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  1. Comment on Hundreds trying to storm Wisconsin beagle research facility met with rubber bullets and pepper spray in ~news

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    I initially read this as bagels and was very confused. /noise

    I initially read this as bagels and was very confused.

    /noise

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Stop New York's attack on 3D printing in ~society

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    Similar discussion as here.

    Similar discussion as here.

  4. Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech

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    Yeah, the Nix error messages are not great...

    Yeah, the Nix error messages are not great...

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Turning meshes into horrifying piecewise functions in ~comp

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    I usually don't post things I've written, but this was a fun project that I wanted to share! It's a bit of an odd adventure into how you might represent bounding surface representations via SDFs,...

    I usually don't post things I've written, but this was a fun project that I wanted to share! It's a bit of an odd adventure into how you might represent bounding surface representations via SDFs, specifically STLs.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I have been working on a tool that takes manifold surface meshes, and converts them into F-Reps with unit gradients, which can be parsed by Fidget. For a higher level description, I am taking 3D...

    I have been working on a tool that takes manifold surface meshes, and converts them into F-Reps with unit gradients, which can be parsed by Fidget. For a higher level description, I am taking 3D objects and turning them into pure mathematical equations. I found and fixed a bug in Fidget's JIT evaluator as a result of this; this was satisfying as it was tricky to find. The representation could be more efficient, right now each triangle is represented as a unit gradient function, which means that for manifold meshes each triangle edge is encoded in the result twice, and each vertex at least three times.

    Future work for this technique will involve using an oracle function that does raycasting to determine if an evaluation point is inside or outside the surface, and will allow for arbitrary remeshing of triangle soup with Manifold Dual Contouring (with the intent to rely on the Fidget or libfive implementation).

    5 votes

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  10. Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes

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    I think some people pull off blocking users via adblocking rules. There has been some discussion previously on this, but I don't have a link offhand.

    I think some people pull off blocking users via adblocking rules. There has been some discussion previously on this, but I don't have a link offhand.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on A.T.L.A.S: outperform Claude Sonnet with a 14B local model and RTX 5060 Ti in ~tech

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    Models this small do not have much general knowledge. They are usually better at semantic extraction or transformation.

    Models this small do not have much general knowledge. They are usually better at semantic extraction or transformation.

    6 votes

  12. Comment on Welcome to a multidimensional economic disaster - the AI boom wasn’t built for the polycrisis in ~tech

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    Interesting - I wonder if the Chinese AI companies will be impacted in the same way? If this crash does come to pass, it will significantly disadvantage the U.S. in that capability race.

    Interesting - I wonder if the Chinese AI companies will be impacted in the same way? If this crash does come to pass, it will significantly disadvantage the U.S. in that capability race.

    9 votes

  13. Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information in ~tech

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    Also the shrinking ratio of representation an individual in the United States has had since the Reapportionment Act of 1929, where the house was capped at 435 seats.

    It was supposed to be the voters holding their representatives accountable, but now the voters are unreliable because of all the misinformation, propaganda, and the manufactured apathy.

    Also the shrinking ratio of representation an individual in the United States has had since the Reapportionment Act of 1929, where the house was capped at 435 seats.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information in ~tech

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    There have been several bills proposing laws like this, see the previous discussion here. I see your point that it does not report to the government, but if it’s software mandated by the...

    There have been several bills proposing laws like this, see the previous discussion here. I see your point that it does not report to the government, but if it’s software mandated by the government to prevent an individual from performing an action after a search has been performed, I fail to see how that is still not an unwarranted search and enforcement as a result. I am not a lawyer, but I think the reason so many people feel so uncomfortable about these changes is because they are a hair from rights violations at a massive scale, and nobody seems to be framing them as such.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information in ~tech

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    I said it before in the thread about 3D printer monitoring software, and I’ll say it again here: This type of monitoring software is a fourth amendment violation, and should be challenged in court...

    I said it before in the thread about 3D printer monitoring software, and I’ll say it again here:

    The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

    This type of monitoring software is a fourth amendment violation, and should be challenged in court as unlawful, at least in the US. If there is software that detects (read: “searches”) information on a personal computer about a person or their digital files (read: “person, papers, or effects”), then provides it to the government, that should be unconstitutional.

    The California age verification law is a bit slippery, because the government isn’t actually the one requesting the information for age verification, but what does that mean? That government can’t make those requests to a machine without a warrant? At a minimum, if the situation escalates to require verification against a database, that should be considered an unwarranted search.

    18 votes

  16. Comment on Job hunting absolutely sucks right now in ~life

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    Depends on the project. I have certainly benefitted from my Klipper contributions in the past.

    Depends on the project. I have certainly benefitted from my Klipper contributions in the past.

    8 votes

  17. Comment on Dabao evaluation board for Baochip-1x - what it is, why I'm doing it now, and how it came about in ~comp

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    I’ve been watching this since the 39C3 talk - ordered a few boards when this went live several days ago!

    I’ve been watching this since the 39C3 talk - ordered a few boards when this went live several days ago!

    2 votes

  18. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    Why isn't this sort of monitoring software considered a constitutional rights violation under the fourth amendment? It took me a few minutes of thinking about it to realize, but I can't possibly...

    Why isn't this sort of monitoring software considered a constitutional rights violation under the fourth amendment? It took me a few minutes of thinking about it to realize, but I can't possibly see how this isn't unreasonable search. Also, preventing distribution of Klipper, Marlin, or RFF (all 3D printer control firmware) would be a first amendment violation due to "code as speech," so at least that wouldn't be able to be restricted in a future bill?

    2 votes

  19. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    Hobbyist 3D printers originated from the RepRap project, the goal of which was to enable full replication of a 3D printer with minimal "vitamins." That goal has sort of gone to the wayside, as...

    Hobbyist 3D printers originated from the RepRap project, the goal of which was to enable full replication of a 3D printer with minimal "vitamins." That goal has sort of gone to the wayside, as people tend to care about printing more than printers at this point, and the quality of the machine heavily correlates to frame rigidity and various things that are better solved with parts that are not plastic.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    I think you may be thinking of reloading, not manufacturing new?

    I think you may be thinking of reloading, not manufacturing new?

    4 votes