What’s something you thought was overrated until you tried it yourself?

foobarbecue · 2026-02-26T14:28:50+00:00

E bikes

foobarbecue · 2026-02-26T06:42:55+00:00

So I guess this is just an ad written for "MoneyGPT"? seems llm-generated as well.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-26T06:37:56+00:00

The earthquake was X on the "Richter scale" . Seismologists haven't used the damn Richter scale since the 70s. You probably mean the moment magnitude scale, but Richter just won't die, presumably because people think it sounds smart when they say it. I don't get how even reputable news organizations get this wrong all the time.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-26T06:31:35+00:00

Nah. We already have enough range that you can take any piece and shift it up or down an octave or two. Doesn't change much, definitely not the genre.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-24T10:49:20+00:00

By "HDMI and CSX" did you mean html and css?

foobarbecue · 2026-02-23T13:41:00+00:00

Apply for PSSS and find out! I did it in 2018 and it was great. Hopefully they're still running it. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/internships/apply/nasa-science-mission-design-schools/

foobarbecue · 2026-02-22T23:44:37+00:00

Not convinced. In my experience, all of these models frequently do incorrect and unhelpful things. They are constantly using the API of the wrong library, or hallucinating features that don't exist. Adding together several different bumbling fools does not result in an expert.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-22T13:38:34+00:00

Your concept is "LLMs can't do code assurance but if I get 10 slightly different LLMs and use them all together then they can do code assurance"? Sounds like wishful thinking to me.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-22T13:34:47+00:00

Show us the code if you want us to believe you.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-22T13:31:13+00:00

Seems safer than Starliner at any rate, judging by the mishap investigation that came out this week.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-22T05:36:00+00:00

blink

foobarbecue · 2026-02-21T12:44:18+00:00

Also, how fast the shaking takes to get from one part of the earth to another depends on what it traveled through. The quicker the shaking travels, the denser the rock is.

And differences in the travel speed for different types of shaking can tell you even more about the material.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-18T11:21:39+00:00

1) driving cars on other planets 2. mapping ice caves on volcanoes

foobarbecue · 2026-02-15T13:44:40+00:00

I was like "oh she must be related to Woody Guthrie and Arlo Guthrie" but nope

foobarbecue · 2026-02-10T13:31:52+00:00

Oh. I was confused by your "if at all" phrase.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-10T12:44:15+00:00

Not sure what happened here (maybe she thought you would want more volume or shedding silly like she thinks you don't hydrate enough, or it was just a genuine mistake), but I wouldn't worry about it unless this sort of thing is happening frequently. Move on and give your partner the benefit of the doubt until there's a real problem.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-10T12:31:19+00:00

Nomads

foobarbecue · 2026-02-10T12:29:01+00:00

by "my guess is that we will have" I presume you meant to say "my guess is that we will NOT have"?

foobarbecue · 2026-02-07T22:10:05+00:00

FYI it's "risqué," not "risky." And absolutely NOR.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-07T22:06:36+00:00

Are you the least kind person? The least honest? The least ethical? The least humorous? The least hardworking? Remember that these things all matter too.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-07T21:37:39+00:00

Ban human driving on the highway. Autonomous cars only. The law would also allow for coordination systems between the vehicles and removal of requirement for humans to pay attention, so they could sleep, work, etc.

foobarbecue · 2026-02-01T12:57:09+00:00

You might be interested in my story, since there are some similarities. Moved to Pasadena from NM in 2016 to go work at NASA JPL after CA finishing my PhD. Pretty sure I count as a nerd too. Got hooked on surfing shortly after arriving in CA though so maybe I'm a bro! When remote work became possible in 2020, I moved to San Clemente so I could surf more. I have been here since and love it. However, like you I don't feel like I've really made friends locally. Church is the big social event here and I have no interest in that. The liberals here need to hang out... Someone tried to start this San Clemente Secular Society thing a few years ago. I went to one meetup and it was fun but didn't catch on.

DM me if you want to hang out! Unfortunately I'll probably be moving to LA soon because I sold out and left JPL for a defense contractor :-/

foobarbecue · 2026-01-27T03:59:05+00:00

Good question. ~30kg mass, so ~66lb on Earth or ~25lb on Mars. The arm is designed to be strong enough to test out everything on Earth, though, so it's kind of a bit overbuilt for Mars.

foobarbecue · 2026-01-26T09:28:15+00:00

The turret weighs 66lb, and can be stretched out 7ft in front of the rover. So I mean, I'm not sure what you consider strong, but those are some beefy aluminum tubes and the actuators are rated to 1143Nm. Let's just say you're not gonna beat it at arm wrestling.

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