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karanSF

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About karanSF

I build things at the intersection of software and hardware. Currently exploring systems language design, 3D geometry pipelines, and embedded signal processing. B.S. Computer Engineering from UIUC. Website: https://notruefireman.org/ GitHub: https://github.com/karans4 X: @karans4_SF Email: See my website

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    Comment #46832431

    Emojis on every line are an AI tell. The times I do use AI (shhhh...) I always remove them and tweak the language a bit.

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    Comment #46832227

    Thanks @todsacerdoti for sharing sysp, really appreciate you noticing it! I'm a highly motivated engineer, with plenty of skills ranging from web development to embedded engineerin…

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    Show HN: Box3d – Generate 3D-printable Gridfinity boxes in the browser

    I built this browser tool which lets you quickly generate 3D printable boxes in your browser. It's pretty useful when you are rapidly iterating a design and need a box with specifi…

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    Comment #46599262

    Rather than using symbols, have you considered using common, self-descriptive words that would likely be one token? If the model hasn't been trained on the language, and the langua…

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    Comment #46339592

    I can't stand the style as much as the excessive use of hyphens. The "It's not just ..., it's ...." every 5 sentences is too much once you notice it. However, every LLM seems to co…