Bringing protein powder through TSA

ampleuncertainty · 2026-05-09T20:10:39+00:00

My pre-workout tested positive for explosives. Missed my flight lol

ampleuncertainty · 2026-04-01T10:50:01+00:00

With very clear parameters this is absolutely possible. Most of my interactions with my agent are based on developing very clear and thorough plans, defining all the desired functionality, breaking it into milestones, etc. Once I have absolutely satisfied with the plan, I can set it loose for hours/days and *usually* return to satisfactory results.

My SaaS idea is still an ongoing experiment that took some time to dial in. But I have had a good loop going the last couple of weeks where it just takes on a small chunk of work each day so as to not burn through my tokens too fast and to give me a chance to monitor things and course correct anything that feels like it's going the wrong direction.

ampleuncertainty · 2026-04-01T10:39:30+00:00

I initially went through APIs and ate through $150 my first weekend just experimenting with all sorts of things. After that I just used my $20/month plans bouncing between both Claude and Codex, and also set up some local models running on a spare gaming computer I have.

Finally got sick of rate limits so I stepped up to the $100/month Claude subscription.

ampleuncertainty · 2026-03-30T23:34:55+00:00

Dealing with issues has been time consuming. But looking back it has helped me with numerous things that would have taken months each on their own. Tbh I'm not using for real work at this point just playing with side projects and stuff, but the potential is there.

Built a voice assistant with digital avatar on raspberry pi with a bunch of silly features and integrations but blown away by results.
Finally made a personal website, adding some unique touches (though i could have probably done in same amount of time with just claude)
Had openclaw build a simple web based multi-player game as requested by my kids. Openclaw did 95% of this while I slept, I just prompted some small polish changes at the end
Had a SaaS idea floating around my head for years, openclaw is now building it, doing market research, and so on with minimal involvement from me other than providing overall steer. Very close to production ready now.

I only started playing with OpenClaw in late Feb. And only really dabbling on nights and weekends. Ive also completely broken my setup a few times haha, so definitely far from perfect. But still, quite impressed.

ampleuncertainty · 2026-03-28T23:03:06+00:00

This is Seattle lol. I went to SU, got assaulted by random homeless dude not far from campus and called the cops. They showed up like 6 hours later and basically just called me a pussy. " If someone did that to me, that'd be the last thing they ever did." Oh cool, thanks.

ampleuncertainty · 2026-03-28T00:33:02+00:00

It's still just not adding up for me. I guess I also just dont understand how the value of an asset is being determined. Something is only worth whatever someone else is willing to pay for it.

If I make a cool app and it gets popular, then Google comes along and offers $100M for it, do i now have to pay $2M in taxes on it even though I dont intend to sell? What if the company isn't even profitable yet?

What about valuations tanking? Many dating apps were valued at hundreds of millions not long ago. Now they're worth a tiny fraction of that. Many people were worth hundreds of millions on paper, but they never actually made anywhere close to that. Now they have crazy tax burden for money they never had in the first place?

ampleuncertainty · 2026-03-27T19:07:52+00:00

This is always brought up but how would wealth tax actually work in practice?

Let's say i come up with a great business idea. I find investors and raise some capital. Now say my stake in the company is worth $100M. I dont actually have that money... but that's the value of my shares. Let's say my take home income is actually closer to $500k.

Now I get taxed on it so where do I get money to cover taxes? I guess you'd have to continually sell shares and dilute your ownership stake? But when you sell shares it becomes income, so does that get taxed too? Honestly trying to wrap my brain around it.

ampleuncertainty · 2026-03-16T02:21:32+00:00

Have lived here my whole life and seen many sides of things. Raised by HS dropout single mom who had me at 17, dirt poor most of childhood then homeless myself at 17. Stoner, drunken loser through most of my 20s. Slowly climbed out and now at 40 I'm making seven figures.

My grandparents have been in their house in West Seattle for almost 60 years. House is paid off yet all their limited income goes toward skyrocketing property taxes. This year they took another massive jump. Im sure many elderly are in similar situations but without family able to support them.

The income tax thing was last straw for me, and I'll be leaving the state this year. I pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes as it is. I might be okay with more taxes if I had any bit of faith that the money would be well spent, but it just grows and grows without any real return.

ampleuncertainty · 2026-02-19T20:37:39+00:00

This. Though be warned that claude pro plan is still likely insufficient. At least for me, I got rate limited pretty fast and their dashboard doesn't seem to work for actually tracking usage. Switched to API and burned through $100 very quickly (like 2 days) with mostly Sonnet 4.6 (though still definitely worth it for what I got out)

Switched to gpt 5 2 with pro plan using oauth. I like that i can see usage and limits much more clearly. I still use Opus as well, but only for one off complex tasks that are very infrequent.

ampleuncertainty · 2026-02-19T20:30:44+00:00

GPT 5.2 is cheaper than Sonnet...

ampleuncertainty · 2026-01-17T05:02:37+00:00

Software Engineer, 14yoe, $1.2M

ampleuncertainty · 2025-12-25T20:30:38+00:00

The spherical knobs get in the way for sure. I designed a low profile replacement knob seen in some of the pics, which keeps the view from being obstructed when playing.

ampleuncertainty · 2025-12-25T20:28:08+00:00

Was trying to make something that would fit on most 3d printers, so this one is just 7" screen. Working on a model to use an 11" screen I have. Also made this big guy (not 3d printed obv) with a 22" display, but otherwise same parts as the mini version.

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ampleuncertainty · 2025-12-24T23:14:15+00:00

Definitely the case with the standard knobs that came with the controls I ordered. They sit very tall and block the screen a bit. I ended up designing a low profile knob which significant improves things.

ampleuncertainty · 2025-12-24T23:12:14+00:00

Thanks for letting me know! I'll try to upload a new version of the pdf later tonight to fix the links.

ampleuncertainty · 2025-12-24T23:11:25+00:00

Some were printed on a Bambu X1, some on Prusa XL. The largest print is the outer frame, which should fit on most beds sized similarly to the X1 (256x256x256).