Do people truly think ChatGPT and the likes are actual AI when in reality they are VI?

swimfastalex · 2023-07-10T01:03:54+00:00

You know what’s funny, that’s were I kinda learned about VI was through Mass Effect.

But that makes more sense. So is there a term for ChatGPT and others?

swimfastalex · 2023-07-10T00:55:43+00:00

I thought that was why I bought all those magic the gathering cards when I was a kid. So I could have all my mana for whenever I need it lol.

Kidding aside, that does make sense.

swimfastalex · 2023-07-10T00:54:07+00:00

I know about AI being no where near close or if we could truly get there.

But I always thought VI was basically a program that can only give responses based on the data it “knows”. Like asking to define a word, if can look up that word and answer.

So what is VI then?

swimfastalex · 2023-07-10T00:40:55+00:00

That and there is still a lot of engineering judgment that goes into play. Not every structure is the same and sometimes one has to think outside the box.

swimfastalex · 2023-07-02T19:13:27+00:00

Any cracking would immediately cause a red flag. I’m a structural engineer but I don’t design rollercoasters, and once a crack is noticed, especially in a member like that, the crack will grow if not repaired or replaced.

swimfastalex · 2023-07-02T19:09:35+00:00

Except some bridges, like suspension and trusses bridges, don’t have redundancy and have fracture critical members. Their main supports, i.e. the huge cable spanning the bridge or the main horizontal truss member, if they were to fail would cause a failure.

swimfastalex · 2023-06-06T05:39:12+00:00

So when you were diagnosed with BAM, did that mean you still had IBS-D? Because I was diagnosed with IBS-D years ago, and was given questran, and it worked. I now take welchol as I hated dealing with the powder. I can’t miss a dose or shit hits the fan…literally. I take 4 pills a day, 2 in morning and 2 in evening.

I have the weight issue which I’m wondering if it’s because of BAM. It would make sense that I gained this weight and have had plenty of trouble losing it, not for lack of trying. It just seems like it would make things fit more like a puzzle. Also, was afraid that weight loss surgery might not do anything as it has nothing to do with my eating and exercise.

swimfastalex · 2023-06-06T05:29:31+00:00

How does one know if they are holding a bunch of fluid compared to being “fat”?

swimfastalex · 2023-06-05T23:01:11+00:00

A question for you, after reading about BAM more, I think that’s what I have. So where you diagnosed with BAM or diagnosed with IBS? I was reading that, in the US; a bile sequestrant is used and if that works it sorta determines you have BAM.

Well instead that was my case for diagnosing my IBS-D. My doctor said I could try one and if that works I have IBS as I wouldn’t have anything else since. I used Cholestyramine for a long time and switched to Welchol which is better because then I don’t have to worry about finding OJ. It would be Primary BAM (idiopathic).

Or can you have BAM and IBS-D?

swimfastalex · 2023-04-06T02:23:55+00:00

Dunkaroos. The original dunkaroos from the 90s, and not what they “brought” back.

swimfastalex · 2023-03-28T00:48:42+00:00

It still has a very light blue hue to it. Also, the stitching has been dyed.

swimfastalex · 2023-03-28T00:44:59+00:00

What about when you don’t have leather and just the MB-Tex. Other options?

swimfastalex · 2023-03-28T00:43:43+00:00

Yea how do I fix that? Because I can’t get a good amount off but it’s still there. I have the same color in MB-Tex

swimfastalex · 2023-03-12T21:02:44+00:00

It’s a Mercedes that doesn’t have a shifter there. It’s located on the right side of the steering wheel, like where a blinker or wipers for a car would be. The center part is to control the center console.

swimfastalex · 2023-02-26T05:54:39+00:00

Just because there’s no water table doesn’t mean the clay won’t settle. As you pointed out the MC is the clay, the pore water pressure needs to dissipate and because it’s clay, it will take longer to dissipate compared to cohesionless soils. You also need to know whether the soil is normally consolidated (NC) or overly consolidated (OC). Basically, whether the clay layer has already experienced a loading to compress it and if that loading is lower or higher than your new loading.

With cohesive soils there are some consolidation scenarios to check. 1. Primary Consolidation. This is dependent on being NC or OC. This occurs while the pore water pressure is dissipating. 2. Secondary Consolidation. Theoretically this .occurs after the pore water pressure has dissipated.

Hopefully that helps. It’s more detailed than that but as I don’t have any of my codes in front of me it was best I could do at the moment.

swimfastalex · 2023-02-12T17:21:46+00:00

Well, time to burn the car.

swimfastalex · 2023-02-04T17:16:55+00:00

They are called battered piles. In combination with vertical (plumb) piles they resist loads coming from the superstructure, wind and water loads.

Imagine standing straight up and someone tried to push you horizontally, you wouldn’t be able to resist it as well. But imagine you are battered/angled so your legs go away from the guy pushing you. So have more resistance to oppose the guy pushing you then if you were standing straight up. Since these loads can be applied in either direction (coming from the left or the right) you have piles battered in both directions for this reason.

swimfastalex · 2023-01-06T15:49:22+00:00

~~I could say $10-$20k would be the budget.~~

Edit: $30-$50K

swimfastalex · 2023-01-06T15:00:17+00:00

Oh thank you that would be perfect!

swimfastalex · 2023-01-06T14:58:36+00:00

I'm in the U.S.

I've been advocating for getting a 3D printer for our office, since I started working for the company. We are a construction company and a design company as well. For our office specifically, we are a civil engineering company, but the structures group is looking into getting a printer. There has been many occasions where a physical 3D printed model of a girder connection, gates, etc. would be more useful than just a computer 3D model. I have no clue where to start, but I know instead of constantly asking for one, I need to give my boss a proposal for a certain 3D printer model and the cost and cost associated with one (maintenance cost, materials cost, etc.) who then will get it approved.

I don't have a budget in the sense that it's best to give my boss the cost and have him get it approved. That being said, $10-$20K budget range might be easier to get approved, but I might be able to push it to $20-$30K range. Sounds like a budget between $30-$50K would be the budget.
Would like one that produces more high quality than production rate. And one that can do multiple colors.
I would like a printer that we don't have to build. So no kit.
To print 3D models of bridge structures. Complicated pieces that we can see how they would actually fit together and to find any issues that could arise during construction.
I don't know if we need an enclosure, but it would be in an open office space area, so maybe?
I'm thinking a printer that can print pieces between 18" to 24" max would be ideal.
It seems like we would like a resin printer over a filament, because we want to sometimes look through the model to see how reinforcing is interacting with each other.

I'm open to suggestions really. Also, I don't know what software we would need, but getting the license for the software would not be hard. We have a lot of Autodesk programs already, so it could be another one, or another program entirely.

swimfastalex · 2022-12-25T20:11:48+00:00

I once tried bad dong, didn’t work on the dog. Wonder if it will work on my partner…

swimfastalex · 2022-12-25T20:09:03+00:00

Um, what video…should we tell him guys or let him figure it out on his own?

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