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New comment by IdiotSavage in "Using “underdrawings” for accurate text and numbers"

IdiotSavage — Mon, 04 May 2026 10:25:30 +0000

That's funny if it's true. I'd like to see the prompt which generates the prompt.

New comment by IdiotSavage in "Text-to-CAD"

IdiotSavage — Mon, 04 May 2026 10:09:37 +0000

The actual prompts are more detailed than what's in the table on the main page:

https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/earthtojake/text-t...

I'm just wondering why anyone would bother describing CAD models in text. Language is imprecise and ambiguous. If you want to create a full part definition, you need to be extremely thorough with your description. At that point it's just easier (less mental load) and faster to construct the thing yourself. Not to mention, the model might still ignore your perfectly good prompt.

New comment by IdiotSavage in "Using “underdrawings” for accurate text and numbers"

IdiotSavage — Mon, 04 May 2026 08:30:53 +0000

> Transform this image into a photographed claymation diorama of assorted artisan chocolates and candies […] viewed from a low-angle

Side note: whenever I read prompts for image generation, I notice very specific details which the model obviously ignored. Here the chocolates / candies in the last two images look anything but artisanal. They look very "sterile" and mass-produced. The viewing angle is also not accurate.

Why do we even bother writing such elaborate prompts, when the model ignores most of it anyway?

New comment by IdiotSavage in "Functional programmers need to take a look at Zig"

IdiotSavage — Sat, 02 May 2026 07:06:05 +0000

Sorry. Fixed it for you.

  dir | ? lastwritetime -lt (get-date).adddays(-21) | del

PowerShell is not case sensitive (but nushell and bash are).

New comment by IdiotSavage in "Functional programmers need to take a look at Zig"

IdiotSavage — Fri, 01 May 2026 11:53:43 +0000

PowerShell is not really that much more verbose. This is the equivalent of the nushell command by crabsand.

  dir | ? LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-21) | del