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  1. Comment on 3D printing - A beginner's observations and some practical applications in ~creative

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    Probably deeper than anyone else here - I’m a FOSS dev and do a lot of printing stuff. The highest profile thing I’ve done is add a Duet3D board to Klipper, but have been making contributions to...
    1. Probably deeper than anyone else here - I’m a FOSS dev and do a lot of printing stuff. The highest profile thing I’ve done is add a Duet3D board to Klipper, but have been making contributions to projects as far back as the Mendel90 code (I remember doing something to improve the OpenSCAD polyhole code). The best thing you can do with a printer is learn some CAD.
    2. Nothing specific comes to mind, but check out the stuff henryseg makes.
    3. I need to hang a wok with a lid, but I’ve been too busy to design something…
    3 votes

  2. Comment on Does anyone have experience or advice on cutting sugar consumption? in ~health

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    Like others have said, get rid of liquid sugars; no juice, soda, milk, etc. You can replace it with water, unadulterated coffee, or unsweetened tea. These all have hardly any calories, and a bit...

    Like others have said, get rid of liquid sugars; no juice, soda, milk, etc. You can replace it with water, unadulterated coffee, or unsweetened tea. These all have hardly any calories, and a bit of caffeine helps stave off hunger.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Webcomics recommendations in ~comics

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    Unfortunately the only thing I have to recommend is the exact opposite of what you asked for: a series that has ended and is quite long. I’m only recommending it because I appreciate the story and...

    Unfortunately the only thing I have to recommend is the exact opposite of what you asked for: a series that has ended and is quite long. I’m only recommending it because I appreciate the story and the art, and don’t have a chance to share it often: Stand Still Stay Silent

    It gets pretty dark.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Webcomics recommendations in ~comics

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    Northerner is something I think about regularly, and it’s many years old. More recently, Aftertaste was good. Unfortunate that the apprentice doesn’t seem to be coming back…

    Northerner is something I think about regularly, and it’s many years old. More recently, Aftertaste was good. Unfortunate that the apprentice doesn’t seem to be coming back…

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Hundreds paid to be ‘robbed’ by phony holdup crews to gain favorable immigration status, feds say in ~life

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    Real life speedrun tactic. /noise

    Real life speedrun tactic.

    /noise

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Computer scientists invent an efficient new way to count in ~comp

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    This sort of estimate is used all the time for things such as inexact number of rows in a database table - I think PostgreSQL is an example. Not exactly the same problem, but certainly close....

    This sort of estimate is used all the time for things such as inexact number of rows in a database table - I think PostgreSQL is an example. Not exactly the same problem, but certainly close.

    Edit: Another example is HyperLogLog for this type of probabilistic counting.

    8 votes

  7. Comment on What are your go to fast but tasty meals? Is there prep you do on weekends to make meals faster? in ~food

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    Recently started cooking with a wok, and discovered the grocery down the street stocks pea shoots daily… so that. If we don’t count prep work, short rib ragu and various other pasta bases live in...

    Recently started cooking with a wok, and discovered the grocery down the street stocks pea shoots daily… so that.

    If we don’t count prep work, short rib ragu and various other pasta bases live in my freezer. Extremely quick to cook a pasta dish if you have the prep done.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on Restaurant advice Astoria, Queens, NYC in ~travel

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    @mattw2121, check out Angel for Indian, one of the best in the city IMO.

    @mattw2121, check out Angel for Indian, one of the best in the city IMO.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of Canadian college students in ~tech

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    I do appreciate how explicit the software engineer that named that app was - this whole thing would probably have gone unnoticed with minor amounts of obfuscation.

    I do appreciate how explicit the software engineer that named that app was - this whole thing would probably have gone unnoticed with minor amounts of obfuscation.

    46 votes

  10. Comment on Downtime due to sign up spam in ~tech

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    Building on this thought, there are now other proof of work schemes in use that are memory bound - I wonder if perhaps the underlying idea of requiring proof from the user is more valuable here,...

    Building on this thought, there are now other proof of work schemes in use that are memory bound - I wonder if perhaps the underlying idea of requiring proof from the user is more valuable here, and something with a better compute/memory tradeoff could be used instead?

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Downtime due to sign up spam in ~tech

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    For added context, this is more or less how blockchains work - to add a block you have to do something like the above (edit: got beaten to the punch by @teaearlgraycold). I thought this was a much...

    For added context, this is more or less how blockchains work - to add a block you have to do something like the above (edit: got beaten to the punch by @teaearlgraycold). I thought this was a much more useful and clever place to utilize the scheme than cryptocurrency though.

    Another interesting bit is that it does open the server up to another type of spam, if there is no back-off or rate limiting enabled. A malicious actor could send the server nonsense (userdata, nonce) pairs and incur higher computation costs for the server. At the same time, it serves as an excellent validation tool against spam by putting a burden of proof on the end user.

    6 votes

  12. Comment on Downtime due to sign up spam in ~tech

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    This is a really clever approach to introduce a bottleneck to this signup system, and want to share the idea here.

    This is a really clever approach to introduce a bottleneck to this signup system, and want to share the idea here.

    8 votes

  14. Comment on The old games that still hold up incredibly well in ~games

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    Heroes of Might and Magic 3 holds up today, it’s still a lot of fun to play.

    Heroes of Might and Magic 3 holds up today, it’s still a lot of fun to play.

    9 votes

  15. Comment on Q* - Clues to the puzzle? in ~tech

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    This is a really interesting proposal, and enlightening because I hadn’t heard about many of the developments in this video.

    This is a really interesting proposal, and enlightening because I hadn’t heard about many of the developments in this video.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on Going to Thanksgiving for the first time ever! What do I need to know? in ~talk

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    It’s mostly just a reason for people to cook and drink together. Don’t worry about it much and have a good time with your friends. Flowers and wine are fine (you know your friends better than any...

    It’s mostly just a reason for people to cook and drink together. Don’t worry about it much and have a good time with your friends. Flowers and wine are fine (you know your friends better than any of us), just ask if they need you to bring any food if a lot of people are coming.

    14 votes

  17. Comment on Do you have or know of fun domain names? Do you think it's worth having them? in ~tech

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    The best I’ve ever found and considered paying the premium for was i-f.art. I also own my last name under .com, .org, and .net TLDs.

    The best I’ve ever found and considered paying the premium for was i-f.art.

    I also own my last name under .com, .org, and .net TLDs.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on WeWork files for bankruptcy in the US in ~finance

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    I had someone from another team at a seat next to me in my office ask me to speak quieter recently, while they were on a call in the middle of an agile office space and I was conversing with my...

    I had someone from another team at a seat next to me in my office ask me to speak quieter recently, while they were on a call in the middle of an agile office space and I was conversing with my teammates seated behind and next to me about a technical issue. There was multiple rooms available they could have taken this call at, and I was speaking at a normal volume. Hybrid combined with agile office arrangements are my personal hell; how did we get here?

    13 votes

  19. Comment on WeWork files for bankruptcy in the US in ~finance

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    It is an immense waste of my time and money. It’s supported by businesses because they don’t want the value of their office real estate dropping. It’s supported by cities because these dense...

    It is an immense waste of my time and money. It’s supported by businesses because they don’t want the value of their office real estate dropping. It’s supported by cities because these dense office areas produce lots of revenue from commuters, and rather than solving the problem of how to make other areas of the city generate revenue (like how dense, walkable office areas tend to do it) now that the number of commuters has declined they are instead encouraging returning to the model from before covid, even as obviously detrimental as it is to individuals from a time and cost perspective. My team at work is split between different countries and time zones - returning to office has only made communication worse, because items get spoken about in person between certain groups rather than communicated to the team as a whole. And finally, on principle, I don’t like being treated as if I’m in a college general education course that’s taking attendance.

    13 votes

  20. Comment on WeWork files for bankruptcy in the US in ~finance

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    The company I work for rents office space from them, I hope this unfolds I’m a way such that I will get to work from home again for some period, and not this hybrid nonsense.

    The company I work for rents office space from them, I hope this unfolds I’m a way such that I will get to work from home again for some period, and not this hybrid nonsense.

    18 votes