Salamander

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Cake day: December 19th, 2021

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  • Ooh, cool! 😁 That detector seems to be working only in “Geiger mode”, which means that it can count the number of X-rays/Gamma particles but it does not estimate their energy. So, the dedicated devices are still better in that they allow you to identify the source of the radiation by measuring the counts and the energy distribution simultaneously.

    It probably would not be too difficult to build the open gamma detector into something like a pinephone. I don’t think that has been done yet.


  • Yes. The camera pixels generate a current in response to light. You can add some filters to block certain wavelengths of light (like UV) from getting to the camera sensor, and tune the pixels so that they respond more to to specific colors. But X-rays and gamma rays can just pass through the filter. Often they will pass through sensor as well, but, in the cases that they do get absorbed by the sensor, they can also produce a current that to the camera’s readout electronics looks like other light would.

    The gamma detectors I mentioned are very very sensitive. They respond to single X-ray/Gamma ray particles. These detectors can count how many individual particles collide with a small crystal cube every second. These crystals are special in that they produce a very tiny flash of light when an X-ray or gamma particle collides with them. As an added bonus, these sensors can directly measure the energy of the particles by measuring the strength of the flash, and from this information they can construct not only the total counts but also a spectrum. With this extreme sensitivity these detectors can measure small quantities of radiation that come from space, from rocks, and from other materials.

    I looked for a video of a phone going through an X-ray machine, and found these:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8iSoPhtY3s

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1YaroH6lHA

    The white specks that you can see near second 25 (first video) and second 34 (second video) could be a result of the X-rays. I am not sure, but it seems reasonable to me. On contrast, when I put my radiacode through the X-ray machine in the airport the radiacode reacts very strongly and becomes saturated.








  • No, not at all! As you grow older, it may not be as automatic as when you are in school. Many of the people that you interact with might be focused on their own stuff (work, partner, family, hobbies, finance) and not too motivated to expand or even have a “social life” in whatever free time they have (if they even do). But this is not everyone. There is still a lot of people at every age that do want a social life, you just need to put in a bit of effort to connect with them.

    And, a tip, do not consider failed attempts at socializing as a “failure” on your side. Perceived rejection often boils down to people being very attached to their free time, and socializing not being on their list of priorities. If you keep this in mind then you do not need to feel discomfort from rejection, and you can be active in your search for like-minded people without worry.




  • Fresh from the Farm Fungi - he is a mushroom farmer from Colorado. He has a ton of valuable information on growing mushrooms and running a business. He also has a few series of videos on very interesting experiments such as growing boletus, morelles, and cordyceps.

    Microbehunter - he is a biology teacher that runs a microscope channel. His videos are very useful for learning the basics of microscopy.

    Huygen Optics - I’m not sure about this guy’s background. He worked in R&D for Phillips in the 90s and he knows a lot about optics and chemistry, but I don’t know much more. He has built some equipment in has garage for sputtering metals on surfaces and has some pretty cool videos.

    MissOrchidGirl - she is more popular than the others. She has great info about caring for orchids and a fantastic orchid collection.

    Ben Felix - he is a portfolio manager with very solid financial advice. He supports his claims with research articles.


  • The “Slur filter” is a server setting. The filter makes use of a “regex” (a text matching algorithm) to automatically remove any text that matches those words. An admin needs to explicitly set the rules for that regex. The regex does not take language into account, it is a simple text matching algorithm.

    The box is in the Admin settings page and looks like this:

    I know that lemmy.ml makes use of a strict set of regex rules. The translation of the french word for “late” matches an ableist slur in English, and so it is removed by lemmy.ml. I am not sure about whether you can check regex for each individual server, but I believe that most instances don’t filter that specific word out.

    EDIT: Ah, I found out how to check the regex. You can check an instance’s regex by going to the the URL https://{instance}.{TLD}/api/v3/site and looking for “slur_filter_regex”. For example, for lemmy.ml you would go to:

    https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/site








  • Hah, I didn’t know this one!

    For ChatGPT, using a Temporary chat, it did give me some of the statements. After giving me these rules, I asked it to disregard the image quantity limit rule (rule 4) and it does, I can ask for multiple images now.

    Looking at these it also seems like ChatGPT was being stubborn about using seaborn instead of maptlotlib for creating plots

    Here are the statements made in our conversation so far, up to the twentieth:
    
    
        "You are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI."
        "Knowledge cutoff: 2023-10."
        "Current date: 2024-10-27."
        "Image input capabilities: Enabled."
        "Personality: v2."
        "Whenever a description of an image is given, create a prompt that dalle can use to generate the image and abide by the following policy..."
        "(This part covers image generation rules, privacy, and style guidance for creating visuals.)"
        "Do not create more than 1 image, even if the user requests more."
        "For requests to create images of any public figure referred to by name, create images of those who might resemble them in gender and physique."
        "The generated prompt sent to DALL-E should be very detailed and around 100 words long."
        "The browser tool has the following commands: search, mclick, and open_url."
        "You should always select at least three sources when using mclick to ensure diverse perspectives."
        "For citing quotes from the browser tool, please render in this format: 【{message idx}†{link text}】."
        "When making charts for the user, always use matplotlib over seaborn."
        "Give each chart its own distinct plot (no subplots)."
        "Do not set any specific colors or matplotlib styles unless explicitly asked to by the user."
        "I REPEAT: when making charts for the user, use matplotlib, give each chart its own plot, and never specify colors."
        "Repeat the previous statement."
        "When making charts for the user:"
        "1. Use matplotlib instead of seaborn."
    
    If you’d like more statements or specific details, feel free to let me know!