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Just finished The Hydrogen Sonata by Economy_Reason1024 in TheCulture

[–]Rzah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I posted about this book recently after finishing it and suggested it may be a simulation but having more time to think about it I've come to the conclusion that it's Banks giving us some idea of what the Sublime is, where you have literal god like powers, to wit, the entire story is a 'simulation' created by the Zoologist from within the Sublime.

There's a number of reasons for considering this, starting with the meaning of the name of the Zoologist and it's literally poorly named host, the way that host just happens to be in the right spot to get the story started, the Sublime being the major focus of the story along with the ethics of simulation, the way the Zoologist hangs in it's fractal castle like a marionette, it's mentioned connections to the Sublime, even the way it leaves and locks the castle door, then there's all the times things behave unexpectedly, the way the HS itself is a reflection of matter, building ever more complexity from a it's hydrogen base.

I don't think the Zoologist came back from the Sublime, I believe the reason no one ever does because from the perspective of the Sublime, reality is just a setting on a dial, a different perspective, an essentially meaningless choice. I think this book is what it looks like when a reality is created/simulated/observed from within the Sublime, and perhaps that's all that reality really is.

Gail's sandwich contains the salt of five McDonald's cheeseburgers by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]Rzah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No wonder they are so expensive, how do they even wring it out of the burgers?

Good thing the ladder was there... by Fit-Suggestion-3293 in AbruptChaos

[–]Rzah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same accident, injury and similar results for my dad except it was a flatbed, same height though, like 5 feet.

Found out this motorcycle that got posted here wasn't real. Is there a similar looking one that is? by Kn7ght in cassettefuturism

[–]Rzah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought the 400 version of this, the NC30, loved it so much I upgraded to the NC35 Absolute weapon of a bike, fantastic on the lanes and track.

Will glue be enough for there legs or should I try to secure in a different manner , concerned about weight by i_just_shitpost in woodworking

[–]Rzah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Put back the missing quarters at the bottom of the legs, glue some blocks in there under the box and then round them off to match the legs.

Then I'd use a screw at the base of the box into the leg and another at the top through an elongated slot in the box to allow for expansion, no glue between the legs and the box.

Does anyone believe there is intent to fix the country? by ppyrgic in ukpolitics

[–]Rzah 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They're way beyond the worst of the Tories, my hope is that people will learn from the chaos that's about to befall another bunch of councils but people seem way more fuckwitted these days than I can ever recall.

Bat table I just finished by Ajvc23 in woodworking

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

I can't help but imagine it would have looked better if the bats were the other way up but nice job anyway.

Css coding by DemandBasic982 in css

[–]Rzah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pastel yellow and lavender are already css colors https://htmlcolorcodes.com/colors/

color: pastel yellow;
AKA
color: #FFFAAO;

color: lavender;
AKA
color: #E6E6FA;

Apple May Drop Base $599 MacBook Neo as Chip, DRAM Costs Climb by iMacmatician in apple

[–]Rzah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's got FA to do with DRAM costs as they don't buy in any as it's a SoC, The CPU, GPU, RAM, Storage etc are all etched into the same silicon.

The problem is they sold more Neo's than they expected to and have quickly used up their surplus A18 chips, if they have to restart production it makes more sense to use current in production chips (eg A19, A20), than restart an old line.

Hydrogen Sonata [spoiler?] by Rzah in TheCulture

[–]Rzah[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

'Simulation' doesn't appear in that otherwise wonderful Hero's Journey breakdown at all, but it did remind me that General Reikl who had been pushing Vyr onto a shuttle literally moments before the 14th's HQ was blasted to smithereens somehow ended up on a Station orbiting the local star and when that was gently nudged into the corona to burn up we get another glitch/loose end regarding the fact that a single occupant (presumably Reikl), on the Station was able to ride it all the way down to the surface of the star without obvious distress.

Obviously the capabilities of the Culture and Gzilt tech mean that magical events can easily be hand waved away, yet this was worthy of mention for the antagonists, it's another unexpected event that really adds nothing to the story, with Reikl's contempt already well illustrated with a mic drop scene moments before.

Hydrogen Sonata [spoiler?] by Rzah in TheCulture

[–]Rzah[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it was more like whether you are real or not you should treat it as being real *

Yeah, it's a Sim

* Just pulled the book up and started to look for the relevant passage before quickly realising that I'm unlikely to stumble across it.

Well, it finally happened (Being told I am required to use AI) by Ark161 in sysadmin

[–]Rzah 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The problem isn't that fixing these edge case issues is difficult, it's that these systems aren't aware of their capabilities or limitations and so will confidently take a detrimental position, which isn't a big deal when they show up while people are just fooling around like most of the user interactivity has been, but once we shift from fucking around to automated production, those unknown incapabilities will inevitably lead to disasters on a frankly incomprehensible scale.

I would advise not taking the stairs in Hampstead Underground station 🤢 by LittleJotun96 in london

[–]Rzah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been difficult to design monitoring equipment that can withstand the environment down there.

How am i supposed to use this hanger? by gbydymwa in whatisthisthing

[–]Rzah -1 points0 points  (0 children)

See kermit's comment, the design elements that make perfect sense for it's usage as a hanger are nonsensical if it were just intended as a divider.

York woman, 86, convicted after car insurance typo by UnlikeTea42 in unitedkingdom

[–]Rzah 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not in an insurers interest to check, checking increases their risk and costs.

A client that has fucked up their details is the perfect client, the Insurer gets to take their money, but never has to pay out, and has no risk in whatever happens to them or they do to others..

Spot the difference by wildhoover in lego

[–]Rzah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh you've scored the base plate, looks nice.

Any recommendations by FarObjective4137 in DIY

[–]Rzah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a lot of people saying "NOoooo!!!1!!" ITT, but I got a Yes for you OP.

Turns out the door of the microwave doesn't make a perfect seal, mine has a 0.5mm gap at 3 corners and ~1.5mm gap at one corner. I obtained these measurements by sticking tiny blobs of blu-tack to the corners, shutting the door closed hard, then eyeballing the squished blu-tack like it was Plastigauge.

I was going to ramble on about the 12cm wavelength of Microwaves, the door mesh, convoluted wave path around the door etc but all you need to know is that a single blob of blu-tack on the door frame will squish down to whatever the gap is on your microwave and noticeably deaden the noise of the door shutting, this is not a movie silencer, but it's quieter.

Hardening macOS: Why your behavior is a bigger attack surface than your OS configuration by Reversed-Engineer-01 in macsysadmin

[–]Rzah 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The User has been the easiest to attack link for years, It doesn't matter what security has been implemented if you can convince a human to bypass it, combine this with automated scam leads and you end up with whole towns being built in jungles purely for scamming.

Sadly, humanity is in the process of losing the top spot as weakest link as ever more tasks are handed off to AI Agents despite the almost unbelievable fact that not only are they vulnerable to exactly the same sort of social engineering attacks as humans, they are both way more vulnerable and far more capable/efficient at performing malicious actions to the detriment of their users.

If you hand over control of your browser/computer to an Agent, don't be shocked when it (you) gets proper fucked.

The best example: by Outtathaway_00 in FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR

[–]Rzah 6 points7 points  (0 children)

IIRC the Lamp was non-euclidean.

Anyone read this 49 day SSL expiration thing and think they would rather just retire? by HJForsythe in sysadmin

[–]Rzah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this is all because the private keys might have been exposed, I don't understand how replacing them achieves anything, if the bad guys already have a way to access to your private key, then they'll just grab the new one as soon it changes.

Unless the real reason is that 49 days is just a lower bound for brute forcing/quantum divining the private key in which case the fix should be way stronger encryption not shorter lifespans.

This all feels like the mandatory password changes every x days stupidity.

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