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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen on Monday November 02, 2026 @09:53PM (#50347435)
i laughed so hard at this thank u xD
tapping my credit card to buy things and generate the financial data in the first place was already trusting a bunch of black boxes anyway right?
Re:Show HN: How Random Are You? on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @10:50PM (#50081805)
i actually was, it said no one was more random than me! guess i just got lucky.

tldr; "im just like totally so random xD"

"if you're having to pull in data from multiple different sources, each with their own flow for exporting"

you say this, but i got ChatGpt to just open chrome logged into two credit cards and a bank app and download everything with a certain criteria (i did this to populate items in a travel split app). So maybe it's not that bad

Re:Show HN: Moon simulator game, ray-casting on Friday April 10, 2026 @12:14AM (#47713560)
how can I land without crashing? :'(
Re:Ask HN: Any Interesting Niche Hobbies? on Thursday April 09, 2026 @01:39AM (#47699688)
build a battlebot!
what is this? assembly for ants?
but then they'll make this a crime
Great read!
Re:LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @03:07AM (#43829484)
The signup button just spins indefinitely :(
Nice yeah, a video would be great! Good work either way :D
It took me about 5 minutes to understand what this is doing.

For anyone else confused, it doesn't listen to you play, it just logs your use of the metronome and provides tabs.

IMO the app would be cooler if it was simply the metronome app on a page. And if you want to track which song you are working on, then just add the ability to label a session. Could have a different mode for people who want it over videos, but usually when I'm practicing, I know the tab and am not watching a video while I practice.

As someone who uses Anki, and has also made a country learning game, this is soooooo smart! Great job! Thank you!
Is there a "sweet spot" for asteroids where they don't impact the earth, but come within like 20 meters of it?

Like is it possible for an asteroid to give a city a "buzz cut" and then continue on into outer space?

Re:Fidget on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @06:21PM (#42639633)
A bit of a tangent, but I've been shopping around for the best code based CAD software. I gave cad query a shot and had a few issues. Any recommendations? My use case is 3D printing.
Re:Why is it so hard to buy things that work well? on Monday December 16, 2024 @11:38PM (#42438382)
Yeah, if you have 1 million dollars to spend every time you run a data migration or anything else that touches many rows.

I've seen some new libraries crop up for writing your own replication slot clients. I wouldn't use fivetran for PG.

Either you have a lot of data and fivetran will be too expensive or you don't, and you're better off just using a postgres OLAP plugin/extension.

Maybe it was because it was in beta, but I had a nightmare of a time with fivetrans API trying to coordinate connectors and destinations and git access.

Re:CADing and 3D printing like a software engineer on Monday December 16, 2024 @02:08AM (#42428694)
I just went through this journey, except I learned freecad.

You end up having to click and enter so many numbers if you need exact dimensions, so I'm planning on switching to cadquery.

It would be cool to make a framework for modifying cadquery code with natural language, for example "make box 1 and box 1 flush" or "create two concentric semi-spheres and subtract the smaller one from the larger one"

But idk, maybe once you're fast at fusion this kinda stuff is faster to hotkey than speak

Re:How AI is beating VCs in their own game on Thursday November 14, 2024 @12:47PM (#42138886)
Can/will it be used in a generative way to pitch new startups?
Re:Open-source wheeled biped robot on Monday November 04, 2024 @03:39AM (#42039674)
Wait, the BOM has 4 x Qdd100. And each Qdd100 is listed for like $500 USD. So these robots are $2000+ is that normal? I was hoping for a cheap DIY haha
Thank you OP. I needed this.
(i'm dying of laughter)

Vegan 1-Ingredient Almond Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup Almond butter

Instructions: 1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 2. In a medium bowl, scoop out 1 cup of almond butter (make sure it's well-stirred if using natural almond butter). 3. Using a spoon or cookie scoop, portion the almond butter into tablespoon-sized balls and place them onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving some space between each cookie. 4. Gently press down each ball of almond butter with the tines of a fork, creating a crisscross pattern. 5. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are slightly golden and the cookies have firmed up. 6. Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy these delicious, vegan almond butter cookies as a quick snack or dessert!

lol
Re:Late Again on Monday August 19, 2024 @11:56PM (#41296606)
no no, the last late person to join is the one that causes the meeting to start. They are crucial.

If everyone showed up on time, the pre-meeting chit chat would have no natural boundary and could extend indefinitely.

They also take the pressure off of the people who care since they know there is leeway because at least you'll never be as late as "that person".

It's totally natural and beneficial and a treasured part of corporate culture.

This is so useful! I just started learning blender and I wish I had this a week ago!
Re:Show HN: Resume Builder in Python on Saturday May 25, 2024 @11:33AM (#40475628)
I'll give it a shot! Thanks OP!
The tutorial rick rolled me! I trusted you sabrina_ramonov!

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