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pton_xd commented on New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers blog.adafruit.com/2026/02... · Posted by u/ptorrone

mystraline · 5 days ago

Sure. I'll bite.

The majority in this country is "didn't vote". Multitudes of reasons for this.

They forgot.

They dont care.

They missed the registration deadline.

They're homeless, and no address.

They can't get proper papers, even though they are US born.

They're in prison/jail.

The candidates suck, so you dont vote.

Can't afford to take time off work.

They've been gerrymandered, so their votes are significantly degraded.

To think that the minority segment that, due to election game rules and FPTP, that a minority of the minority somehow reflects a majority? I wholly reject that.

pton_xd · 5 days ago

It's always been this way. According to Google 64% of the voting age population voted in 2024. In 1972 it was 56%, in 1976 it was 55%, in 1980 it was 55%, in 1984 it was 56%... you get the idea [0].

[0] https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vitalst...

pton_xd commented on Agent Skills agentskills.io/home... · Posted by u/mooreds

postalcoder · 6 days ago

Folks have run comparisons. From a huggingface employee:

  codex + skills finetunes Qwen3-0.6B to +6 on humaneval and beats the base score on the first run.

  I reran the experiment from this week, but used codex's new skills integration. Like claude code, codex consumes the full skill into context and doesn't start with failing runs. It's first run beats the base score, and on the second run it beats claude code.

https://xcancel.com/ben_burtenshaw/status/200023306951767675...

That said, it's not a perfect comparison because of the Codex model mismatch between runs.

The author seems to be doing a lot of work on skills evaluation.

https://github.com/huggingface/upskill

pton_xd · 6 days ago

I think the point is it smells like a hack, just like "think extra hard and I'll tip you $200" was a few years ago. It increases benchmarks a few points now but what's the point in standardizing all this if it'll be obsolete next year?

pton_xd commented on Code is cheap. Show me the talk nadh.in/blog/code-is-chea... · Posted by u/ghostfoxgod

pton_xd · 9 days ago

Code, talk, who cares. Show me the product. If it works and is useful I will incorporate it into my life. Ultimately no one cares how the sausage is made.

pton_xd commented on Does running wear out the bodies of professionals and amateurs alike? theconversation.com/does-... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

moribvndvs · 11 days ago

I’d always hated running. I’ve done C25K a few times with no problem, but once I reached that goal I felt I couldn’t make much additional progress. But the need to move and running’s simplicity and minimal requirements meant I kept trying every couple of years. I read/watched a little and got some tips from ultra runners and actually started to make progress. I was actually enjoying it and looking forward to running. Then I got the worst fucking shin splints imaginable where I had to nearly crawl halfway back home. Stopped running to heal, which took a very long time. I’ve tested a few runs but there’s still pain and I just don’t want to go through that again.

So now I row every day. I get a much better exercise high from rowing, progress is much more noticeable, it’s improved vitals more than running has, there’s no pain, and I don’t have to worry about weather. I occasionally miss the change of scenery or things like running on a cold snowy day but I can just go rent some cross country skis when I get that itch.

pton_xd · 11 days ago

I had a similar experience with running, including terrible shin splints that took me out for weeks at a time.

I went to a "run clinic" where they observed my gait. I'm paraphrasing here since this was many years ago, but basically they said that my stride was slightly too large and that my knees were behind my feet during the foot strike. My cadence was around 150-155 steps per minute and they suggested increasing it to 170-180, basically meaning my steps would be smaller but more frequent.

I downloaded a metronome app on my phone and set it to 172 to make sure that I maintained the proper rhythm while running. Worked immediately and I never had shin splints again.