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Be aware that the way OpenSCAD works (CSG) makes a lot of things difficult compared to "normal" CAD programs. A lot of common operations, such as arbitrary fillets on various edges, are simply hard to express or do.

The more powerful option is something built on the open-source Open Cascade geometry kernel: FreeCAD, cadquery, or build123d. This also gives you interop with the broader CAD ecosystem by enabling you to import and export STEP files. (Your favorite LLM can advise you on or drive these options as well.)

I think there’s evidence found for the origin of “彁” as the result of a poor scan of a newspaper article. Look up “彁 新聞” to find some japanese sources about this.

The API lets you directly choose the model you want. Automatic thinking is a ChatGPT feature since ChatGPT has always been a “GPT wrapper” in that sense.

The list of models to be retired is about ChatGPT. Those models are still in the API.

On the ChatGPT website, there should be an option to enable the legacy models in your user settings.

I don't think the dialog as described in the article is accurate and I can't find a screenshot of Windows NT that says "Windows has been shut down." The only screenshots I can find say, "It is now safe to turn off your computer." The confusion around the Restart button is understandable, but the framing of the story seems to imply that the old dialog led to the later phrase, "It is now safe to turn off your computer."

Looking at the photos, that calculator wheel on the back looks wonderful. Certainly better than the contemporary paper calculator wheel that I got with my Argus.

In my case, I wanted to edit some HDR environment maps. They are a 360deg image of the environment used for 3D work. They need to be floating-point so that arbitrary brightnesses can be captured and used to calculate the lighting in the scene correctly.

Totally, and Racket is cool because you can see it as a framework for creating languages.

But Racket is built on top of Chez Scheme so you can also use that directly if you just want a Scheme.

This is interesting... when I visited recently I realized that Suica on Apple Wallet was more convenient than the physical card. The top reason is that you can use Apple Pay to top up your Suica whenever and wherever you are, without downloading any special app or needing to login to something.

However, one of my credit cards didn't work for that with no clear reason given, but a different one worked almost every time.

In my past life I built and sold dispatch software for microtransit / on-demand rides. (UberPool as a service, more or less.)

What this article doesn’t say:

* Many, many cities have something similar already, but only for riders with disabilities. (“paratransit”) You need to schedule your ride the day before, but they will take you from door to door.

* The cost per ride is quite high: more than $20 per ride, often. This cost is borne by the city, while riders pay little to nothing. In very few cases does it make financial sense - most places aren’t replacing their buses with microtransit.

* The best utilization I’ve seen is on campuses, where there are a fixed set of stops in a small region, and a large population of people who can’t or don’t want to drive (maybe due to limited parking).