tibpoe's recent activity
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Comment on Anyone have any experience with tiny screws? I need to replace two in my body hair trimmer and I don't know where to start. in ~life.home_improvement
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Comment on What do you think of robots in the military? in ~tech
tibpoe Link ParentI want to point out that politicians do often have military backgrounds, for example George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter all had military service. Having the...I want to point out that politicians do often have military backgrounds, for example George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter all had military service. Having the civilian leadership separated from military leadership if anything is a new innovation; the ancient custom was for high-ranking military commanders to be powerful politically as well.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
tibpoe Link ParentThe point I'm trying to make is that given your service's requirements, you would need a continuous outage of over a week to impact the service's performance. That is unheard of for hyperscalers,...The point I'm trying to make is that given your service's requirements, you would need a continuous outage of over a week to impact the service's performance. That is unheard of for hyperscalers, except in the case of war.
I'm not trying to dismiss your capabilities or testing. I just know that I wouldn't trust myself to design a working distributed system, despite working professionally in an adjacent field for years.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
tibpoe Link ParentI've been doing software for a while, and this particular approach to the problem is really over-complicated. What is the worst-case scenario that the whole Raft thing is trying to work around?...I've been doing software for a while, and this particular approach to the problem is really over-complicated. What is the worst-case scenario that the whole Raft thing is trying to work around? That one datacenter goes down for a week? The more realistic scenario is that you have a bug in your code in or surrounding the consensus algorithm and it malfunctions.
A better/cheaper/more realistic approach would be a single AWS Lambda + DynamoDB in the us-east-1 region running on a once-a-day timer. Cost is $0/mo, and if AWS's us-east-1 region goes down for more than a week, it's because of nuclear war and we will all have other more important things to worry about.
It is pretty cool that you were able to put this together as a technically non-sophisticated person! A big part of the problem I run into with using LLMs for coding is that they are too sycncopathic, so I try to use that against their sycncopathic tendencies with prompts like "this is the worst idea ever; provide a triaged list of all the issues with it."
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Comment on How has inflation changed your quality of life? in ~finance
tibpoe Link ParentThere are places in the world that have experienced deflation, and it's not pretty. As much as I dislike seeing prices go up, moderate inflation is much better. But you are correct that cash...There are places in the world that have experienced deflation, and it's not pretty. As much as I dislike seeing prices go up, moderate inflation is much better.
But you are correct that cash deposited in the bank loses value. That's what the current inflation policy is designed to do, with the intent that you will do something useful with your money, like invest it. My personal preference is a simple ⅓/⅔ bond/stock portfolio. Or, if you're a little guy and you would like risk-free return to match inflation, buy some I-bonds.
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Comment on The problem that built an industry in ~comp
tibpoe Link ParentFor me, the problem is that I have no way of knowing how much of this is based on real expertise, and how much is just the AI trying to remember what it has read on the internet. After looking...For me, the problem is that I have no way of knowing how much of this is based on real expertise, and how much is just the AI trying to remember what it has read on the internet. After looking through the author's LinkedIn, I'm even more convinced this is all hallucinations, it seems to me like the author is trying to drum up consulting business while never having worked in the airline ticketing industry.
If I want a conversation with a chatbot about a given topic, I'm happy to go do that, and I have had lots of productive conversations! But if I'm reading an article, I want it to be written by someone who knows what they're talking about.
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Comment on Utah's shrinking lake: a scientific asset and a crisis in ~enviro
tibpoe Link ParentWater rights are a type of property, and can't be taken without just compensation. I personally live on the east coast where we have plenty of water, so I don't have personal experience with this...Water rights are a type of property, and can't be taken without just compensation.
I personally live on the east coast where we have plenty of water, so I don't have personal experience with this area of the law, but my understanding is that water rights are just another form of property and have the same legal protections as any other property.
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Comment on Utah's shrinking lake: a scientific asset and a crisis in ~enviro
tibpoe Link ParentPer the US constitution,Per the US constitution,
Nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation
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Comment on Utah's shrinking lake: a scientific asset and a crisis in ~enviro
tibpoe Link ParentOr some advocates are in favor of buying out alfalfa farmers. I remember reading that the hay/alfalfa farming is just 0.3% of Utah's GDP.Or some advocates are in favor of buying out alfalfa farmers. I remember reading that the hay/alfalfa farming is just 0.3% of Utah's GDP.
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Comment on Utah's shrinking lake: a scientific asset and a crisis in ~enviro
tibpoe LinkI hate the framing here because while I agree that lawns and golf courses in a desert are wasteful, they clearly aren't the main problem. The dry western states simply have to stop exporting their...But state lawmakers declined to pass bills that would have required cuts to urban outdoor irrigation — a category that has grown 60 percent since 2001, and now accounts for more than a quarter of all human-caused water consumption in the Great Salt Lake basin. Those bills failed while the lake sat at its third-lowest level in recorded history.
I hate the framing here because while I agree that lawns and golf courses in a desert are wasteful, they clearly aren't the main problem. The dry western states simply have to stop exporting their water in the form of hay, which in this case makes up 57% of human-caused lake outflows. (source)
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Comment on Single, solo, poor, woman gets $500k pre-tax, how to make the most of it? in ~finance
tibpoe Link ParentAre there disability programs you may want to apply for that have an opinion how how much money you have? After withdrawing, can you immediately contribute the money to your own IRA and/or HSA?...- Are there disability programs you may want to apply for that have an opinion how how much money you have?
- After withdrawing, can you immediately contribute the money to your own IRA and/or HSA?
The main goal here is to reduce taxes; losing $100k of this money to taxes makes the math here a lot worse.
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Comment on Single, solo, poor, woman gets $500k pre-tax, how to make the most of it? in ~finance
tibpoe (edited )LinkI think you should talk to some kind of qualified advisor who you can share more personal details with before you do anything. I'm not familiar with how inheriting IRAs works, but I imagine you...I think you should talk to some kind of qualified advisor who you can share more personal details with before you do anything. I'm not familiar with how inheriting IRAs works, but I imagine you will want to keep it in a tax advantaged account for as long as possible. So there are definitely wrong moves here that could cost you on the order of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
It doesn't sound out of the question that, with a decent bit of luck, this money could provide you with the same $2500/mo that it currently is for the rest of your life.
Edit: to be clear, you should be looking for a "fee-only fiduciary financial planner". Anyone that works for free is getting paid on commission, and that commission will come out of your pocket eventually.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #1: How old are you? (Results) in ~talk
tibpoe Link ParentThis is someone's hobby project. If you don't like it then don't participate.This is someone's hobby project. If you don't like it then don't participate.
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Comment on Industry initiative launches Euro-Office as true sovereign office suite in ~tech
tibpoe Link ParentHave you read the changelog for that release, which contained a year's worth of development? About 20 minor bug fixes, half of which were brought in from LibreOffice A few changes in the wording...Have you read the changelog for that release, which contained a year's worth of development?
- About 20 minor bug fixes, half of which were brought in from LibreOffice
- A few changes in the wording of some buttons
- Updating to the latest version of the English and Danish dictionaries
It's just two people who for whatever reason enjoy pretending to run a major software project. I have my own strange hobbies, so I can't judge too much, but I do wish they would chose a hobby less destructive to the reputation of open-source software in general.
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Comment on Anthropic announces deal with Google, Broadcom, says revenue has tripled in ~finance
tibpoe Link ParentI wasn't totally clear, but I agree with you. I don't have a reason to think Anthropic is committing accounting fraud. I was trying to say that the listed examples were of clear fraud, not...I wasn't totally clear, but I agree with you. I don't have a reason to think Anthropic is committing accounting fraud. I was trying to say that the listed examples were of clear fraud, not legitimate caveats of annualized revenue numbers.
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Comment on Industry initiative launches Euro-Office as true sovereign office suite in ~tech
tibpoe Link ParentNo, it's not. Everyone involved moved to LibreOffice, and there's no active development in OpenOffice. The entire split was designed as a "fuck you" from Oracle (the owner of OpenOffice at the...OpenOffice... is that any good?
No, it's not. Everyone involved moved to LibreOffice, and there's no active development in OpenOffice. The entire split was designed as a "fuck you" from Oracle (the owner of OpenOffice at the time) to the existing development community who had already left and formed LibreOffice.
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Comment on Anthropic announces deal with Google, Broadcom, says revenue has tripled in ~finance
tibpoe Link ParentThis isn't an issue of annualized revenue, its an issue of accounting fraud where you're booking one-time sales as recurring revenue. This situation is a combination of accounting fraud and Annual...All I had to do was to project out my earnings this month which coincidentally included my parents dying and leaving me $10,000
This isn't an issue of annualized revenue, its an issue of accounting fraud where you're booking one-time sales as recurring revenue.
In March, we earned an extra $2,500,000. If that's because a bunch of businesses bought new annual contracts, or price hikes, that's 1/12th the reported number.
This situation is a combination of accounting fraud and Annual Contract Value here, not annualized revenue.
Source: I just read the Enron book, where the author goes through a variety of accounting frauds in great detail.
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Comment on Vaping likely to cause lung and oral cancer, Australian researchers find in new review of evidence in ~health
tibpoe Link ParentThis is probably harder now, but when I vaped I was mixing my own juices. I just slowly (i.e. a percentage point at a time) dropped the nicotine percentage in there until I realized that it was so...This is probably harder now, but when I vaped I was mixing my own juices. I just slowly (i.e. a percentage point at a time) dropped the nicotine percentage in there until I realized that it was so low that it wasn't worth refilling the vape.
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Comment on Asia turns back to coal as war chokes off natural gas in ~enviro
tibpoe Link ParentI've been hearing about the momentum problem for a while, but as a software engineer who dabbles in power electronics to a somewhat advanced degree, I just don't believe it. I don't see how it...I've been hearing about the momentum problem for a while, but as a software engineer who dabbles in power electronics to a somewhat advanced degree, I just don't believe it. I don't see how it could be anything more than slightly different firmware on the same hardware. I'd love to talk to an engineer in the industry about it
On the other hand, my rice maker has an RTC clock, a 15¢ component, to make sure my rice comes out great even if the power cuts out. But my built-in stove, many times more expensive, does not. So I can definitely see this as a problem that's arose out of carelessness.
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Comment on Nasdaq's shame - how to rig an index to appease a billionaire in ~finance
tibpoe Link ParentThe problem comes if you already hold these ETFs in a regular taxed brokerage account. Unfortunately you could be triggering a large tax bill if you do sell and buy some other ETF.The problem comes if you already hold these ETFs in a regular taxed brokerage account. Unfortunately you could be triggering a large tax bill if you do sell and buy some other ETF.
Calipers are the proper way to measure something like this.
An alternative is to take a picture of them on top of a standard-sized object like a credit card or a ruler and use software to measure the screw features. For example, if 150px=20cm, then you can use that ratio in reverse to determine that 15px=2mm. You'll need length, diameter, and thread pitch to find the correct replacement screw. This approach is less precise than calipers though, since camera lenses introduce distortion, and smartphone cameras invent detail. But it will likely work.