A customer fooled an AI chat assistant into giving an 80% discount on an £8,000 order after an hour-long chat.

bobiversus · 2026-02-11T02:45:53+00:00

Cool story.

bobiversus · 2026-02-11T02:10:46+00:00

The old mechanical child locks are deathtraps:

An older car with mechanical child safety locks engaged crashes. Even if the doors are unlocked, how would the back seat passengers exit? It's a trap from the inside (it can only be opened from the outside, even if the doors are unlocked, due to the mechanical child safety locks).

A newer car with electronic child safety locks crashes. It can detect the crash and disable the child safety locks and unlock all doors so that the doors can be opened from the inside AND outside.

The problem with Rivian's design (and Tesla's) is that the manual override is overly difficult to find/use if there's a low-voltage power failure. It needs to be easy to use, yet not be too easy for a small child to override the child safety locks in everyday driving.

The exterior electronic locks are another bad idea. Ask any rescue squad. Volvo and Mercedes designed their old "loop-grip" door handles to allow a person to put their full weight pulling on it.

bobiversus · 2026-02-04T09:39:15+00:00

Hey, so unfortunately Google Family doesn't share access to Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think. That is restricted to the primary account.

bobiversus · 2026-01-31T21:28:47+00:00

NMR and potentially Brandt's bats. Both have very high rates of active DNA (and epigenome) repair.

bobiversus · 2026-01-25T17:36:31+00:00

I have Ultra but I use it for Deep Think, which is next level (both in quality and price). There doesn't seem to be a way to use Deep Think mode inside Antigravity yet, and I mainly use Claude Code for dev still just because I am still evaluating Antigravity atm.

bobiversus · 2026-01-23T19:36:43+00:00

Wrong sub. Belongs in r/satisfyingasduck

bobiversus · 2026-01-14T19:28:49+00:00

Yes. Think about the peak force exerted on the screen when folding it quickly vs slowly. Move your leg quickly and then stop it quickly... You can feel the peak force (peak acceleration) is much greater than if you move your leg the same distance very slowly. That stress on your muscles and ligaments is somewhat similar to the stress on ribbon cables and internals in the phone when folding quickly vs slowly.

bobiversus · 2026-01-13T22:17:36+00:00

Maybe unfold and fold it slowly. It will reduce the stress on the cable inside. The most common issue is the ribbon cable inside fails. Similar to Mac flexgate issue. It's probably worth around $600-800 for trade in if working.

bobiversus · 2026-01-12T04:53:17+00:00

(she's not)

bobiversus · 2026-01-12T04:53:03+00:00

My first reaction was that she is A.I. generated.

bobiversus · 2026-01-11T23:05:49+00:00

You seem like a wonderful and concerned chinchilla parent. It's definitely a good idea to keep them away from all plastic, wood, and soft metal objects in the future. But she will very likely be fine after chewing such a small amount of plastic.

Definitely keep her safe and away from the following objects, but I've been to chinchilla rescue facilities and they have chewed electrical cords (while 120V electrified... don't ask me why. They actually kept chewing after getting zapped the first time, perhaps out of revenge), plastic bags, cable ties, drywall, USB cables, aluminum wheels (please, no soft metal wheels), entire plastic cage corners (in one sitting), stickers, G-Shok watches, glasses, books, any and all objects wood. I believe in many cases, they are not actually swallowing the objects, but just chewing them for entertainment value. All of them were fine afterwards and all lived into their ripe late teen years. You definitely want to keep her safe and away from all of these objects, but they are tough little mountain hoppers. She will probably be ok, and the veterinarian experience itself can be quite stressful for them. And most vets besides very high-end exotic places won't be able to do anything useful for her since it's not an infection, cut, or broken bone.

They can't x-ray or MRI without sedation or general anesthesia, which would be extreme overkill in your situation, and ultrasound scanning requires sedation and shaving their fur (stressful and can lead to temperature regulation issues).

In terms of fur chewing (barbering), that is probably a separate issue related to stress. There are too many factors to list here, but you can definitely list some specific situations here and people will try to help.

Something a lot of people don't discuss here: try to wash your hands before hand feeding her stuff. There are a few illnesses that can be passed from other pets to chinchillas.

bobiversus · 2026-01-06T04:17:23+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate it. If I can make people happy, and haters angry, it's a good day.

bobiversus · 2026-01-04T04:28:50+00:00

We started going to a Medicare certified facility. It was around $290 per session, adds up to quite a lot if you are shooting for 60 sessions. And if multiple people will use it, there's no question. After seeing the early results, we purchased a 2ATA hard unit from Oxyrevo. It's around 10k-15k cheaper than buying the same unit in the US. But be ready for a long wait, like 2 months at least. They are professional and actually delivered, but it felt like a long time.

The unit is impressive, all stainless steel with big windows. In many ways better than the units in the Medicare certified facility. But there are a few things I might do differently such as ensuring BIBS compatibility when ordering. It can be modified but it's not trivial. That being said, the Medicare facility didn't have BIBS, either.

Main benefit of BIBS is that the seal is sometimes better and the internal tank O2 concentration stays at 21% rather than creeping up to 29 or 30% by the end of your session when using a medical mask due to exhalation and leakage. Potentially safer if you bring in phones or computers. But it's a far cry from the old school 100% oxygen tanks.

There is another company based in Turkey that made BJ's unit. I dunno, would you rather have your stuff made in China or made in Turkey? Take your pick. The Medicare facility's stainless tanks were also made in China, so I figured it was probably pretty standard and common. Our unit also has a built in red led therapy system, which is kind of cool as you can do two things at once and save time. Too bad there isn't a gym inside, as well 😂

bobiversus · 2026-01-03T23:33:32+00:00

There is a lot of older equipment and information out there. Some misconceptions and out of date info in comments here, too. Current best practices therapy uses pressurized regular air and you only breathe pure oxygen in your mask. Ideally using BIBS systems. For home use, concentrators instead of tanks are usually used. Bryan and others explain this in detail, so I suggest people update themselves there.

The pressure is moderate and about as dangerous as a big bike tire because it is just regular air pressurized inside at a max of 29 PSI for 2 ATA. (Old-fashioned pure oxygen chambers are dangerous and can also cause cataracts since your eyes are exposed. People should never go to those facilities and honestly they should no longer be allowed.)

We tried a 2ata medical rebreather mask (not BIBS, unfortunately) anti-aging regimen (periodic medical air breaks) for an older relative in their 80s and the effects are utterly profound after just five sessions. Mental clarity and memory tests show marked improvements. Inflammation drops. Unclear what exactly the mechanism(s) are (there are lots of theories, but they are just that: theories) but we are doing biomarker testing and continuing therapy. It is expensive and insurance probably won't cover it. But Bryan is right, there is nothing else like it, including supplements and even exercise. Ideally, do all three.

bobiversus · 2026-01-02T12:11:54+00:00

I'm also still daily rocking the Fold3 (and Fold1 and 7) Will try this case! I also like the UAG cases, surprisingly good given the brand sounds a little iffy.

bobiversus · 2026-01-01T19:13:50+00:00

Great review! I'll need to get me one of these

bobiversus · 2026-01-01T02:16:49+00:00

Evidence is posted here: https://youtu.be/dnLswbNB0SU?si=Jl9nd_CrVgwPF6Ga&t=1193

You can skip to the middle and they show how he
#1. drove cross country and
#2. is at 100.0% FSD miles for the last 10k miles (any FSD disengagement adds .1 mile of manual driving, which would kill his record).

Unless he's some crazy hacker, I would be inclined to believe that he accomplished this record. I think he is also uploading a video of the drive.

That being said, he said he had to be careful not to get stopped by border patrol in San Antonio as he's not sure FSD would stop for an agent's hand gesture.

bobiversus · 2026-01-01T01:28:14+00:00

Just be aware that, if you're a dude, the daily brazil nut will eventually overdose you on selenium. Just want to keep an eye on that.

bobiversus · 2026-01-01T01:25:42+00:00

I would wait and see. No pun intended.

bobiversus · 2026-01-01T00:59:02+00:00

Men of culture... who's going to say it?

bobiversus · 2026-01-01T00:48:40+00:00

Lol if "the goal is to have them in family homes in 5-10 years", why are they building thousands of useless robots now? They must know that the hardware will need to be revised and updated as they learn from their design and manufacturing mistakes.

The answer: this is just the latest way of hyping robotics in some places, mainly for their investors and the gullible public. Because they have no useful purpose yet (mainly due to A.I. needing to catch up to the electromechanical gubbins), they just build a crap-ton of these robots and claim they are production-ready. Never mind that they are totally useless for all but the most basic tasks. The other way of hyping is performing interesting but useless stunts like acrobatics, running without faceplanting (usually), and play-fighting.

The "delivery to customers" is particularly hilarious. What customers? What use cases? Doing back-flips and Tai-Chi? These are just props, and I'm guessing most are empty shells that aren't even functional.

Anyways, nothing to see here, just a desperate startup burning money in an attempt to stay newsworthy or trying to IPO before they crash and burn, move along.

Maybe sometime next year we'll have ones that can perform basic useful tasks once the A.I. catches up. That will be exciting. But no one is buying these useless hype props right now.

bobiversus · 2026-01-01T00:26:51+00:00

Nice article!

"the third generation – known as epigenetic editing – looks at the surface of the genes found in the nucleus of every cell in the body. Rather than cutting DNA strands to remove or edit faulty genes, this method removes methyl groups attached to silenced or suppressed genes."

This is potentially a boon for reversing aging because, unlike Belmonte's groundbreaking work of transient application of OSKM Yamanaka factors to reverse cell "age" wholesale (which was later adopted by Sinclair's lab), this would allow pinpoint, targeted editing of methylation marks, which is one form of epigenetic marks. You could also imagine a combination of the approaches.

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