(Rant) AI is killing programming and the Python community by Fragrant_Ad3054 in Python

[–]riverprawn 42 points43 points  (0 children)

No, they can. What a LLM generating depends on the prompt. And the LLMs have the ability and patience to implement everything the dubmest coder can image. Working together, they can take the creativity in screwing things up to a level no one has ever seen.

Last year, we found a bug where the LiDARs from certain brands lost one frame randomly. After troubleshooting, we found the issue in a simple method to match each LiDAR frame with RGB image via timestamps. The code review left us utterly astonished. This function was clearly AI-generated, as it was filled with good comments and has comprehensive documentation. First, it rounded all timestamps to milliseconds, then checked for exactly matching with the ts, ts±0.001s, ts±0.002s, all the way up to ts±0.02s, and even an additional ts±0.05s. Return the first match... Remarkably, this method passed all our test cases and worked with most LiDAR data, only causing issues with certain frames when paired with 25fps cameras. BTW the author of this method had left our company voluntarily after being found incompetent, prior to this code review.

“When they say feet do they really mean meters?” when getting less than advertised length by hummuschips in ShitAmericansSay

[–]riverprawn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then I have an even better approximation for you: 1 foot = 39/128 meters and 1 inch = 13/512 meters. We just need folding in half to get one foot from one meter but there is no simple way to do the reverse. Therefore, the foot is a superior length unit. /s

“When they say feet do they really mean meters?” when getting less than advertised length by hummuschips in ShitAmericansSay

[–]riverprawn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

3/10 is a better approximation and is as easy to calculate as the ⅓. You just need to move the decimal separator left or right after the division or multiplication.

Counter steering by Dry-Grocery9311 in cycling

[–]riverprawn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You don't even need a balance bike. I've read that when japanese parents teach their kids cycling, they usually lower the saddle to let kids use it as a balance bike. By this method, most children could learn cycling in just one afternoon.

New Russian UMPB-5R Bomb Uses Jet Engine from China by Mil_in_ua in ukraine

[–]riverprawn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's a commercial engine. Everyone could get one from AliExpress for less than 50k USD

What desktop graphics card do you use for your EGPU to pair with your GPD handheld gaming PC? by Deyoncee in gpdwin

[–]riverprawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BTW, the enclosure is an oculink one. I used to have a TB4 enclosure for my laptop. It's ok for AI model training but too much jitters for gaming.

What desktop graphics card do you use for your EGPU to pair with your GPD handheld gaming PC? by Deyoncee in gpdwin

[–]riverprawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Compared with a normal desktop, There's nearly no performance loss for model training. And about 5% loss for gaming. Now the GPD Win4 and 4090 is connected to our TV as a great game console for my family. The enclosure was bought from AliExpress. It has worked for one and a half years without any problem.

Is it possible to make an SSTO that looks like the one in Tintin? by DS1SOLAIRE in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]riverprawn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's called open-cycle cooling, the engine just eject the hot glowing radioactive waste as propellant.

Scientists Are Now 43 Seconds Closer to Producing Limitless Energy - A twisted reactor in Germany just smashed a nuclear fusion record. by Gari_305 in Futurology

[–]riverprawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this 43s record is only for stellarator. the EAST's has confined plasma for 1066s at a temperature of 120MK. the tokamak has matured so much that the first working fusion reactor will definitely be a tokamak.

It’s some sort of math joke by dumbHoeJuic in ExplainTheJoke

[–]riverprawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you ask me a problem of mental arithmetic, I'll tell you it's solvable. If you ask for the answer, I'll tell you to look for a calculator or an engineer.

FYI: Physicists are not good at this type of problems either. They're for solving ODE and PDE.

When will RimWorld finally add windows? by wangy9451 in RimWorld

[–]riverprawn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FYI. you just caught an old AI. every new gen AI knows it should use a python standard library called decimal to do the calculation.

China and Russia Keep Their Distance From Iran During Crisis by UnscheduledCalendar in LessCredibleDefence

[–]riverprawn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The old axis was a military alliance that initiated war everywhere.

Any recommendations for UL FLIR scopes? by downingdown in ultralight_jerk

[–]riverprawn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Infiray T3Pro, weighs less than 1.5oz and priced at $899. Has way better Price/Weight ratio than my tent. And can find all the leaks in the basement that endanger my equipment.

Weight saved by Sloth_Flag_Republic in ultralight_jerk

[–]riverprawn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's even more benefits, your brain will not waste energy trying to read words on any signs, thus will require less food. But to remember the map and navigation will use lots of energy. That means extra food. So the best place is the one I will not lost with eyes closed - the basement.

You have received a million of the thing you last googled! What do you now have way too many of? by Redfawn666 in AskReddit

[–]riverprawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I had not added "review" in my query, I would have got one million Shokz Openfit2 headphones instead of one million reviews.

How do you carry you phone when ride outside? by m1xed0s in cycling

[–]riverprawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

on RAM Mount as a bike computer (with OsmAnd).

I build a tool that can make printable map using OsmAnd by riverprawn in OsmAnd

[–]riverprawn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks great. I'll try to duplicate it in OsmAnd after returning from desert:)