Omnicrola's recent activity
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Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages
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Comment on Nvidia announces liquid cooling system that promises to reduce electricity consumption and cut water use by up to 100% in ~tech
Omnicrola Link ParentThe design isn't particularly novel, however I suspect it's just the cost that prevented it before. Existing cooling was sufficient for data centers and the hardware they had. Upgrading massive...The design isn't particularly novel, however I suspect it's just the cost that prevented it before. Existing cooling was sufficient for data centers and the hardware they had. Upgrading massive swaths of racks to all-GPUs changes that cost equation about how much X$ investment is worth it to gain Y% in cooling efficiency.
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Comment on Nvidia announces liquid cooling system that promises to reduce electricity consumption and cut water use by up to 100% in ~tech
Omnicrola Link ParentI make this reference (without stopping to explain) IRL sometimes just to watch people's confused faces.I make this reference (without stopping to explain) IRL sometimes just to watch people's confused faces.
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Comment on Bevy 0.19 in ~comp
Omnicrola Link ParentI am! I've had an idea for a voxel based RTS kicking around for over a decade. I started a prototype in LWJGL but never got it to a playable state : https://github.com/Omnicrola/voxel-cascade So I...I am! I've had an idea for a voxel based RTS kicking around for over a decade. I started a prototype in LWJGL but never got it to a playable state : https://github.com/Omnicrola/voxel-cascade
So I decided to use that idea as a motivator to learn Rust as well as learn how best to use Claude in a large long-running project. It's been helpful to learn how to scaffold the AI and keep it focused, and where it's blind spots and limitations are. It took several steps to ensure it stopped relying on it's own training data for how Bevy works and instead always go check the current API in the crates. It also tends to get stuck thinking when trying to reason about geometry until it hits context collapse. I had to give it very explicit and redundant instructions to instead make a guess and show me the visual result and I'll tell it if it's correct or not.
Anyways, the game itself is a fairly standard Starcraft inspired 3-faction RTS where the defining feature is you can alter the terrain. So builders can build buildings, but also excavate and construct the terrain. Sufficiently powerful weapons will also destroy terrain. Specific units specialize in tunneling, and others have subterranean countermeasures.
So far I've got the terrain system working, as well as unit pathing and basic combat. Currently working on the basic UX for designating areas of the terrain for builder units to construct/deconstruct without the player having to select voxels 1 by 1.
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Comment on Nobody clicks your share buttons in ~tech
Omnicrola LinkFurther evidence, is that I constantly gripe at friends who share links that have tracking URL bits on them. The average user is savvy enough to just copy-paste a URL, but the technobabble that...Further evidence, is that I constantly gripe at friends who share links that have tracking URL bits on them. The average user is savvy enough to just copy-paste a URL, but the technobabble that are tracking URL params is indecipherable to them, and they just leave them.
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Comment on Bevy 0.19 in ~comp
Omnicrola LinkSome real solid improvements to the engine in this update, can't wait to try some of them out. @hungariantoast are you working on something using Bevy, or are you just following it's development?Some real solid improvements to the engine in this update, can't wait to try some of them out. @hungariantoast are you working on something using Bevy, or are you just following it's development?
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Comment on The founder of Craigslist has given away half a billion dollars. He fears for an America where generosity is trolled. in ~tech
Omnicrola Link ParentFor the Emperor! (Warhammer 40k reference)For the Emperor!
(Warhammer 40k reference)
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Comment on Don’t call it a sequel. Or a reboot. Or a remake. Why certain words trigger Hollywood. in ~movies
Omnicrola Link ParentAgreed. My go to rebuttal to the "sequels/remakes are so uninspired" bit is : Shakespeare. We have collectively been re-imagining, re-booting, re-casting, and re-interpreting those plays for over...Agreed. My go to rebuttal to the "sequels/remakes are so uninspired" bit is : Shakespeare. We have collectively been re-imagining, re-booting, re-casting, and re-interpreting those plays for over 400 years, and people still go to see them. Are all of them good? Not by any stretch of the imagination. Some of them are absolute trash. Others are so bad but still so good because everyone in the local community theater is still clearly just having fun. And that's a good thing. Getting to put a personal spin on something you love is one of the ways we get amazing art.
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Comment on Fox is buying Roku in $22 billion deal in ~tv
Omnicrola Link ParentI find this infuriating, and is also a key reason why I'm happy to pay for a dedicated device. I don't even own any other Apple devices, but the frictionless setup that I experienced setting up a...which recently started showing popups while I'm viewing content
I find this infuriating, and is also a key reason why I'm happy to pay for a dedicated device. I don't even own any other Apple devices, but the frictionless setup that I experienced setting up a few years ago made it click why so many people go all-in on that ecosystem.
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Comment on Fox is buying Roku in $22 billion deal in ~tv
Omnicrola Link ParentAnother +1 for the AppleTV box. I don't even watch a lot of their shows (but there's some really good ones) I'm watching Netflix, HBO, and Plex. But the UI is so snappy and fluid compared to any...Another +1 for the AppleTV box. I don't even watch a lot of their shows (but there's some really good ones) I'm watching Netflix, HBO, and Plex. But the UI is so snappy and fluid compared to any built in TV app system. It's physically painful to try and use the one in three Samsung TV now.
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Comment on Why young men sound "less manly" in ~humanities.languages
Omnicrola Link ParentI like the style, personally. The whole video was a good watch/listen, my only note is i wish he had given a few side by side examples to illustrate how the pronunciation has shifted. Though...I like the style, personally. The whole video was a good watch/listen, my only note is i wish he had given a few side by side examples to illustrate how the pronunciation has shifted. Though without them, it won't date the video, the same breakdown will be just as true no matter when someone watches it.
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Comment on Friday Facts #442 - Flip, flow, and fresh paint in ~games
Omnicrola Link ParentOh, in their announcement post they showcase the models vision and long term planning capabilities by showing it playing a variety of games. The blog only directly talks about Pokémon and Slay the...Oh, in their announcement post they showcase the models vision and long term planning capabilities by showing it playing a variety of games. The blog only directly talks about Pokémon and Slay the Spire, but there are a few other videos of it playing other games (it's about 1/3 the way down).
Coworkers who hadn't heard of any of the games except maybe Pokémon didn't know why this was impressive or interesting.
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5
Direct YT link to Factorio play:
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Comment on Friday Facts #442 - Flip, flow, and fresh paint in ~games
Omnicrola Link ParentThe recent Fable announcement from Anthropic gave me reason to explain to coworkers what Factorio was, and it was all I could do to restrain myself from firing it back up that evening. I have too...The recent Fable announcement from Anthropic gave me reason to explain to coworkers what Factorio was, and it was all I could do to restrain myself from firing it back up that evening. I have too many other things to do this summer!
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Comment on The "go fix a minor annoyance" togetherness topic in ~life
Omnicrola Link ParentWell I for one really want to know what the costume is now!Well I for one really want to know what the costume is now!
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Comment on Halo: Campaign Evolved | Cinematic story trailer in ~games
Omnicrola LinkI wasn't raised in a console house, I've been PC since I could walk. I preordered Halo in 1999 before Bungie was bought by M$ and became their XBox flagship IP. The theme music gave me nostalgia...I wasn't raised in a console house, I've been PC since I could walk. I preordered Halo in 1999 before Bungie was bought by M$ and became their XBox flagship IP. The theme music gave me nostalgia goosebumps. So glad it's also coming to Steam, I will absolutely grab it.
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Omnicrola Link ParentI think my initial point was that I completely understand how a single person could make this mistake. But GoG isn't a single person or even a small team, they're a company with a marketing...I think my initial point was that I completely understand how a single person could make this mistake. But GoG isn't a single person or even a small team, they're a company with a marketing department. There is at least one person who's literal job is to be aware of and look for exactly this kind of thing and correct it before it ever escapes to the public. And if there isn't, that's in and of itself a significant mistake.
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Omnicrola Link ParentAs in, why do we still have nazis still keeping this nonsense active? That's certainly bad.As in, why do we still have nazis still keeping this nonsense active? That's certainly bad.
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Omnicrola LinkDevil's advocate: if you had shown me that subject line without further context, I would not have been able to tell you it was problematic. Even after reading the article, I can see the...Devil's advocate: if you had shown me that subject line without further context, I would not have been able to tell you it was problematic. Even after reading the article, I can see the association of the last 2 symbols with the SS but the first two mean literally nothing to me.
Given the rest of the conversation about how they specifically didn't sent it to German recipients though, this is pretty inexcusable.
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Comment on When AI builds itself — progress toward recursive self-improvement and its implications in ~tech
Omnicrola Link ParentI used to work at a place that practiced paired programming rigorously. It was (and is) part of their core ethos. I've really been wondering lately how they've been adapting and what they've...I used to work at a place that practiced paired programming rigorously. It was (and is) part of their core ethos. I've really been wondering lately how they've been adapting and what they've figured out about working collaboratively with an AI.
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Comment on When AI builds itself — progress toward recursive self-improvement and its implications in ~tech
Omnicrola LinkA quote from near the end of the article captures a feeling I've been beginning to feel lately. I think others are feeling it much more acutely. It describes personal existential crisis, which the...A quote from near the end of the article captures a feeling I've been beginning to feel lately. I think others are feeling it much more acutely.
Work (and life) ran on a gift economy of small favors between humans. ‘Can you help me get this script running?’ [...] each one created a little debt, a little mutual awareness. [Claude is] faster, it creates zero debt, but each of these is a lost bid for human collaboration.”
On days where everything works well, I can’t help but think nothing I do matters, everything is automated and better and faster than I ever will be. But then there are days where everything breaks and I don't understand why and I realize I have no idea what I’ve been up to anymore.”
It describes personal existential crisis, which the article itself doesn't really get into at all. Instead the article is entirely focused on potential societal and species level problems. Digging into those personal disruptions and how people are reacting I think would reveal far more about how the next several years are going to go than pontificating about how companies are going to 10x and then 100x their "productivity".
Get out.