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| 2026-02-19 06:25:13 +0100 | Frostillicus | (~Frostilli@pool-71-174-119-69.bstnma.fios.verizon.net) |
| 2026-02-19 06:24:10 +0100 | humasect | got into retrofuturism =) |
| 2026-02-19 06:23:40 +0100 | <edwardk> | chromoblob: wanted to lean into the art deco 1930s style isaac asimov novel cover aesthetic |
| 2026-02-19 06:23:33 +0100 | merijn | (~merijn@host-cl.cgnat-g.v4.dfn.nl) merijn |
| 2026-02-19 06:23:10 +0100 | <chromoblob> | hmm, retro visual design |
| 2026-02-19 06:23:09 +0100 | <edwardk> | https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/exclusive-positron-raises-230m-series-b-to-take-on-nvidias-ai-ch… is substantially similar and should be free access |
| 2026-02-19 06:22:47 +0100 | <edwardk> | more relevant in the haskell space was luring bgamari and johnw in. |
| 2026-02-19 06:22:43 +0100 | <humasect> | hmm site is blocked (wont scroll, needs sign up pay ) |
| 2026-02-19 06:22:01 +0100 | <edwardk> | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-04/ai-chip-startup-positron-raises-230-million-fro… is the most recent news about us |
| 2026-02-19 06:21:54 +0100 | <humasect> | great to hear =) had full reign of haskell projects in about 2012 great time |
| 2026-02-19 06:21:48 +0100 | ProofTechnique_ | (sid79547@id-79547.ilkley.irccloud.com) |
| 2026-02-19 06:21:39 +0100 | ProofTechnique_ | (sid79547@id-79547.ilkley.irccloud.com) (Server closed connection) |
| 2026-02-19 06:20:06 +0100 | <edwardk> | We used a fair bit of Haskell when were first got off the ground ~2.5 years ago. Then it faded away as we moved from prototyping into production. Now it is back in earnest. |
| 2026-02-19 06:18:52 +0100 | <humasect> | interesting. good choice haskell |
| 2026-02-19 06:18:50 +0100 | <edwardk> | We make chips that make AI run fast, focused in heavily on AI inference rather than training. |
| 2026-02-19 06:18:28 +0100 | <edwardk> | https://www.positron.ai/ |
| 2026-02-19 06:18:19 +0100 | Sgeo | (~Sgeo@user/sgeo) (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) |
| 2026-02-19 06:18:09 +0100 | <humasect> | what is Positron ? |
| 2026-02-19 06:17:56 +0100 | <edwardk> | So I feel a lot less guilty now about hiring Haskell folks and then throwing them at C++ and SystemVerilog. |
| 2026-02-19 06:17:19 +0100 | <edwardk> | In other news, we're using a lot more haskell these days at Positron! |
| 2026-02-19 06:13:10 +0100 | Adeon | (sid418992@id-418992.lymington.irccloud.com) Adeon |
| 2026-02-19 06:13:06 +0100 | merijn | (~merijn@host-cl.cgnat-g.v4.dfn.nl) (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) |
| 2026-02-19 06:12:59 +0100 | Adeon | (sid418992@id-418992.lymington.irccloud.com) (Server closed connection) |
| 2026-02-19 06:09:34 +0100 | <edwardk> | anyways this started by accident, and now has taken over my home. i need to learn moderation. |
| 2026-02-19 06:08:59 +0100 | bb010g | (~bb010g@wank.party) bb010g |
| 2026-02-19 06:08:51 +0100 | bb010g | (~bb010g@wank.party) (Server closed connection) |
| 2026-02-19 06:08:11 +0100 | merijn | (~merijn@host-cl.cgnat-g.v4.dfn.nl) merijn |
| 2026-02-19 06:07:57 +0100 | <edwardk> | the big freshwater tank has an autmatic water change system and just sort of takes care of itself. the big reef tank, will not be so hands off. |
| 2026-02-19 06:06:57 +0100 | <edwardk> | but it feels a bit underwhelming in comparison ;) |
| 2026-02-19 06:06:49 +0100 | <edwardk> | for reading the co2 sensor in the room and updating the dashboard |
| 2026-02-19 06:06:19 +0100 | Frostillicus | (~Frostilli@pool-71-174-119-69.bstnma.fios.verizon.net) (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) |
| 2026-02-19 06:06:17 +0100 | <edwardk> | *mix |
| 2026-02-19 06:06:14 +0100 | <edwardk> | i do have a bit of haskell in the mi |
| 2026-02-19 06:04:35 +0100 | <edwardk> | trying to convince my wife we can keep epaulette sharks. she's not amused. |
| 2026-02-19 06:03:55 +0100 | <edwardk> | and i'm kind of glad i didn't pull the trigger on my previous 1100 gallon plan! |
| 2026-02-19 06:03:37 +0100 | <edwardk> | but compared to the "huge to me" 450 gallon stingray tank this is insane. |
| 2026-02-19 06:03:09 +0100 | <edwardk> | i'm sure to anyone who has been doing this as a hobby for a long time this is nothing |
| 2026-02-19 06:02:57 +0100 | <edwardk> | so dosing pumps for kalkwasser for the calcium+alkalinity, automatic top off, testing equipment and probes. |
| 2026-02-19 06:01:38 +0100 | <edwardk> | THEN i have to scrub that away before it reaches the air around the display tank |
| 2026-02-19 06:01:38 +0100 | <edwardk> | i have probes for basically everything. Calcium, Alkalinity, Magnesium matter for the cyphastrea. nitrate/phosphate mix as well. then we have the problem that a puffer and zebra moray eel both crunch the usual cleanup crew of a saltwater aquarium. which is why i can't run most corals. most of the things that would keep them healthy will get eaten. so i have to do nutrient export via a gigantic protein skimmer with injected ozone, but |
| 2026-02-19 05:59:26 +0100 | <edwardk> | for the 200 gallon there _is_ an electronic control subsystem. =) |
| 2026-02-19 05:58:43 +0100 | Frostillicus | (~Frostilli@pool-71-174-119-69.bstnma.fios.verizon.net) |
| 2026-02-19 05:58:37 +0100 | <edwardk> | the fowlr tank is proving to be quite the engineering challenge, just because it turns out keeping 6 55 gallon drums worth of saltwater up and running and in tune is a lot of work (display + sump = a lot of water), and the 50 gallon is its own challenge because dragonets only eat a narrow diet and s it basically is an underwater bug farm with a couple of flashy fish on top of the ecsystem. |
| 2026-02-19 05:57:41 +0100 | merijn | (~merijn@host-cl.cgnat-g.v4.dfn.nl) (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) |
| 2026-02-19 05:56:50 +0100 | <edwardk> | and a 50 gallon reef tank that will actually have a bunch of corals in it, which is being set up to house a pair of green mandarin dragonets and some more standard saltwater fish and cleanup crew. |
| 2026-02-19 05:56:04 +0100 | <edwardk> | but we're in the process of setting up a 200 gallon reef tank (FOWLR, fish-only-with-live-rock) to house a porcupine pufferfish and a zebra moray eel (and some misc fish). mostly a non-coral saltwater tank, though, some cyphastrea corals becaue they encrust and are harder for a puffer to just sample with his teeth, because his teeth are how he explores the world |
| 2026-02-19 05:55:13 +0100 | <haskellbridge> | <sm> awesome |
| 2026-02-19 05:53:47 +0100 | <edwardk> | so now the stingray has his own 450 gallon tank elsewhere in the house. and the koi have since grown up and moved outside and the 300 gallon is now a community tank full of various noodly looking fish (ropefish, dojo loaches, etc) |
| 2026-02-19 05:53:10 +0100 | <haskellbridge> | <sm> yikes |
| 2026-02-19 05:52:50 +0100 | merijn | (~merijn@host-cl.cgnat-g.v4.dfn.nl) merijn |