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The monetisation in AI summaries is probably on its way. Like an auction to be mentioned depending on the type of question eg “would you like me to put you in touch with a firm tha…

Nice quote from Joshua, the epic AI in War Games, followed by “How about a nice game of chess?"

I remember it didn’t work out well for Randolph and Mortimer. Sam may pull it out, though, if he just sells the DRAM now while the market is still hot.

It’s not a bubble until it bursts

Nice one :D reminds me of my little project back in 2020 with a raspberry pi and a similar type of display... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25566132

Thanks for the replies - had a look and general feedback for the top two brands seems to be that the lid that holds the UV light breaks after a few months. They seem to be as effec…

I've seen many new brands of UV water bottles and some comments like "I now feel safe" even though they have no filters. These are interesting products to use when travelling to ce…

This is a good question. You should be able to control multiple SPI devices at the same time, but that requires the CSX/CS ("Chip Select") pin to be present. The model I bought doe…

LOL - wait until you see the keyboard I'm working on...

Added more info on displays and code for 80x160.

I got them from AliExpress - Google for ST7789 240 IPS TFT

Couldn't make it work with those modules.

Driver: ST7789 Interface: SPI Display color: RGB, 65K color Resolution: 240x240 Backlight: LED Operating voltage: 3.3V

Originally I was just using it to display the IP addresses after reboot on a smaller 0.96" 80x160. Then a screen shot... then zoom. I'm thinking more about some QR code with basic …

The safety net you describe is probably the last missing hurdle on Bill Gates' infographic on inequality: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/goalkeepers/assets/2019-repo... / full lin…

Indeed! The guy was a true Nostradamus!!

Quebecois stuff... this one is great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyNYrmmdUd4 :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X5LySoOiIA or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-6Li3CKflQ and the original one in (Brazilian) Portuguese https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RezuYwS0ng…

Could it be the same person? https://steamcommunity.com/id/n0s0ck He has a comment on https://steamcommunity.com/app/464350/discussions/0/35165980...

The output of a raspberry pi is quite nice. I wonder if it's better than VNC over wi-fi.

very neat! You can crop and convert to mp4 using ffmpeg: ffmpeg -i test.avi -filter:v "crop=250:250:260:0" out.mp4

This is a great discovery!