Joel_Mckay

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"A Specialist knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing."

"A Generalist knows less and less about more and more until he knows absolutely nothing about everything."

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Comment · 14 hours ago
>they had prepared in advance with some inside knowledge of Binance architecture

That is a safe bet 92% of the time, but they rushed getting the stolen coins into a tumbler service. The kind of people that do business in bitcoin, are not the class of folks you want finding these thieves first.

Yet, picking politically attractive proxy-scapegoats is a classic pro move. =3

Comment · 1 day ago
Try this, as it should support animated webp features in eom. =3

sudo apt install eom webp-pixbuf-loader libimlib2-dev libwebp-dev pkg-config libwebp-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev

Comment · 2 days ago
>Everyone should be insanely angry.

Micron made the mistake of letting the dog drive, and ultimately tied their brands fate to a dubious high-risk/high-reward market. The dram situation has already hit SSD/HDD, ram, and PC sales... as consumer dram chip supply chains are choked off by the hyper-scaling hardware investment loop demands.

"Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall." (proverb 16:18)

>Don't tell me people are building out data-centers with 16tb spinning disks

Inexpensive JBOD HDD storage is still around $25/TiB, and while higher than tape ($7/TiB) it remains viable. The dram cache chips on the HDD PCB are likely more expensive than the old hardware now.

Personally, I have gone with old 25GB BD-R ($21.50/TiB for Ridata disc) for archival storage. It is janky, but the lowest cost cold-backup solution at the moment for home-scale projects. The 7 year disc MTBF should push past the 2032 estimated hype-bubble supply chain DDoS.

BD-R are slow to burn/access, hard to auto-load, and not a viable option for LLM/bitcoin project folks. I thought the tech was EOL 10 years ago, and yet here we are. =3

Comment · 2 days ago
Depends on the brand, but low-viscosity resins tend to print easier, have less bubbles, and drip clean a little better.

The bad liquid-resin odor people detect is often unrelated to VOC levels, which is why activated-charcoal filters are mostly useless from an exposure standpoint. Exhausting crud outside into some ferns is the best solution for hobby printers. =3

Comment · 2 days ago
Resin is fairly inert once fully cured + aged/dried 2 weeks, but in its uncured state PPE should always be used. The uncured resin contact with skin is known to sometimes cause autoimmune sensitivities like allergic reactions. If you ever get blisters or a rash, than you are likely no longer able to work around acrylic resins and paints.

Always protect your skin, eyes, and lungs... even when the SDS/MSDS doesn't explicitly warn of currently known possible exposure hazards.

In general, treat it the same as paint with a booth/tent, exhaust fan, and paper-lined drip pan for when(not if) the membrane perforates. If the object is small, one could also use 100% infill so it may be cleaned properly (coating prints in a automotive UV-resistant clear acrylic spray paint a few weeks later prevents yellowing, and reduces handling risks.)

Around 40% of people will get cancer in their lifetimes, and most will never know. In general, avoiding physical contact with organic solvents is a good idea, and be pleasantly surprised if it turns out to be an overly cautious decision. =3

Comment · 2 days ago
Consider water-soluble resin, but always use 99% IPA to wash. First, dab with tissue paper to soak up drips, wash in used/dirty IPA, and then wash again in clean IPA. This will remove most if not all uncured resin. You should be able to hit within 0.1mm repeatability with anti-aliasing turned off.

Finally, the UVA cure chamber must be able to kick off the resin. After 15min on each side, then wash the build with a hand cleaner. Place all PPE like gloves in a clear bag, and leave in the sun on both sides for 1 hour.

"USD700" is almost double what a mid-sized Creality printer costs, and aftermarket 3M flex plate kits are about $30.

Without a garage/outdoor/lab work-space people shouldn't buy stinky resin printers. =3

Comment · 3 days ago
It is a cycle, and one may bet millions of annoyed nerds will invent something other than ddr dram... after all they always have in the past.

Blitz-scaling LLM for fictional future revenue assumes competing technology will remain immutable. It is a false premise with dire consequences for the credulous.

China is already filling the vacuum within the flash/ddr/cpu/gpu market, and quality/speed will rapidly improve with domestic use. We are already seeing blank label storage clones emerging in international markets. =3

Comment · 3 days ago
Comment · 4 days ago
Some contract clause meanings have physical location dependence on where they are signed. That is why one should always consult local legal representation as well. =3
Comment · 4 days ago
Indeed, forced charity is just theft with favorable public opinion. =3
Comment · 4 days ago
Sure, works if there is a statistically salient documented solution to glean in the LLM, or a de-compiled meta-circular generated clone. As long as one avoids the $9Tn of FOSS code other people wrote, than you should be fine.

Good luck with that. =3

Comment · 4 days ago
In my experience, you choose the key difficult parts first, and build a small toy version. From that action, you learn which parts of the interfaces are common, and may undergo modularization with a clean design pattern.

Ultimately with sanity checking, sanitized marshaling, and constraint programming... the underlying security model is naturally enforced within the pattern itself.

The deceptively simple systems are more like an ant colony or bee hive. =3

Comment · 4 days ago
Comment · 5 days ago
There is no science greater than party balloons, and funny sounding voices. =3

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