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Comment on What is the framework being used for these types of websites (fmhy.pages.dev)? in ~comp
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Comment on What is the framework being used for these types of websites (fmhy.pages.dev)? in ~comp
TurtleCracker Link ParentIf you use a headless CMS it may solve this issue and let you move away from WordPress. Going without a full featured CMS/WordPress doesn’t mean the marketer has to write HTML. You can also setup...If you use a headless CMS it may solve this issue and let you move away from WordPress.
Going without a full featured CMS/WordPress doesn’t mean the marketer has to write HTML. You can also setup conversion processes to happen automatically. There are several libraries that convert Microsoft Word to markdown for example.
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Comment on What is the framework being used for these types of websites (fmhy.pages.dev)? in ~comp
TurtleCracker Link ParentDo you actually expect content to change frequently? If yes, are those content updates on a very specific part of the site - like blog posts or something? Does a non-technical person need to be...Do you actually expect content to change frequently? If yes, are those content updates on a very specific part of the site - like blog posts or something? Does a non-technical person need to be able to make updates?
For sites that change once a year or less I've found great success with static sites. You can host and cache a static site extremely cheap.
If you have frequently changing blog posts you may be able to use a headless CMS that triggers a deployment process of the static site.
Every time I've built something with a full featured CMS because the "business wants to be able to make updates" they've had me make every subsequent update anyways. Just through some UI that slows me down. The only advantage I've seen in using some of these CMS is that they might have some sort of integration or widget that cuts down on overall work - but that's been kinda rare too.
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Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech
TurtleCracker Link ParentMy cameras only store footage locally and are only accessible to the people that live in my home. Only one of my cameras record outside the lines of my property - and that’s into an empty field...My cameras only store footage locally and are only accessible to the people that live in my home. Only one of my cameras record outside the lines of my property - and that’s into an empty field that isn’t residential. The state cannot directly access my cameras. None of my cameras violate the privacy of my neighbors. I have friends with very similar setups. I think your problem may be more with Ring than with the general concept of security cameras.
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Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech
TurtleCracker Link ParentNobody has ever just tried to open the front door of my home, but I still want a lock. My house has never caught on fire, but I still want a smoke alarm. There are several studies showing CCTV...Nobody has ever just tried to open the front door of my home, but I still want a lock. My house has never caught on fire, but I still want a smoke alarm.
There are several studies showing CCTV does appear to reduce crime. I don’t think we have any studies specifically about doorbell cameras though.
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Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech
TurtleCracker Link ParentIt’s almost impossible to know if an individual deterrent has actually deterred anything, isn’t it? By the very nature you’d be measuring something that didn’t happen.It’s almost impossible to know if an individual deterrent has actually deterred anything, isn’t it?
By the very nature you’d be measuring something that didn’t happen.
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Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech
TurtleCracker LinkCameras for residential usage should only store footage locally. Any apps or portals to access the footage shouldn’t be able to view footage. This is one of the reasons I stopped using Nest after...Cameras for residential usage should only store footage locally. Any apps or portals to access the footage shouldn’t be able to view footage. This is one of the reasons I stopped using Nest after Google bought them and switched to a system I had more control over.
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Comment on Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved in ~space
TurtleCracker (edited )Link ParentI’m not talking about the data center being the industrial facility to use the heat. I’m talking about a modular system of heat sinks that can be shuttled away from the data center like a “heat...I’m not talking about the data center being the industrial facility to use the heat. I’m talking about a modular system of heat sinks that can be shuttled away from the data center like a “heat battery pack” and replaced with a cooled heat sink. Move the “energy” somewhere it can be turned into value instead of waste.
If not value, dispose of it more efficiently. IE a facility on the moon or with a large amount of radiators.
Smelting iron is 700-1500 C. It is my understanding that ceramics and other materials can enclose temperatures like that consistently. Inside the heat sinks you’d need a material to actually store the heat - molten salt? Maybe Silicon? I don’t know. We have a lot of research earth side on storing heat for concentrated solar applications. Example: https://1414degrees.com.au/sibox/
I appreciate your well thought out response.
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Comment on Hot take: movies suck because there is no rental market in ~movies
TurtleCracker (edited )Link ParentThe loss of niche specific content is a travesty. I really wish they'd make more cheap niche content. I was incredibly lucky to be able to enjoy the SciFi channel and Comedy Central during its...The loss of niche specific content is a travesty. I really wish they'd make more cheap niche content. I was incredibly lucky to be able to enjoy the SciFi channel and Comedy Central during its golden age.
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Comment on Hot take: movies suck because there is no rental market in ~movies
TurtleCracker Link ParentI’d echo this as someone that used to pirate but doesn’t really do it anymore. It was more about user experience, cost, and effort involved. When I was younger cost was a huge factor. Trying to...I’d echo this as someone that used to pirate but doesn’t really do it anymore. It was more about user experience, cost, and effort involved. When I was younger cost was a huge factor.
Trying to figure out how and where to watch a movie a few decades ago was way harder compared to today.
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Comment on Something big is happening in ~tech
TurtleCracker Link ParentThis kind of thing is really frustrating as a default behavior. The output is always way too verbose. You have to practically berate some of the models to get them to tighten up the output.It hit me something like "no problem, these are very dense medical jargon, so it can be hard to understand" or something
This kind of thing is really frustrating as a default behavior. The output is always way too verbose. You have to practically berate some of the models to get them to tighten up the output.
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Comment on Something big is happening in ~tech
TurtleCracker Link ParentAI tools do generate productivity gains, but also losses at my work. AI will often give us code that looks right, but isn’t. It will write tests that test nothing. It will generate code with...AI tools do generate productivity gains, but also losses at my work. AI will often give us code that looks right, but isn’t. It will write tests that test nothing. It will generate code with security issues. It will hallucinate features or dependencies that don’t exist and then apologize after you spend 10 minutes trying to figure it out and prove it wrong. It’s also getting more expensive - we run out of “premium credits” all the time.
This is with latest models.
Given all of the above it usually results in net productivity gain, but not a huge one.
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Comment on Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize a city on the moon instead of a colony on Mars in ~space
TurtleCracker Link ParentThe only thing I can think of where the moon is valuable is some sort of atmospheric event that we didn't have forewarning of. Even then, the moon wouldn't be self sufficient so they'd be doomed...There are very, very few potential disasters that could entirely wipe out life on earth but allow life on Mars or the Moon to survive.
The only thing I can think of where the moon is valuable is some sort of atmospheric event that we didn't have forewarning of. Even then, the moon wouldn't be self sufficient so they'd be doomed anyways.
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Comment on Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved in ~space
TurtleCracker Link ParentI agree that 10 years is unlikely but I don’t know if 300 is accurate. If I look specifically at US naval vessels over the last 100 years they got 2x longer, 3x heavier, went from steam turbines...I agree that 10 years is unlikely but I don’t know if 300 is accurate. If I look specifically at US naval vessels over the last 100 years they got 2x longer, 3x heavier, went from steam turbines and oil boilers to nuclear reactors.
Airplanes barely existed 100 years ago, they are common now. Likewise computers (as we commonly think of them) have existed for less than a hundred years.
I’m more optimistic that we will make significant progress in space during my lifetime.
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Comment on Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved in ~space
TurtleCracker Link ParentI guess in my head I don’t envision a foundry attached to a data center. I envision heat sinks being moved from a data center to a foundry. Two completely different facilities.I guess in my head I don’t envision a foundry attached to a data center. I envision heat sinks being moved from a data center to a foundry. Two completely different facilities.
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Comment on Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved in ~space
TurtleCracker Link ParentI agree with most of your points, but I enjoy the discussion so I'm going to continue. Space elevator on the moon to solve this problem? I believe a lot of research has actually been done on that...I agree with most of your points, but I enjoy the discussion so I'm going to continue.
That would require regularly going up and down a gravity well, which would make the whole thing require an incredible amount of energy.
Space elevator on the moon to solve this problem? I believe a lot of research has actually been done on that topic.
If there ever were a need to offload any of it though, it would be a heck of a lot easier to just have that compute on earth.
Isn't there an issue with transmission cutting out between Earth and vehicles during re-entry and/or ascent? I believe SpaceX has had to swap over to satellite based feeds for signal during some of their launches. I guess if you need real time compute sensitive to that level of signal interruption you wouldn't want it happening remotely anyways.
Any thoughts on compute demands increasing in space in the near future?
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Comment on Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved in ~space
TurtleCracker (edited )Link ParentIf you have modular heat sinks then you don't need the data center on the moon, you could shift heat to the moon. Would a data center in space allow you to have less compute on the vehicles...You could transfer it to the moon, but that would require the data center to be on the moon, not in space, and the moon is way harder to get to than orbit.
If you have modular heat sinks then you don't need the data center on the moon, you could shift heat to the moon.
There's no economic reason to do it though. Every aspect of it would be more expensive than putting them on earth, and not a little more expensive, like... tens of thousands of times more expensive, not to mention risky and dangerous.
Would a data center in space allow you to have less compute on the vehicles themselves by offloading the work?
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Comment on Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved in ~space
TurtleCracker Link ParentDoes it have to be radiated outward, or is that what we currently do?* It seems like if you can get it into contact with something colder than the heat, it could be used for a beneficial process....Unfortunately, that transfer is the very thing that's difficult in space. Since there's no direct contact with the environment to cool via conduction or convection, heat has to be radiated outwards – essentially by ensuring that the device's infrared glow points away from the sun. That's not very efficient, particularly when the solar panels have to be pointed at the sun to provide power.
Does it have to be radiated outward, or is that what we currently do?* It seems like if you can get it into contact with something colder than the heat, it could be used for a beneficial process. If we bring ore from asteroids into a facility - couldn't we use heat to process that material into something more useful internal to the facility itself? Couldn't we channel the heat into a sink and then transfer that to something else - maybe the moon? Transfer the heat into the moon?
I'm not an expert. Just poking at it. We have plenty of orbital bodies that don't seem to have issues managing heat.
*I understand that ultimately it all results in radiating outward, no matter how many steps in between.
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Comment on Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved in ~space
TurtleCracker Link ParentI'm pretty sure we can make modular heat sinks that could be swapped. I agree it's a bit of a chicken/egg problem. We've run into this on earth as well with things like EV infrastructure and other...I'm pretty sure we can make modular heat sinks that could be swapped. I agree it's a bit of a chicken/egg problem. We've run into this on earth as well with things like EV infrastructure and other technologies that require some sort of secondary thing to exist to enable them to be more efficient / cheaper.
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Comment on Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved in ~space
TurtleCracker Link ParentAre the launch costs as relevant for infrastructure already in space? If I launch some sort of base specifically designed to collect and process/radiate waste heat from other facilities for a fee...Are the launch costs as relevant for infrastructure already in space? If I launch some sort of base specifically designed to collect and process/radiate waste heat from other facilities for a fee for example.
Make a WordPress backend and use it as a headless CMS to automatically deploy a static site. Best of both worlds!
I do understand the struggle. I’ve had to build lots of sites in expensive and complicated CMS for no reason. I had a company pay for Kentico and then pay a software engineer for every single change to the site afterwards. Nobody from the business ever logged into Kentico. So frustrating.