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Comment on Dox with Grok in ~tech
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
CrypticCuriosity629 LinkI adapted a screen accurate 3D model of Maarva's Funerary Stone from Andor that I made for a different purpose, into an anti-ICE Whistle and started printing them in bulk for my local area. Found...I adapted a screen accurate 3D model of Maarva's Funerary Stone from Andor that I made for a different purpose, into an anti-ICE Whistle and started printing them in bulk for my local area.
Found a good brick colored filament too for relatively cheap so I'll just be buying that for this project from here on out. Hoping to keep my printer busy.
Also did a mini whistle that looks like the Mockingjay pin from The Hunger Games. A bit more involved since for me it requires a manual filament change.
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Comment on Electricity use of AI coding agents in ~enviro
CrypticCuriosity629 (edited )Link ParentI was thinking of the holodeck more as a concept within the Star Trek universe moreso than literally how it's depicted in the show. But also Star Trek TNG and Voyager have gone into the issues of...I was thinking of the holodeck more as a concept within the Star Trek universe moreso than literally how it's depicted in the show.
But also Star Trek TNG and Voyager have gone into the issues of simulating real people, not just in day to day life but also real people they haven't met. TNG's episode "Booby Trap" goes into that when Geordi simulates Dr. Leah Brahms who was a designer of the Enterprise engines and ends up getting romantically involved with her. They depict this as very clearly unethical and this is re-enforced when in the next season Geordi meets the real Dr. Leah Brahms, who is horrified and disgusted to learn about the simulation.
And then there's all the Reginald Barclay stuff and his "holodiction." They very clearly depicted his use of the holodeck in this way as innapropriate and an abuse of privacy with the crew being depicted as extremely uncomfortable when they found out that Barclay was simulating them on the holodeck in exploitative ways.
And it's not even approached just once, then again in Voyager Barclay simulates the Voyager crew and once again they go into the ethical dilemmas of that and even show the politics of it when Barclay was almost kicked out of Starfleet in those episodes.
You could argue that because neither Geordi or Barclay faced permanent consequences of this either officially or from the crew and people they simulated, that Starfleet and that universe, or even the writers of Star Trek, didn't take it seriously. But to me that's just a suspension of disbelief I have to contend with because of the real world logistics and politics of creating a serialized show in the 90s when it comes to actors, contracts, and characters, while also trying to address these kinds of ethical questions in the show and writing. Also the kind of "reset" that each episode tends to have when it's serialized.
And my general headcannon is that holodecks do typically have safeguards preventing them from simulating real people, but they're as easy to disable as the safety measures. Or alternatively personal or "commercial" level holodecks normal people would have access to do have these safeguards and no ability to turn them off, but official Starfleet Holodecks have less restrictions due to them being on official Starfleet ships.
And even on top of all of that, Voyager had an episode where The Doctor, a holographic entity at this point, wrote a holonovel and there's a legal battle on the definition of art and if holograms have the right to own their creative work. Sure, the doctor at this point in the show is an actual intelligence and not just a simulated AI, but it still rhymes and touches upon some things we're currently going through with AI.
The main thing ALL of these things have in common in Star Trek is that all these simulations on the holodeck are created from mined data, historical data, and the personal logs and likelinesses of real people, yet as a concept the holodecks aren't generally hated by fans or even people familiar with Star Trek.
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Comment on Electricity use of AI coding agents in ~enviro
CrypticCuriosity629 (edited )Link ParentI mean, you're basically making my point for me. The worst parts of AI right now, the data harvesting, labor replacement, and stolen artwork, are all tied to the system it's being built under. If...I mean, you're basically making my point for me. The worst parts of AI right now, the data harvesting, labor replacement, and stolen artwork, are all tied to the system it's being built under.
If people weren't forced to tie their survival to jobs, and artists weren't forced to monetize every piece of artwork as income just to live, this would be a very different conversation. Even calling it "theft" depends on a capitalist view of art as property and livelihood. And when people criticize AI in those terms, they often end up reinforcing the same capitalist assumptions they say they oppose.
To use a fictional comparison, Star Trek’s holodeck works in a very similar way. The holodeck computer in Star Trek also generates things from records of existing people, harvested data, artwork, published stories, historical data, and reference material, but nobody treats that as some inherent moral crime or art theft, because it exists in a post-scarcity world.
And I'm not trying to defend AI as it exists right now, I'm just saying that in the moments a lot of people criticize AI they tend to accidentally validate capitalistic power structures. And that seems interesting/odd to me.
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Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental
CrypticCuriosity629 LinkSo I'm not sure if this counts, but I started out extremely poor, didn't even finish college, and I've had to pave my own trail as far as getting my career going with very little help. I'm also 35...So I'm not sure if this counts, but I started out extremely poor, didn't even finish college, and I've had to pave my own trail as far as getting my career going with very little help. I'm also 35 so the experience is relevant and not ancient boomer advice. lol
I also struggle with ADHD and I'm on the spectrum but with relatively low support needs.
Now with that being said, I'm not currently in a position of happiness, I've been dealing with burnout and depression recently, but I'm doing better than most others I know. I'm single but if I was dating someone who had a job and salary similar to mine, we'd both probably be in a much better financial situation.
But at the end of the day I was born in a small town in Texas to poor drug dealer parents, and worked my way into the entertainment industry, then into the commercial printing industry.
WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID:
My personal belief is that my next move if I want to further my class position, is that I need to become a business owner.
I'm consistently working alongside people 10-20 years older than me getting paid the same as me but are fine because they got their houses 20 years ago and their mortgages are less than my rent. I've looked into the salaries of managers and upper leadership positions, and even then it's not looking great for me as a renter. Better, but not great.
But what I have noticed is that people who own businesses, despite saying they're always hurting for money, always tend to be the ones buying homes and nice things. It's frustrating because I too have asked business owners for advice and they all unanimously say "Don't do it, it's not worth it." Frustrates the hell out of me because they say that as they're buying their second home while I'm a couple missed paychecks away from being evicted.
Anyways, I chock it up to them having an entirely different baseline and lack of understanding into my reality. Like they just can't comprehend it.
So as I said, my next step is probably to start my own business somehow and work from there. I have quite a few ideas, but I'm still trying to survive so it's a slow process. A few of them are very lucrative too, it'll just take a lot of work to get there.
And I'm not sure if any of that answers your questions but I hope it helps. Oh, and I AM NOT trying to make anything about me, my communication style is to share personal anecdotes to hopefully inspire ideas or lessons to help you in your journey, so not intending to use this platform to just talk about me.
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Comment on Electricity use of AI coding agents in ~enviro
CrypticCuriosity629 LinkInteresting read! For me it's interesting when I see people criticizing the electricity use of AI citing environmental concerns, while conveniently forgetting to criticize the fact that it's only...Interesting read!
For me it's interesting when I see people criticizing the electricity use of AI citing environmental concerns, while conveniently forgetting to criticize the fact that it's only an environmental concern because we're still reliant on fossil fuels and an outdated power grid that doesn't prioritize energy storage and energy sharing, at least here in America.
In fact, come to think of it, most popular criticisms of AI would be completely invalidated if you removed late stage capitalism from the equation.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentTrust me, I'm baffled and frustrated by that too. I've criticized Joe Biden for not using the power he had in office at the very LEAST to order that the armed forces and generals brush up on their...Trust me, I'm baffled and frustrated by that too.
I've criticized Joe Biden for not using the power he had in office at the very LEAST to order that the armed forces and generals brush up on their constitutional obligations of themselves and their troops so that if and when illegal orders were given they would know exactly what to do and what avenues to take.
Also to put resources into what the legal rights of employment federal workers had, so when they get emails or orders about their employment they weren't confused about what their rights were.
Most of the left wing cries from the rooftops that Biden couldn't do anything because the senate was controlled by republicans, but that only applies to bills. It doesn't apply to memos or executive orders, and I'm talking about the way they're supposed to be used, not Trump's use of them.
Anyways, Biden and his administration had 4 solid years to at least attempt to safeguard democracy and make it harder to dismantle, but instead focused on social stuff like college debt and a multitude of other things that almost immediately got torn down by Trump within his first 6 months in office.
I'm really bitter about that, and it's mind blowing that despite everyone's seeming inability to articulate how Joe Biden's 4 years protected us or did anything other than delay the inevitable, people still seem hesitant to criticize the left.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentI'm not trying to pressure you into watching Andor if you don't want to, but I did want to address some of the points you made because I get where you're coming from, but if if the only reason you...I'm not trying to pressure you into watching Andor if you don't want to, but I did want to address some of the points you made because I get where you're coming from, but if if the only reason you aren't interested in Andor is that it's related to Star Wars, then you're doing yourself a disservice.
I'm not even a huge fan of Star Wars myself, but Andor is probably the least "Star Wars" thing out of the entire Star Wars franchise. Andor is grounded in a way that very few other Star Wars content is. None of the "fantastical" elements of Star Wars comes into play in the show like The Force, Jedi, Vader, etc.
It plays out more like a conspiracy spy thriller, with a plot and setting that pulls from real life examples of fascism and authoritarianism to the point that it rhymes very heavily with the current state of the world. It sheds light on the darker side of rebellions and what is needed for rebellions to win, instead of painting them as fantastical good guys who do no wrong.
Tony Gilroy, the showrunner and writer of Andor, also did the Bourne movies, and is an avid history buff who incorporated a lot historical precedents into the story which is why it feels so grounded and why it rhymes with the current state of the world right now.
As far as Disney keeping it on their service, I wouldn't count on it the way things are going, at least in America. A lot of Andor seems to rhyme with what's going on in America right now, to the point that protests tend to borrow messaging from it, and I fear all it'll take is someone doing something stupid in the name of Andor and for the federal government to blame "political violence and unrest" on anti-establishment media like Andor for Disney to just cut it's losses and take it off.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentYesss. And the thing is, I really tried to separate the art from the artist while not contributing money. Like I even pirated Hogwarts Legacy. But her continued attacks and mindless hatred and her...Yesss.
And the thing is, I really tried to separate the art from the artist while not contributing money. Like I even pirated Hogwarts Legacy.
But her continued attacks and mindless hatred and her inability to just STFU seeped away all enjoyment I had for that franchise.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentYeah, as an American I'm with you on this, unfortunately my options are limited as far as who and what I support. I do try to leverage my skills and stuff to helping things that oppose the current...Yeah, as an American I'm with you on this, unfortunately my options are limited as far as who and what I support. I do try to leverage my skills and stuff to helping things that oppose the current administration.
Like I used to be a HUGE fan of the MCU and Iron Man, like Tony Stark/Iron Man/Marvel was formative to my development as a young adult and even for my career in the entertainment industry. And now I can't even watch those movies anymore. Like I have zero good feelings on any billionaire tech industry moguls, no good feelings around America or the government, and the entire Hydra thing hit way too close to home in reality, but reality just had more pedophiles.
And then it's frustrating to watch other people in this country fall so easily for propaganda. Not just the right, but the left too. Propaganda on the right is aimed to get them to coalesce together behind certain ideologies and candidates, while propaganda on the left is aimed at keeping the left fragmented and focused on single issues. And I'm powerless to do anything about it except for try to disrupt echo chambers when I can.
But even then it's becoming more and more apparent that left-wing leaders are controlled opposition at best and complicit in all this at worst. You've got left wing people like Gavin Newsom promoting 3D Printer bills that would work directly with the DOJ on a list of approved 3D Printers and report and send data to the DOJ to verify "gun parts", while turning around and calling the DOJ corrupt and fascist. Not to mention the OS-level age verification bill. Either they're controlled opposition, or they don't take words like "fascism" and "authoritarianism" seriously and just use words like that to pander to their voter base.
And for what it's worth, I do recognize and appreciate what your country and other countries have done as allies to the US, and I'm embarrassed to be considered an American at this point.
As an American, I'm so so so very tired.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (March 2026) in ~health.mental
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentYep, that's me! It's slowed down a bit. I made their menus, finalized their branding and provided all the branding artwork to them in various formats. Still waiting on estimates from my job on...I think you're the person that helped a small indigenous restaurant with branding, etc. If so, how is that going? Any good meals, leads or other stories come of it?
Yep, that's me!
It's slowed down a bit. I made their menus, finalized their branding and provided all the branding artwork to them in various formats. Still waiting on estimates from my job on some of the specialty signage.
I made a few guideline pages on taking food photos and photos with customers and stuff so they can send to me to use for their Social Media accounts, but they haven't really been following it or sending me anything, so I don't have much to post on their social media. But that's more on them than it is on me. I still try to post and share missing indigenous persons information and a few other things.
I think the next big step is getting their signage in order. So street and sidewalk signage, window signage, and their building sign. But as I said, still waiting on estimates for that.
But they're business has been picking up, they've been super busy recently, so that's great and I feel like I made a difference.
And I'm looking into non-profits that work with under-represented businesses. I think right now a dream job would be working with a non-profit organization on branding and design for businesses like this. It scratches multiple itches and is actually satisfying.
very interesting. I've spent so much time pondering these kinds of relationships but in my current life I'm trying very much to not think about it too much. Instead I'm trying to enjoy the ride while it lasts.
Yeah, I try not to think too hard about it either and enjoy it. The one thing I have to look out for is how much I'm spending money wise. I'm not in a manic spending frenzy mode, I still create a BOM for the projects alongside researching the absolute cheapest parts and working out budget, buuuut... it's still more than I spend on non-essentials than when I'm depressed with no projects.
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Comment on Motorola and GrapheneOS Foundation partnership announced in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentWell that's disappointing. It would be a no-brainer purchase for me if and when a fold phone supports GrapheneOS. Welp, back to looking at the Pixel Fold I guess.Well that's disappointing. It would be a no-brainer purchase for me if and when a fold phone supports GrapheneOS.
Welp, back to looking at the Pixel Fold I guess.
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Comment on Motorola and GrapheneOS Foundation partnership announced in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentChrist. I can't even imagine. Why do they even want ads at all? Reminds of Cyberpunk 2077 where most of the TV programs are just ads.Christ. I can't even imagine. Why do they even want ads at all?
Reminds of Cyberpunk 2077 where most of the TV programs are just ads.
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Comment on Motorola and GrapheneOS Foundation partnership announced in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 LinkThis is honestly great. I have a Samsung Galaxy Fold 5 that I love, was looking at a Pixel Fold specifically for GrapheneOS, and I just looked it up and Motorola has announced their own Fold...This is honestly great.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Fold 5 that I love, was looking at a Pixel Fold specifically for GrapheneOS, and I just looked it up and Motorola has announced their own Fold phone.
So I'm excited to look further into the Motorola fold.
Now apologies because my internet is having some connection issues right now at work, but does anyone know if their current line of phones will support GrapheneOS or is this for future phones? I'd like to know if I get one of their phones now I'll be able to install it, or if I need to wait for it to be supported.
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Comment on Motorola and GrapheneOS Foundation partnership announced in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 Link Parenthaha Forgive the lighthearted jab, but are you seriously asking if there's a market for a privacy and security focused OS in the current world of rising authoritarianism, rampant tracking, and...haha Forgive the lighthearted jab, but are you seriously asking if there's a market for a privacy and security focused OS in the current world of rising authoritarianism, rampant tracking, and dying online anonymity?
But to answer your question, probably both. Motorola needed an OS, and GrapheneOS needed a hardware partner.
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Comment on How do you remember? in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 LinkHahaha At first I thought this was more philosophical, was about to say "I don't know, I feel like I just remember everything all at once." In general my memory is great. I have what I can best...Hahaha At first I thought this was more philosophical, was about to say "I don't know, I feel like I just remember everything all at once."
In general my memory is great. I have what I can best describe as a holographic memory, I remember things in 3D and can go back and remember details very well. I have a pretty good situational and self awareness so I remember a lot of details.
But more about your question, I use Obsidian mainly to take notes. I use it more to structure and track my thoughts, I make a lot of lists and breakdowns of projects.
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Comment on Looking for vibe-coding guides (best practices, etc.) in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 LinkI've "vibe coded" some things, and it's nice to have a working foundation of how software and programming works, like how things connect, databases, UI, APIs, libraries, etc. This is important...I've "vibe coded" some things, and it's nice to have a working foundation of how software and programming works, like how things connect, databases, UI, APIs, libraries, etc.
This is important because you'll be able to call bullshit when something doesn't work properly or the AI is going off in the wrong direction, because it will if you're not careful.
So when thinking of something to vibe code, I tend to break it out into a roadmap. Personally I like getting a functional proof-of-concept working ASAP then fleshing out the features.
I tend to use it to make smaller helper programs for personal projects, so everything I use it for is minimal. Probably the most robust thing I've made is either the Python program that will scan bulks of video files for black frames then will list them in a UI and allows you to manually add/remove bookmarks, then export the files with those bookmarks(for injecting commercials into TV shows for my personal nostalgia IPTV re-creation of 90s channels), or the program at my last job that would scan exported job tickets for common mistakes and alert if anything's missing or needs editing, and used a local AI to write up the missing or incorrect information.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (March 2026) in ~health.mental
CrypticCuriosity629 LinkA bit better? I've finally managed to gain enough energy to clean my apartment. I'm not done but it's a lot better than it was. I started a bunch of different projects but I'm not sure if I feel...A bit better? I've finally managed to gain enough energy to clean my apartment. I'm not done but it's a lot better than it was.
I started a bunch of different projects but I'm not sure if I feel better from depression because I have projects to look forward to, or if I have projects to look forward to because I'm momentarily less depressed. Not sure which came first.
Work still isn't great though. Still having problems with executive functioning. Really want to look into switching up and getting into non-profit work where I can help small businesses with their design and branding and get paid for it.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
CrypticCuriosity629 LinkI have a few projects I'm working on. So I fried my Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro's 3D Printer MCU board by accidentally shorting the printhead fan connection, so I ordered a new one. I run a Raspberry Pi...I have a few projects I'm working on.
So I fried my Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro's 3D Printer MCU board by accidentally shorting the printhead fan connection, so I ordered a new one.
I run a Raspberry Pi with Klipper so I figured I might as well just internalize all the external components I have for the printer.
So I'm going to be embedding the Raspberry Pi 4 into the same cavity as the MCU, running a buck converver off the PSU to power the pi, running extensions and installing panel mount USBs, a Panel mount HDMI for if I ever need to manually enter the pi, as well as an extension/panel mount SD card slot for easy access. Also looking into installing a restart button to restart and/or power cycle the pi if needed.
ALSO sometime between when I got the printer and now, someone finally managed to get the stock Elegoo screen to work with Klipper, so I also bought a shielded coiled cable and also plan on integrating that with the Raspberry Pi as well.
I bought a modified Raspberry Pi 4+ board for this that has an external antenna port modified onto the board so I can run a far better Wifi Antenna to the top of my printer for a better connection.
At the end of the day I want the printer to be entirely plug and play. Just plug the printer in and connect to wifi and that's it.
Second, I had an old Elegoo NP3 printhead lying around, so I've decided to modify it with better fans and a better hotend and play around with it rather than have it collect dust.
Third, I've been doing some cleaning and found this Toybox Alpha 1 3D Printer I had in storage that an old coworker gave me because it didn't work around 4 years ago. I never could get it to work but kept it nonetheless. The board was proprietary so I couldn't manage to get it out of it's bricked state.
Well, turns out someone figured out you could replace the stock board with a BTT SKR Pico and a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, and get it to work with Klipper.
I had a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W lying around, but again I went and got a modified pi zero with external antenna connectors attached.
So that's another project I took up. The printer's tiny, but it'll be cool getting it set up to print small things.
I've been trying to brainstorm things I could do with it. I've been toying with an idea to create something where people can select from a list of pre-sliced models and print things, and set the printer up at a local business or something. Or take it to work and have it on my desk.
Or make a Borg Cube enclosure for it and make it look like a very tiny Borg Cube replication device or something. Or even give it a very clean Star Trek look with some blinking LEDs and make it look like a mini Replicator?
Or create an enclosure out of Replicator pieces from Stargate. idk.
Fourth, I bought some ESP32s and plan on doing some LED work and experimenting with connecting it to klipper to display print progress and filament color. Also bought them in case I decide to do any kind of LED modifications to the Toybox printer.
I had this cool LED stuff on the wall for the longest time, but it's controlled by a remote. I always thought it'd be cool to pull the filament color off of Spoolman and have the LEDs display the print progress. So the color will change depending on what's printing. Also other animations for heating up or paused, etc.
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Comment on Scary Movie (2026) | Official trailer in ~movies
CrypticCuriosity629 (edited )LinkHm. I'd been wondering why I was seeing so many clips from the original Scary Movies on Instagram making it seem funnier than it was recently. They were probably trying to drum up some Gen Z...Hm. I'd been wondering why I was seeing so many clips from the original Scary Movies on Instagram making it seem funnier than it was recently.
They were probably trying to drum up some Gen Z virality for this.
I mean I don't know what to think about this.
I feel like if they were going to make a new Scary Movie, they'd be satirizing more recent tropes of horror since the last Scary Movie as opposed to sticking with the Scream guy. I get it that M3gan and Sinners is in there, and I'm sure there are others, but if it were me making the decisions I'd be making fun of the "takes itself too seriously" genre of recent horror like Longlegs, Hereditary, It Follows, etc. but it doesn't seem like they're making many stabs at those.
Huh. Interesting.
I did this and it Id'd my alias I use instead of my real name. It got a lot of old information right but didn't have any clues as to my current information.
I then asked it what steps to take to obfuscate myself more and it told me what pages to take down or delete.
Considering the death of anonymity, I might as well delete some services I haven't used in years.