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by idank 2mo ago
Nice, is there a physical clock that works this way?
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by idank 3mo ago
I'll be more forgiving: I found it gets confused easily when it extracts text from a PDF because datasheets tend to be written in a not so parseable way for a machine. But 1) if you tell it to take screenshots of said datasheet, it&#x2
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by idank 3mo ago
The success of AI doesn't hinge on whether you can vibecode it all or even one particular sector really well. For example, despite several attempts to make vibecoding PCBs, it's still pretty crap. But it's really useful as a
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by idank 3mo ago
They give out the subscription by default, and if they find your use case interesting enough they'll give you credits. Not sure if there's an upper limit, but I would be surprised if it's more than a few hundred dollars a mon
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by idank 4mo ago
Anyone know what Matt Mackall is up to these days? He started Mercurial and got people involved early on with a lot of enthusiasm, you could tell he cared about what he created and the people who joined him ("hg crew"). I learned
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by idank 5mo ago
Humans will not win in court with a "but the agent did it, I had no idea" argument. Just look at how the cases against OAI are going, and that's where families lose a loved one. There's not going to be any sympathy when
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by idank 5mo ago
The recipe for these model wrapper companies is 1. enter a space before the big ones do, 2. provide a nice enough wrapper that gets you customers, 3. survive until a bigger fish comes and asks you to join them (or eat you and you die). Just
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by idank 3y ago
It doesn't have to work 100% of the time to be a successful scam.
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by idank 3y ago
Not very much. There's an interview lead that is supposed to make sure no question overlaps happen. They will sometimes comment on the chosen question (e.g. asking an unrelated question to someone interviewing for a research position).
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by idank 3y ago
What did you use to create the screencast at https://www.fill3d.ai/ ?
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by idank 3y ago
I build popular split ergo keyboards with integrated pointing devices: https://holykeebs.com/
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by idank 3y ago
They will change the lives of people who can't drive, that's pretty meaningful.
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by idank 3y ago
Thank you!
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by idank 3y ago
Yes exactly. This device is a mini exercise bicycle, it has half a dozen buttons and LEDs with a UART enabled chip that orchestrates everything. I'd like to make it controllable via Bluetooth (e.g. on/off, set speed) and have it s
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by idank 3y ago
Not really sure how you drew that conclusion.
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by idank 3y ago
is Zephyr a good option in a project that aims to expose a UART device through BLE using an nrf52x chip? At a glance it seems pretty low level, capable and possibly overkill. If not, what's more suitable? Hopefully that makes sense, I&
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by idank 3y ago
On a micro scale it's a nice gesture, macro wise it could be seen as inauthentic and meaningless. There's a comparison to be made to choosing to stay in the matrix or unplug yourself from the illusion.
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by idank 3y ago
It's common to see tutorial videos use a different cursor that also reacts to clicks, eg. https://ghost.org/videos/themes.mp4 How is this done?
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by idank 5y ago
No it's not, in the same way that an email provider doesn't want to deliver spam to its users.
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by idank 5y ago
It's pretty hard to learn a new keyboard layout on a regular keyboard, let alone replace the typing experience with chords (multiply this by the number of languages you use). The real difficulty for me was putting in the time every day
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by idank 6y ago
Nice, but tools are only one thing to miss about development at Google (or any other of the FAANGs). I found the more meaningful thing is the ecosystem of smart engineers, and the ability to find others who face similar problems, exchange i
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by idank 6y ago
The cynicism towards the folks who worked on this at Google is a bit over the top in this thread. While most of the criticism is justified, I'd like to point out something that might not be obvious to folks who never worked at a megaco
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by idank 6y ago
The title the author chose does a bit of injustice to the contents of the post. The post uses a lot of words to describe an understanding that experienced engineers and managers should have. Technical debt is a trade off. It exists in nearl
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by idank 6y ago
Google's search results were great even before they knew your every move on the web. Some would argue it got worse.
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by idank 6y ago
What are some practical uses of a Lidar on a phone? Are there any that would be considered game changing in the present ecosystem? Asked another way: do I care about having a Lidar on my phone?
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by idank 6y ago
From the FAQ: > This site is built on Amazon Web Service's technology and private journals are protected by them If only it was that simple. :) I'll pass for now, looks cute though.
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by idank 6y ago
He mentions what he uses in a different post of his: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21194300 Sadly it seems he's not interested in sharing the code. That's legit, but would be nice to get a confirmation.
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by idank 6y ago
Do you have plans to open source the tool that generates the vector file for cutting?
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by idank 6y ago
I have an above average laser from china. https://www.thunderlaser.com/ got my recommendation.
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by idank 6y ago
Seconded, the design and execution look really good. Would love to try this out with my laser.

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