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  1. Comment on Zoo CAD engine overview in ~engineering

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    Has anyone tried this software for CAD design by now? I’m gonna give it a shot I think, since onshape is really expensive. Fusion360 is another choice of course, but I’m not 100% convinced after...

    Has anyone tried this software for CAD design by now? I’m gonna give it a shot I think, since onshape is really expensive.

    Fusion360 is another choice of course, but I’m not 100% convinced after trying it for a bit.

    1 vote
  2. Comment on Website is unhappy in ~tildes

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    🧿just putting this here for protection

    🧿just putting this here for protection

    6 votes
  3. Comment on Actually useful MCPs in ~comp

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    One thing I use often is https://github.com/BeehiveInnovations/pal-mcp-server It’s nice to let Claude ask Gemini for a second opinion during plan mode, or when I’m translating my tool into a...

    One thing I use often is https://github.com/BeehiveInnovations/pal-mcp-server

    It’s nice to let Claude ask Gemini for a second opinion during plan mode, or when I’m translating my tool into a language I don’t speak

    3 votes
  4. Comment on I built a space simulation that runs in the browser and it feels good enough to share it now in ~space

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    It took a while, but I have added stellar evolution. It's pretty wild to see. Still thinking about the direction I want to go with this tool. I think education is the best bet, since there's...

    It took a while, but I have added stellar evolution. It's pretty wild to see.

    Still thinking about the direction I want to go with this tool. I think education is the best bet, since there's already universe sandbox for gaming

    1 vote
  5. Comment on Tildes Survey #5: Pineapple on pizza? (Results) in ~talk

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    I genuinely can’t tell if you’re joking with that take.

    I genuinely can’t tell if you’re joking with that take.

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

  7. Comment on Bun has been rewritten in Rust in ~comp

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    Notably: Don’t let Claude write the tests itself. It likes to pretend to write tests but then just build trivial tests

    Notably:

    Don’t let Claude write the tests itself. It likes to pretend to write tests but then just build trivial tests

    13 votes
  8. Comment on Gemini 3.2 Flash rumored to hit 92% of GPT-5.5 performance at lower cost in ~tech

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    Yes it’s much better. I basically have not used ChatGPT anymore since getting Claude

    Yes it’s much better. I basically have not used ChatGPT anymore since getting Claude

    6 votes
  9. Comment on AI chatbots in ~tech

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    Really good video by John Oliver about the dangers of AI chatbots. I've been saying that ChatGPT's release was reckless and should have come with way more safeguards. I've had discussions with...

    Really good video by John Oliver about the dangers of AI chatbots.
    I've been saying that ChatGPT's release was reckless and should have come with way more safeguards.
    I've had discussions with people using ChatGPT as proof for very clearly false statements.

    One time, someone argued with me about the moon landing being fake, and bringing up Vaccine Misinformation. Backed by ChatGPT.

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

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    cleaned up my VPS, too many idle supabase instances caused a slow down. And I wanted to make some reels/write somethign about Luna (the space sim I am working on) Luna has been getting 2-3k...

    cleaned up my VPS, too many idle supabase instances caused a slow down.

    And I wanted to make some reels/write somethign about Luna (the space sim I am working on)
    Luna has been getting 2-3k viewers daily. It's great to see. Tons of feature requests are coming in.

    Well I've looked into options to optimize my video creation. Only to build my own Recording tool with NextJS and Remotion (which is incredibly cool)
    It's also a learning experience for me. I am working with AI Agents, but I haven't added my own MCP server to a tool yet. And I wanted to toy around more and more with it, since I think I should share more info on that. Well. It's incredibly fun. And now Claude code can also use the tool I built.

    I also added an AI feature (openrouters free models) to Luna, where people can describe solar systems, and get them generated - I figured that might be more intuitive than letting people edit JSON manually. I'm still thinking about an interactive generation, and how people can actually learn with it, instead of just being fascinated by it...

    1 vote
  11. Comment on Space Hauler | Announcement trailer in ~games

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    This looks incredibly fun. I’m so curious how the atmosphere will effect flight

    This looks incredibly fun. I’m so curious how the atmosphere will effect flight

    3 votes
  12. Comment on I built a space simulation that runs in the browser and it feels good enough to share it now in ~space

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    Bumping this because there's been a lot of new additions since I posted this. First of all: there's been so much positive feedback. Lot's of people have shared it. At the start I was super happy...

    Bumping this because there's been a lot of new additions since I posted this.

    First of all: there's been so much positive feedback. Lot's of people have shared it. At the start I was super happy to see 10-100 daily users. It is at like 1-3k daily users now most of the time.

    In the last months there's been tons of performance improvements, and I am working on more scenarios. Some information about other realistic systems, rayleigh scattering - see the atmosphere on sunset on other planets, some more lessons, date navigation

    and since today: JSON mode. I have an AI chat in there (using free openrouter models) to help you generate some, but you can also modify the JSON fully to have your own scenario. I have a prompt in there so that you can interactively generate a scenario if you don't know anything about JSON too.

    Feedback of the tool shows me that a lot of users learn about the tool in school, which is amazing to see too.

    I appreciate all the feedback I have gotten here, so any more feature requests are welcome!

    2 votes
  13. Comment on Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets in ~life.pets

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    Haha you’d think that, but no. They have each other and enjoy roaming. Our current cat just randomly found us. But yeah those 2 are always nice to see. they’re siblings: flat white and macchiato...

    Haha you’d think that, but no. They have each other and enjoy roaming. Our current cat just randomly found us.

    But yeah those 2 are always nice to see. they’re siblings: flat white and macchiato (the calico)

    And whenever I visit that cafe I hope to see them. But macchiato roams around so much now, I barely saw her in the last few months.
    Last time I saw flat white though, I walked next to him, he looked at me from a nap and immediately got up and wanted to cuddle. So I picked him up and held him for like 5-10 minutes while he kept rubbing his face into mine hahaha

    1 vote
  14. Comment on Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets in ~life.pets

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    After talking about not being able to keep a pet the last time I posted, I have an unexpected update. Before I retype everything, my girlfriend made a short form video about it. In short: a stray...

    After talking about not being able to keep a pet the last time I posted, I have an unexpected update.
    Before I retype everything, my girlfriend made a short form video about it.
    In short: a stray decided to walk into our life, and we have kept her with us sine. Now we’re doing all the prep to bring her to Europe. And take her with us on trips. Leash training her etc.
    Feeding a cat can change your life. #thailand #nomadlife #catlovers
    https://youtube.com/shorts/3vQG7O-qjpM?feature=share

    There’s another amazing stray male here we’ve taken care of since our other neighbors left. We got him castrated last week. He’s been quite aggressive towards our (female) cat, so it sometimes gets a bit awkward, when he’s around.
    I will share some photos of him later. But I’m about to head to sleep

    3 votes
  15. Comment on Music streamer Deezer allows users to filter out AI music, so why does Spotify not offer the same? in ~music

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    As in an AI that recommends real songs or AI slop songs?

    As in an AI that recommends real songs or AI slop songs?

    3 votes
  16. Comment on Tildes Survey #2: What country do you live in? (Results) in ~talk

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    I apologize for my answer already

    I apologize for my answer already

    4 votes
  17. Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health

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    I've also been doing Muay Thai recently. And I have been running for a few years. Funny story: yesterday I was sparring with a woman who was probably similar in height to you. (I am an average...

    I've also been doing Muay Thai recently. And I have been running for a few years.
    Funny story: yesterday I was sparring with a woman who was probably similar in height to you. (I am an average height male 5 ft 8 or so?)
    And this woman I sparred with was shocking me with her skills. Like I didn't even notice her kicking and I got hit, and whenever I did a hit, she was incredibly fast in blocking and hitting me back.

    What really helped me enjoy running was listening to audiobooks. Specifically Born to Run was what I started with. And I got so hooked. I was genuinely wondering if I'll ever break a 30 min 5k when I started running. A year later I ran a 5k in 22:03

    3 votes
  18. Comment on Why Namibia exceeded all our expectations | First days driving across Africa’s emptiest country in ~hobbies

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    Yeah it definitely required some planning. We had protein shakes, tofu, soy milk as staples, that made it kind of doable. We basically had meals out only in: Solitaire (a pizza), Swakopmund and...

    Yeah it definitely required some planning. We had protein shakes, tofu, soy milk as staples, that made it kind of doable.

    We basically had meals out only in:
    Solitaire (a pizza), Swakopmund and Windhoek

    1 vote
  19. Comment on Why Namibia exceeded all our expectations | First days driving across Africa’s emptiest country in ~hobbies

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    Yeah I think it’s a big tradition there. I know it’s super common in South Africa too. Marola and I are vegan, which is also why we had to cook a lot ourselves. I think in one of the first videos...

    Yeah I think it’s a big tradition there. I know it’s super common in South Africa too.

    Marola and I are vegan, which is also why we had to cook a lot ourselves. I think in one of the first videos we’ve shown that we had like 15 blocks of tofu :D and those huel ready meals were super handy for this trip

    1 vote