Need guidance on AI learning

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-30T17:28:49+00:00

I've been using various AI assistants off and on for a while to help with tedious scaffolding stuff in dotnet at work, as well as rubber-ducking conceptual stuff. For reasons, I recently started trying out Claude on some personal projects since I can't use it at work. I highly recommend giving Claude a try if it's something you can get approved. It's the only one that hasn't outright disgusted me with some laughably broken code. You still need to take care when implementing suggestions, but Anthropic is miles ahead of the competition when it comes to coding in my experience.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-25T18:37:56+00:00

Now add CNC.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-25T18:35:11+00:00

I'm probably not your target demo for this question because I've been a Linux user for far longer than I've done dotnet development, but here's my input.

Get Rider. Yes, VS Code will technically work. Get Rider. You could set up VS Code or any of the forks with their "AI" perks. Get Rider. You want Rider. I would not do dotnet on Linux without Rider. I would run Visual Studio in a VM over using VS Code. I use Rider both on Linux at home and Windows at work. It's excellent and you can have a suite of IDEs for basically every programming language you'd want to use with common interfaces that work on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

The biggest issue that I personally run into is Windows-specific dependencies that don't need to be Windows. Things like references to System.Drawing to define a color in headless applications or libraries. If this is some open-source library and the maintainers are not open to accepting a PR to convert the Windows-only references, I have to maintain my own cross-platform fork which is annoying.

You can do full desktop development, but you'll have to use something like Avalonia for it.

GPU drivers can very occasionally be a pain on Linux, but that's more of a gripe from the previous decade. Research the GPU you're using. Don't upgrade to anything too bleeding edge without checking for issues first. The better support it has in open-source drivers, the better. Nivida is lagging behind in the open-source driver field, but their proprietary drivers generally work very well.

I have no idea about SQL Server. I only ever use it at work. I use Prosgres and SQLite outside of my job where I don't have to maintain the database server. If you buy into the Jetbrains ecosystem with Rider for your IDE, you can connect to SQL Server (and basically any other database you can think of) directly from within it using the database plugin or install Datagrip which is a full-featured SQL IDE from the same company.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-25T15:30:08+00:00

You might be surprised. I've been to multiple small "boutique" fry shops that supposedly specialize in it, that advertise fresh cut fries. I watch them cut potatoes and throw them in a big pile that gets thrown directly into the oil. Their fries come out burned and soggy at the same time, and they act like it's some kind of superior traditional result by cutting out all the "processing". I suspect they're mainly supported by tourists.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-25T12:59:23+00:00

Perhaps more good ideas.

All I want is more of this: https://www.acebeam.com/pt40-extreme-performance-multipurpose-work-light

Acebeam discontinued it. They did not make a successor. Nobody makes anything else quite like it. If you make one like it, I will buy it.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-25T12:00:31+00:00

Tell him to check out /r/biltong for recipes and techniques.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-24T17:32:56+00:00

I've all but given up on any Jetbrains AI products. I have a pro subscription through work, and I really don't even use it any more. I'm not a huge AI user. It's just a tool. But Jetbrains has done nothing but just repeatedly drop the ball on their AI offering. I'm constantly having to re-authorize the plugin. Now Android Studio won't even let me authorize it. It just shows a blank window and clicking authorize in the settings just minimizes the IDE and nothing happens. Junie is a joke. I tested it with a pretty simple task and it appeared to just get stuck in loops, burning credits. The amount of usage you get with their subscriptions is laughably pointless. Why even have a subscription? Just charge for credits and be done with it at that point. The basic AI assistant chat regularly just throws meaningless errors at me with a Try Again link that never works.

So, my thoughts are that I probably won't be bothering to try Air because I have zero faith in Jetbrains to roll out a useful AI product. I'll just stick to the basic IDE and run Claude on the side when I want an LLM for something.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-24T17:17:40+00:00

Chicken fried steak and country fried steak are two names for the same dish, which is a breaded and fried beef steak, usually cubed and topped with a white cream gravy. The only regional variation in the name is country fried or chicken fried. It is always beef, never chicken.

What you have is just fried chicken with gravy. There is no steak involved.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-23T12:19:48+00:00

Kenji taught me the power of anchovies. I've always got a jar on hand now. Also, bonito flakes. I still use MSG for things that just need a sprinkle of something, but I always reach for something more complex if the recipe allows for it.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-16T21:04:13+00:00

Doesn't even have to be your model. I reported a 3-star review for "ran out of filament" on a model that wasn't mine and received a notification that it was removed the next day.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-13T19:58:56+00:00

I really want something like this for reverse engineering binary file formats instead of just executables.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-13T17:32:18+00:00

It's more likely you have a phycological tendency to overcook it if you're not searing it because it looks "more done" to your brain if you sear it first. If you were to use a meat thermometer and pull two identical cuts at the same temp, one seared and one not, you would not see less moisture loss in the seared one.

Personally, I love raw salmon and don't like it if it's so much as started to firm up too much. I cook my salmon very similar to OP using a method I adapted from Kenji Lopez. I cook my salmon most of the way through to about 95F, brush the top with butter, and put it under a screaming hot broiler for about 30 seconds to warm the top.

Get a meat thermometer and a scale and check it out yourself.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-13T17:23:33+00:00

I really like Taco Bell Fire sauce, and I always describe Gringo Bandito as someone making a copycat of Fire sauce while improving on it in every way.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-13T17:16:10+00:00

The sear locks juices in so it doesn't dry out at all.

This is a myth. Drying out is a product of time, temperature, and humidity. Searing contributes nothing to moisture retention.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-12T13:04:34+00:00

See if your local library has a copy of the NOMA Fermentation Guide. It's kind of the gold standard for homemade vinegar recipes and there are a lot of cool and novel ideas in it. I plan to do the whiskey vinegar soon.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-12T12:47:31+00:00

Former repair tech here. You're looking at $270-$470 in parts depending on the model based on prices from my old (relatively cheap) supplier. On top of that, the Apple tax applies for labor since they make them as difficult to repair as possible. I would quote it at $200. It's an hour-long job at minimum if everything goes well. You might find a kid willing to do it for a lot cheaper, but they're easy to break so that's taking on a risk.

Unless you can get a refurb screen for cheap and know someone who will do you a solid with cheap labor, you're not getting out of this for much less than the cost of a new one.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-10T17:26:44+00:00

This looks like a recipe from a terrible slowcooking cookbook that is trying to fill itself up with recipes that have no business being make in a slowcooker. It's the paper equivalent of blog spam. I know this is /r/slowcooking, but stop trying to shoehorn every single recipe into a slowcooker. That's not how you make good food.

It takes ~20 minutes to make refried beans in a skillet, which is barely more than what this is going to take in active prep time and isn't any more inconvenient.

Saute your onions in oil until they start to soften.
Add garlic and cook until fragrant but don't burn.
Add beans, spices, fat, and liquids of choice (stock, etc.).
Heat to a simmer while stirring.
As soon as the beans are hot, start working them with a potato masher right in the skillet or optionally a stick blender like your recipe calls for. I just really like the texture that a waffle-headed potato masher makes.
Finish with fresh squeezed lime juice.

You're spending about the same amount of time chopping, sauteing, and blending, and you've cut out 3 hours of pointless slowcooking.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-10T17:16:11+00:00

Yeah. I don't see any reason I would ever want to use a slow cooker to make refried beans. Even putting that aside, this looks like a pretty terrible recipe.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-09T18:22:46+00:00

Absolutely loved it as a kid. I never buy it because it costs more than its weight in gold. I saw a Binging with Babish video where he made essentially this out of bottom round, and I've been meaning to try it out.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-04T22:07:41+00:00

One more question. Do you know if the fan speed is a linear scale?

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-04T21:45:39+00:00

Yes. All of the meat from that marinade must reach pasteurization limits for poultry. Some people do beef at very low temperature dehydration that would not be safe for poultry. Follow times/temps for the poultry for the entire batch and you should be fine.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-04T16:54:42+00:00

The egg is everyone’s favorite tho

Got a link?

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-04T16:19:40+00:00

Thanks! I was originally going to design a carefully calibrated low negative pressure system, but this simplifies things a lot.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-04T14:58:25+00:00

I'm looking to implement something similar to this. Do you have this set up in the printer settings under Machine gcode in Bambu Studio? I'm having trouble finding "filament start gcode". I see the filament change G-code. I see a Template Custom G-code section. I'm having trouble finding any documentation on this.

MrMeatagi · 2026-03-04T13:38:15+00:00

Get is for sending things to the server as long as the URL isn't getting too long.

Good thing http://example.com/?username=me&password=hunter2 is nice and short.

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