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Shitbowl: The algorithmically powered in-home physical caching platform

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Re: Shitbowl: The algorithmically powered in-home physical caching platform

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My personal solution is so much more simple than this shitbowl solution and is trivial to implement. I have been using it for years and can personally vouch for it's effectiveness and scalability. Skip the bowl entirely. When you finish with something just set it down. It really DOES NOT MATTER WHERE! Honestly. Set it on a flat surface, under a chair or a pillow, in a depression in your yard. Set it on your neighbor'…

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Re: Shitbowl: The algorithmically powered in-home physical caching platform

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This reminded - I noticed a while ago that being a computer science guy makes me think differently about physical storage and retrieval. For example - my wife likes "shorts" to be in one drawer and "t-shirts" in another. I like for one drawer to be "workout clothes" and have the mix of gym shorts and t-shirts. To me this feels "obviously" right because the use-case requires both items so why pay for two costly "open…

I know someone who is similar with the paper files, but lazily sorts them when she needs to retrieve something, so the full scan only happens at most once.

Re: Shitbowl: The algorithmically powered in-home physical caching platform

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post #195

This reminded - I noticed a while ago that being a computer science guy makes me think differently about physical storage and retrieval. For example - my wife likes "shorts" to be in one drawer and "t-shirts" in another. I like for one drawer to be "workout clothes" and have the mix of gym shorts and t-shirts. To me this feels "obviously" right because the use-case requires both items so why pay for two costly "open…

I know someone who is similar with the paper files, but lazily sorts them when she needs to retrieve something, so the full scan only happens at most once.

This is pretty efficient. She lazily sorts them on first access. They are stored in a thunk and then lazily evaluates them. After that repeated access is efficient.

Re: Shitbowl: The algorithmically powered in-home physical caching platform

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The idea is pretty good, but misses the mark. Bitcoin has shown that decentralization is a bad idea. What people actually want is Sharebowl: a single bowl, the size of oregon, that you can trust to keep your valuables safe. We plan an ICO by 2022, IPO by 2023, and IBS[1] by next week. [1] https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/irritable-bow...

I'm a bit late to the bitcoin game (and gearing up to accept bitcoin payments in an upcoming project) so excuse me if my question is trivial, but how does bitcoin show that decentralization is a bad idea?

Aside from energy consumption and stability, bitcoin seems like a resounding success to outsiders like me.

Re: Shitbowl: The algorithmically powered in-home physical caching platform

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post #59

Why is this a product? I could implement this myself in a weekend with a few open source libraries.

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