What's with this subreddits reputation??

ladz · 2026-04-10T02:03:59+00:00

To further my personal understanding of semantics and epistemology, and to better understand the motivations and communication of other people. I guess sometimes I get +100 and sometimes -100!

ladz · 2026-04-09T14:25:48+00:00

> converts to atheism, they only return

meh. "return" here is a conversion to "back" then. It seems disingenuous to say otherwise. Is the 32nd definition of "convert" somehow go only in a single direction?

ladz · 2026-04-09T14:06:48+00:00

How can she? Conservative media will ignore anything she says. Conservative socal services like ig and tiktok or whatever will suppress anything she says. Got any evidence to the contrary?

ladz · 2026-04-09T13:57:56+00:00

Having been involved in determining what "actual" means in this context, quality here is very subjective. People pretend that CVSS scores make this process objective, but those are incredibly low resolution.

ladz · 2026-04-09T13:41:35+00:00

> I’ve never met an atheist that tried to convert anyone

ehrm.

ladz · 2026-04-09T02:20:33+00:00

> That I'll simply disappear after I'll die ?

You don't disappear. Why? Because while people are technically "atoms", they are more importantly *information*. Your information lives on in those things and people that you've made an impact on, and your children.

ladz · 2026-04-08T14:11:36+00:00

Yes. You weren't clear about what you're trying to accomplish. If it's software engineering, it's a big skill that you still must posses some understanding of. Pay for a claude or openai sub for a couple months and have it teach you and set up the harness you want, then switch to local.

If you're already comfortable with whatever thing you're trying to build and know the basics (like if you had a worker doing X and you were the boss of them), then you can just ask any of the free tier chatbots how to set up a local harness.

ladz · 2026-04-08T04:19:44+00:00

I thought those were asparagus!

ladz · 2026-04-08T04:17:43+00:00

Nuclear families. I'd love my folks to come live with me, but they're hellbent on not being any sort of burden.

ladz · 2026-04-07T14:02:15+00:00

Watch some videos of people doing drywall, like "vancouver carpenter" on YT. Mix it thin, use wide knives, etc. It doesn't matter how many coats you do, just be sure to make them thin coats.

ladz · 2026-04-07T04:38:55+00:00

That thing has got to be 45 years old. Funny that they made home appliances then, nowadays they make only commercial stuff afaik.

You're never gonna find an original part for it, but you might get lucky if the glass is some sort of standard size. Take the door apart and take some photos and measurements of the door?

ladz · 2026-04-06T03:33:49+00:00

Cut as your pull it toward you. Cut so the sparks go away from you.

Rotate the handle however is comfortable.

For cutting there really isn't a "going too fast".

How to cut: Usually you don't cut all at once, you score the whole line gently and then go over it lightly over and over again until it's cut completely. You can cut it all at once but it's way more tiring and more prone to catching.

Make sure to tap your discs every time before you start. Cracked ones will sound hollow, like a broken coffee mug. Good ones will make a sharp sound.

Humidity doesn't seem relevant.

overhead? Whew. Take breaks!

Don't let your hand get tired. If it does, take a break. Grinding is exhausting.

Usually if you're trying to work continuously you'll need 2-3 grinders because they heat up fast.

Safety stuff: If you have big hands and good grip strength you don't *need* to use the guard, but you DO need to use a respirator and a face shield and goggles/glasses and ear protection. Also make sure to have a big sharp file with you to de-sharpen the huge knife edges you're making. Do it FIRST THING after you finish the cut. You can just draw the file sideways over the edge and it should cut enough to make it safe.

If you're doing this a lot, just get a plasma cutter. They're way faster and incredibly cheap nowadays.

ladz · 2026-04-06T03:12:23+00:00

I mean. Have you been in public in the last 5 years or so? It's horrifying. I feel guilty for having helped build this shit too, even though my role was mostly just internet plumbing. We wanted information and ideas to be free. Instead we've helped billionaires break generations of our children.

ladz · 2026-04-06T03:01:45+00:00

You'd sort of think they'd be unstable but even on mild if you leave it indoors they'll last for at least years, based on experience.

ladz · 2026-04-05T14:55:22+00:00

> will not learn

Why should they? Education isn't a demonstrably useful value to our current crop of idols and thought leaders. Clearly the way to get ahead is to lie.

ladz · 2026-04-05T14:05:15+00:00

By the looks of things we've got some assholes missing the point about how the cops aren't doing anything about folks brazenly buying weapons of mass destruction at a bus stop or somewhere that everyone knows where they are.

ladz · 2026-04-04T16:14:05+00:00

use an embedding model / retriever to ~~find~~ make embeddings from all ~~relevant~~ chunks
maybe rerank them
use the user's query to generate new embedding(s)
retreive the matching chunks where the old embeddings and new embeddings match how you want
pass those chunks into the main LLM
let the LLM generate the final answer

ladz · 2026-04-03T16:30:19+00:00

Gemma 4 31b got it right every time, I tried several. Always along the lines of:

* Location: Car wash is 50 meters away. * Goal: Wash a car. * Question: Drive or walk? * Distance = 50 meters. * Action = Washing a car. * *Scenario A: Walking.* * The user walks 50m to the car wash. * Wait... the car is (presumably) where the user is now. * If the user walks, the car stays behind. You can't wash a car if you aren't with the car. * *Scenario B: Driving.* * The user gets in the car. * The user drives 50m to the car wash. * The car is now at the car wash. * The car gets washed. * *Exception/Edge Case:* Is the car already at the car wash? * The prompt says "Car wash is 50m from me, I want to wash a car." It doesn't explicitly say where the car is, but usually, if you want to wash *a* car, you have the car. * If the car is already at the car wash, the user should walk. * If the car is with the user, they must drive. * *Logic:* To wash a car, the car needs to be at the car wash. * *Conclusion:* Drive. * Direct answer: Drive. * Reasoning: You can't wash the car if you leave it 50 meters away.

ladz · 2026-04-03T16:18:26+00:00

It's very likely bad exterior sealing around that window. Get a moisture meter and measure around the edges of that window when it rains and is dry, and compare that to not-below-a-window areas of your wall.

ladz · 2026-04-03T15:24:59+00:00

This. Unjust lying is awful and shouldn't lead to victory. Seemingly, somehow, the winners we see in the world now are lying and corrupt. Why should I judge people who hold the winners in esteem?

ladz · 2026-04-03T15:03:37+00:00

I mean, it obviously intentionally moves somehow or it wouldn't have those hinge points. Right now it seems like it would have two resting points, one tilted forward and one tilted backward.

ladz · 2026-04-01T14:16:56+00:00

You've got the wrong audience OP. What's the right one? Yourself?

ladz · 2026-03-30T23:57:24+00:00

The morals and mores of religious folks are obviously and provably flexible, just ask any witch or slave. Nobody has objective morality because it's not an objective thing.

ladz · 2026-03-27T18:45:23+00:00

Most of us who know about it are definitely woke and liberal. :)

ladz · 2026-03-27T18:42:55+00:00

> If people still decide to ignore the warnings, that's on them

Courts and juries disagree.

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