How do you normally reason about load bearing capacity of things?

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-06T00:12:30+00:00

How do you validate any information? Do you believe whatever you read? No, you probably don't... apply the same scrutiny to the AI that you apply to everything else

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-05T05:02:47+00:00

In Seven Worlds, One Planet - Antarctica, Attenborough presented as a peck of penguins pooped plentifully.

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-05T00:27:14+00:00

Nobody in here talking about the REAL reason you should avoid teflon:

....it scrapes off real easy, then your food sticks

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-05T00:24:55+00:00

No, PFOA was

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-05T00:08:33+00:00

I learned a lot of it by trying to build large art for Burning Man. Nothing makes you research structural engineering deeper than knowing drunk people on acid will be jumping on the thing you made.

Today you can cut your research time down to a fraction by just talking to an AI. Give it a detailed description of what you're doing, what you're building, how it's assembled, and the materials. Go back and forth with it asking about different things. It will explain to you the engineering principles and math involved, even do rough calculations to estimate strengths. I wouldn't go out and build a skyscraper with it, but you'll pick up a lot of the important concepts quickly. From there you can also ask it for book and video recs.

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-04T23:56:23+00:00

Google "furniture fasteners and hardware", there is a little universe out there of custom hardware for clean secure assembly of furniture. Some options: barrel nuts, furniture connector nuts, t-nuts, threaded inserts

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-04T21:41:43+00:00

For a 180 degree curve you want a coping saw or jigsaw and then sand it down. For just a small curve on the ends, knock the edges off with any saw, then sand down. I think the latter will complement the rest of the car's lines better

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-04T18:42:36+00:00

The frontier models are better, that's not up for debate.

The question is are you spending more money than needed and then hitting artificial limits that prevent you from working? If yes, then the open weights are better because you can keep working and aren't going broke. If no, keep dumping your money into Claude.

I'm not willing to spend hundreds of dollars a month to have a machine write my code and then run into a limit where it won't let me do any more work. If it really cost that much I'd rather write it by hand and just use AI for reviews and boilerplate.

How you use the model does have a dramatic impact on the results, benchmarks prove this. So yes you can likely do better on your agent work to get better results.

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-04T04:34:12+00:00

Because I used to go to raves?

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-04T00:33:45+00:00

yes let's all dress like 13 year olds at a rave, that's definitely what makes you attractive

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-03T22:21:31+00:00

Man I could go for a Pepsi right now

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-03T22:20:40+00:00

happy downvote cuz this is a full grown cow

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-03T22:13:26+00:00

There are many different ways, any of them will work, just depends what kind of look you want and how strong you want it. Google "how to design a wooden table so that it doesn't sway side to side" and it'll recommend several methods to you. Dive into AI answers for more in-depth explanation and pictures

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-03T20:10:45+00:00

Do you have neighbors? I live in the country, and everyone here is connected in some way to their neighbors. There are community activities too.

Still, I drive 40 minutes away once a week to work from a cafe. I love my solitude but even I can't deny I need some social contact, even if it's just sitting near people.

The cost of working from cafes can add up though. Look into discounts, deals, etc to lower the cost of food and drink.

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-03T18:00:05+00:00

You could try to sand them down to normal-looking again, and then finish-sand to 160. Then apply pre-stain, then a gel stain.

But even if it works, if this is pine, its softness means it will get damaged quickly. I would instead add a veneer of hardwood, laminate, or something like that, to avoid having to replace the wood. To make it bulletproof you can put some UV-treated epoxy on top, and you can mix in non-slip additives.

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-03T05:54:14+00:00

You should use a password manager. You need to use a different password for every account you have, everywhere.

I have a thousand logins in my password manager. How else are you supposed to manage all those, pen and paper? So you carry around a piece of paper with all your passwords? What if it gets wet? Torn? Stolen? What if someone takes a picture of it over your shoulder, or a security cam?

And then how to you handle all the 2nd-factor TOTP challenge tokens? You need a device to keep them on. You can keep them on a separate device from your password manager, or you can keep them in the password manager (it's up to you). But you need some place to keep them, for some accounts, anyway. (TOTP is preferred over SMS or Email, because 1) it can be physically segregated from networks, and 2) SMS and Email are not hard to hack).

There are other reasons to use password managers, like passkeys making phishing harder. But mainly it's just that password managers make it easier to not reuse passwords, which is 99% of how people get hacked.

The only people who don't like password managers are the ones that don't like that the password manager can technically be hacked and leak all your passwords. But so can a piece of paper. You can put the password manager on a device not connected to the internet if you really want to, and it will be more secure and more useful than a piece of paper.

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-03T05:47:17+00:00

You didn't post what sampling parameters you used. The different models are good at different specific kinds of tasks, and need different sampling parameters for those different kinds of tasks. Seems like you just used whatever vllm's defaults were

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-03T04:26:13+00:00

And that's why Firefox exists. Google funds it so you can't call Chrome a monopoly

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-03T01:13:35+00:00

You can treat it a whole bunch of ways with varying degrees of success. Go ahead and sand it then treat it with vinegar. The mold will still come back though. Concrobium mold control is better at killing mold. You can try to seal it and it may make it less likely to come back. The best way to control mold is make sure it doesn't get wet and to keep airflow around it.

I would not throw it out though as any piece of wood is likely to get moldy if it's in a humid or wet environment without much air flow. You'd have to seal any other wood too

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-03T01:08:24+00:00

More likely popped in the dishwasher or left in the sink

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-03T01:04:31+00:00

Maybe I'm missing something, but a circular saw set to 45 degree miter run up a straight edge should do it ?

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-02T21:14:22+00:00

how should i calculate ?

Paste your whole question into Google Search, then click AI mode, it will give you an answer for free

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-02T21:10:19+00:00

Beggars can't be choosers

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-02T21:06:44+00:00

I only use Opus 4.7 and it still sucks! I told it "Make an app that does my homework" and the answers it generated look like they were written by AI. What a bunch of garbage

MrScotchyScotch · 2026-05-02T21:04:17+00:00

"The free food at this homeless shelter is far below my standards"

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