dmarcos

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by dmarcos 15d ago
I’ve flown with it a handful of times without issue. Both in cabin luggage and checked in but I guess I’m risking it in the latter. Not sure how a robot filter remover would work on the DWARF 3 that is reliable and works around loss of alig
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by dmarcos 15d ago
I was capturing video and removed the magnetic solar filter as quick and carefully as I could. It worked but didn’t love the results. Hard to not move the telescope a bit that causes realignment and then obviously it has to readjust exposur
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by dmarcos 15d ago
I have a Dwarflab DWARF 3 (also mentioned in the post) that I highly recommend. It’s one of those gadgets that ended up using more than expected when I bought it. I toss it in my luggage and I got to capture really nice sky pictures with li
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by dmarcos 15d ago
From blog post: “It generates both image frames from novel views and explicit 3D outputs” Model can indeed generate novel views but I don’t think in real time (I could be wrong). If you want to navigate a space in real time as user above wa
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by dmarcos 15d ago
I believe so. This is not a model that generates pixels frame by frame from user input like genie 3. Instead, there’s an actual 3D scene / structure generated (point cloud, 3dgs) from the input images.
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by dmarcos 16d ago
Yeah. I helped build the temple last couple of years. I highly recommend it.
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by dmarcos 16d ago
You can also stay an extra day. Help clean up and leave with zero traffic. I’ve done it myself.
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by dmarcos 1mo ago
People were already wearing watches along smartphones. Smartwatches didn’t need a new user habit formation. You can definitely create new habits (like people wearing ear buds for hours a day) but need a strong thesis and cost-benefit analys
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by dmarcos 1mo ago
Also Microsoft couldn’t match Apple taste with effectively all resources in the world. And they really tried. True taste is interesting because is more like a worldview, a modus operandi, a continuous process… those are harder to replicate.
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
How and when VAR should be applied is an ongoing contentious discussion not exclusive to the World Cup. I actually loved the 48 teams. It will probably expand to 64 next cup. More people tune in, nice surprises, upsets, cinderella stories.
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
Yes. I was there at the france-spain match. Flew in in the morning was directed to the shuttles by super nice volunteers. Reasonable lines that were mostly in the shade and they were handling free water bottles.
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
The 27 min half time was only in the final. Every world cup introduces changes that will stick or not (e.g golden goal rule). Hydration breaks probably won’t stay. I’ve followed the sport all my life and referee complains I would say less t
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
I’m spanish living in the US
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
Hydration breaks a tad weird. Half time shows were pretty subtle, didn’t change the length of the break except for the final. There’s no soccer competition without someone complaining about refereeing. Def always things to improve but I had
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
How was it a shit show? I’m genuinely curious. I attended 5 games (Atlanta, LA and Dallas) and was a fantastic experience minus the process to get tickets.
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
Not worth it. Get a Meta Quest 3 and can vibe code something similar in a few hours. I recommend WebXR that comes with the built-in browser. Easier to distribute, share, collect feedback and iterate than native. And can use A-Frame: open so
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
Cervantes was capturing the zeitgeist of the time: reading too many books can make you mad as they were becoming accesible to anyone. We know it’s not true. People at anthropic don’t have any secret that many people outside already have. Ag
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
None of the previous concerns were true and nothing indicates current ones are. It’s extrapolation, hypothetical apocalyptic imagined scenarios and piles of assumptions on how the technology could evolve. What makes even less credible in t
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
And video games, democracy, novels, TV, cars, photography, cryptography, the Beatles… pick your favorite and read commentary / opinions of the time. Many thought that came with unique risks never seen before and must be stopped!
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
Every single technology in history has had people claiming potential existential risks that didn’t materialize. Burden of proof is on people making the risk claims. Those have to be specific and unique to that technology to grant special ac
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
Splats can indeed come with view dependent colors to represent lighting, reflections… Those are captured in values called spherical harmonics of different levels 0, 1, 2, 3 representing different aspects like diffuse, directional lightning,
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World Labs acquires SceniX(twitter.com)
3 points by dmarcos 2mo ago|0 comments
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
Principled: open source is the right thing to do for the greater good Tactical: Open source is the best tool to advance whatever goals I have at the moment but that could change. What’s evidence Xi and China are principled when it comes to
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
What user above said is exactly what I was trying to convey
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
I don’t know. thinking machines perhaps? A lot of things have to come together: talent, capital that is not looking to maximize returns, ambition to compete in the marketplace. At peak Mozilla it was clear to everyone that we needed an unde
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
Only way would be an actual open source model: code + training data
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
All countries see AI as a geopolitical concern. An open source strategy is smart. It’s effective and also builds good will / soft power. Many see Chinese AI companies as the good guys and root for them. I’m pro open source and also cel
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
The outcome is plausible. Open weights models though look like a tactical more than a principled play by Chinese companies to overcome the disadvantage and difficulties to access western markets. Two issues: 1. If market conditions change t
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
I’m a big fan of Musk. One of the few criticisms I have is how xAI is also inconsistent with original OpenAI mission. I had imagined xAI as en effort to correct and fully embody all original values of OpenAI and that Elon says they betrayed
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by dmarcos 2mo ago
I mostly agree with you but, how do you square the use of other types of automation that are not AI? e.g computer animation vs hand-drawn, CAD software for engineering and architecture… Are those lesser art forms or we’re just used to them?

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