Been working on a couple of things -- Stowly (https://getstowly.app) and Recoup (not yet public).
Stowly is a home inventory management app where you can record all of the things you own (from appliances to cars and more), track warranties, return periods, receipts, maintenance tasks you need to complete, service history and more. One of the big hits so far has been the insurance export and read-only share links. If you need to file an insurance claim, you can use this to submit information to the insurance adjuster so they're able to see all of the things you lost during the event. There's family sharing as well so you can share the responsibilities of recording all this information with your entire family and only have to obtain one upgraded account. The maintenance tasks are great because they send out reminders when things are coming due (change water filter on your fridge, for example). Templates, tags and much more. Free for unlimited items and lots of great features - only upgrade when you need more capabilities.
Recoup - a web app designed for ITAD (IT Asset Disposition) companies who want to easily record the assets they're picking up and then notify vendors so the vendors can bid on items. In addition, using the eBay API, it can connect to eBay and list items for you for sale -- sometimes vendors don't want to buy just a couple of laptops but you can easily sell them online. Still developing this one right now but it should be a really useful tool for my business and other ITAD businesses. If you're interested in a demo, send me a message / email (kevinw@bbg-mn.com).
In the abstract, they're stating that the magnetic field of the sun is what's causing the surface to look as if it's wind-swept -- is that right? Am I reading that correctly? So the extensive shifting of the magnetic field is causing the visual distortion?
I came here just to say I hate sites like Wired. Seriously... if you're going to post an article, don't make people pay someone to read it. It's just stupid...
Sounds like an interesting idea and I think there are things like this being done but, couldn't we accomplish the same thing on a smaller scale without all the destruction? What about fusion welding once we get that more locked in? I know it's still a WIP but if we're getting to "millions of degrees", it could speed up the process if we're able to localize the fusion. Also, what about cold fusion? The problem on any of these is the cost -- it may be quicker/better but if the cost is way too high, it's not worth it. Maybe in the future it'll be cheaper/easier.
A disgustingly large and powerful pressurized microwave would likely be sufficient if "all" they need to do is spray various mixes of vaporized metals and water into plasma. I don't know that we've had too many justifications to build these otherwise
> I don't know that we've had too many justifications to build these otherwise
I don't know about you, but "spray various mixes of vaporized metals and water into plasma" sounds cool. If I had tens of millions of dollars, I'd pay to see that.
Could probably get styropryo to do it for a good bit less. The stuff he's doing on his second channel recently is so damn cool https://youtu.be/0Y-9GbsS9Fg
My comment was a bit trite but I was actually hoping for a reasonable shot at doing something worthwhile.
My expectations for doing it properly would be:
- facilities. Sure, high power microwaves and pressure chambers and combining the two may not be THAAAT expensive. But doing it in a calibrated fashion to have a chance to produce predictable repeated results isn't without some details.
- staff. I'd want at least 3 qualified people on it. Preferably multiple teams competing for results exploring different paths of interest.
- timeframe. I'd expect such a thing to last at least 3 years at an absolute minimum but that might only be enough to get to the hardware to a "calibrated repeatable" stage. So probably 5 to 10 to have any hope of meaningful results.
- money. That "if I had tens of millions" is a personal view of my own monetary worth. I wouldn't want to see ALL that used up in this, but I'd put forward a good fraction of it.
It's basically already been said but, this seems absurd. I'm not quite sure what TRUE benefit you'd get from this but it seems more frustrating than it's worth. I can't figure out a reason to do this unless I'm just in the mood to piss myself off.
Personally this is perfect! I like it for organization...
Having 20 work-trees with 20 terminals (for running the server) with 20 browser tabs open became a pain to organize; with campus I can visually lay them out and know which one is linked to which one (this was near impossible before so im sold)
I can’t help but see this as a productivity illusion. “Hey now I really can work on three things at once”. Then someone asks you a question a week later and you have zero memory of doing anything with that project.
May as well just get an old school Nokia and skip the smartphone technology all together. Get yourself a nice flip phone and go back to the early 2000's. If you need to do something online, just bring your laptop with you - some are so small that they're easy to carry around in a backpack or side bag.
So if the AI bubble pops like many predict it will, what's going to happen to these datacenters? Are they going to turn into huge abandoned buildings? I'm not saying the AI bubble is real and would pop like the dot com bubbles or the housing bubble but it seems like we're headed towards something similar. Just seems like these companies are expanding at a really fast rate and something has to give at some point. I mean, companies are considering setting up data-center's in space -- this may be a better idea in some respects but really leads to a lot of extra "junk" in space.
People will find a use for them. The financial wreckage is more worrying to me. When line goes down, they layoff people to cut costs and they ask for a bailout because they can’t make their debt payments. If they don’t get a bailout, the circle jerk of the Magnificent 7 falls apart.
With the speed of modern internet connections, I'd honestly think something were wrong if it took a couple of seconds. I'd expect almost instantaneous results. What amazes me every time is the amount of things happening in that short amount of time though. The amount of endpoints/channels the signal has to go through to go from "I want to buy this" to "You bought it!".
Stowly is a home inventory management app where you can record all of the things you own (from appliances to cars and more), track warranties, return periods, receipts, maintenance tasks you need to complete, service history and more. One of the big hits so far has been the insurance export and read-only share links. If you need to file an insurance claim, you can use this to submit information to the insurance adjuster so they're able to see all of the things you lost during the event. There's family sharing as well so you can share the responsibilities of recording all this information with your entire family and only have to obtain one upgraded account. The maintenance tasks are great because they send out reminders when things are coming due (change water filter on your fridge, for example). Templates, tags and much more. Free for unlimited items and lots of great features - only upgrade when you need more capabilities.
Recoup - a web app designed for ITAD (IT Asset Disposition) companies who want to easily record the assets they're picking up and then notify vendors so the vendors can bid on items. In addition, using the eBay API, it can connect to eBay and list items for you for sale -- sometimes vendors don't want to buy just a couple of laptops but you can easily sell them online. Still developing this one right now but it should be a really useful tool for my business and other ITAD businesses. If you're interested in a demo, send me a message / email (kevinw@bbg-mn.com).