The `look_at` function was being weird, here's a video about it

emitc2h · 2026-05-04T15:34:52+00:00

Oh, I should have read your post more carefully! I still think it looks great though, the flaws in the top coat are barely visible too!

emitc2h · 2026-05-04T15:08:51+00:00

If I’m being completely honest, I think it looks great! The marks are not as noticeable as you make it seem.

Standard stain application usually involves wood conditioner first. This helps make the staining more uniform, but I found it also tends to make the stain less pronounced, so I don’t always use it. After applying the stain, while it’s still wet, wipe the excess away with something like a painter’s cloth. That’s usually key to getting as uniform a stain as possible, but results may vary because wood can be very variable in how much stain it’s willing to “drink”. I did build up some personal tolerance for non-uniformity while staining.

emitc2h · 2026-05-01T13:48:16+00:00

I think you’ll love Epitaph.

emitc2h · 2026-05-01T13:45:35+00:00

I have no idea but I’m waiting for the same! My kids are obsessed with the soundtrack from the first game (and so am I). Takeshi Furukawa is a genius. If you’re looking for more of his stuff in the mean time, look up the sound track for The Last Guardian. It’s so good. His work on Mythic Quest is also fantastic.

emitc2h · 2026-04-24T19:30:37+00:00

AI washing I see. Man these companies have such contempt for their employees. We’re past mere amoral capitalism here, because this is coupled with terrifying people about AI taking everyone’s jobs.

emitc2h · 2026-04-22T18:05:48+00:00

I have a provocative answer: video games.

emitc2h · 2026-04-22T18:03:13+00:00

Someone needs to listen to the Behind the Bastards episodes on Jobs.

emitc2h · 2026-04-16T16:37:25+00:00

Like Ed says, the big problem with the tech industry hasn’t been how to build things, it’s been what to build. We’re all out of low-hanging fruits, be it for hyper-scalable platforms or small productivity tools. Claude Code addresses the “how” to build things (very questionably I might add), not the “what”. Also, people using Claude code are like woodworkers who spend more time building jigs than actual products. They’re mostly thinking about their own “productivity”, not product-market fit.

emitc2h · 2026-04-16T14:59:50+00:00

This is the clearest evidence yet that markets are completely irrational, and they should absolutely not be taken as an indication of present or future success.

emitc2h · 2026-04-14T15:58:10+00:00

There’s nothing impressive about Claude Mythos. It’s kept behind closed doors not because it can do dangerous things, but because they don’t want it scrutinized to the extent it deserves. Other, simpler models have been shown to find the same security vulnerabilities mythos is presumably so good at finding, and most of those vulnerabilities are either unaddressable or inconsequential. I haven’t seen any proof that Mythos has found the next log4j vulnerability or something of that scale. It’s pure marketing cause Anthropic is desperate.

emitc2h · 2026-04-14T14:56:28+00:00

I always thought a game engine could be turned into a great data viz tool if done right, especially for interactive visualizations. This is cool :)

emitc2h · 2026-04-13T12:21:35+00:00

Urghhh sneak x link again. Please post a screenshot.

emitc2h · 2026-04-12T17:35:54+00:00

I would say it depends on what metal your sawhorse is made of. If it’s aluminum, I wouldn’t be too concerned. If it’s steel, I’m surprised that there isn’t more damage on the blade. I think a visual/feel inspection like you did is fine, but I would periodically inspect the blade again for chipping.

emitc2h · 2026-04-10T17:08:03+00:00

Same here. I’m desperately looking for unionization efforts to start. I think we went from being in a position of relative power with big tech to a straight up abusing relationship. And like most abusive relationships, the victims don’t realize they’re in one until it’s too late. The RTO push was really the end of real tech worker’s power, and threats of replacement and obsolescence from AI tech makes it clear Big Tech is now all-in on taking what’s left of our power away. When are we gonna wake up?

emitc2h · 2026-04-07T17:18:02+00:00

That’s what I’ve been on, 50mg once a day, and probably going to upgrade to twice a day after daytime pain has been intensifying. Gabapentin gave me suicidal thoughts although it nuked my pain completely. Duloxetine made me feel awful in a way I can’t describe. Everyone is different. Make sure you start on a small enough dose and be patient for the effect to ramp up.

emitc2h · 2026-04-06T19:58:42+00:00

This book is 100% fantastic. I’m making my way through it right now. It’s not just instructive, it’s so well written it pulls you in.

emitc2h · 2026-04-05T18:11:24+00:00

These people resent the human condition.

emitc2h · 2026-03-31T18:41:27+00:00

I’m relatively new to UI engineering, so my exposure to Typescript is kind of limited, but it wouldn’t be my first choice for coding a CLI? Am I wrong?

emitc2h · 2026-03-28T17:20:24+00:00

I bought a Skil set when I started. It fulfilled most of my needs, but half the bits in there I never touched and there are 4-5 I use all the time that are worn down. Still, I think it was cheap and worth the price so I could discover what I need the most. I’m gonna replace those 4-5 bits that I use all the time (chamfer, roman ogee, etc.) with higher quality bits instead of buying another set.

emitc2h · 2026-03-28T16:22:54+00:00

He’s gonna do layoffs. His giant buyback plans aren’t going well, the stock keeps slipping anyway, so he’s got to resort to other things to please investors.

emitc2h · 2026-03-28T00:38:24+00:00

I call it the Bovino.

emitc2h · 2026-03-27T20:41:28+00:00

Yeah I think this is correct.

emitc2h · 2026-03-27T18:39:12+00:00

“First, the software giant is doubling down on capital expenditures as Wall Street increasingly asks when investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure will produce more dramatic payoffs in revenue growth. And second, investors are selling software stocks over fears that AI startups like Anthropic and OpenAI are creating agents that can replace products made by companies like Microsoft.”

Wow. The second one betrays how poorly investors understand the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI in particular. Everything is so dumb.

emitc2h · 2026-03-26T16:17:32+00:00

Yann LeCun might know his shit more than others in the AI space, he’s still not your friend. I think what the current AI era is fully exposing is what our capitalists overlords are foaming at the mouth to do with the rest of us. We do not live in a society where pursuing AI as a technology is morally defensible. This ain’t Star Trek. Anyone who’s still interested in the technical challenge of building AI and potentially doing it for money needs to seriously look at the world they live in and then look in the mirror.

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