Babak Farhang
@gnahraf.bsky.social
applied & engineering physics guy turned programmer
I'm building something new. Here's the first part..
https://crums.io
Aurora, CO
I'm building something new. Here's the first part..
https://crums.io
Aurora, CO
Do not be disturbed. Such age discrepancies are always deliberate, a kind of homage to epics like the Odyssey
December 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Do not be disturbed. Such age discrepancies are always deliberate, a kind of homage to epics like the Odyssey
Seth, it's OK to research with chatgpt (as long as you check its "work", sources and other usual caveats); but as a 3rd party influence, it actually diminishes whatever argument you're making.
December 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Seth, it's OK to research with chatgpt (as long as you check its "work", sources and other usual caveats); but as a 3rd party influence, it actually diminishes whatever argument you're making.
Quick q: Does the example have fallbacks for browsers that don't yet support web bundles?
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Quick q: Does the example have fallbacks for browsers that don't yet support web bundles?
Thinking about this from an ML perspective, I wonder if it can be modeled physically (?) The estimate in 5D is about 40 kissing spheres. Naively, I'd model the spheres with an attractive/repulsive 5d force law s.t. kissing is at the lowest "energy" state, which in turn becomes ML's goal to find.
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Thinking about this from an ML perspective, I wonder if it can be modeled physically (?) The estimate in 5D is about 40 kissing spheres. Naively, I'd model the spheres with an attractive/repulsive 5d force law s.t. kissing is at the lowest "energy" state, which in turn becomes ML's goal to find.
Nah, not a chance..
2 words: Israeli Americans
2 words: Israeli Americans
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Nah, not a chance..
2 words: Israeli Americans
2 words: Israeli Americans
You were told right..
And if you tag #java in your post, it gets lumped with lava flows and Indonesian earthquakes for even greater reach
Nice project btw (!)
And if you tag #java in your post, it gets lumped with lava flows and Indonesian earthquakes for even greater reach
Nice project btw (!)
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
You were told right..
And if you tag #java in your post, it gets lumped with lava flows and Indonesian earthquakes for even greater reach
Nice project btw (!)
And if you tag #java in your post, it gets lumped with lava flows and Indonesian earthquakes for even greater reach
Nice project btw (!)
Interesting.. State side too, we should sue the grifters the chief grifter grifts with
December 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Interesting.. State side too, we should sue the grifters the chief grifter grifts with
Just so you know.. Appreciated and far and away from pointless🙏
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Just so you know.. Appreciated and far and away from pointless🙏
This is very good. Re control (or not)..
I remember my drawing instructor Zevi Blum's exercise with charcoal and large sheets of newsprint. He would have us sweep the charcoal, on its flat and blunt side, across the paper, then ask each to discover a figure in the smudge and bring it out.
I remember my drawing instructor Zevi Blum's exercise with charcoal and large sheets of newsprint. He would have us sweep the charcoal, on its flat and blunt side, across the paper, then ask each to discover a figure in the smudge and bring it out.
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is very good. Re control (or not)..
I remember my drawing instructor Zevi Blum's exercise with charcoal and large sheets of newsprint. He would have us sweep the charcoal, on its flat and blunt side, across the paper, then ask each to discover a figure in the smudge and bring it out.
I remember my drawing instructor Zevi Blum's exercise with charcoal and large sheets of newsprint. He would have us sweep the charcoal, on its flat and blunt side, across the paper, then ask each to discover a figure in the smudge and bring it out.
He's a phony. Send him packing, NY
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
He's a phony. Send him packing, NY
A heads up
Tried to register.. Pop up indicates a problem sending verification email to my gmail (says domain not whitelisted (?))
Tried to register.. Pop up indicates a problem sending verification email to my gmail (says domain not whitelisted (?))
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A heads up
Tried to register.. Pop up indicates a problem sending verification email to my gmail (says domain not whitelisted (?))
Tried to register.. Pop up indicates a problem sending verification email to my gmail (says domain not whitelisted (?))
Exactly. It's just basic math. Nothing exponential is sustainable. When you don't do the math, by the time you realize, it's already a runaway problem, well past the point of fixing. We're off the rails right now, but much like cayote, in a momentary limbo before gravity takes over
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Exactly. It's just basic math. Nothing exponential is sustainable. When you don't do the math, by the time you realize, it's already a runaway problem, well past the point of fixing. We're off the rails right now, but much like cayote, in a momentary limbo before gravity takes over
Mocking sounds quaint.. How about jail, for a proper accounting? The rich and powerful have been gaming the system, stealing from public coffers with impunity. I paid my taxes for 40 years while watching these mofos break the law, destroy the good things generations before us built and fought for.
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Mocking sounds quaint.. How about jail, for a proper accounting? The rich and powerful have been gaming the system, stealing from public coffers with impunity. I paid my taxes for 40 years while watching these mofos break the law, destroy the good things generations before us built and fought for.
Gtfooh.. this thread reads like decayed AI slop. No one at Quanta could've read (much less, written) this
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Gtfooh.. this thread reads like decayed AI slop. No one at Quanta could've read (much less, written) this
Remember, he's always projecting.. If he's calling for a death sentence, then that is what is worrying him
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Remember, he's always projecting.. If he's calling for a death sentence, then that is what is worrying him
I agree, since 10 months ago..
bsky.app/profile/gnah...
bsky.app/profile/gnah...
Since, as of today, the US Constitution no longer matters, US states (and their citizens) that have long been pouring a net surplus into federal coffers will get to keep that surplus and spend as they see fit.
~ not joking, just calling it early
~ not joking, just calling it early
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I agree, since 10 months ago..
bsky.app/profile/gnah...
bsky.app/profile/gnah...
Peeps are making a lot of hay out of our poorly named number systems. There's nothing "imaginary" about i.. The reals are arguably a far greater "leap of faith" (from rationals) than are complex numbers (from the reals).
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Peeps are making a lot of hay out of our poorly named number systems. There's nothing "imaginary" about i.. The reals are arguably a far greater "leap of faith" (from rationals) than are complex numbers (from the reals).
I shudder every time I consider the energy budget for my search results, which now always include a costly AI response. Making matters worse, the results page does not cache, reloads even in tabbed browsing.
You'd think the profit motive hems in such wanton waste, but it's now the fomo motive
You'd think the profit motive hems in such wanton waste, but it's now the fomo motive
November 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I shudder every time I consider the energy budget for my search results, which now always include a costly AI response. Making matters worse, the results page does not cache, reloads even in tabbed browsing.
You'd think the profit motive hems in such wanton waste, but it's now the fomo motive
You'd think the profit motive hems in such wanton waste, but it's now the fomo motive
Hey, I worked on that. A map of the larger LA area. Overlays included historical aerial pictures, allowing a user to not only pan but also scroll back and forth in time. My best friend Navid Haddadi who passed away some years ago, was the principal.
October 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Hey, I worked on that. A map of the larger LA area. Overlays included historical aerial pictures, allowing a user to not only pan but also scroll back and forth in time. My best friend Navid Haddadi who passed away some years ago, was the principal.
Notice lately, bigots using "percentages" a lot. They can't add, but somehow still feel comfortable using "percent" as an adjective, as if a dog-whistle for ignoramuses. The leading US degenerate, meanwhile, is promising huge price discounts: "60, 80, 120, in some cases 200, even 300 percent".
October 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Notice lately, bigots using "percentages" a lot. They can't add, but somehow still feel comfortable using "percent" as an adjective, as if a dog-whistle for ignoramuses. The leading US degenerate, meanwhile, is promising huge price discounts: "60, 80, 120, in some cases 200, even 300 percent".
It's already slop-filled. Entire industries depend on slop.
If slop is good (and it is, for those concerned), then automating slop must be the logical conclusion
If slop is good (and it is, for those concerned), then automating slop must be the logical conclusion
October 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It's already slop-filled. Entire industries depend on slop.
If slop is good (and it is, for those concerned), then automating slop must be the logical conclusion
If slop is good (and it is, for those concerned), then automating slop must be the logical conclusion