@trishume's non-programming alt. I like making things, weird ideas and solid tungsten objects. Check out my dating page! https://teapawt.net/t.co/e7NezzsCR2
SF & NYC
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Latest Steve Mould video has me reading papers and patents to discover all the obscure pretty rheoscopic fluids I can find now that I know the name. youtu.be/FiiYR66ex1w?feature… youtu.be/V98NnZsmTm4?si=BwBl…
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Watching a combine harvester marketing video and seeing combine company holy war comments lead me down a rabbit hole of reading AgTalk forum threads of people debating combines. youtube.com/watch?v=w9u0aYIk… talk.newagtalk.com/forums/th…
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Ooh I already liked the SO2 idea but I hadn’t seen or thought about bursting hydrogen balloons as a really cheap delivery mechanism, that’s a neat idea.
It's much easier than the giant gun in Termination Shock. And much cheaper.
No time to write a blog, too busy with @scrollprize.
Question for the nerds: marginal cost of SO2 delivered to the stratosphere with a giant LDPE balloon full of a lifty mixture of H2 and SO2?
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Jacob wrote a great article based on a meetup I ran pitching my favourite theory of everything. I’m not sure how much I believe UDASSA myself but I at least find it really interesting and aesthetically elegant.
on God's computer, why momma said you're special, committing to the bits, the simulation argument against simulations, cockroaches with thick wires, and why you should always carry a big tungsten cube
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I really wish life satisfaction surveys had better anchor points so respondents don’t make up their own. Regardless this makes a pretty strong case for alternatives to AMF, such that I’m maybe half-swayed.
This picture might not look like much, but it represents a new answer to the question, ‘how can I do the most good?’
It's taken over 3 years and 10,000 hours of research to get here.
What am I talking about?🧵to explain.
Please read, then AMA about this research!
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My new favorite toy to dance with is a $25 thing which shoots a mesmerizing hovering string loop: zipstring.com
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Tried this on a redeye flight and it was great! Outperformed my previous favourite the trtl pillow, reducing neck pain/discomfort to near zero. Most on Amazon are too short, I measured my neck and got this one: a.co/d/3vbGsjx
Dustin was already my favourite billionaire, and now he’s constantly replying to EA meme accounts with excellent puns. I don’t mean to inflate his ego but I’m a big fan.
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Honestly one of the only appeals of homeownership to me is the idea of designing an absurdly overprovisioned hvac system and then taunting respiratory diseases and allergies with big parties.
Managed to reassemble my bed in the other room using only basic tier (Use Tool) and mid-tier (Improvise Tool) Human abilities without having to resort to high tier ones like Comprehend Written Knowledge or Do Science.
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Previously “goes by a portmanteau of their full name” implies “went to MIT where that was their username” had been an infallible inference but today @sliminality became my first counterexample
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I like how these factors draw attention to the differences between classic utilitarianism and personal value function moral-non-realist utilitarianism. I consider myself utilitarian without any of these things except partway on 3.
I am much less confident about utilitarianism once you break it down into its constituent components, namely:
(1) Complete impartiality
(2) Hedonism
(3) Aggregationism
I made my first @ManifoldMarkets market on whether the @mold_time potato diet 6 month follow-up will show >5lbs average weight loss persisting: manifold.markets/TristanHume…
All of the metal examples in this thread have the old detailed version probably sand cast or stamped and the new version machined and welded from standardized parts. With high labor costs and modern tech, detail has a high relative price people don’t choose to pay.
I’m trying to buy a roll of diffuser film for my lighting project and all the US suppliers have $1k+ MOQs or prices. Found a Chinese supplier who quoted me $20, but then it turns out it costs $1700 to ship a medium sized not that heavy box from their factory to SF via UPS! Wut.
After learning about carbon fiber resin transfer molding from @ianbrooke I'm now tempted to try to make a hollow carbon fiber cube for maximum weight contrast to my tungsten cube while still being robust. All you need is a 3D printer and some materials: youtube.com/watch?v=25PmqM24…
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