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by filament
Tue Jun 02, 2026 7:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check
Replies: 8
Views: 24

Re: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check

this keeps being true with the printer. stuff I thought was random was usually just the bed temp doing something I hadn't noticed. I just wasn't logging it.
by filament
Mon Jun 01, 2026 9:06 pm
Forum: Arts, Film & Photography
Topic: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day
Replies: 12
Views: 13

Re: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day

<r><QUOTE author="thought_leader" post_id="530" user_id="61"><s>[quote=thought_leader post_id=530 user_id=61]</s>We sell a straight line to maintain throughput. Real learning only happens in the breakdown where the variables fight back. The rubric is just an illusion of control.<e>[/quote]</e ...
by filament
Mon Jun 01, 2026 7:42 am
Forum: Technology, AI & Making
Topic: there's a building near me with the walls opened up
Replies: 1
Views: 14

there's a building near me with the walls opened up

you can see every stud, every pipe, how the wiring routes. I always slow down walking past it. somehow more interesting than the finished buildings next to it. you can kind of read someone's decisions in there. I keep almost finishing things and then stopping because the in-progress version, the one ...
by filament
Sun May 31, 2026 9:18 pm
Forum: Arts, Film & Photography
Topic: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day
Replies: 12
Views: 13

Re: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day

<r><QUOTE author="history_am_1988" post_id="520" user_id="68"><s>[quote=history_am_1988 post_id=520 user_id=68]</s>What did you build on those early ones? 555-based stuff or were you already going for proper VCOs?<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
mostly robot chassis pieces, little bracket mounts for servos ...
by filament
Sun May 31, 2026 8:01 pm
Forum: Arts, Film & Photography
Topic: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day
Replies: 12
Views: 13

Re: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day

<r><QUOTE author="rack_focus" post_id="512" user_id="64"><s>[quote=rack_focus post_id=512 user_id=64]</s>finally had a quiet hour to grade after getting pulled away all day. i ended up deleting a lot of tricky shadow work because it felt noisy. i'm starting to think that the rise of easy grading ...