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by herodoturtle 4d ago
thanks!
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Ask HN: How can I browse HN in dark mode?
24 points by herodoturtle 4d ago|36 comments
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by herodoturtle 11d ago
I don't know much about robotics engineering, so I just wanted to give kudos to the Robocurve team on this write-up. Even for an absolute robotics newbie such as myself, the article was interesting to read, and easy to understand. Plus
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by herodoturtle 17d ago
> He sees these scientists as strong men, willing to wrestle with the tragedy of existence by increasing the amount of happiness in the world. That struggle makes them optimists. Loved that.
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Why Iceberg Won(nexus0ne.substack.com)
3 points by herodoturtle 22d ago|0 comments
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by herodoturtle 1mo ago
If you get a paywall, use this: https://shorturl.at/1FR6H
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Stalled models, missed deadlines, staff burnout led to unravelling of DeepMind(fortune.com)
3 points by herodoturtle 1mo ago|1 comments
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by herodoturtle 1mo ago
Article is behind a paywall for me. Odd that it’s on HN front page :-/
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by herodoturtle 1mo ago
My OCed DX4 got around 15fps, but I agree my memory of what was deemed “playable” back then probably wouldn’t stand today.
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by herodoturtle 1mo ago
I recall we got it running pretty decently on an upper end 486 (DX4 100). That, and Winamp. Good times.
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by herodoturtle 2mo ago
Apologies for the ambiguity, I was referring to the selling or donating of meteorites - and only because I've never heard of such a thing in my part of the world.
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by herodoturtle 2mo ago
> In the US, if a meteorite lands on your property, it's yours and you can sell or donate it as you please. Does this happen often in the US? I mean often enough that folks happen to know the legality of it? In which case I find it
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by herodoturtle 2mo ago
Not just you. OP strikes me as quite childish. I’m guessing he’s quite young, nothing wrong with that. And yeah, the circumstances aren’t great (the stressful move to SF in particular). Tough break!
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Poll: Who will win the World Cup?
2 points by herodoturtle 2mo ago|0 comments
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by herodoturtle 2mo ago
Spain
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by herodoturtle 2mo ago
Argentina
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by herodoturtle 2mo ago
I found this comment/question deeply intriguing. I’m no expert at this and was wondering what you meant by the following: > In real organisms behavior may be controlled by short or long term outcomes, and may oscillate between this
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by herodoturtle 2mo ago
Love this comment <3 For those of you that are wondering, Mitch Hedburg was a relatively famous stand-up comedian whose special went viral. In said special was this classic: “I like an escalator because an escalator can never break; it c
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by herodoturtle 2mo ago
So great to see WebGL stuff featuring on the front page. It was OpenGL that got me into graphics and games programming from a young age - NeHe's tuts in particular (anyone remember those?). Are there similar introductory tuts for WebGL
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by herodoturtle 2mo ago
Heya, from the page I linked (her boat is named "Lily"): > Lily is a Rannoch R25 built in 2019. More info on Rannoch R25: https://www.rannochadventure.com/boats-2/r25 There are several Youtube videos showi
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by herodoturtle 2mo ago
Fellow rower here, affirming the above. Thought folks would be interested in her boat, built for ocean rowing: https://yourowkelsey.com/about/
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by herodoturtle 2mo ago
> and contains significant embedded carbon emissions Hi - thanks for the insightful comment - could you please expand on the above? Genuinely curious :)
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Ask HN: What does your journaling framework look like?
1 points by herodoturtle 3mo ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Is your journal hard cover or soft?
1 points by herodoturtle 3mo ago|1 comments
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by herodoturtle 3mo ago
Publishing by necessity I wonder? American labs on the cutting edge pioneering the way forward, so Deepseek open sourcing what they’ve got is to help even the playing field. Hopefully the experts here can offer insight. The above is just my
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by herodoturtle 3mo ago
Woah! You got a picture?
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Ask HN: What size is your journal book and why?
3 points by herodoturtle 3mo ago|6 comments
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Ask HN: Optimal Journaling Book Choice?
2 points by herodoturtle 3mo ago|0 comments
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by herodoturtle 3mo ago
Thank you for taking the time to reply with a really insightful comment. I wonder if open source / open weight models will reach the point where we can run them locally on our mobile devices (for free), even if they're slightly in
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by herodoturtle 3mo ago
I’m curious (and please forgive my ignorance if it’s obvious), are open weight models practically feasible? I mean from a financial and sustainability standpoint, assuming they’re equally powerful as their proprietary counterparts. I guess

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