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

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Post by xen2xen1 »

wnoise wrote: post #195
xyzelement wrote: post #187

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.

Even better is to scan and pitch what you can during the scan, then file what's left. Scanning for computer search is awesome.

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crazygringo wrote: post #205
chronolitus wrote: post #125

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...

No, a single centralized bowl carries massive risk. What happens when it goes down? Do you even trust the SLA? What about privacy? What we need is Peerbowl: a network of millions of bowls interconnected via an interdimensional wormhole. We're in the last stages of ironing out all the kinks. Race conditions have resulted in a few lost fingers but also some extra tentacles which users report are surprisingly handy! Sta…

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Post by m463 »

xyzelement wrote: post #187

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'm reminded of cars, which are designed for assembly. They are easy to put together and they're put together in layers.

Same with your clothes, designed for laundry. (defined by laundry?) easier to have bins for socks, and underwear and pants and shirts. they wash in one batch. Easier to load the socks drawer all at once.

But not as easy to find everything when you're getting dressed.

That said, I have two kinds of toolsets.

generic - all the tools in one chest - drawer for pliers, anothers for screwdrivers, ratchets, sockets, etc

project-specific - near my computer I have phillips 2,1,0,00,000 and a keypuller and a paperclip.

row order vs column order I guess. array of structures, structure of arrays.

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Post by gorgoiler »

chronolitus wrote: post #125

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...

Where does dogebowl fit into this, other than to start a pronunciation war?

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Post by kderbyma »

gorgoiler wrote: post #214
chronolitus wrote: post #125

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...

Where does dogebowl fit into this, other than to start a pronunciation war?

dogebowl is a known pump and dump by the meme bowlers

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

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Post by Taniwha »

montenegrohugo wrote: post #190
xyzelement wrote: post #187

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…

Your first example could have a different explanation, assuming she is the one that more often does the laundry. Ordering clothes by type is cognitively easy: a shirt is a shirt, shorts are shorts. When you have a stack of freshly washed clothes, sorting them according to type is so trivial it is a thoughtless process. However, sorting according to use case is more involved. For each piece of clothing in the clothes…

I think that if you want your own classification you have to put away your own laundry ...

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Post by Taniwha »

hda2 wrote: post #200
zikzak wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We built this years ago in Clay.

Clay is unsafe. You should rebuild it again using food grade Resin.

Surely Rust is far better than Clay, Resin, and/or constricting snake platforms

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Post by myself248 »

jrockway wrote: post #163
aarondf wrote: post #59

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

Hi guys it's me the Fusion 360 Persondudeguy here with a 45 minute video on how to 3D print yourself one of these at home! Start out by opening Fusion 360, and then create a sketch! Then press C to draw a circle. Then press C to draw another circle. Now you may be wondering how to 3D print this because you're subscribed to a channel about 3D printing and somehow need a helping hand with literally the most basic opera…

Anyone else here from the Knockoff Prusa channel?

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Post by noisy_boy »

montenegrohugo wrote: post #190
xyzelement wrote: post #187

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…

Your first example could have a different explanation, assuming she is the one that more often does the laundry. Ordering clothes by type is cognitively easy: a shirt is a shirt, shorts are shorts. When you have a stack of freshly washed clothes, sorting them according to type is so trivial it is a thoughtless process. However, sorting according to use case is more involved. For each piece of clothing in the clothes…

I thought of doing the "writes" as per the use case as having to denormalize the "record" first which is extra work from insert point of view (but optimized for "fetch" - the entire dataset of shirt+pant is right there) - that is not how they come out of the washing machine. They come out normalized as "shirt" "pant" which is optimum for inserts. So if she doing the laundry, her method is the least effort for her.

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Post by madaxe_again »

xyzelement wrote: post #187

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…

My wife keeps on reorganising my toolboxes and it’s driving me nuts. She ends up organising the contents by colour, or by size, so now I find my woodworking chisels in a box with filter spanners and solder (the soldering irons are in the box with glue and mallets). It’s driving me crazy, but she won’t stop, and gets mad at me when I can’t find stuff because “it’s organised”.

Different people have different minds. I group by function and efficiency of use - she by colour or shape, as she doesn’t know what half the tools are. My organisation looks chaotic but I know exactly where everything is, and I know that the tools I’ll need for a given task will all be in the same box.

Now, I have to haul everything out, rummage, have an argument, get called an idiot. So much better.

A crap bowl would be illegal here. Everything must go back in its place, no matter how inconvenient that place is.

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