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Comment on Reddit CEO pledges to not force subreddits to reopen. Admin team then immediately threatens moderators who closed their subreddits with removal. in ~tech
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Comment on Reddit CEO pledges to not force subreddits to reopen. Admin team then immediately threatens moderators who closed their subreddits with removal. in ~tech
psychedelicious Link ParentThat’s not the full story. Huffman said the pure infrastructure costs for all third party apps was $10m, but mentioned other costs besides just the hardware and bandwidth. Obviously the $20m...That’s not the full story. Huffman said the pure infrastructure costs for all third party apps was $10m, but mentioned other costs besides just the hardware and bandwidth.
Obviously the $20m figure is BS and Huffman is full of shit, but I do want to acknowledge that there is a lot more than just infra costs.
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Comment on USA urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has intact alien vehicles in ~space
psychedelicious LinkSome very heavy doses of mainstream reductionist “humans so smart” koolaid chugged in this thread. There is an incomprehensibly large universe out there and we humans are still just barely past...Some very heavy doses of mainstream reductionist “humans so smart” koolaid chugged in this thread.
There is an incomprehensibly large universe out there and we humans are still just barely past the Stone Age. Our most advanced, powerful energy tech (nuclear) is still just a fancy fire to boil water and spin steam turbines. Trump was president, and we still care who total strangers get in bed with.
Doesn’t it seem rather self-centered to presume a single thing about the possibilities of nonhuman intelligences?
If you take a serious look at UFOs, you’ll find a very rich and compelling history, one that stretches back for thousands of years and has been purposefully muddled time and time again by various nation states.
But most people just claim to be open minded skeptics and don’t bother to explore what is probably the most fascinating topic ever. They grow up hearing pop culture memes and assume that memes are all the phenomenon is, then ridicule those who actually have something of worth on the topic. It’s incredibly frustrating.
I’m happy to make some suggestions for serious reading material if that’s of interest.
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Comment on Let's talk about Reddit alternatives, shilling, and Tildes bans in ~talk
psychedelicious Link ParentIf it was the board ID they got lucky haha. Not sure! I should look them up some day…If it was the board ID they got lucky haha. Not sure! I should look them up some day…
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Comment on Stable Diffusion anyone? in ~creative
psychedelicious Link ParentLook up ControlNet - that’s the current best technology for controlling image output. It’s magical.Look up ControlNet - that’s the current best technology for controlling image output. It’s magical.
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Comment on Let's talk about Reddit alternatives, shilling, and Tildes bans in ~talk
psychedelicious Link ParentAh, ok. I was on a gamefaqs spinoff in the 2000s called 404 error. I wasn’t a member of the gamefaqs community from which it spawned, though, and not sure which one it was.Ah, ok. I was on a gamefaqs spinoff in the 2000s called 404 error. I wasn’t a member of the gamefaqs community from which it spawned, though, and not sure which one it was.
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Comment on Let's talk about Reddit alternatives, shilling, and Tildes bans in ~talk
psychedelicious Link ParentThat wouldn’t happen to be 404, would it?an offshoot of the GameFAQs Star Wars board dating back to like 2008 or so
That wouldn’t happen to be 404, would it?
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Comment on Keyboard thread in ~hobbies
psychedelicious Link ParentChiming as another Ergodox EZ user. I used a different split keyboard for about a year, ~four years ago. It was a standard, non-ortholinear board (Kinesis Freestyle). Moving from standard...Chiming as another Ergodox EZ user. I used a different split keyboard for about a year, ~four years ago. It was a standard, non-ortholinear board (Kinesis Freestyle).
Moving from standard non-split to standard split was pretty hard for me due to my bad typing habits. I had learned to use my index fingers to reach across the middle of the keyboard - for example, I would often press
ywith my left index finger. It took me a week or so to break this, and my typing speed was very slow.Then I ended up just on a macbook keyboard for the next few years before I got the Ergodox EZ. The ortholinear key arrangement took me another week or so. I also enabled
hardmodeby getting blank keycaps.A few months later, my typing speed is similar to what it was on a normal board and my keyboard-related write issues are resolved. I still use QWERTY, but my second Ergodox layer has a lot of custom shortcuts to help me to stay on the home row.
In both transitions, I went cold turkey and used the split board exclusively. In retrospect, this was essential to me picking up the new gear effectively. Just have to power through the awkwardness.
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023, part 2 in ~talk
psychedelicious Link ParentI'll do a fun writeup for that thread when I get some time, with pictures and some geo maps :) Watched some aquachigger, very likeable guy. This region of youtube can be pretty addictive, there's...I'll do a fun writeup for that thread when I get some time, with pictures and some geo maps :)
Watched some aquachigger, very likeable guy. This region of youtube can be pretty addictive, there's something very more-ish about seeing people uncover treasures.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
psychedelicious Link ParentWow, very cool. I'm really curious about the pixel-level traversal and how you model the structure after analysis - like, do you end up with vectors describing each line segment, etc. But I'll not...Wow, very cool.
I'm really curious about the pixel-level traversal and how you model the structure after analysis - like, do you end up with vectors describing each line segment, etc.
But I'll not press you given its in-progress work. Also, I don't really know what I'm talking about heh. Please do share when you publish!
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Comment on AI-assisted co-DM'ing personal novels in ~hobbies
psychedelicious Link ParentAhh, was wondering how you'd handle such a long story with the limited context. I'll have to try this out on a rainy day.Ahh, was wondering how you'd handle such a long story with the limited context. I'll have to try this out on a rainy day.
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Comment on Stable Diffusion anyone? in ~creative
psychedelicious Link ParentMidjourney uses stable diffusion but has a lot of secret sauce. You get far less control over the output with midjourney, but it’s also harder to create abominations than with standard SD....Midjourney uses stable diffusion but has a lot of secret sauce. You get far less control over the output with midjourney, but it’s also harder to create abominations than with standard SD.
Specifically, the feature called ControlNet is a total game changer as far as creative control goes. Midjourney doesn’t support this.
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Comment on Stable Diffusion anyone? in ~creative
psychedelicious Link ParentInvokeAI has a node based backend (and node editor UI) in our upcoming 3.0 release. Node-based workflow is really nice! ComfyUI looks great. There’s another one called “ainodes”, it’s a desktop QT UI.InvokeAI has a node based backend (and node editor UI) in our upcoming 3.0 release. Node-based workflow is really nice!
ComfyUI looks great. There’s another one called “ainodes”, it’s a desktop QT UI.
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Comment on Stable Diffusion anyone? in ~creative
psychedelicious Link ParentThanks for the kind words! (principal UI contributor for InvokeAI here)Thanks for the kind words!
(principal UI contributor for InvokeAI here)
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
psychedelicious Link ParentWow, ShatteredPD is its own thing now. I played the hell out of the OG PD. Don’t think I ever played shattered but remember hearing about it. Looks like it’s not free on iOS but I’m sure it’s...Wow, ShatteredPD is its own thing now. I played the hell out of the OG PD. Don’t think I ever played shattered but remember hearing about it. Looks like it’s not free on iOS but I’m sure it’s worth the small price.
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Comment on Making infinite scrollable lists for web without a constantly expanding DOM in ~comp
psychedelicious Link ParentI'm using react-virtuoso on a project now and it works wonderfully. Haven't really delved into its inner workings so I can't comment there. I did PR a small fix for an edge case, and the...I'm using
react-virtuosoon a project now and it works wonderfully. Haven't really delved into its inner workings so I can't comment there. I did PR a small fix for an edge case, and the maintainer was responsive.Not sure why elements far offscreen would matter. Maybe it's related to how it can buffer element rendering to ensure elements are rendered before they are visible during scrolling.
PS: I apologise, I breezed past the latter half of your post, thinking you were slicing the in-memory list of items to render - but I understand you were actually already implementing windowing just like the libraries I linked. Always nice to see other engineers have converged on the same strategy - well done!
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023, part 2 in ~talk
psychedelicious Link ParentNp, I could talk about this longer than you’d want to listen. Indeed, treating prospecting as a science is a big part of success. Most don’t approach it so methodically, instead just going where...Np, I could talk about this longer than you’d want to listen.
Indeed, treating prospecting as a science is a big part of success. Most don’t approach it so methodically, instead just going where gold has already been found, but I find more satisfaction in actual prospecting (finding new ground).
There’s not a lot worth digging up down here in Australia besides gold, because there’s been only 150 years of occupation by humans with metal production technology. Compare to Europe or Asia where you’ve got thousands of years of metal producing cultures who have left behind all sorts of goodies. On the flip side, countless wars have littered the ground with bullets and shrapnel, which must be very tedious to work around. The gold in Europe is mostly very fine (way too small to detect, talking salt grain or smaller).
Would love to detect in Europe some day! Russia and Kazakhstan have both nuggetty gold and treasure hordes yet to be found - on the bucket list.
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023, part 2 in ~talk
psychedelicious Link ParentGenerally, gold precipitates deep underground, and via uplift and erosion of its host rock (typically quartz), ends up near the surface. Over time, it is collected by water and ends up at the...- Exemplary
Generally, gold precipitates deep underground, and via uplift and erosion of its host rock (typically quartz), ends up near the surface. Over time, it is collected by water and ends up at the bottom of waterways. So you'll have shallow gold near the exposed host rock, up on a hill (a "reef"), which is scattered down the hillside, across a floodplain, and finally into a waterway. It's important to note that water does a lot of work for you - it collects and concentrates the very heavy gold into rich pockets at the bottom of the gullies.
As a hand-tools-only prospector, I use a metal detector, pick and sometimes a gold pan. I can only go so deep in the ground - maybe 1 meter for a large target. The old mines are very dangerous to enter and the areas around them are typically very well picked-over. The modern water systems are usually far too deep for my equipment (several meters of soil, silt, and possibly water). So I avoid these areas.
What's left are exposed ancient river systems (20+ million years old). They were enriched via the same process long ago, and their source reefs may no longer exist, so they are much harder to find. The old timers loved mining these, but they didn't find all of these systems - and many they did find weren't rich enough to sustain their operations. Well, gold is worth a lot more today, and even the areas they deemed not good enough are worth it for a hobbyist like me.
These palaeochannels are particularly interesting because unlike modern waterways, where the gold is typically too deep to detect, the ancient waterways often end up elevated above the surrounding terrain. So the ancient river bottom, where heavy treasures accumulate, is may be quite shallow. In fact, the ancient river bottom may be the top of a hill!
I use geological data to identify palaeochannels directly or to infer where they may be, preferring privately owned land to public. I then ask the farmers who own the land if they'll let me have a go for 20%. If I'm lucky, I'll be the first person to swing a detector over the area, and if I'm really lucky, both the farmer and I will have some treasures after I've done my work. Then I try to figure out where this ancient river was headed, and ask the farmer to introduce me to their neighbours...
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Comment on Keyboard thread in ~hobbies
psychedelicious Link ParentBoth Moonlander and Ergodox EZ (both by ZSA) use a web-based configurator called Oryx (video overview). You can flash the keyboard through the browser even. Works great.Both Moonlander and Ergodox EZ (both by ZSA) use a web-based configurator called Oryx (video overview). You can flash the keyboard through the browser even. Works great.
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023, part 2 in ~talk
psychedelicious Link ParentSo much fun, even if you only find flypoop (sub-gram bits)! Every once in a while you find a good lump or patch - nothing quite like digging up a decent sized nugget that's been sitting there for...So much fun, even if you only find flypoop (sub-gram bits)! Every once in a while you find a good lump or patch - nothing quite like digging up a decent sized nugget that's been sitting there for millions of years.
From the interview:
That’s not unexpected. It’s normal that infra is only one factor of the cost of running an application (often not the greatest cost - people cost a lot more).
Opportunity cost is mentioned there. And yes, it is a valid cost. Reddit supports a wide variety of business which are actually profitable, and which wouldn’t exist or have a chance of Reddit didn’t provide free API access. It’s fair that Reddit profit from the application they’ve created.
Wanting to reduce lost monetization isn’t necessarily greed. Honestly, it’s quite reasonable. If I worked on a product and offered it for free, and others commercialized it without contributing back, they would be the greedy ones. Not me.
That’s exactly what has happened to Reddit. Other companies are making bank on it. That’s not really negotiable; that’s the situation.
The problem is reddits handling of the situation. It’s been atrocious. There are a million ways they could have done it in a way that respects their users and the businesses that rely on the site. Instead it’s been a series of massive middle fingers.