As they say, history rhymes

Isn’t that what George Lukas said about Star Wars?

You might enjoy Hominids by Robert Sawyer

Tangentially related, The Man from Earth is really good as well.

Very few films choose to shoot on a camcorder, and fewer still pull it off well.

I just randomly watched that a month or two ago. A really interesting idea.

Seconding this recommendation; the entire trilogy of books is great.

Ti89 emulator on my android. Muscle memory from high school and college use is strong.

And yet, anything beyond one lifetime is entirely out of reach...

The tearing down of those institutions IS the ebb.

The most material is removed at the corners of the lid-lifting notch. Those are IMO the most offensive pointy part on the body.

It has been one of the main complaints about openscad for some time

Hull and Minkowski operations sort of allow one to do this sort of thing, but add to the mathematical complexity in what is probably the worst-possible way....

Got any example results/chat sessions? I've had little luck with LLMs for 3d modeling

I've had better luck telling it to use CadQuery. Here's an example where I stumbled around a bit, but was successful in creating a cat food container (Sheba Perfect Portions) dispenser

https://claude.ai/share/ebce7c8e-4e5a-42ec-8ee9-cf066f68858f

You might have an easier time doing that with claude code.

Possibly, but for reasonably quick tasks it's nice to get previews or downloadable artifacts in the UI (I use the Claude Desktop app)

try modelrift.com ? Llms are bad at spatial understanding but you can steer them using annotated screenshots ("annotation mode" of modelrift) and get something working: https://modelrift.com/models/cable-conceal-box-with-wall-mou...

https://modelrift.com/models/customizable-liquid-funnel

I don't think "obvious" is the right word here. It makes perfect sense when you understand it, but it's not a conclusion that most people could come to immediately without detailed, assisted study.

Thanks for sharing, I might have too much NIH syndrome to use it but I'd love to check it out.

Ha! I totally get it. Use it for inspiration though!