Hamartiogonic

Hamartiogonic , 6 months ago to technology in Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students

So, if you show it 100 faces from group A and 4 faces from group B, that could start gradually shifting the prices in a specific direction. If you keep going, you might be able to make it do something funny like charging 0.1 € for a Pepsi and 1000 € for a Coke or something like that. If the devs saw that coming, they might have set some limits so that the price can’s spiral totally out of control.

Hamartiogonic , 6 months ago to technology in Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students

When you use a generated face with a mixture of white and black features, that’s when it gets interesting. Maybe you can even cause an integer overflow.

Hamartiogonic , 6 months ago to technology in Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students

When you start tinkering with a machine learning model of any kind, you’re probably going to find some interesting edge cases the model can’t handle correctly. Maybe there’s a specific face that has an unexpected effect on the device. What if you could find a way to cheese a discount out of it or something?

Hamartiogonic , 6 months ago to programmer_humor in Is there anything we cannot learn from the wisdom of ancient Japan?

Wisdom of the ancients, from the late Flash era.

Hamartiogonic OP , 6 months ago to coffee in Should you invest in a better grinder?

I thought that was just a troll comment, but I took the risk and responded anyway. Could have turned that into a joke too, but some times a sensible comment pays off.

Hamartiogonic OP , 6 months ago to coffee in Should you invest in a better grinder?

Maybe you’re into photography or something else where the same principle applies. First you’re tempted to start with the cheapest gear until you realize you’re actually playing in the hard mode. Then you finally justify spending some more and you realize how it makes things easier.

Hamartiogonic , 6 months ago to technology in ChatGPT has meltdown and starts sending alarming messages to users

I’ve tried a bunch of different ad blockers on iOS, but recently I finally settled on using NextDNS. I installed the app, made an account on the website, added a whole bunch of block lists to my settings and now it works on browsers and games alike. I suppose on of the lists also filters out those autoplay videos since it didn’t play in my case. Feels a lot like having a pi-hole no matter which network I’m using.

Hamartiogonic OP , 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to coffee in Should you invest in a better grinder?

I got a multi purpose scale. It won’t fit under an espresso machine, but that’s ok since I don’t have one of those (yet). However, this scale has two plates; one for light things and the other for heavier stuff. Originally it was designed for pizza connoisseurs, but obviously the small (0.1-200 g) scale works with coffee beans as well as yeast. The larger scale (1 g - 10 kg) was designed for dough, but I can put my heaviest mug and a full AeroPress on it too. Besides, it’s good to weigh food in the kitchen, which made it easier to justify this purchase.

Hamartiogonic OP , 6 months ago to coffee in Should you invest in a better grinder?

Can confirm. My first nice grinder (2nd gen Aergrind) was used when I got it. In addition to having a relatively low price, it also came with a regular sized AeroPress, which was nice. Before that, I was using my AeroPress Go, but now that I have the bigger one as well, I can do some interesting experiments with this duo. Also, the AP Go is so much nicer when traveling, whereas the normal one is a lot nicer when making coffee for multiple people.

Hamartiogonic OP , 6 months ago to coffee in Should you invest in a better grinder?

But now that you’ve used a cheap grinder, you know exactly what you want or don’t want. Equipped with this knowledge, you’re likely to make a good investment.

Hamartiogonic OP , 6 months ago to coffee in Should you invest in a better grinder?

There’s a good chance that someone new to coffee will end up going down the rabbit hole sooner or later, so a getting a nicer grinder probably isn’t something you would end up regretting. However, at the beginning of the journey you just can’t tell for sure. That’s why I think it’s better to keep the barrier to entry as low as possible. When someone in that position is looking at the prices, they will probably see the 2-10x price difference and wonder if they can justify it.

Hamartiogonic , 6 months ago to programmer_humor in Hey, I'm new to GitHub!

I’ve seen some of the impressive pixel artworks people have made in Excel. However, I prefer to do Excel art by writing a bunch of wild functions and drawing a stacked line chart from the resulting data. The graph itself is the artwork, while the cells behind it are just a necessary part of the process.

Hamartiogonic , 6 months ago to programmer_humor in Hey, I'm new to GitHub!

But if you want to put a some text and pictures in very specific locations and never worry about them suddenly jumping into random places, Excel is actually better than Word. That’s why people tend to use Excel for all sorts of weird purposes like that. Unlike with Word, things actually stay where you put them.

Hamartiogonic , 6 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in I didn't need to login this badly anyway

Maybe the goal was to weed out all the humans and let the bots in. When they start asking TCP questions written in binary, you’ll know for sure.

Hamartiogonic , 6 months ago to technology in Study featuring AI-generated giant rat penis retracted entirely, journal apologizes

Ever tried to see what happens when you request “an anatomical diagram of a spider, school book style”. I mean, just start by counting the legs, and once you’ve stopped laughing you can dive into the labels. It’s going to be wild. If you’re into microbiology, try asking for a similar diagram of a prokaryotic cell for extra giggles.