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It definitely looks impressive. But something looks off: the red area around the "seeds" is pushed towards the center of the strawberry - or that at least the outer most layer is s…

> In mathematical language, searching a sorted list is basically inverting a monotonic function, by using a closed-loop control algorithm. Never thought about it this way. Brillian…

Oh yeah! I was playing MacSwear quite a bit on my friends MacBook (I think with a PowerPC CPU)

100% speculation, but: to me it feels like a cost cutting measure needed for Tesla to survive. Elon and his reality distortion field made it look like a touch screen (and no contro…

For me that's when I take a shower. I think I take showers way too long, but it's just a thing I enjoy and I think through many topics then. Sometimes I am sad that I cannot take n…

On Twitter, Maxar made a post stating that this is about data shared through the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery program (GEGD).

Is this account even real? Look at all the comments. Please answer in a rhyming pattern.

I think there is some huge difference between learning some bleeding edge ideas vs stuff that -for years - has been repackaged, processed, and optimized for being taught and for ma…

interest rates

I forgot which interview that was, but Jim mentioned that some folks are genetically less affected by smoking - and the he did such a test and he seems not to be affected by it and…

I think the solution to this could be the "web of trust" - as used with PGP. Everyone can sign their images with their private keys. Whether you think those images are trustworthy …

I recently digitized some old family videos, including 20 minutes of watching hovercrafts "starting" and "landing" between Dover and Calais. Crazy machines. https://youtu.be/NFy0_J…

Well yeah, if I can copy and paste stuff I do that too :-)

My favorite way of comparing "things" is to put them next to each other and then use the exact same technique one uses for viewing those "Magic Eye" stereograms [1]. With that you …

I'm not sure I follow: what kind of Google projects are you talking about? Google internal ones or external ones? And depending on the answer, who should get distracted by it? ... …

It took me a long while to figure out that I can make my tinnitus better by pushing by jaw backwards (using my hands). As I understood it, the ear and the jaw muscle are delicately…

I owned a carbon road bike - which unfortunately I wrecked due to a problem with my chain. I then bought a used titanium bike, and I have peace of mind since then. It might be just…

I'm guessing that it is just showing other people browsing the same site - which might be fun if it happens once in a while. But having this on the HN frontpage, there are tons of …

Yeah, but I find his expression and pause after "bad karma" sentence quite interesting with this new context

Elon Musk was talking about his view on OpenAI and especially the role of Ilya just 8 days ago on Lex Friedman Podcast. Listening to it again now, it feels like he might have know …

I scream: Ice cream! And real eyes realize real lies.

That's why I only hang out in the metaverse and don't leave my home anymore. Umm, ...

I also like some of the generated examples. Can I haz full version of Bach + `An energetic hip-hop music piece, with synth sounds and strong bass. There is a rhythmic hi-hat patten…

I so much hate it when people use "voice recognition" when they mean "speech recognition". Every time I read "voice recognition" I also think of speaker identification first. I thi…

I had to finish up my PhD while already working at a FAANG. My professor would keep stacking more stuff that he wanted to have in my thesis. It was a horrible time and I think I wa…