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geepytee

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    Comment #45709593

    Very clever packaging of a connector

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    Comment #43168221

    >Why not frame things from the perspective of rewarding good performance? This guy knows marketing. Agreed it would not have been as controversial

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    Comment #42705116

    Imagine being an engineer on the Siri team, must be so demoralizing.

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    Comment #42513020

    Never crossed my mind to self host my own music streaming server, great idea!

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    Comment #42466159

    The correct solution is 10.7Pwh. We are often exposed to 'Peta' when dealing with data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

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    Comment #42351853

    On the transponders off point, I imagine soon we will have enough satellites such that we can map every object on the surface of the earth (specially something as large as a boat).…

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    Comment #42231534

    Meh lines the pockets of Tim Cook. Hard pass.

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    Comment #42231528

    I see a lot of surf cams online, are those usually custom hardware?

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    Comment #42231525

    Interesting idea. I can build this and open source it. I imagine there is equivalent hardware over LTE already?

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    Comment #41967629

    I am teaching myself how to build a robot quadruped (aka 'robot dog') from scratch, including an ML controller to make it move in animated ways. I'm also documenting every step of …

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    Comment #41939777

    This is an awesome reply, thank you so much for explaining this, and for the links!

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    Ask HN: MagSafe Equivalent for Wall Outlets?

    I am looking for a similar experience to Magsafe connectors, but for anything that plugs to my wall outlets. I find constantly connecting and disconnecting devices that share outle…

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    Comment #41831601

    I just quit my job at a SaaS. What am I doing with my life... The SpaceX team just caught the biggest rocket in history with a giant arm, we all need to dream bigger!

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    Ask HN: AI is smarter than the average person but feels like nothing's changed?

    Primarily asking because I'd like to hear different perspectives, perhaps I am missing something. Arguably, since OpenAI released the o1 models, LLMs are now 'smarter' than the ave…

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    Comment #41782647

    I find that this is the best advice for life, not just making your own games. Do what you're most excited to do :)

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    Comment #41782181

    I think so? I'll check with the city of Redwood City / San Mateo county. Good call!

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    Comment #41781987

    Just ordered one, wish there was one for microplastics too (and whichever other contaminants that I'm not aware of).

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    Comment #41781725

    Is there any cheap way to test the quality of my water? I did some Googling around, looks like there are services that will do this for a fee but didn't look particularly affordabl…

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    Comment #41769506

    Is that a bad thing? They claim that incarcerated workers receive the same pay as their civilian colleagues. IMO seems like a positive.

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    Comment #41769230

    Microsoft already has Github Copilot. I always thought OpenAI would eventually acquire them (they already hold a stake in them).

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    Comment #41723295

    Never heard of these guys, do they even have a product? Regardless, team looks promising. Former CTO of Github, supposedly the guy who incubated Copilot.

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    Comment #41723294

    Never heard of these guys, do they even have a product? Regardless, team looks promising. Former CTO of Github, supposedly the guy who incubated Copilot.

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    Comment #41723292

    Never heard of these guys, do they even have a product? Regardless, team looks promising. Former CTO of Github, supposedly the guy who incubated Copilot.

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    Comment #41651297

    Genuine question, what would you use instead and why?