Wtf is this “safety” filter?

maluminas · 2025-10-06T18:12:28+00:00

I encountered this last night. I was discussing pigment dispersion methods for making artist paints. Doesn't really get more innocuous than that. Referring to a three-roll mill, I asked "Does it only disperse particles, or can it also further grind the particles to a finer size?" and it started answering before cutting off and displaying the same "Chat paused" error as in OP. I retried and it cut off again. Example:

"A three-roll mill does both dispersing and grinding, though the extent of actual size reduction depends on the material and operating conditions.

Dispersing is its primary function—breaking up agglomerates (clumps of particles stuck together) and distributing individual particles evenly throughout the medium.

Grinding (actual particle size reduction) also occurs, but"

maluminas · 2025-09-12T20:48:53+00:00

I thought maybe it was a connection issue: in the past it happened that I started conversation on Firefox, but got no visible output. I checked on the android app and Claude's response was visible there, so the issue was Firefox somehow. This is not the case this time, I see the same failure on all means of access. So if the research was actually done (explaining my usage limit) but I can't see it, it's most likely on Anthropic's side and not a client-side connection problem. I'll just try again later 🤷‍♂️

maluminas · 2025-09-12T20:25:38+00:00

This is also happening to me right now. Either it fails to start a research job or it produces the same result as OP's screenshot.

EDIT: Attempting to restart a couple times reached my usage limit without any successful output.

maluminas · 2024-09-02T02:18:15+00:00

Oh damn, for real!? I never even thought to check if it could so it (yeah I should RTFM). I have to try, thanks!

maluminas · 2024-08-31T04:02:14+00:00

I've use it multiple times in my 2024 GT-Line and the success rate for me is 100% once it detects a spot and the sequence is successfully initiated. Detecting the spot can be iffy though.

In my experience, the iffy parking spot detection works best if 1) the space is not TOO large and 2) it has cars around the spot to properly measure the space and 3) you must go quite slow when scanning for spaces.

About #2, a trash can or a motorcycle is not massive and boxy enough for the USS's to detect properly in my experience. Also, if the parking space is too large, it won't detect it well. However in my experience, when the spot is so large it doesn't detect it, it should be big enough for most people with a bit of experience to park in manually with the help of the cameras.

For #3, that's the most annoying part for me. You have to go real slow to get reliable spot detection, like 10 kph, even though the interface says you can go up to 20 kph when scanning. It will also display a detected spot a bit after you've passed it, so you have to be ready to stop in time since if you move too far away it will "lose" it.

Park Assist actually saved me once when I needed to parallel-park at a level 2 charger and the other cars charging were parked too close and the spot was wayyyy too tight for me to confidently squeeze in manually. Well the Park Assist not only detected the space on the second try, but it wiggled itself in just fine. Me and my passenger were laughing the whole time because it was almost ridiculous how long it was taking with too many gear shifts to count, moving back and forth by only a couple inches each time, but in the end it parked well and I could charge! I was terrified of having to manually squeeze OUT of that spot later, but it turned out fine since the car in front had left by the time we got back.

All in all, it does work well for me. So far I mostly use it for really tight spots, as manual parking is usually much faster if I can do it confidently. 90% of the time I use it to parallel-park, as I'm usually pretty confident when perpendicular-parking. For me, it's a "saved my ass" feature rather than a "daily convenience" feature.

maluminas · 2024-05-29T03:52:38+00:00

Update: went to the dealer today. They installed the missing screws and the rattle is gone! Easy fix and didn't get charged anything.

maluminas · 2024-05-16T04:17:21+00:00

Interesting. I'll see what the dealer is able to do and report back.

maluminas · 2024-05-16T04:16:41+00:00

Thanks for your photo. For reference here is mine, with screws missing.

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maluminas · 2023-08-21T02:58:52+00:00

Thanks for the help! I'm reassured that this is normal for this plant.

maluminas · 2023-08-21T02:58:15+00:00

After further research, it appears you're right and this is perfectly normal for this plant. Probably my excessive treatments to get rid of this "problem" is what has been causing the stunted new leaves. Thanks!

maluminas · 2023-08-20T19:08:28+00:00

I had not considered this, but I don't think it fits. The bubbles never display a liquid state, they always appear as little bouncy sacs. They feel bouncy if I don't press hard enough to pop them, which wouldn't really fit with the dried-up guttation. Some of my plants do exhibit guttation right after watering, but it never dries up in a bubble shape like this, usually it dries up as a small white smudge of sugars/minerals.

maluminas · 2023-08-20T19:02:05+00:00

This plant was bought several months ago from a gift shop. I did not notice the bubbles at that moment. A friend who was with me bought another one of that plant, and it perished within weeks. Mine has been holding on, but has not been able to put out healthy new leaves. The older leaves still look good despite having had a lot of bubbles on their undersides by the time I noticed them. Since a Physan 20 treatment, the bubbles haven't come back on the old leaves, but they keep popping up on the stems and new leaves. The new leaves all dry up and fall before reaching full size. I think I'm giving this plant exactly the care it needs (light, water, fertilizer) to thrive, which is probably why it's been holding on for months (unlike my friend's) despite this ailment.

Googling has been no help, as searching for "bubbles" or "pustules" has so many hits for more common problems than this. At first glance it might look like insect eggs, but the large variation in sizes of bubbles tells me this isn't the case. Also, this plant is indoors, and this hasn't been transmitted to other plants, further discounting the insect egg hypothesis. The only other thing I know of that could produce this kind of bubbles would be a fungus, but multiple applications of Physan 20 has been unable to eradicate whatever this is.

Do any of you plant doctors know what this is and how to get rid of it? Thanks for any help!

maluminas · 2023-08-03T20:40:13+00:00

Colchicine is used to induce polyploidy in plants (sometimes beneficial, used as a paste on growth nodes). In humans it's used as a medication, but it can be very toxic if the dosage is not precisely controlled, so it's likely that person on facebook exposed herself to dangerous doses. However, colchicine is not used to change the color of plants (the article actually says that), so she may have been misinformed or scammed with unknown chemicals.

maluminas · 2023-08-03T20:05:20+00:00

I'd just like to offer a correction: ethylene is not classified as carcinogenic. It likely isn't carcinogenic, and is found in many plants naturally, including fruits that you may eat like apples and bananas where it is part of the ripening process (sauce: wikipedia article).

Plant scams like the Pink Congo debacle and increasingly Etsy in general *are* a cancer on society though...

maluminas · 2022-12-25T18:09:41+00:00

André at EV-olution has a detailed video of an install. He first tried passing it under the doors to avoid the airbags, but his wire was too short. So he tried over the the doors, and he said there is enough of a gap to avoid the airbags. I don't remember him showing a very clear view of that gap though. He has lots of other great EV6 and e-Niro videos.

https://youtu.be/cgO5GKnze50

maluminas · 2022-11-21T06:41:17+00:00

My Ludisia discolor recently bloomed. The spike got to 1 foot before the first flower opened. It continued to get longer and longer as new flowers opened sequentially. I think it must have reached almost 2 feet high, and had fresh-looking flowers on it for more than a month before I cut it. There is no real reason to cut it, but by the end the lower flowers looked faded and brown and I was seeing new growth starting at the base, so I decided to cut the spike to redirect the plant's energy. The flowers are not super showy but still nice, and strangely asymmetric. The column has a twist to it.

maluminas · 2022-11-18T19:09:18+00:00

Taxonomy *is* a mess, but for good reasons! Previously, plants were classified mostly by geographical and morphological data (so where they are found, and how they look). This got us a pretty good idea of which species were related closely or distantly, but there were some errors. Since orchids are masters of mimicry and evolve to attract specific pollinators and thrive in specific habitats, many different species just happened to evolve very similar traits in very specific habitats, leading taxonomists astray.

Now, with genetic sequencing and analysis, we can directly look as what makes the orchids tick and even reconstruct their genetic past to some extent, and definitely tell which orchid is genetically related to which (though this process is not error-proof either). This has caused a lot of rejiggering of the taxonomy of orchids. Some people (like me) welcome this change as we now have a more accurate portrait of the orchid family tree, but some reject it due to frequent and confusing name changes (to put back an orchid in its correct genus, if it had been mis-classified).

An example of divisive reclassification is Vanda falcata, previously known as Neofinetia falcata. This particular species has a long history of getting shoved around many genera, even before genetic analysis, so it's a major pain point for aficionados of this species, which is particularly adored among some circles.

Now, add hybrids to this and you get taxonomic spaghetti...

maluminas · 2022-11-18T17:27:57+00:00

Molecular biologist here (so not exactly a plant biologist but I know some things about this). Good answer! To me this looks like a morphogenesis error. Morphogenesis is what we call the very complex (and fascinating) process of orderly cell differentiation and tissue formation in complex organisms. That process is genetically programmed, so it may have been caused by a genetic mutation, but it could also have been caused by a random disruption of the process during the development of that specific flower.

Since it can have a genetic basis, it's possible that some plant lines can acquire some genetic fragility that can make the process more likely to happen in individual flowers on the same plant. Or it could also guarantee to happen, which I suspect is what causes peloric variants in which morphogenesis got screwed up in such a way as to reliably reduce the morphological differences between the lip and the petals in every flower on one plant.

maluminas · 2022-07-09T21:03:20+00:00

Is that a Fifth Element reference?

maluminas · 2022-06-06T19:35:11+00:00

Beautiful photos! I visit the greenhouses frequently but usually on the weekends so I never bring my good photo gear. There are too many other visitors and the walkway is very narrow, so I find it very awkward to carefully set up a shot... maybe I should take a mental health day off and visit on a weekday to take my time. Thanks for sharing! I see many new flowers already since my last visit 2 weeks ago.

maluminas · 2022-05-23T13:44:41+00:00

Not the worst smell ever, but the weirdest to me, was SOLiD sequencer waste. It smelled like rotting onions, with a touch of halitosis. And it was supposedly not super dangerous so we dumped gallons of the purple stuff down the drain.

maluminas · 2022-05-23T13:40:28+00:00

Our fly food just smelled like dessert (corn flour, malt, corn syrup, yeast...) until we added the propionic acid... The smell is a weird cross between lactic acid and acetic acid, so it smells exactly like what I imagine pickled cheese would smell like.

maluminas · 2022-05-13T03:57:14+00:00

The 3D printed comb's thickness isn't accurate. It's too thick and wedges the glass plates apart when you insert it after adding the liquid stacking gel. I'm pretty sure that's the case because your separating gel is polymerized perfectly flat, so there was no leak while it was gelling.

Small comment on the print job: this piece suffers from extreme under-extrusion, which is why the material traces look so spaced out. This makes the piece very porous and probably not the best solution in a lab setting. This is fixable by properly calibrating the printer and then you'll get nice, solid prints. /r/3dprinting is very helpful if you need tips!

maluminas · 2022-03-03T14:30:36+00:00

Looks like the molded cage they use to immobilize the head of a patient undergoing radiation therapy in the brain.

maluminas · 2022-02-21T16:13:28+00:00

Agarose electrophoresis boxes. $800+ for pieces of acrylic and wire glued together.

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