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Comment on eBook management for Kobo in ~books
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Comment on eBook management for Kobo in ~books
Weldawadyathink (edited )LinkCheck out booklore. It's a self hosted book server. You can redirect the api endpoint on your kobo to your self hosted booklore server, and it automatically syncs your books. Very convenient. I'd...Check out booklore. It's a self hosted book server. You can redirect the api endpoint on your kobo to your self hosted booklore server, and it automatically syncs your books. Very convenient. I'd be happy to help you set it up if you get stuck.
Edit: check out grimmory instead.
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Comment on Why does WhatsApp drain so much phone battery? in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentiPhone 14 Pro here, same experience as the person you replied to. It just hasn't been a problem for me.iPhone 14 Pro here, same experience as the person you replied to. It just hasn't been a problem for me.
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Comment on Memory is too expensive so I made my own (DIY Core Memory) in ~comp
Weldawadyathink Link ParentWikipedia says core memory got to about 1¢ per bit in its heyday. Inflation adjusted to 10¢. The required 4mb of ram would be $419,430.40. The pi pico drops the cost down to $27,033.60. Okay, I...Wikipedia says core memory got to about 1¢ per bit in its heyday. Inflation adjusted to 10¢. The required 4mb of ram would be $419,430.40. The pi pico drops the cost down to $27,033.60.
Okay, I guess current ram prices aren't that bad.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Weldawadyathink Link ParentAbsolutely not to both questions. I'm currently of the opinion that I might as well use it while it's subsidized, and when they crank up the cost, there will probably be a new Chinese model that...Absolutely not to both questions. I'm currently of the opinion that I might as well use it while it's subsidized, and when they crank up the cost, there will probably be a new Chinese model that can get pretty close for a fraction of the cost.
In my view, it's basically the same as when moviepass was $10/month for unlimited movies. Obviously just a way to hemorrhage money, but it hemorrhaged money to my benefit. So use it while it's there, don't develop any brand loyalty, and be ready to jump off when it goes off the cliff. I watched Oppenheimer 3 times in imax 70mm film because of movie pass. Those were like $25 tickets. Not something I would have paid out of pocket for, but it was enjoyable.
As a side note, I played through one of the fable campaigns, and it's pretty mediocre. I'm still impressed that it did what it did, but I won't be keeping any part of these campaigns except the gameplay ideas and maybe the themes.
One thing I am having AI do right now (opus, since I maxed out my fable usage) is build a web based map editor. It is entirely vibe coded, and I don't plan on changing that. It only needs to edit some well structured typescript code, so I can audit its output, and I don't really care how it got there. Since I'm the only one who will ever use it, I don't care if it has weird quirks or bugs. I think the map editor only cost maybe $40 in api usage cost, which is probably pretty close to being worth it for me.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI don't remember unfortunately. I don't consider myself much of an artist, so I feel a bit out of my league here. I have done artistic stuff before, but mostly just following along with guides in...I don't remember unfortunately.
I don't consider myself much of an artist, so I feel a bit out of my league here. I have done artistic stuff before, but mostly just following along with guides in a really structured way. The idea of opening a blank canvas and just making something isn't really in my wheelhouse. This actually makes the play date a very good target. What color palette do I choose? Well I only get one, and there's only two colors. I know the saying that limitations breed creativity, but in my case it's that limitations avoid choice paralysis. I also saw a comment on one YouTube tutorial I watched that was something like this: "Embrace the jank. Pixel art isn't perfect. If you want perfect, don't do pixel art. Get something that looks good enough".
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Weldawadyathink LinkI have a playdate game concept that has been bouncing around my head for a long time now. It started as a cave exploration game. There was a minigame in a game I played a long time ago that had...I have a playdate game concept that has been bouncing around my head for a long time now. It started as a cave exploration game. There was a minigame in a game I played a long time ago that had you exploring a cave. Very simple, no minimap, somewhat like a text adventure with compass direction movements. At first it was oppressive, and getting lost was easy. But I started mapping it myself on grid paper. I had to come up with my own set of rules and symbols to keep everything understandable, and handle interesting conditions like rooms being directly above other rooms. I remember one time when I was mapping some new rooms in an unexplored area, and realized that they matched some already mapped rooms, and I got to update my map to show the new loop. It's kinda hard to explain, but it was a fantastic experience. And I have this hand-drawn map that I made myself, and navigating in the cave system was trivial. So I want to try and make a playdate game that requires and emphasizes this gameplay loop.
I have had an engine that could handle this implemented in my own terrible handwritten lua for a while now. It allowed the designer to add rooms to a map using a directed graph system, not a coordinate grid. This allows interesting things like non-euclidian geometery, two different routes between two rooms being different lengths, one-way routes (falling off a ledge, jumping down a hole, swimming down stream, etc), and a bunch of other possibilities.
My engine was extremely simple to begin with. I wanted to get to a minimum viable product before spending a bunch of work refining. But the last time I had worked on this project was back before codex and claude code existed, so I tried out how well they would fare in this task. I started by having it rewrite the project to typescript using crankscript, which compiles TS into playdate style lua. I absolutely love typescript, and LLMs are far better at typescript than lua. That conversion went off without a single hitch. I tried to have GPT-5.5 clean up the user interface, but GPT-5.5 is incredibly bad at user interface design, and I don't like the coding style it uses. So I decided to pay for a $20 claude sub and try out fable while it's available on the subscription plans. I had fable upgrade the engine to support different artwork in scenes (Text only, side by side text and artwork, full art with overlay text). I had it build out and redo all of the user interface, including main menu and a save system. I had it build a rudimentary inventory system. It did all of this without a hitch. Honestly, this probably wasn't a particularly difficult task for fable. I feel like opus could have done the same, and sonnet probably could have gotten close. But now I was where I wanted to be. I had a minimum viable engine, I just needed some maps to test it on.
On a whim I tried to have fable design a map from scratch. When I had codex do this, it threw some rooms together pretty nonsensically and made something that was functional, but not good. I didn't think fable would actually be able to produce something good, but I hoped it could scaffold something that I could refine. But it actually created what seems like a pretty good campaign. It included some interesting things like a pair of rooms that look almost identical, so a casual mapper could get them mixed up, a penrose infinite staircase, and some other interesting aspects. So I decided to give it another shot at an entirely new campaign. One prompt and about an hour later, it had another unique and interesting map. I didn't know what else to do, so I looped it into creating 6 different campaigns. It created some placeholder artwork that isn't bad (but isn't great). And each has interesting and unique mechanics. I am honestly very impressed with fable.
The subsidization on these AI subscription plans is insane. Over the past 3 days with fable on a $20 plan, I have spent $274.63 worth of API credits. And on my $20 ChatGPT sub, I have spent $113.32 over the last 30 days.
I think my end goal is to get this on the playdate catalog, which allows AI coding assistance, but not AI generated images/text, so I will likely play through the fable maps, document the player experience, then build my own maps that are similar. But for now I am teaching myself pixel artwork.
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Comment on Give me your culture clash stories in ~travel
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI think it is a European thing. I've heard from people in many different cultures that peanut butter is considered American, so much that many European people I talked to haven't heard of the...I think it is a European thing. I've heard from people in many different cultures that peanut butter is considered American, so much that many European people I talked to haven't heard of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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Comment on Give me your culture clash stories in ~travel
Weldawadyathink LinkThis is a small one, but it bothered me greatly when I lived in France for a year. They don't have peanut butter! Okay, they do, but not real, good peanut butter. Whether you like chunky or not,...This is a small one, but it bothered me greatly when I lived in France for a year.
They don't have peanut butter!
Okay, they do, but not real, good peanut butter. Whether you like chunky or not, peanut butter is allowed only two ingredients. Peanuts, and salt. If there is anything else, you did something wrong. Every jar of peanut butter I found in a French grocery store had fucking sugar added. I was so impressed with now little sugar was in anything in France, but somehow they fell down with peanut butter. I finally found Hema, a Dutch retailer that expanded to France, had a peanut butter with no sugar, but it still had a palm oil to prevent it separating. Not ideal, but workable. For the 4 months I lived in the countryside in Bordeaux, some of my 1 hour each way train trips back to the city were exclusively to stock peanut butter from Hema.
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Memory is too expensive so I made my own (DIY Core Memory)
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Comment on Why does WhatsApp drain so much phone battery? in ~tech
Weldawadyathink LinkEven when I was living abroad and used WhatsApp exclusively (including audio calls), it never used more than a marginal part of my battery. I don't know if we have different settings or something...Even when I was living abroad and used WhatsApp exclusively (including audio calls), it never used more than a marginal part of my battery. I don't know if we have different settings or something else, but it's not a problem for me.
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Comment on Summer Games Done Quick 2026, a week-long charity fundraiser featuring speedruns, is live (runs July 5 - July 11) in ~games
Weldawadyathink LinkHumble Bundle has a GDQ bundle right now. I grabbed it, but I already had Solar Ash and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. If anyone wants one of these, shoot me a PM and I'll send you the key.Humble Bundle has a GDQ bundle right now. I grabbed it, but I already had Solar Ash and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. If anyone wants one of these, shoot me a PM and I'll send you the key.
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Comment on Humble Bundle - John Scalzi collection benefiting World Central Kitchen in ~books
Weldawadyathink LinkUnlike some of the other book bundles I have bought, which are fulfilled through Kobo and need the (quite trivial) DRM removed, these are all DRM free. You get a bunch of links to download the...Unlike some of the other book bundles I have bought, which are fulfilled through Kobo and need the (quite trivial) DRM removed, these are all DRM free. You get a bunch of links to download the epubs. Love that. I already own most of these on audiobook, and I usually just pirate the epub if I want to read it myself, but it's nice to not need to deal with that.
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Comment on US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, ruling against Donald Trump's order in ~society
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI sometimes like to play devils advocate with court decisions, since there job is not to do what's right, or what people want, it's to decide what the written text of the constitution and...I sometimes like to play devils advocate with court decisions, since there job is not to do what's right, or what people want, it's to decide what the written text of the constitution and amendments says. If citizens don't like laws, it should be up to the legislative branch to fix them, not the judicial (assuming a functioning government). But here is the text of the 14th amendment:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Yeah there is no room for interpretation here. That is pretty fucking clear. The fact that this wasn't 9-0 is a disgrace to the entire judicial system of the US and everything it stands for.
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Comment on Power consumption of LLM's in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentModern LLMs that are trained with reasoning and tool calling loops are really good at generating answers from information that is available to it. The problem is that the information is not...Modern LLMs that are trained with reasoning and tool calling loops are really good at generating answers from information that is available to it. The problem is that the information is not published by the api providers.
GPT 5.5 High seems to agree:
So the defensible answer is: probably low single-digit joules per visible token for normal text, with large uncertainty; exact GPT-5.5 Thinking marginal energy is not publicly disclosed.
Thinking and tool call loops use tokens that aren't visible to the user, which changes the answer dramatically. And its reasoning doesn't consider training power usage.
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Comment on Do you cook with cast iron? Is it the hassle everyone says it is? in ~food
Weldawadyathink Link ParentOkay results are in, and pings for everyone: /u/Banazir, /u/Zorind, /u/kacey, /u/Minithra, /u/dirthawker, /u/R3qn65, and /u/RNG. And before you jump to the after pictures and see all the rust,...- Exemplary
Okay results are in, and pings for everyone: /u/Banazir, /u/Zorind, /u/kacey, /u/Minithra, /u/dirthawker, /u/R3qn65, and /u/RNG.
And before you jump to the after pictures and see all the rust, keep in mind this pan was not in perfect condition before. There was already a bit of surface rust before the dishwasher, so we should expect more rust afterwards.
Before: Bottom | Edge | Inside
Anyone who loves and babies their cast iron, look away now! I washed these with the only suitable dishwasher detergent as decreed by our lord and savior Alec in the holy video book Technology Connections, powdered detergent from good.store.
To my eyes, it looks basically identical. There was rust on the bottom before, there is rust after. The inside cook surface looks just as good as it did before. One test does not a conclusion make, so I plan to do more. After it came out, I gave that pan the good scrub and re-season it needed. I also did the same to a weird corn cob baking tray that I have had for years and never used once. I will get those into good condition and leave them in my dishwasher for a month. If they survive that (and I feel like they will given these results), I will feel confident recommending anyone put their cast iron in the dishwasher.
Once I am done with that test, I'll throw together a new tildes post with the results.
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Comment on Do you cook with cast iron? Is it the hassle everyone says it is? in ~food
Weldawadyathink Link ParentYour comment, along with /u/Banazir, /u/Zorind, and /u/kacey, made me want to do a trial. I've always heard the advice that cast iron never goes in a dishwasher, but a bunch of the traditional...Your comment, along with /u/Banazir, /u/Zorind, and /u/kacey, made me want to do a trial. I've always heard the advice that cast iron never goes in a dishwasher, but a bunch of the traditional cast iron advice is absolute bunk, so I am doing a trial. I have an old cast iron skillet that I have been meaning to start using, but has been sitting in the garage for years now. I took some before pictures and just started it in the dishwasher. I will post an update once the cycle is done. Honestly I am expecting it to come out perfect or slightly rusty. Dishwasher soap doesn't use lye soap any more than dish soap does anymore, so it shouldn't pull the seasoning off.
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Comment on Slate Truck preorder starts at $24,950 in ~transport
Weldawadyathink Link Parenthttps://www.crutchfield.com/g_462450/Android-Auto-Compatible-Car-Stereos.html Since it can have a double din mount, you can add it for a few hundred dollars. And most of these do wireless Android...https://www.crutchfield.com/g_462450/Android-Auto-Compatible-Car-Stereos.html
Since it can have a double din mount, you can add it for a few hundred dollars. And most of these do wireless Android auto, not just wired.
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Comment on Not so empty nesters: record-high number of US adults under 35 live at home, new data says in ~life
Weldawadyathink Link29, college degree, employed, and live with my mom. I actually had moved out and moved back in at 26 ish to save money for college. Where I live, if I had to pay rent, I would not be able to pay...29, college degree, employed, and live with my mom. I actually had moved out and moved back in at 26 ish to save money for college. Where I live, if I had to pay rent, I would not be able to pay back any of my debt. And I probably would have to take loans out for living expenses. Shits expensive.
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Comment on What do you think the top three most used apps on your phone for the past week are? in ~tech
Weldawadyathink LinkMy guess: Three Cheers for Tildes, Reddit, Safari Actual: YouTube, ChatGPT, Reddit Apple combined my iPad and phone usage. Basically all of that YouTube is from my iPad. I don't really consider...My guess: Three Cheers for Tildes, Reddit, Safari
Actual: YouTube, ChatGPT, Reddit
Apple combined my iPad and phone usage. Basically all of that YouTube is from my iPad. I don't really consider iPad usage against my "phone app" usage.
Actual phone only: chatGPT, Reddit, Harmony (Three cheers in a close 4th place)
I am moderately surprised by ChatGPT. I have been using it a lot on 5.5 high, especially for advice on my TV calibration project. On high, it sometimes takes a long time to answer. I think a bunch of this time is me shooting a query off and doing something else while my phone screen is on.
The real surprise is Harmony. In my new TV project, I had to reprogram my harmony hub remote for the new TV. The harmony app is extremely slow and janky, so a bunch of screen time isn't too surprising. Also can I throw out a mini rant? Why on earth did Logitech discontinue the harmony device line? It is still absolutely fantastic. And for some absurd reason nobody has made a replacement for the harmony hub specifically. If you aren't aware, the harmony hub is a small device that you install in your TV cabinet. It sends the ir signals, so it can work when the cabinet is closed. You control the hub through your phone or through a specific hub remote that communicates to the hub with bluetooth, not IR. That way your remote works from anywhere, including under blankets or around corners. Absolutely fantastic design. And the only device I have been able to find that does something similar is the sofabaton, which has a remote that is gigantic (no thanks, the harmony one is about as big as I want) and costs three hundred dollars (the harmony hub and remote was around $80 if I remember right. Ugh. The app still works on iOS 27, and Logitech hasn't shutdown the servers (required for any config changes), so I will be holding on to mine as long as possible.
This is funny to read since I settled on booklore after trying a few calibre web forks which all seemed extremely unstable. I'll check out grimmory, but I haven't had a single issue with booklore so far.