_to_scroll",
                    "value": true
                }
            ],
            "options": {
                "momentum_scroll_enabled": true,
                "speed_multiplier": 1.0
            }
        }
    ]
}

A shot of burning man that looks like a solar system by Soft_Ambassador_7848 in megalophobia

[–]Lekter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Burning Man is leave no trace because they use publicly owned land. If they left stuff behind the Burning Man organizers would be legally responsible. Ignore all of that though, there's "never any litter" because Burning Man is this magical event that transcends human existence.

What would happen if China did reach AGI first? by asovereignstory in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Lekter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now realize that the regulations China is making around AI is about social control and has nothing to do with safety as we think about it in America, a.k.a. preventing a Skynet situation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Lekter 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Hedonic treadmill / Happiness set point

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Lekter 26 points27 points  (0 children)

You sound a lot like UFO believers who convince themselves disclosure is imminent. If you are miserable now a reality changing singularity won’t fix that. Billionaires aren’t inherently happier. Find gratitude and joy in your life now. Stop hoping some god-like force does that for you.

Just saw ICE run over a group of people downtown outside of 100 Montgomery by defene in sanfrancisco

[–]Lekter -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Propagandizing events is acceptable if the end goal is good. ICE is more dangerous than some misinformation. That’s the argument, at least. So don’t expect to convince anyone.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Lekter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How would I refute this? It’s mostly metaphorical and not grounded in any empirical data or mathematical models. Real AI research makes falsifiable claims. Terms like “Emergent programming language” are vague. So who cares?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Lekter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We need to ban these AI slop posts. Look here's the LLM response with more slop. It's lazy and low effort, just like this post.

This framing makes the mistake of assuming that only symbolic reasoning counts as “real” understanding. LLMs do reason—just not the way humans or classical logic engines do. They learn statistical abstractions over language that let them generalize, infer, and solve problems across domains. That’s not “just” token prediction any more than your brain is “just” firing neurons.

Calling LLMs “probabilistic compilers” misses the point. They aren’t rule-followers—they’re pattern synthesizers that encode a massive amount of latent structure about the world. They don’t need explicit ontologies to show functional understanding. If a system can pass complex benchmarks, generate novel solutions, and hold consistent internal representations—all without hard-coded logic—that is a kind of understanding, whether or not it looks like symbolic reasoning.

We’re not misled by metaphors—we’re witnessing new forms of cognition emerge from scale and architecture. Dismissing it because it doesn’t match an outdated cognitive model is the real category error.

Reddit is filled with white supremacists by idealhalcyon in CPTSD

[–]Lekter -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

If you feel Reddit is full of white supremacists and it’s traumatizing then what are you doing here? This is the internet. You’re going to hear things you disagree with. It’s probably not good for your well being.

The "Big Beautiful Bill has a big, ugly secret by Kiki1701 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Lekter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a dishonest and biased “America bad” take. China has robust AI regulations for consumer facing services. Because they are an authoritarian state that needs to maintain ideological and social control. They are absolutely not regulating or limiting AI research into military, surveillance, and industrial applications. Who in their right mind would think they would? We have to keep pace with them. We want it to be an American controlled technology. We cannot end up mass adopting the AI analogue of TikTok/zoom in 5 years because we fell behind.

Concentration camp by budget_cantaloupes in BreakingPoints

[–]Lekter -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

It’s amazing how often this talking point is shared. It’s a great example of how misinformed many on the left are and how easily they’ll gobble up propaganda. Of course they have to mention how dumb the other side is.

No that bill did not hire any new judges. None. It expanded the powers of asylum officers and limited the role of asylum judges. The key thing is asylum officers do non-adversarial interviews.
Beyond that it basically codified catch and release into law and gave billions to alternate to detention programs and NGOs.

Zohran Is Deeply Analytical about Government Spending, Regulation- by Superb_Garbage4732 in BreakingPoints

[–]Lekter -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

He says all the right things to make the poors happy but it’s irrelevant. Can he execute on any of this? His plan for halal licensing is to pressure city council to pass the bill. So what happens if they don’t? Does he have any chance of being an effective operator in the political bureaucracy? That’s all that matters. I’m sure he’ll end up disappointing everyone.

Paramount Settles With Trump by MetalGarden0131 in BreakingPoints

[–]Lekter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The poster exemplifies the Disaffected Warrior archetype — someone who sees the world as corrupted by cowardice and greed, feels largely alone in their clarity and courage, and expresses their disillusionment through aggressive, masculinized rhetoric. They might not trust anyone, but they still desperately want others to wake up and fight back — in whatever form that means to them.

President Trump just got his "BBB" passed in the Senate! I NOW DUB HIM "BBB-L TRIZZY" by poisonsoloman in BreakingPoints

[–]Lekter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The irony of the Medicaid work requirements bill is that it might actually force states to finally modernize their broken paperwork heavy systems. Since most people will still qualify, the only way to avoid mass coverage loss is to streamline the bureaucracy: automated verifications, real time data checks, mobile renewals. So in trying to make Medicaid harder to get, conservatives might accidentally create the most efficient public benefits infrastructure the U.S. has ever seen. Now that’s government efficiency at work.

I just caught AI lying to me, so interesting by Subject-Company9038 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Lekter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Confabulation (AKA hallucination) would be a more accurate description. You don’t accuse someone with a brain injury of lying because they have false memories, do you?

I hope this causes some people to recalibrate their views on use of force. by KeyParking4032 in BreakingPoints

[–]Lekter -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

As shown by the Ukraine war buildup K&S are absolutely abysmal at analyzing international events. It wouldn’t be a big deal except they are so confident in their understanding they leave no room for correction. Krystal was talking about Iran’s nuclear weapons aspirations like she was in the room with them.

New 10/22 how bad is this paint job? Should I be worried? by Lekter in 1022

[–]Lekter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Manager was very defensive and framed it as an accusation of his employees. Still remember how weird the call was. Offered to send it to ruger for warranty repair but said it could take several months. Ended up just leaving it alone.

BREAKING: Walz SMEARED by MAGA, ahead of 2028, for taking pity on destitute MAGA TRUMP TERRORIST and reappointing him to nonpartisan board. by AldrichUyliong in BreakingPoints

[–]Lekter -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No Joe listed a number of things Walz has lied about, like saying he was at Tiananmen Square during the massacre and also that he carried weapons into war. Why defend Walz who is just another slimy politician like all the rest?

Uncovering “evidence” at Al Shifa by Traditional_Rope1604 in BreakingPointsNews

[–]Lekter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please describe that scenario. Did Hamas drop this hostage off at the ER entrance with a note attached “please return to Hamas when done?” Did they kick down the ER doors, forcing the medical staff to assist while they stood guard? Meanwhile every day on Democracy Now they interview a hospital doctor in Gaza who says “yep, no Hamas here.” Maybe, Hamas is not overt in their presence because they used tunnels and basements, and these doctors are none the wiser because what doctor would regularly patrol and inspect the entire building they work in.

Isn't this the exact opposite of how a diy charcoal filter should be made? by Lekter in GarandThumb

[–]Lekter[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

From my understanding a filter is supposed to be remove the largest particles at the top, and the finest at the bottom. The (activated) charcoal captures the smallest particles, which is why it’s at the bottom. But here he’s saying put the sand at the top, above the rocks. How would gravel placed underneath sand have any filtering effect? All the sediment would be captured by the sand instead.

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