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Comment on It breaks a village in ~comp
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Kremor LinkI've been working on a productivity app where your progress is reflected in a 3D planet simulation. The more tasks you complete, the more things grow on the planet. And if you stop doing stuff,...I've been working on a productivity app where your progress is reflected in a 3D planet simulation. The more tasks you complete, the more things grow on the planet. And if you stop doing stuff, things slowly start to die.
I've been working on the different features separately: tasks, events, notes, pomodoro, achievements. It's still far from finished, but it's starting to take shape, and soon it'll reach a point where the only thing missing will be some wiring between the different parts. At least for the first version.
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Comment on It breaks a village in ~comp
Kremor (edited )Link ParentI frequently go to live drawing sessions, cameras are forbidden in this spaces out of respect to the model. Nobody goes crazy about it, claiming that people are living in the past and that there's...I frequently go to live drawing sessions, cameras are forbidden in this spaces out of respect to the model. Nobody goes crazy about it, claiming that people are living in the past and that there's no longer value in drawing with a pencil when a camera can do it faster. At the same time, I can guarantee that most people on those session also use photographs to study the human body on their own. A good artists understands that drawing from life and drawing from a reference are completely different experiences. A camera will flatten the colors and values not matter how good it is, and observing something that is alive and moving gives you a more completed understanding on how it is constructed. At the same time, a good artist understands that is not necessary to do everything from scratch and that the right tool will save you a lot of time of money.
Whenever a conversation like this comes out, where people want their own space, others are quick to say that "they are trying to hold on the past, that world no longer exists". I wonder if this is unique to software. Do people tell others that there's no longer value in learning to draw, learning how an engine works and built your own model, or learning how to create a mechanical computer from scratch?
People understand that things are different in the professional world and the hobbyist communities. Why can't software be the same? There's still value in struggling, learning things on your own and talking with other people, sharing ideas. Otherwise why are you in tildes and not talking to an LLM?
Wanting a space, free of LLMs should be an uncontroversial opinion, the same way that wanting a space free of smart phones should be. I understand that this is a game engine that can be used in real games, not just hobbyist projects, but I still don't see the point on dismissing a person that wants to create a space only for humans. If someone wants to create that space, the only thing there's to do is respect their decision.
Edit: Fixed spelling, grammar, and some mistakes.
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Comment on UN says world will miss its climate target, warming must be reversed in ~enviro
Kremor Linkarchive UN's reportDespite advancements in wind and solar power, countries have continued to burn oil, gas and coal, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere where it traps the sun’s heat and has raised average global temperatures by about 1.4 degrees Celsius
Based on current climate policies among nations and trends, the planet is expected to warm 2.6 degrees Celsius, or 4.7 degrees Fahrenheit, by the end of the century.
in order for temperatures to be brought back to the 1.5 degree mark this century, global warming at its peak would have to be limited to 1.8 Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit), compared with preindustrial times. Most scientists describe that as unlikely. [...] Even under the most optimistic scenarios, a single decade of warming could take about 50 years to reverse.
The U.N. report predicted the rise in average global temperatures would eclipse 1.5 degrees Celsius in “the next few years.” At that level of warming, “there are no good outcomes,” said Inger Andersen, the executive director of the U.N. Environment Program.
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UN says world will miss its climate target, warming must be reversed
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Deep inside a Spanish cave, Roman women may have worshipped a mysterious goddess
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (September 2026) in ~health.mental
Kremor LinkI'm currently unemployed, although I haven't been seriously looking for a job. I was fired due to performance issues related to my mental health. When I was working, I would sometimes suddenly...I'm currently unemployed, although I haven't been seriously looking for a job. I was fired due to performance issues related to my mental health. When I was working, I would sometimes suddenly stop and think about how nonsensical everything was. The planet is dying, and yet nobody seems to care.
I tried to tell myself that I only had to do it for long enough to enjoy some things before everything starts to got serious. I couldn't do that. With the disaster in Nepal, it feels like we're already there and things are only going to get worse from now on. And here I am, trying to find a job that pay the bills, something that I know will only contribute to the state of the world, while pretending that the planet isn't dying. I hate it. I wish I could do something, but I feel like even finding a job that makes a difference is unrealistic for me.
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Comment on Operation Bluebird launches Twitter.now in ~tech
Kremor Link ParentThere are a couple more things that I see a lot but people rarely mention: Put a meta label before a heading Numbering cards as if they were a part of numbered list, and start them with a leading...There are a couple more things that I see a lot but people rarely mention:
- Put a meta label before a heading
The contextThe Poetic Title
- Numbering cards as if they were a part of numbered list, and start them with a leading 0 (
01).
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Comment on Artists built a site to escape AI. Scrapers are coming for it anyway. in ~tech
Kremor Link ParentI don't think they ever intended to make a platform that was impossible to scrape. But their anti-AI stance has made them a target for people who see it as a challenge, putting pressure on their...I don't think they ever intended to make a platform that was impossible to scrape. But their anti-AI stance has made them a target for people who see it as a challenge, putting pressure on their infrastructure.
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Comment on Artists built a site to escape AI. Scrapers are coming for it anyway. in ~tech
Kremor Link ParentYour comment suggests that it’s somehow a moral failing for Jingna Zhang to ask for money to support Cara. First of all, she was included in the 30 Under 30 because of her photography. And second,...Your comment suggests that it’s somehow a moral failing for Jingna Zhang to ask for money to support Cara. First of all, she was included in the 30 Under 30 because of her photography. And second, Cara has been community-funded from the beginning, so it’s not out of the ordinary for them to ask for financial support, specially now that they’re being consistently targeted.
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Artists built a site to escape AI. Scrapers are coming for it anyway.
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How to write a short story in five sentences
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Young adults in the US are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs
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Comment on Another week on Linux in ~tech
Kremor Link ParentThis is not really a reply to your comment, but whenever Linux comes up in a conversation, there’s always a comment like this, and I wonder what the hell people are trying to do with it that they...This is not really a reply to your comment, but whenever Linux comes up in a conversation, there’s always a comment like this, and I wonder what the hell people are trying to do with it that they need to tinker with it so much.
For me, Linux is the most hassle-free OS there is. I haven’t tinkered with it in six years because for me, it just works. I also use macOS, and one of the things I dislike about it is that there’s always more friction when setting up a development environment compared to Linux. I also worry more when upgrading macOS than Linux because I seem to always encounter some problem midway through the upgrade.
I see it as people getting used to the idiosyncrasies of each OS to the point where they stop seeing the problems. They learn where the problems are, accept them as unchangeable facts, and eventually get used to them. Maybe I’ve just learned to accept Linux’s shortcomings, while I haven’t accepted macOS’s because it’s a paid product.
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An intramarital communication system
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Magnitude 7.4 quake rocks western Colombia, killing at least 111 people
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Comment on Why normal people aren’t using AI agents in ~tech
Kremor Link ParentI had a good chuckle reading these because they are adding more things to manage to your life, not less.I had a good chuckle reading these because they are adding more things to manage to your life, not less.
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Comment on The real energy use of agentic AI in ~tech
Kremor LinkAn individual using chatbots has a pretty negligible impact, with one prompt only amounting to roughly 1/150,000th of an average American’s daily emissions. Those numbers are basically right. They are also increasingly divorced from how AI is actually being used today.
The fastest-growing way that software engineers and scientists actually use AI is not typing questions into a chat box. Rather, we use AI agents through tools like Claude Code and Codex that plan, write code, run it, read the results, and iterate on their own.
My best estimate is that [my Claude Code use over 8 weeks] used around 170 kWh of data center electricity (with an uncertainty range of roughly 70 to 330 kWh across methods and assumptions).
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The real energy use of agentic AI
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Comment on Mea Culpa – Dark Hours: Developer unintentionally copies an open-source app using Claude Code in ~tech
Kremor LinkI’m sure someone will mention this eventually. The original app also kind of reads like it was vibe-coded with Claude Code.I’m sure someone will mention this eventually. The original app also kind of reads like it was vibe-coded with Claude Code.
You're right. I just meant that somewhere in the post, the author mentions she's creating a new community for Bevy. I was responding more to the idea that a community banning LLM use would have no real value beyond becoming an anti-AI circlejerk.