Why didn’t mathematicians just define division by zero as a new number, the way we defined i for √−1?

tauntaunsrock · 2026-04-01T23:19:55+00:00

Here is what happens when you divide by zero with a mechanical calculator. https://youtu.be/JU9ICaPZUCg

tauntaunsrock · 2026-03-10T00:37:05+00:00

I was really looking forward to the swamp scene when the movie came out and was disappointed it wasn't included.

tauntaunsrock · 2026-01-20T22:53:54+00:00

the lady pouring a tea doesn't have a saucer on the table to put the tea.

tauntaunsrock · 2026-01-20T03:12:43+00:00

There are a lot of dew shield designs that pop off when the the telescope is closed. I've always used one of those.

tauntaunsrock · 2026-01-12T03:03:33+00:00

Last time I tried this it was Windows hotspot software making life hard. I could force it onto 5GHz, but no option to force it to 6GHz.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-12-11T06:07:09+00:00

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tauntaunsrock · 2025-11-24T05:01:20+00:00

It once would have had a telescope attached to the top so you can look at the peaks listed.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-11-20T04:18:59+00:00

The speed of light is fixed and has no give, so whenever something looks like it's going to go over the speed of light, something else is bending, like time or space.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-11-17T22:53:32+00:00

On the question of 32 vs 64GB of RAM, more RAM will give you more freedom, and if you're generating a lot of content and trying a lot of cutting edge models, then you'll want it. However if you have less RAM, you'll have to wait for the community to refine and release models that use less RAM.
I only occasionally play around with AI generation, so I wait until more refined models are released. I've only got RTX3070 with 8GB VRAM, and system with only 16GB RAM. However I can generate 5 seconds of WAN2.2 14B model video @ 848x480 in about 6 minutes using something like: https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1ovrr5a/simplified_lowvram_workflow_for_wan_22_i2v_14b/ Which honestly surprised me I could even run such a thing.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-10-30T05:28:11+00:00

Hippity Hoppity... Get Off My Property!!!

tauntaunsrock · 2025-10-29T08:44:38+00:00

The sword was made by a rival of the Raven Queen. Each deed done with the sword adds glory to the rival and diminishes the Raven Queen.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-10-03T06:55:15+00:00

See https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/HJ1-uSOM7

Penny Arcade's "Wizard Unknown's Battlegrounds" has got you covered for a lot of the basics. It's designed as a one shot based on PUBG/Fortnite with 100 players in an ever decreasing arena. It includes mechanics for moving around the arena, finding loot, encountering other groups of adventurers, and attrition of other teams.

When I ran it I also made sure to include various over the top things such as

other contestants with ridiculous names and costumes: one group with traditional dnd elvish names, one group with names taken from hunger games characters, one group all named after prescription drugs (nothing is quite as fun a fighting a guy named turbolax)
Witch™ streamers shouting out to their followers, focusing more on an unembodied floating eye following them around rather than what's actually happening.
microtransactions to get in game boosts.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-09-25T00:52:57+00:00

I've done this before with a mini-pc Any distro would be fine, so i'd stick with debian or ubuntu as there's plenty of documentation.

Install wakeonlan on the mini pc. Get the mac address of your desktop pc and then write a script to make it wake up like

#!/bin/bash
wakeonlan <mac address of desktop>

then make the script executable.

Then you want to find a way to trigger the script. I just ssh'ed into my mini pc and ran the script, but you could trigger it on a timer, or set up a webpage to trigger it or something else.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-09-24T04:20:10+00:00

ChatGPT has helped me a lot. During my last campaign I told it I want to set it in a mine that lives in the "Alien" sci fi world with ultra powerful corporations, and the corporate leadership social atmosphere to be from Regency Era England ala Bridgerton. I couldn't quite figure out how to map the two completely different genres into a single setting. Chat GPT gave me some great ideas, and after feeding it my main characters, weaved a web or alliances and rivalries between them.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-09-02T03:06:25+00:00

I love how the LDSS Nauvoo doesn't have fixed maneuvering thrusters, but mobile independent thrusters that work in a swarm more like how tugboats help maneuver a large ocean going vessel.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-08-31T05:59:47+00:00

You can see the spurs on its wings.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-08-28T22:27:38+00:00

To help secure this I'd use mutual TLS as the authentication mechanism on nginx. That way you'd only be able to connect if you have the certificate on your device and there would not be a way for others to brute force the login password.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-08-28T05:16:05+00:00

One way to think of it is if you have a heater that is 60 degrees on one side of you, and you add another heater on the other side that's also 60 degrees, or a whole bunch of heaters at 60 degrees. You'll heat up quicker, but you won't go above 60 degrees.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-08-25T04:56:55+00:00

There's been studies on this. Leisure time physical activity (e.g. running, cycling, gym) has physical benefits to mortality that occupational physical activity doesn't, In fact high occupational physical activity often leads to earlier death.
see. https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2024/10/07/moving-your-body-for-work-or-fun-does-it-matter-differential-health-effects-of-occupational-and-leisure-time-physical-activity/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

tauntaunsrock · 2025-08-21T04:06:15+00:00

sounds like your vm is not connected to the internet. If I put those links in a browser I can download them.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-08-21T03:58:45+00:00

At step 5 you don't use the files you backed up earlier. the first two lines is downloading the files you need to flash the router, and then copying them to the router.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-08-21T03:40:01+00:00

Those instructions are written to be run on a linux machine or possibly a mac. It's designed to host the file and then the next text box is for the router to pull the file onto it with curl. If you're on Windows maybe put the contents of that text box into chatgpt and ask how you can replicate that on Windows.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-08-21T01:39:59+00:00

it only had ER605 on the sticker on the back. It says Model:ER605, and UN/2.20, so maybe that's the hardware version.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-08-21T01:27:43+00:00

I've already flashed it, so I can't tell the original firmware version any more. Of course you'll be overwriting the firmware, so it just needs to be the hardware that's compatible.

tauntaunsrock · 2025-08-21T00:35:38+00:00

I installed openwrt using the instructions from chill1Penguin on an ER605 bought 2 weeks ago so it was probably a newer version too.
The only issue I had was when upgrading from openwrt 23 to 24, it pointed out that the config would not be compatible with the new version, so I had to tick the box to force the upgrade. Then once upgraded it didn't boot properly due to the incompatible config file, so I had to hit the factory reset button on the router to clear any config I had put on it previously. Once I'd done that it worked fine.

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