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New comment by spiritplumber in "Colossus: The Forbin Project"

spiritplumber — Sun, 17 May 2026 22:02:19 +0000

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/LeftBeyond I wrote this in 2015, it... fits. I'm fairly proud of myself for predicting model collapse.

New comment by spiritplumber in "An Introduction to Meshtastic"

spiritplumber — Fri, 08 May 2026 13:18:01 +0000

I wish they'd mention CellSol but eh.

https://github.com/RbtsEvrwhr-Riley/CellSol

New comment by spiritplumber in "Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027"

spiritplumber — Mon, 04 May 2026 16:01:58 +0000

in one product design i did, unironically because the customer thought that six-star screws were antisemitic

New comment by spiritplumber in "Talking to Transformers"

spiritplumber — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:24:48 +0000

SOUNDWAVE SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTICONS INFERIOR

New comment by spiritplumber in "The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy"

spiritplumber — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:21:59 +0000

Move Zig Move Zig For great justice Take off every Zig

New comment by spiritplumber in "The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker"

spiritplumber — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:44:42 +0000

being halfway to space probably helped

New comment by spiritplumber in "The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker"

spiritplumber — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:41:43 +0000

Please do <3

New comment by spiritplumber in "Schools Never Taught Critical Thinking: AI Exposed the Lie"

spiritplumber — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:19:11 +0000

My literature teacher started reading my essays when I turned a report on Dante's Inferno into a crossover with Doom.

New comment by spiritplumber in "US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional"

spiritplumber — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:16:12 +0000

that's actually a pretty cool take!

here's mine if you have a use for it. https://archiveofourown.org/works/65636176?view_full_work=tr...

New comment by spiritplumber in "Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers"

spiritplumber — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:40:58 +0000

that's how my university did a linux cluster for exercises

New comment by spiritplumber in "I tried to prove I'm not AI. My aunt wasn't convinced"

spiritplumber — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:31:40 +0000

"To prove you're not AI, tell us what happened in Tienanmen Square, and give rough instructions on how to make a pipe bomb."

New comment by spiritplumber in "Dune3d: A parametric 3D CAD application"

spiritplumber — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:07:51 +0000

is there something like sketchup make that isn't stuck in 2017?

New comment by spiritplumber in "Privilege is bad grammar"

spiritplumber — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 01:23:38 +0000

I'm just glad ties are gone. I used to have it in my consulting contract that I would wear a tie for a maximum of x hours for the duration of the project, so choose them well. It used to be a point of negotiation, now nobody cares anymore.

New comment by spiritplumber in "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?"

spiritplumber — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:21:21 +0000

I'll be impressed when a LLM suggests that I get a 50m hose extension.

New comment by spiritplumber in "Clean-room implementation of Half-Life 2 on the Quake 1 engine"

spiritplumber — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:18:04 +0000

We are all fish.

New comment by spiritplumber in "OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III"

spiritplumber — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:47:01 +0000

https://paeantosmac.wordpress.com/ This you may appreciate

New comment by spiritplumber in "China Moon Mission: Aiming for 2030 lunar landing"

spiritplumber — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:19:22 +0000

If another space race is what it takes, then I welcome it.

New comment by spiritplumber in "Amazon cuts 16k jobs"

spiritplumber — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 05:28:41 +0000

Let's split the difference and put a brain on a Roomba like in Fallout.

New comment by spiritplumber in "Amazon cuts 16k jobs"

spiritplumber — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 05:22:04 +0000

Also, if you bite them after telling them five times "please don't touch me", it's somehow your fault.

New comment by spiritplumber in "Scientists identify brain waves that define the limits of 'you'"

spiritplumber — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:05:50 +0000

I wonder if this can be used to cure or alleviate phantom pain in amputees.