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plufz commented on Blender on iPad Is Finally Happening creativebloq.com/3d/blend... · Posted by u/walterbell

tannhaeuser · 17 days ago

I loved SketchUp's interface, made tons of 3D "art" back then, and had high hopes Blender could fill the void when SketchUp was sold off Google and went subscription-based. But the various interface refactorings did nothing for casual 3D modelling and Blender is still as unintuitive and deserving of the "vi of 3D modelling" label as ever, focussing on undiscoverable keyboard nav and features for pro workflows spending 364d/year in it. What's the point of porting it to iPad OS, esp. when a keyboard and mouse is required? I even own iPad hardware with keyboard and pen and might give it a try but not if it's just a 1:1 port. Anyone checked out Blender for Artists (bforartists.de)?

plufz · 16 days ago

When I first started using Blender I found it to be an insane application that I would never be able to like. It breaks every possible convention for user interfaces. After getting over the quite long initial hurdle I started loving the interface and how the core logic applies to all elements to the app, e.g moving something on a timeline has the same command as moving an object in 3D space. It's not perfect but now I miss the workflow in all other visual creative applications. I would love a vector app with a blender like interface. It's the first open source creative app that I actually found good. But Blender most certainly is the "vi of 3D modeling".

plufz commented on Show HN: Magnitude – Open-source AI browser automation framework github.com/magnitudedev/m... · Posted by u/anerli

anerli · 2 months ago

I think depends a lot on how much you value your own time, since its quite time consuming to write and update playwright scripts. It's gonna save you developer hours to write automations using natural language rather than messing around with and fixing selectors. It's also able to handle tasks that playwright wouldn't be able to do at all - like extracting structured data from a messy/ambiguous DOM and adapting automatically to changing situations.

You can also use cheaper models depending on your needs, for example Qwen 2.5 VL 72B is pretty affordable and works pretty well for most situations.

plufz · 2 months ago

But we can use an LLM to write that script though and give that agent access to a browser to find DOM selectors etc. And than we have a stable script where we, if needed, manually can fix any LLM bugs just once…? I’m sure there are use cases with messy selectors as you say, but for me it feels like most cases are better covered by generating scripts.

plufz commented on MiniMax-M1 open-weight, large-scale hybrid-attention reasoning model github.com/MiniMax-AI/Min... · Posted by u/danboarder

behnamoh · 2 months ago

> they did M1 on Monday and Hailuo 2 on Tuesday

It would've been fun to see them name their models like Apple chips: M1, M1 Pro, M1 Ultra.

plufz · 2 months ago

Yeah MiniMax M1 certainly directed my thoughts to Mac mini M1. :)

plufz commented on O3 Turns Pro thezvi.substack.com/p/o3-... · Posted by u/jsnider3

dfsegoat · 2 months ago

It's a tough question and I do things the same way.

I feel like we are in awkward phase of: "We know this has severe environmental impact - but we need to know if these tools are actually going to be useful and worth adopting..." - so it seems like just keeping the environmental question at the forefront will be important as things progress.

plufz · 2 months ago

I agree, we are totally in an exploratory phase. I think its always a little scary when so much money and big companies are involved though.

plufz commented on O3 Turns Pro thezvi.substack.com/p/o3-... · Posted by u/jsnider3

omikun · 2 months ago

Likely how you reason about driving to the beach or flying to a vacation destination. Or playing a game in 4k high quality with ray tracing turned on.

plufz · 2 months ago

Yeah, I try to avoid those things as much as possible. Eight years since I was last on an airplane. I'm not sure how that is relevant to my question?

plufz commented on O3 Turns Pro thezvi.substack.com/p/o3-... · Posted by u/jsnider3

true_religion · 2 months ago

How much energy does an AI model use during inferencing versus a human being?

This is a rhetorical question.

Sure we aren’t capturing every last externality, but optimization of large systems should be pushed toward the creators and operators of those systems. Customers shouldn’t have to validate environmental impact every time they spend 0.05 dollars to use a machine.

plufz · 2 months ago

I totally agree that the environmental cost SHOULD be pushed towards the creators, but as long as that doesn't happen, is the moral thing as a consumer to just carry on using it? This is not a rhetorical question.

Transporting something with a car using fossil fuel usually uses less energy than if a human did the same thing by hand, that doesnt mean fossil fuel is environmentally friendly. LLM:s does not decrease the population even if it can do human tasks. If the LLM is used for the good of humanity it is probably a win, but I mean obviously a lot of the use of AI is not.

I use LLM:s as well, I'm just saying, I dont think it is a totally strange question to ponder over the energy use of different use cases with LLM:s.

plufz commented on O3 Turns Pro thezvi.substack.com/p/o3-... · Posted by u/jsnider3

AaronAPU · 2 months ago

I feed most of my questions/code to 4o, Gemini, o3-pro (in that order). By the time I’ve read through 4o, Gemini is ready. Etc.

It’s the progressive jpg download of 2025. You can short circuit after the first model which gives a good enough response.

plufz · 2 months ago

How do you reason about the energy consumption/climate impact of feeding the same question to three models? Im not saying there is a clear answer here, would just be interesting to hear your thinking.

plufz commented on Apple Notes Expected to Gain Markdown Support in iOS 26 macrumors.com/2025/06/04/... · Posted by u/danso

krackers · 3 months ago

They must be doing version numbers based on marketing. From OS X, to macOS 11...15, and now macOS 26.

plufz · 3 months ago

I think the version number from year is quite good. I keep forgetting which version is new and old with the current system. Now it will be easy to remember if you are lagging behind one year, or two or whatever.

plufz commented on Apple Notes Expected to Gain Markdown Support in iOS 26 macrumors.com/2025/06/04/... · Posted by u/danso

lurk2 · 3 months ago

I would not recommend investing in the iOS Notes ecosystem. There is no way to export these notes with their metadata and media intact without using iCloud. If you need a note-taking app, go with Joplin instead; it supports Markdown, has both iOS and desktop clients, and supports self-hosted syncing.

plufz · 3 months ago

I use Obsidian these days, I found the switch from Apple Notes pain free. I still think Apple Notes is a great app for almost everyone. Not perfect but really good.

plufz commented on Apple App Store guidelines remove ban on encouraging external payments in US developer.apple.com/app-s... · Posted by u/macguillicuddy

behnamoh · 4 months ago

One word: greed.

Apple as the company we used to know is long dead. I still buy MacBooks and iPhones but only because some remnant of the past still exists in them. The new company came up with Vision Pro, screwing Spotify over app commissions, screwing game developers users love (Epic), non-upgradeable devices, extremely difficult repairability, etc.

plufz · 4 months ago

Steve Jobs was quite famously against upgradability since the start. That is not something new for Apple.

Honestly I love the current macs, but of course I would like to be able to upgrade them as well. But yeah I also have the feeling that Apple is getting less innovative, more sloppy and more greedy, but I'm not sure I think its become a whole other company.