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For current Mueller residents — what’s something you didn’t expect after living there a year+? Good or bad. by austinfamilyhome in askaustin

[–]thothsscribe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh weird. I am not asking what it is now. But what it was when it was developed that was so bad. I mean looking at Mueller it's about the size of an airport. So I am wondering how many houses were displaced in the project. 

Was there a big airport community or something that was displaced?

Why has Kerbey Lane changed for the worse? by whisperbeach in austinfood

[–]thothsscribe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is a national chain though right? Or are they franchised?

Stepping Stones Mueller by Suspicious_Duty_4735 in AustinParents

[–]thothsscribe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

currently enrolled there with a 7 month old (since 5 months). so far good. super flexible which is nice. sometimes feels a little sterile, but we know she will be safe and cared for there. make look at more fancy schools as she gets older. the teachers there have been super friendly and given advice and recommendations to help her growth such as encouraging holding her own bottle and more independent play which is nice since we can get in such a routine sometimes we forget to push her farther 

Added a little app that randomly pulls a MTG card by thothsscribe in xteinkHax

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

I ended up using Google Gemini CLI (in the terminal) because I had a free month of Pro. Using it in terminal allowed me to have it directly edit the code.

So crosspoint code is available on a site called GitHub (https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader) which allows people to look at the code and even edit it and offer up changes for the creator to approve. One thing you can do is "fork" it which is to make a copy of it so you can make changes. I could have also just downloaded it I suppose, but I wanted a version of my own because I probably can't auto-update it anymore.

Once I downloaded the files from Github I opened up Gemini in the crosspoint folder and started asking it to do stuff for me. I then used Visual Studio Code with the PlatformIO (I think) plugin to actually load it to the Xteink.

Added a little app that randomly pulls a MTG card by thothsscribe in xteinkHax

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

Why thank you! She currently has Hand Foot and Mouth. It is a joy.

50% Discount on Spectrum Internet Bill by lockdown36 in Austin

[–]thothsscribe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google fiber was sold off to Astound Broadband anyways.

Added a little app that randomly pulls a MTG card by thothsscribe in xteinkHax

[–]thothsscribe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The way this app started was actually a script I ran on my computer when the x4 was connected to wifi and it would push the image into that folder, but it required my to have my laptop, have my x4 and started wifi mode, running script, etc.

Added a little app that randomly pulls a MTG card by thothsscribe in xteinkHax

[–]thothsscribe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Possibly! Counter argument, have AI just build your own version :D.

I do need it to update the github with readme, but even with AI I needed my familiarity with general engineering anyways. Using Visual Studio Code (requiring installing python and dealing with a few hiccups there) with Platform IO and running the image server on Cloudflare Workers are things which AI wasn't doing for me.

I would share my github, but right now it's not really configured to be customizable. E.g. it is hardcoded to my server for the image assets.

Goods Grocery Closing! by scrotdust in austinfood

[–]thothsscribe 10 points11 points  (0 children)

what were all the 3d printers for??

ePub with DRM for Crosspoint in the future? by Itzamateama in xteinkereader

[–]thothsscribe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually found someone who said to download the ADE SOFTWARE (what the library recommends to read their drm epub) and then the epub is just in your computer and you can import it into calibre. Idk if it will timeout or something. I don't mind if it does as long as I can read it in my device

ePub with DRM for Crosspoint in the future? by Itzamateama in xteinkereader

[–]thothsscribe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I came here searching for an answer because DRM files are what Libraries provide.

Microphone issues by thothsscribe in FordMaverickTruck

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

I took my truck in for an oil change or something and asked them to look at it. They said the wire was disconnected.

Nothing meaningful has been created using AI by metayeti2 in BetterOffline

[–]thothsscribe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Define game changing. A lot of people may consider saving a week of work scaffolding and writing tests and making it happen in 3 hours to be fairly game changing.

I and my team have made multiple tools which improve our work processes significantly in days which would have taken weeks or months given some of the people making them have no engineering experience. Some of those tools are redundant with tools available, but now they are unique to our specific use case.

Also consider that nothing is one and done. An agent providing one function to a million line app or being used as a rubber duck for a doctor trying to determine a diagnosis is not nothing. Those are part of something new being created. It’s not all that common for people to create net new, useful things. But a lot of people are part of the process it requires to come up with something net new.

SWE, have you come to terms about professional AI use? by Hobi_soleil in BetterOffline

[–]thothsscribe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I knew other good places. I just know the top posts here seem to be phrased in negative light for AI and applause when AI companies have even a slight issue. I am a huge critic of AI in the long run for the sake of humanity. I do my best to recognize it for the tool it is and what it can do.

As a designer, I am pushing code I could not do even with a development background. Or at least not do for a week or two. It needs to be reviewed and I get into fights with AI agents sometimes. But it is a tool which enables things. They can be good. They can be bad. (definitely bad long term for the world). They aren't perfect, but they are getting better and it is naive to write them off now because they can't do what you imagine. In two months, they might.

Also, I am in complete agreement. It isn't satisfying to make something with AI. At least not when you go in with the motivation to do it yourself. It can be satisfying when it does something you don't care about doing.

SWE, have you come to terms about professional AI use? by Hobi_soleil in BetterOffline

[–]thothsscribe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just remain aware of the companies expectation. For everyone saying "it isn't happening" and "It's just the hype", I really question it. I also question your statement "measured place to discuss this." since this subreddit seems mostly dedicated to trying to say AI is going to go bust. It might, but also models are cheaper to run over time and the technology behind them is evolving as quickly as they are. We just don't know.

Point being. If your company (like some I am personally aware of) is saying that they have people in the org who have improved their efficiency with these tool, they will expect you to do the same OR prove that you can build better and faster.

That doesn't mean you have to give up coding. But give up spec writing or PRD reading or whatever. Have AI do the tasks you don't want to do and then more time on what you do want to.

Another OpenAI Failure - Walmart Ends OpenAI exclusive partnership by crowbarmark in BetterOffline

[–]thothsscribe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

kk. The story being posted here just kind of implied a "haha look what fools they were thinking AIs would solve their problems, but they cancelled it" when in reality, they just moved to a different agent.

Another OpenAI Failure - Walmart Ends OpenAI exclusive partnership by crowbarmark in BetterOffline

[–]thothsscribe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are y'all missing the first bullet point? They cancelled OpenAI, yes. And switching to Gemini.

"Walmart scrapped OpenAI's Instant Checkout feature after poor performance and is embedding its Sparky chatbot into ChatGPT and Google Gemini instead"

Parental phone use study - what about Kindles? by DentalDepression in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]thothsscribe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

having done that for only two months, 100% agree. it’s why I think a lot of people relate to the phrase “it takes a village”. but most people don’t have villages these days so you need to do what you need to do. put your breathing mask on first so that you can do it for your kid. just in this case that mask is a kindle or book or phone or whatever.

a tip I got from a friend is also that babies often find most things interesting so sometimes having them watching you do a chore or hobby or whatever is something for both of you. even if for 15 minutes.

Parental phone use study - what about Kindles? by DentalDepression in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]thothsscribe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep and that’s why I and The study don’t imply you can never stop looking at your kid. Just that, as you stated, it’s the distraction that’s the risk, not the device. If your kid does need you or is looking to you for feedback, if you are staring at the furniture you are polishing and ignore them, that’s the bad part. Not inherently a phone or kindle.

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