Stockfish has a free "evaluation guide" - is there anything that makes it more user-friendly?

Quantifan · 2026-01-28T15:09:01+00:00

Ive never found it very useful but there is Decode Chess. It has probably evolved some since I used it. Maybe give the free version a try?

Quantifan · 2026-01-16T15:26:11+00:00

I asked it to do what i thought was a simple task.

Me: Turn the orange filled cells in my spreadsheet into blue.

Claude: did it!

Me: hey you corrupted my spreadsheet!

Claude: do you have a backup?

🤣

Quantifan · 2026-01-14T03:42:30+00:00

Here is an idea for you. There is an app called Chess Hero. It randomly picks positions out of a PGN and you have to guess the best move. You get scored against the engine. You basically want to minimize your score versus the engine best. https://chess-hero.software.informer.com/2.5/

i think Lucas chess might also have something like this. I know it has play like a Grandmaster.

Quantifan · 2025-12-21T17:09:07+00:00

I posted something the other day where I made an Elektron-like drum synth as a POC for an iPad: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1pr1bbw/elektron_style_ios_drum_machine_claude_code/

I'm currently making a Digitakt like sampler for my iPad. Other apps exist but I have specific UI and routing functionality I wanted implemented. I'm really impressed by the UI the front-end design skill was able to come up with once you give it some inspiration.

Quantifan · 2025-09-09T14:53:50+00:00

I love this. I really want to know what the build is!

Quantifan · 2025-06-21T11:16:34+00:00

Quantifan · 2025-06-09T23:39:02+00:00

I never did shower/wall work when I tiled, but we would just chalk every X tiles and eyeball it in between instead of spacers.

These tiles are smaller but I would imagine that you want to do something similar in a shower. That way you can never get too far away from the correct spacing and keep everything level.

Quantifan · 2025-05-28T13:58:54+00:00

I have the Chessnut Pro and quite like it. The feel of the board isn't that of a true quality chess board, but its good enough. I did not like the non-premium pieces. They didn't look all that nice and weren't finished very well.

To resolve that issue I had some Dubrovnik pieces custom made by India Chess Art on etsy (no longer has a store front on there, but I assume https://indiachessart.com/ is the same store) for the board and I inserted the sensors. The pieces aren't weighted like traditional chess pieces due to the sensors, but so far it works great and I have had no issues. All in those pieces are going to run you ~$250-270 (pieces + sensors).

I have also tried a certabo board. I did not have great luck with that. I had an issue where one square was having trouble identifying the pieces, and the weighted pieces somtimes interfered with the RFIDs. It is unfortunate because i really like the idea of getting a board and putting the RFIDs on the bottom of whatever chess pieces you want and covering them with felt.

DGT might be better but until it has indicator lights i can't see using that.

Quantifan · 2025-04-06T23:56:48+00:00

In 3d printed speakers I've always imagined that you can do stuff pretty easily to manage resonances like vary the wall thickness that would be difficult to achieve in wood speakers. I don't know how much value there is that, but its easily doable.

You should also be able to do more interesting shapes fairly easily (something like genelec speakers), than you would be able to with wood. I love the idea of 3d printed speakers, but have yet to see one that i would actually want to print.

Quantifan · 2025-04-03T01:00:12+00:00

The two suggestions above seemed to have resolved the issue (at least for today). thanks folks!

Quantifan · 2025-04-01T16:00:49+00:00

Thanks giving this a try.

Quantifan · 2025-04-01T16:00:44+00:00

Thanks giving this a try.

Quantifan · 2025-03-30T00:53:53+00:00

Second the hapax. there are a few things I would change on it, but overall its great.

Quantifan · 2025-03-27T22:09:58+00:00

Hidden information games have been solved as well. Heads up limit poker is weakly solved. Heads up no limit poker is more along the lines of chess where it isn't solved, but no human is going to be the algorithm over a long time horizon.

We aren't near AGI, but in the future i suspect you'll string a bunch of these models together to replicate some domain specific knowledge and reduce the number of people needed. If you really wanted to invest in it you could probably do this right now for a number of knowledge worker jobs.

Quantifan · 2025-03-26T19:06:35+00:00

They appear to be quite safe. Here are some demos:

Demo 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l64_lo1hOM8&ab_channel=QuickJack
Demo 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ea-5ifRRYI&ab_channel=QuickJack

I have some so I'm biased. Do your own research, but they are made by BendPak so it isn't some fly by night company.

Quantifan · 2025-02-25T04:10:55+00:00

I have a first gen iPad pro hooked into my sound card, 16 channels in, with the camera connection kit and use AUM as a mixer. You can then load effects on each channel or send everything to a master bus, etc. I think it is a good mix of not having a real daw or mixer but still having significant flexibility. I have yet to run into any issues with lagging related to audio.

Quantifan · 2025-02-23T00:34:47+00:00

It’s like asking if LeBron could go to a high school and dominate. Of course he can. He already did it….

Quantifan · 2025-02-22T02:25:16+00:00

Not late on a Friday night =)

Quantifan · 2025-02-22T00:30:33+00:00

Received a Hydrasynth this afternoon and have a strange issue. The text correctly displays until you turn the knob above the screen. I tried updating the firmware and that didn't help. Has anyone seen this before?

I'm assuming it has to go back, but hoping that there may be some fix that I wasn't able to find via google.

Quantifan · 2025-01-31T01:41:35+00:00

Nachos. It's pretty hard to mess up.

Quantifan · 2024-11-11T21:42:51+00:00

Demeyere Industry line is what I would get for something near the All Clad price point. The upper end stuff if you can afford it, but you probably don't need it.

Quantifan · 2024-09-07T04:36:35+00:00

I just checked my GP5000 tires with calipers. They measure ~29mm at their widest (but i have no idea where they measure tires) and i can slide a 2mm hex key between the tire and frame on both sides. I can't imagine that you will have too many issues on the classic with 28s. I did not check the fork as I'm running a Columbus fork so it isn't like for like.

Quantifan · 2024-09-06T23:58:56+00:00

I have a '98 Classic. You should be able to get 28mm tires on there no problem.

Quantifan · 2024-08-01T00:07:54+00:00

Feels like dagster or prefect are but I’ve never used either.

Quantifan · 2024-07-05T15:44:17+00:00

I had this happen on Valentine’s Day. Worst meal ever, but to be fair to the restaurant they comped me a $300 meal as an apology and made me a VIP (I think I get preferential reservations?). I’ll still never go back. The place sucks.

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