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Ask HN: Burned Tokens scented candle ideas

1 points by Tade0 ↗ HN
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?)

18 comments

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thih9
Ask an LLM chat, of course.
shinryuu
This is the way. Though I would say what does burnt GPU smell like? That's the smell of burnt tokens.
Tade0
ChatGPT gave me an idea, but I was wondering what human minds can come up with.
thih9
Then again, the answer obtained by burning the tokens seems true by definition.
fullstick
Ozone?
Tade0
ChatGPT indeed suggested a pinch of ozone, but I'm not sure how one puts that in a candle.
beAbU
I would go for that tarry smoky smell you get from a heap of bbq briquettes just as they are set on fire.
mikewarot
Sandalwood - it's nice and luxurious, just like paying full freight on tokens
andyjohnson0
The smell of the Magic Smoke from burning electronics.
qup
Paper. They're just writers, after all.
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