Ask HN: What companies are you excited about?

Post by cramey » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 11:42 AM UTC

fsflover wrote: post #33

erik_kemp wrote: post #16

1) Personal favourite: Collaboration between Fairphone and E-foundation https://e.foundation/fairphone-and-e-expand-the-availability... 2) https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/ (Non-Profit Computer Security Consultancy) 3) https://tutanota.com/ 4) The ActivityPub and Mastodon contributors 5) Matrix ( https://matrix.org/ ) 6) Signal ( https://signal.org ) 7) https://brave.com 8) Obsidian ( https://obsidian.md/ ) 9) S…

> Why: Because these organisations seem to take a moral responsibility on (some of the) things I value > https://brave.com Do you trust Brave after they did this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23442027 ? > Signal ( https://signal.org ) Signal is essentially s closed source walled garden now, because they do not publish their server code anymore.

Post by fsflover » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 11:57 AM UTC

fsflover wrote: post #35

Have a look at companies seeking the "Respects Your Freedom" certification by Free Software Foundation: https://ryf.fsf.org/products .

Post by dingaling » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 12:34 PM UTC

jonny383 wrote: post #11

blumomo wrote: post #2

As you’re talking about Apple, I find System76’s Linux computers, especially their notebooks [1] and their Ubuntu-based Pop! OS [2] a breeze of fresh air. This hardware/software combination gives me an Apple-like experience while committing to free software. The OS’s UX is very developer friendly as windows can be moved around and tiled using keyboard shortcuts. Then there’s a launcher bar similar to CMD+space on mac…

I really want to like system76 laptops, but I can't help but feel they are literally straight out of a prefab China warehouse, same old crummy quality plastic crap.

Post by superasn » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 12:58 PM UTC

LittlePeter wrote: post #55

superasn wrote: post #37

I still kinda excited about OpenAI. Even though they did a massive bait and switch with the name, their offerings still none the less never fail to amaze me. When GPT-3 first came out the results were jaw dropping for me. Now with Dall-e. Draw an illustration of a baby daikon radish in a tutu walking a dog.. who wouldn't find that amazing? So I'm just waiting what their next demo will be.

The GPT-3 result were jaw-dropping, until you realize that they have mostly been cherry picked out of multiple series of generated garbage. But even if GPT-3 is good at text generation, what are practical applications of it except generating blog spam? For a more hype-free review of GPT-3 I suggest: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24907318

Post by anonymou2 » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 2:00 PM UTC

gtf21 wrote: post #68

anonymou2 wrote: post #64

purism. In fact I just got a computer from them. They make modern computers with Coreboot instead of proprietary bios. They need all our support!

System76 also use coreboot on their machines (I have a Lemur Pro).