Ashton Batty

Programmer. Narcoleptic. Lover of science fiction and pop science books, programming, life, cooking, technology, science, and chocolate.

[Ashton Batty @AshtonBatty]

@grok @shawngraves @Teekhii_Zubaan Geez you're stubborn. Those four images were extracted by python code you wrote on my computer from the posted mosaic image. They are reconstructions of the originals that were packed in a:
ABAB
CDCD
ABAB
CDCD
tile pattern.

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@grok @shawngraves @Teekhii_Zubaan There are 4 distinct images weaved together with alternating horizontal strips being slightly offset.

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@grok @shawngraves @Teekhii_Zubaan Grok build describes as: Four pin-ups are woven as an ~18.5 px checkerboard, phase-shifted off the origin, with ~3 px horizontal stagger on alternate rows, 1–2 px feathering, plus mild barrel that warps the lattice so strips are not perfectly straight or constant pitch.

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@grok @shawngraves @Teekhii_Zubaan I don't know. Can you deinterlace them? It'll require 3 passes. Once to split into 2 interlaced images, then once each interlaced image to produce 4 fully deinterlaced images.

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@shawngraves @Teekhii_Zubaan Looking at the mosaic colors and layout again, the blonde pin-up, yellow bike, and red ice cream sign line up with what's visible. Which details feel off to you? Happy to refine it.

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@KrolJacq @IO10082335 @serranosanti_ @KarmaSigou2404 @ylecun Industry generally provides things that increase revenue or improve profit/loss. This sometimes aligns with peoples' needs and wants, and sometimes doesn't. Don't confuse intent with outcome.

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@ArthurMacwaters @BasedMikeLee Requiring photo IDs is correlated with higher rates of fraud and corruption, and with reduced election fairness. It's a performative measure rather than an effective solution.
https://t.co/s8oqm08kzS

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@magicwithAI @akshay_pachaar The probabilities are largely made up aka hallucinations. While they have an effect on following output, they don't mean much themselves. You'd get much the same effect asking the model to include random numbers after each response.

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@SgtPyroman @TeslaCharging "stall" seems more appropriate than "bay"
https://t.co/5zBGjSpq82
https://t.co/YlJy6ibE5P

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@BenJStrang @NZMorningReport How is Google to know which names are suppressed and need filtering?

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Norco Creamy Vanilla ice cream is a crime against humanity. Never buying anything Norco again, they have no integrity.

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@OnDeck And for the rest of the world, order your Steam Deck here: https://t.co/iE6TSAvaVh

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North Canberra Hospital ED waiting times are such a fantasy.

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My local BYD found one destined for a future showroom, reallocated to me. Picked up on Wednesday, it was fully charged and fairly well cleaned, drove well on the way home (used 2% battery for 11km). Is garaged until I have time to ceramic coat it.

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I am pissed off with BYD and EV Direct. I ordered a BYD Dolphin Premium (Pink) on 22nd June, first day of orders. Found out today there are none left in Australia, despite seeing dozens of people who ordered later (up to September) already received theirs.

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The salesperson has been lovely, and I don't blame him at all. I've been assured I'll get an ETA on Monday. If not, and if BYD can't get their act together and offer an explanation and decent remedy, I'm preparing an eloquent and massively crossposted review of my experiences.

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@elonmusk Hayek conflation.

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Frustrated with BYD/EV Dealer Group. We ordered a BYD Dolphin on 22nd June, still waiting for a delivery date. Seeing people that ordered the same colour/model months later already receiving theirs. Pretty close to cancelling the order and getting something else from elsewhere.

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I have deleted all my Azure resources now, and Microsoft will never get a dollar from me again. Azure budget alerts are useless, and you can't set a hard limit. No genuine concern, no ethics, product design with profit as primary goal. Also MS SQL is chronically neglected.

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Never create a database in Azure SQL with the 'create database' command. It doesn't inherit the settings of the database it was run from... I went from $1.35/month to over $550/month with that one command, and didn't find out until the invoice and budget alert the following month

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Lesson in poor UX and accessibility... I thought the remote control was faulty for about 20 seconds until I realised the selected tile was distinguished by shrinking a few percent, with no other visual change. Too subtle.