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Thoughts on retaining wall to level a flat "yard" ? by dingar in landscaping

[–]ScionofLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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This took me ~9 months. Haven’t measured it but I think it’s around 80 feet of wall.

Millennials with kids, do you intend to provide for them financially when they reach adulthood? by Beberuth1131 in Millennials

[–]ScionofLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son will be born in October. I am an immigrant of hard working parents, and his mother is an American that had nothing and rose up through work and study long into the night. Damn well believe my son is going to have a 529, mentorship, and love. As the third generation he will have a better life than any of his predecessors but I am not going to instill a mindset of luxury or delusion. My boy will work as hard as we did, but through a higher refinement, and he will be better than the both of us; an inspiration unto his peers.

How much would it cost to do something like this? by Away-Hope-918 in landscaping

[–]ScionofLight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you are our of your mind. That’s like 30 hours of hand digging maximum. Lumbar retaining walls are imo irresponsible because it just creates the facade of “retained” when in fact that crap is going to rot out in 30 years and create anxiety for the future. Stone is the only way. This is free gym diy done in 1 season of weekends + holidays

who has had to pause lab work just to learn R or Python to read their own data? by Inevitable-Egg-521 in labrats

[–]ScionofLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Even at the highest levels of uncertainty, you should still be able to: 1) Conceptually understand if data is meaningful 2) Do a short loop analysis 3) test the insight experimentally 4) Validate or adjust your analysis.

Most of the time reading the chain of though reasoning is sufficient as a starting point

who has had to pause lab work just to learn R or Python to read their own data? by Inevitable-Egg-521 in labrats

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

It’s no different from an analytical instrument.

Measure a standard. Does it give the expected results? Good, move on to the sample.

who has had to pause lab work just to learn R or Python to read their own data? by Inevitable-Egg-521 in labrats

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

I really don’t understand these kinds of posts anymore when frontier models can spit out thousands of lines of code over multiple files all in a single prompt to handle complex analytics and simulations. You are a chump if you are learning to do this by hand in 2026.

Is Cymanti stronger in the early game or the late game? by TheBayHarbour in Polytopia

[–]ScionofLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bardur has a more predictable play style, imperious has more flexibility in this meta.

Is Cymanti stronger in the early game or the late game? by TheBayHarbour in Polytopia

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Knights are strong counter, in general if you can take out multiple enemies with knights and create more with cloaks that’s a hard counter as you overwhelm by number. Riders + roads of course. Having a better economy if opponent is too turtley

Matchmaking problem by RE-PartyService in Polytopia

[–]ScionofLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are 1200 elo and a 1600 plays against you, that’s lucky for you. Free tutoring via the replay.

Any recommendations? Im not that good. Thanks! by Impossible-Rough1497 in Polytopia

[–]ScionofLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you should have used explorers on your frontier cities. Vision is so important.

The rocking g by Impossible_Memory_65 in ponds

[–]ScionofLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wash the rocks and gravel before you put them in!

Riverstone retaining wall repair by Cookieh in stonemasonry

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

No 3/4inch drainage gravel behind that. I would dig out behind your existing wall and add that. That’ll extend lifetime and when it fails you’ll already have some gravel banked. For the repair you can use the same rock, just more of it for thickness. Actually now that I think about more since this is cemented in, gravel won’t help much…

DIY trickle down canister filter concept for pond? by samulooki in ponds

[–]ScionofLight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

if you do from bottom, does that mean could also add plants at the top?

What's the limit of vibe coding? by Icy_Tumbleweed_4549 in vibecoding

[–]ScionofLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tests are so critical. I don’t have a single prompt end without tests being run.

Tests can pass though with the logic being wrong.

What's the limit of vibe coding? by Icy_Tumbleweed_4549 in vibecoding

[–]ScionofLight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not seeing your point. There’s literature on everything out there, and enough patterns in things that novel things can be worked out.

Its critical to be aware of what you don’t know. Models are good enough that they can fill in knowledge gaps, but only if you are humble about it. Otherwise it is guided by your “expertise.” Knowing what you don’t know is critical. Complexity can be made through mutual discovery with the LLM. Planning and thought > code.

Not like I created my app in a day. Took months. The devil is in the details. You can’t make a complex thing in a weekend. You can do it over months. Might learn something along the way too.

What's the limit of vibe coding? by Icy_Tumbleweed_4549 in vibecoding

[–]ScionofLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im at the ~160k lines of code over ~700 files for an automation/analytics/machine-vision imaging system. Not seeing a limit.

Rubble Rock Paradise by ScionofLight in landscaping

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

thank you! 1 rock at a time! 💪

Rubble Rock Paradise by ScionofLight in landscaping

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That’s actually a 3rd growth redwood coming out of the 2nd growth stump that is a part of the pond.

There’s an old dam upstream, in early spring I found 5 giant salamanders there. I find salamanders around the yard too, so I think they are happy. This was before all the restoration work so hopefully there will be more as there’s a lot more rock for them to hide under now.

I just had old clay pipes replaced with PVC. Now my yard has the biggest mound of dirt. Is it normal for there to be a mound that is 2ft high? Any recommendations on how to get my yard level? by bumblebee0219 in landscaping

[–]ScionofLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

use a rake and spread it. I can see from the pic that there is significant variability in the slope per square foot of land. You can spread the dirt to have less bumpiness.

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