Ask HN: Burned Tokens scented candle ideas

4 pointsby Tade0il y a 14 heures13 comments

The other day my relative, who is a data engineer, floated the idea of a scented candle that would smell like burned LLM tokens. His birthday is coming up, so I was thinking of turning this into reality.

Problem is, neither me nor my immediate social circle have a good idea which scents would best convey this, so I figured I would reach out here.

Some initial propositions include:

-Burned toast

-Diesel fuel

-Gold (no discernible scent though)

-Fresh water

-Rainforest (that's being destroyed?)

14 comments

rishikeshsil y a 9 heures

Saw something similar: https://driesdepoorter.be/product/burningmoney/

mikewarotil y a 4 heures

Sandalwood - it's nice and luxurious, just like paying full freight on tokens

ThrowawayR2il y a 13 heures

Hot printed circuit boards, of course. Probably a blow dryer on max temperature for 10 minutes against an old PCIe card would give you an idea of what that smells like. (Do this outside, obviously.)

Tade0il y a 11 heures

thih9il y a 14 heures

Ask an LLM chat, of course.

shinryuuil y a 13 heures

This is the way. Though I would say what does burnt GPU smell like? That's the smell of burnt tokens.

Tade0il y a 13 heures

ChatGPT gave me an idea, but I was wondering what human minds can come up with.

thih9il y a 6 heures

Then again, the answer obtained by burning the tokens seems true by definition.

FlyingAvataril y a 11 heures

Burning capacitor electrolyte

fullstickil y a 13 heures

Ozone?

Tade0il y a 13 heures

ChatGPT indeed suggested a pinch of ozone, but I'm not sure how one puts that in a candle.

shinryuuil y a 13 heures

I think this is the answer.

NishanStepakil y a 13 heures

Melted plastic

beAbUil y a 12 heures

I would go for that tarry smoky smell you get from a heap of bbq briquettes just as they are set on fire.