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Comment on Atlas: The Animated Movie in ~movies
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Comment on Apple announces iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone in ~tech
Gazook89 Link ParentI’m not sure that parent comment was suggesting that $2000 was lower than expected.I’m not sure that parent comment was suggesting that $2000 was lower than expected.
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Comment on You Can See Everything | Official teaser in ~movies
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Comment on OpenAI’s rogue agents were caught communicating via public wikis in ~tech
Gazook89 Link ParentThis is how I feel when I watch kids go from screeching to babbling to speaking. Who knows what is going on in those black boxes. Just got to have faith in its training I guess.This is how I feel when I watch kids go from screeching to babbling to speaking. Who knows what is going on in those black boxes. Just got to have faith in its training I guess.
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Comment on Adulting -- what advice or encouragement did you receive / wish you had received when you were just starting out moving out? in ~life
Gazook89 Link ParentYes. And small houses are not bad houses. They just keep being cheap. Need new siding? New flooring? New windows? All of those things will be a small fraction in cost (and time) as the same...Yes. And small houses are not bad houses. They just keep being cheap. Need new siding? New flooring? New windows? All of those things will be a small fraction in cost (and time) as the same projects on larger houses. Lawn maintenance is much easier and cheaper.
Go on a two week camping trip and learn how little you really need from a house.
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Comment on What made that wedding that you attended particularly memorable? in ~life
Gazook89 Link ParentThe last wedding I went to had a great DJ, and I realized that every prior wedding had only mediocre DJs. Just good mixing, actually read the room well, had a good lights setup, etc. Not as good...The last wedding I went to had a great DJ, and I realized that every prior wedding had only mediocre DJs. Just good mixing, actually read the room well, had a good lights setup, etc. Not as good as yours sounds, but still good.
Guests were asked for song picks along with their dinner choice on the RSVP, and those songs were incorporated into the set list.
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Comment on What made that wedding that you attended particularly memorable? in ~life
Gazook89 Link ParentYes, i appreciate weddings mostly for seeing old friends and talking. Any opportunity to sit somewhere a little quieter, comfortably, and chat with old friends over a drink is something I'll take.Yes, i appreciate weddings mostly for seeing old friends and talking. Any opportunity to sit somewhere a little quieter, comfortably, and chat with old friends over a drink is something I'll take.
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Comment on What made that wedding that you attended particularly memorable? in ~life
Gazook89 Link ParentThat's a great idea. And could be done at other kinds of parties too. Speaking of party favors (and another comment about centerpieces), I've been to a few weddings where the centerpieces are...That's a great idea. And could be done at other kinds of parties too.
Speaking of party favors (and another comment about centerpieces), I've been to a few weddings where the centerpieces are actual potted plants which guests can take home. One of them had centerpieces that were all cuttings of plants from their own garden, propagated months earlier.
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Comment on What made that wedding that you attended particularly memorable? in ~life
Gazook89 LinkI imagine that you are well past making a similar decision, but here is what my wife and I did (and our 9 year anniversary was yesterday*). We got married in the Boundary Waters (BWCA) in northern...I imagine that you are well past making a similar decision, but here is what my wife and I did (and our 9 year anniversary was yesterday*).
We got married in the Boundary Waters (BWCA) in northern minnesota, on a beach on a lake. BWCA only allows 4 canoes and 9 people in any group, only one group per site, and sites are always solo, a few around a lake. We had the trip planned with friends for a few months, and with a few more months left before we went we decided we would get married and that we would do it on the trip.
- We already had close friends committed to going.
- This would completely negate concerns about how many people, which people, etc. This was nice because we had some family we didn't necessarily want to come.
- It would be cheap and easy to plan.
I'm so glad we did it this way, and honestly it was never a hard decision. A few days before we left for the trip we had a professional photographer take wedding photos with us and my parents and grandma at a an outdoor location in the city. It was like $300-400, way cheaper than at a wedding and more fun. We wore our wedding clothes, and got great pictures.
Speaking of clothes, I wore a suit I already had and my wife bought a white bridesmaid dress for $100. Her ring was $300 or something, mine was $60 (was a returned but otherwise new ring).
For the 5 day canoe trip we told friends that we would pay for the BWCA permit, a baseline of food but nothing fancy, and they could bring better food if they wanted. We said no gifts, but someone bought us some nice camp chairs that we still use weekly. Everyone brought some food upgrades, including one guy who secretly hauled a yeti cooler in his duluth pack, filled with bacon wrapped beefsteaks, fresh fruit, veggies, butter, cream, cheese, etc. That guy ended up catching us a walleye dinner for our wedding night.
The actual wedding date was decided on the day-of since the weather was nice. It happened on a beach, with a friend officiating. The wine cooled in a natural cold water spring that came out of the woods, pooled on the beach, and emptied into the lake. The ceremony happened at sunset, we got some more photos of us canoeing around in our wedding attire, and then danced on the beach until it eventually rained.
We spent maybe $1500 on the trip, total. As a result of the amount of money we saved, we bought a house soon after, and honestly I just can't believe how much money is spent on a single day. Financial burden is at the root of so many relationship issues, it's insane to me that the first day of a marriage can be responsible for starting that stone rolling. My parents were relieved to not have to do any planning or having big expenses themselves. So many people I've told this story to say "man, we should have done that".
I totally understand it's not for everyone, but I do think people get tunnel vision about weddings and aren't looking at the day after.
Edit: I asked my wife how much the photos were and she says "are you telling people to not have a wedding again?". I'll come up with more ideas that actually answer your question later.
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Comment on What made that wedding that you attended particularly memorable? in ~life
Gazook89 Link Parentwarning: am not lutheran, though it's what probably most people around me are basically, instead of having to speak through a priest to talk to god, you can talk directly to god. Cut out the...warning: am not lutheran, though it's what probably most people around me are
basically, instead of having to speak through a priest to talk to god, you can talk directly to god. Cut out the middle man. This is different than catholicism, and it was a big change, and it didn't go well.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Gazook89 (edited )Link ParentCollider guy from elsewhere in the thread here. One thing that I tried to think about a lot was any potential for "harassment", in the sense that I want to avoid some of the perils of networking:...Collider guy from elsewhere in the thread here.
One thing that I tried to think about a lot was any potential for "harassment", in the sense that I want to avoid some of the perils of networking: cliques, ostracism, etc. The feeling that you are being left out. I'm skeptical that I thought of all the ways people can be mean to each other, but I'm hopeful that my app (and pretty much your app since it's so similar) is so simple in features that I don't have to worry about it. Is that something you were thinking about, too?
Do your friend requests have to be approved by the receiver?
One thing I wanted to avoid was handling any messaging directly in the app. I see you have it in yours. That felt like something I could leave to normal channels of communication, otherwise I'd have to worry about user to user interaction and the social problems that can come up, as well as additional technical debt. Did you consider leaving it out but decide that it was important enough to keep, or did it just feel natural to have it?
I like that your app has future scheduling. I considered it, but ultimately I wanted to keep it as simple as possible. Generally if I'm future planning I am not as bothered about reaching out directly to people to ask if they want to come. If I am scheduling 3 days in advance to go to the zoo, I don't necessarily want to say "anyone is invited" and then get 3 people inviting themselves along, bringing all of their concerns about timing and logistics into it. Future plans are usually more targeted, pre-meditated. Immediate plans, for right now or a few hours in advance, calls for more of a 'hail mary' announcement. There is no time for targeted planning, we are walking out the door now, show up if you want.
Do you see it differently, or given it a lot of thought? I only know how I operate, so it's great to see someone else's perspective.
EDIT: Also, you should try installing your app to your phone home screen. I just did it on my iphone, and the top navigation gets hidden behind the "notch". If you go down this PWA route, you can also add a graphic icon into the PWA manifest so it gets a nice icon when installed.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Gazook89 Link ParentThere is a group text of maybe 10 parents that has been the default for the summer. Some things that fall short: is limited to those 10 people, who are one cohort (preschool parents, and not all...There is a group text of maybe 10 parents that has been the default for the summer.
Some things that fall short:
- is limited to those 10 people, who are one cohort (preschool parents, and not all of them). I know LOTs of parents across different areas. I also know people in non-parent contexts.
- if someone wants to drop out of that text, they can’t do so inconspicuously. It tells everyone “John left the chat”.
- communication about plans can drown out everything else, even when only 3 people are getting together.
In my mind, my app is less “loud”…I’m not interjecting with my days plans to a hostage audience. I’m putting a pin on a bulletin board that others can see if they want.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Gazook89 Link ParentWow, i didn't read yours before posting. I made this at the start of the summer but when i shared with friends I hedged a lot, saying "maybe not totally finished, don't use it if you don't want"...Wow, i didn't read yours before posting. I made this at the start of the summer but when i shared with friends I hedged a lot, saying "maybe not totally finished, don't use it if you don't want" etc. So not a lot of uptake, and I regret that because all summer there has been this big group text of like 10 people, and only 3 of them are sending out invites etc. A lot of back and forth.
I kept thinking of the old "Check ins" on facebook. I'm not sure if that is still a thing or not, I haven't had facebook in 10 years.
But yeah, we have a lot of the same ideas. I'll sign up for yours and see what else is in there.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Gazook89 LinkI've just pushed some small updates to my very hobbyist progressive web app Collider. Originally it was "Bat Signal", then "Kid Collider", now just "Collider". My real life problem is this: I have...I've just pushed some small updates to my very hobbyist progressive web app Collider. Originally it was "Bat Signal", then "Kid Collider", now just "Collider".
My real life problem is this: I have a kid who wants to go to the park. They want friends to be there, too. I could spend 30 minutes texting various parents in the neighborhood to see if anyone is free and wants to come over, one at a time, wait for responses, haggling on details like arrival time or exact playground or whatever. Finally get something worked out, but now my kid is tired and ready to go home, etc.
What I really want: As i walk to playground I broadcast some signal to friends that "we are going to this park in 10 minutes" and then just go. If another parent is thinking they want to go to a park, too, they can look at this app and see "hey, someone else is going to this particular park, lets meet them there".
- If further communication is needed, use your normal texting/messaging app or just call.
- No push notifications, just notification badges on the app icon (Which can also be disabled).
- No scheduling: only one "signal" per user in a feed, only up to 24 hours in advance (which I might dial back to "current day").
- No info collection besides email/password. Locations can be saved, but locations don't need to have addresses or anything, it's freeform entry.
- All signals are deleted after the user set expiration time.
- Can be set up as a progressive web app, installed on your phone home screen.
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Comment on Anyone sold their 40k armies? How'd you feel about it? in ~games.tabletop
Gazook89 Link ParentI’ll just copy my response from another comment in this thread; I just have all my magic cards to a friend. He was the only one I would play with (or rather, him and his other friends). So if I’m...I’ll just copy my response from another comment in this thread;
I just have all my magic cards to a friend. He was the only one I would play with (or rather, him and his other friends). So if I’m playing, he is there, and he might as well have the cards and can pull them out if I need to borrow a deck. He’s not obligated to keep my decks as-is or at all, but he has made some improvements to them.
My cards weren’t any serious financial investment. Maybe $300 worth. I’d had many of them for, gosh, 25 years? So just giving them up wasn’t really a big loss for me, especially when measured against my desire to not have to tote them to wherever we were playing and my friends gratitude.
Maybe you can do similar, if not for all pieces but many.
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Comment on Anyone sold their 40k armies? How'd you feel about it? in ~games.tabletop
Gazook89 Link ParentI just have all my magic cards to a friend. He was the only one I would play with (or rather, him and his other friends). So if I’m playing, he is there, and he might as well have the cards and...I just have all my magic cards to a friend. He was the only one I would play with (or rather, him and his other friends). So if I’m playing, he is there, and he might as well have the cards and can pull them out if I need to borrow a deck. He’s not obligated to keep my decks as-is or at all, but he has made some improvements to them.
My cards weren’t any serious financial investment. Maybe $300 worth. I’d had many of them for, gosh, 25 years? So just giving them up wasn’t really a big loss for me, especially when measured against my desire to not have to tote them to wherever we were playing and my friends gratitude.
Maybe you can do similar, if not for all pieces but many.
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Comment on Ontos | Gameplay reveal trailer in ~games
Gazook89 LinkCould probably add horror.body to the tag list.Could probably add
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Comment on Humankind 2 | Announcement trailer in ~games
Gazook89 Link ParentYeah I didn’t see anything that really made me think it was AI, as noted in my original comment. I’m just surprised if it wasn’t due to the expense of it being otherwise— it’s not one of two...Yeah I didn’t see anything that really made me think it was AI, as noted in my original comment. I’m just surprised if it wasn’t due to the expense of it being otherwise— it’s not one of two thematic sets, it’s like 10 or something (not going back to count), and each for one a short clip.
My presumption would be that measuring costs, they’d just do AI. Especially since AI, until recently, was pretty much good for short clips and not good at keeping consistent characters (and so something like this video would be a good candidate). And AI video gen has become very good, especially when professionally managed— I don’t know if the typical “tells” would have to be present.
I’m not looking to witch-hunt, I honestly don’t care if it’s used or not. This was more like “I really wonder if it’s ai or not, because I’m not sure I can differentiate anymore”.
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Comment on Humankind 2 | Announcement trailer in ~games
Gazook89 LinkI’m wondering if those scenes are traditional CGI and costumes, or all AI generated. I’m not suggesting in saw anything that would indicate the latter, but since it’s obviously not in-game it just...I’m wondering if those scenes are traditional CGI and costumes, or all AI generated. I’m not suggesting in saw anything that would indicate the latter, but since it’s obviously not in-game it just seems like a lot for a dozen short clips if it’s CGI.
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Comment on Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003) in ~movies
Went in expecting a trailer. Got the whole movie. Will have to watch later though.