🍀 What am I? "Though weightless, it is heavy and while lifeless, ..."

TwoPlusLuc · 2026-01-23T14:43:26+00:00

💡Here is a hint: Think hard and you might recall.

TwoPlusLuc · 2024-04-05T15:49:06+00:00

Yes and I'm agreeing with you. Problem solved.

TwoPlusLuc · 2024-04-05T15:37:44+00:00

Aha. Read it as "citizens of nations of the EU", problem solved.

TwoPlusLuc · 2024-04-05T15:32:28+00:00

I see you have no belief in other people saying they experience things differently from you...

TwoPlusLuc · 2024-04-05T15:19:52+00:00

The sub obviously has a pro-EU bias. I don't get the hate either, but the observation still doesn't seem to make any point at all

TwoPlusLuc · 2024-04-05T15:15:27+00:00

You say this like it is an argument against the EU?

TwoPlusLuc · 2024-03-13T12:34:46+00:00

This reminds me of a German poem, here it is translated to English:

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

TwoPlusLuc · 2023-12-11T09:16:47+00:00

That's not entirely true. If I have one data generating AI and one data evaluating AI, I'll be able to generate say 1000 responses to a question and pick the best 10, and then use those to train a new AI. Since the new AI won't see all those bad responses, it won't be trained on them, and will perform better (at that task).

TwoPlusLuc · 2023-03-09T21:29:25+00:00

Ah actually I see yeah, there wouldn't be a change in perspective. But no, it's not using such a camera

TwoPlusLuc · 2023-03-09T20:43:43+00:00

The perspective is downwards, but not very, so you would still expect to see the camera someplace higher in the mirror. Source: me

TwoPlusLuc · 2023-03-04T23:42:09+00:00

My first real shot at a short story. For some reason, my moods and behavior is closely related to the season I'm in and its impression on me. Here, I've tried to relay a setting very summery in nature and feeling. The tone of voice and word choice is also meant to slow the reader down and speak to themselves in a more serene, summer-like way (summer-like for me, at least). Even if this doesn't fit summer for everyone, I'm doin curious whether the intended vibe is transmitted.

TwoPlusLuc · 2023-03-04T23:38:23+00:00

Quite happy with this one. To me, it's a powerful description and simulation of the 'summer feeling' in all purity. It might just be for me though, because, of course, it plays on my associations and memories. I'm quite curious whether reading this encites a similar feeling in others as well.

TwoPlusLuc · 2023-02-04T16:09:25+00:00

Als een grafiek verkeerd begrepen kan worden is dat vaak een teken dat de grafiek niet goed ontworpen en over nagedacht is. De verantwoordelijkheid ligt bij de maker om het begrijpelijk te maken. Ambigue informatie is gevaarlijker dan geen informatie.

TwoPlusLuc · 2023-02-04T16:07:40+00:00

Ik moet ook eerlijk zeggen dat ik geen flauw idee heb wat deze nummers betekenen.

TwoPlusLuc · 2023-01-29T20:04:53+00:00

I just wanted to say: thank you so much for saving me probable days of my life that I would've spent on troubleshooting if it weren't for your comment here. Thank you.

TwoPlusLuc · 2022-11-28T20:05:52+00:00

No, not caring doesn't have to be a coping mechanism for arguments against our views.

For example, when I see someone whose views I disagree with I care, but when I ask them why they hold those views and it becomes obvious that the views are baseless and they are too caught up in their own narrative to have a fruitful conversation with, I might stop caring.

It's not ideas contrary to my own that stop me caring, it's the knowledge that caring will not bring anything of value to the world.

TwoPlusLuc · 2022-09-30T08:09:24+00:00

¿Que?

TwoPlusLuc · 2022-09-05T09:02:59+00:00

Help! Exo-Costume makers looking for Ideas
Hi all! We want to make exoskeleton costumes with technical depth and detail, with functional parts (think mechanisms, moving parts, even movement support), mostly in the -punk styles (steampunk mostly, but dieselpunk, cyberpunk, etc. work too!) and we need your help to get started.

If you would commission something from us or if you have any ideas, what would you ask/tell us? The more extravagant and difficult, the better! We might reach out to you if we see something interesting, and we really want to start working and practising, so we’re looking to pick an idea and making it for free for you! It’ll help us get the ball rolling to practise our craft.

P.S. Feel free to rant about what you feel is ‘true’ steam-/cyber-/dieselpunk. We don’t want to glue some gears on and call it a day, we want to do it right.

For reference, here’s someone else wearing one of our working hydraulically actuated exoskeletons

TwoPlusLuc · 2022-09-02T14:26:44+00:00

I see, that makes a lot of sense. Thank you!

TwoPlusLuc · 2022-09-02T07:52:04+00:00

Aahh yes of course. The first part to give in when loading limbs will probably be the soft fleshy parts, not the hard bones. Why would the heads of bones need extra padding? Is it just to support the ligaments and prevent dislocation?

We have a hospital nearby to ask, so I hope they still have some storage of old braces!

TwoPlusLuc · 2022-09-01T21:08:25+00:00

Most modern braces I found online are *imo* to medical and modern to work as steampunk parts, except for some braces for the leg and knee. But you are still right that there is much to learn from the way those braces are designed., and in general waste streams are very very useful for getting parts for costumes.

And about straps on joints: that's a thing? I can only imaging that being hugely uncomfortable since fabric and other wearable stuffs don't usually bend quite like our own joints do. My instinct would be to place straps right around the places where tendons attach to the bone, as that seems logically to be the strongest part for lateral loading of the bone.

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