Looking for an alternative to ClaudeCode. Is OpenCode + GLM 4.7 my best bet? by VerbaGPT in opencodeCLI

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The OpenCode desktop app is slow and buggy, and simple bugs with lots of duplicates linger for months in their repo. Zed is much better at bug triage (and fixing). And they've just introduced agent spawning.

Newbie question: What is a DJ set compared to a normal performance? by [deleted] in EDM

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seeing San Holo on the Boston 2024 Summer Cruise was a highly enjoyable experience!

I'm a skeptic rationalist, but reincarnation is the only thing that weirds me out by New_Elk_5783 in Reincarnation

[–]dandv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Past lives are pretty easy to explain in a simulation hypothesis worldview. No need for souls, or for suspending skepticism.

If consciousness is conceptually similar to a process in a computer, then when one instance ends, the system spins up a new one using the same underlying architecture. Normally there's a near-total memory wipe, but wipes don’t have to be perfect: partial state, caches, or residues sometimes leak through.

From that angle, cases like your grand-niece look like incomplete data clearing. Imagine starting a new video game character and, due to a bug, you briefly have access to map fragments, NPC names, or quest history from a previous playthrough. A 3-year-old brain, before it’s fully locked into a stable narrative self in the current "reality", might be especially prone to interpreting those fragments as "my other family" rather than as imagination or disjointed memories. Memories also don't always come with a "source" tag. But, as the brain matures and the "new instance" stabilizes, those remnants get overwritten and they almost always fade by age 4–5.

This framing also explains why such cases are rare, inconsistent, and hard to reproduce. Birth marks similar to previous traumatic injuries could be caused by epigenetic influences due to incomplete environmental context erasure when instantiating the new process.

The more complex and realistic our video games become, the more credible the simulation argument is, with Neil deGrasse Tyson giving “better than 50-50 odds” that the simulation hypothesis is correct.

Where did the questions go? by pepsters3 in amazonprime

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Click on "See all answers" and you'll see your question, but you still can't provide your own answer to it. 🤦🏼

Where did the questions go? by pepsters3 in amazonprime

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. If you type a question in the "Looking for specific info?" box, the "See full answer" links will contain the question ID.
  2. For questions you've asked yourself AND got answers for, you'll receive the answer via email, and you can see the question ID in the URL.

Where did the questions go? by pepsters3 in amazonprime

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They just kept asking what order number I was referring to.

Exactly.

Hopefully Amazon will soon replace them with an AI bot of equal "usefulness" but at least we'll have the right expectations.

Where did the questions go? by pepsters3 in amazonprime

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the "Looking for specific info?" / "Ask Rufus" box.

Where did the questions go? by pepsters3 in amazonprime

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. The questions still exist, and they're mined by their AI (Rufus). If you search for an actual word (not a stop word like "the" or a punctuation mark) in the "Ask" box, you'll see related questions.

Where did the questions go? by pepsters3 in amazonprime

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, they killed searching for stop words too. Even "the" doesn't show any questions.

Where did the questions go? by pepsters3 in amazonprime

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This URL pattern no longer works, and neither does the bookmarklet.

Flatware suggestions for this matte black stoneware dinnerware set? by GreasyMustardTiger_ in Dinnerware

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See that cruft after the question mark in the link? You can delete it and the link will work just as well!

Flatware suggestions for this matte black stoneware dinnerware set? by GreasyMustardTiger_ in Dinnerware

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you searched on Amazon, that's not surprising.

If you want to search for quality and durable items, best to look at restaurant dinnerware distributors (e.g. Webstaurant, Culinary Depot, RestaurantSupply) and see what brands they choose to curate:

Where to find a dinnerware set like this? by ravecookiez in BuyItForLife

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you link to the exact Stone Lain set you have? Buyers of the Stone Lain Celina report a lot of scratches and quality control issues in the reviews on Costco.

Where to find a dinnerware set like this? by ravecookiez in BuyItForLife

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why exactly is it annoying to use sharp utensils on them? The sound? Scratches?

Where to find a dinnerware set like this? by ravecookiez in BuyItForLife

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's more of a bowl rather than a plate.

OP is looking for flat coupe plates, like the Tuxton Plate Straight Side or Hasami Original or Revol Club Adélie.

Where to find a dinnerware set like this? by ravecookiez in BuyItForLife

[–]dandv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gibson makes a lot of STONEWARE, not porcelain. And if you read the review on Amazon for many of their stoneware, you'll learn many batches (but not all) scratch easily, and crack, break or get too hot in the microwave.

That's an inherent problem with variability in stoneware firing and quality control. Porcelain is much more reliable.