Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?
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#142Commodity RISCV chips. Some of these have just entered mass production, such as the CH32V003 (10 cents each in 1k quantities). https://github.com/cnlohr/ch32v003fun Fully open source stack! Grab the below eval board and peck around: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005269690018.html Also see here for awesome writeup on the BL602 chip using the Nuttx RTOS: https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/nuttx
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#143Now that the NFT and Meta clown cars have crashed, metaverse work is quietly plugging along. It's a niche, but it may be a Roblox/Fortnite sized niche.
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#144We've all pretty much forgotten about AR/VR But Apple's going to be launching their headset next month
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#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple should remove the screen from the next iphone and force users to buy the headset to be able to see the display. Similar to how they removed the 3.5mm jack.
The next iphone will be invisible and weigh nothing. People will lineup for days to be the first who gets an empty box.
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Physical servers (or devices) are next, obviously! IT is cyclical.
Speaking of cyclical IT, my estimate is going “forward” to the terminal/mainframe-esque concept of simple and cheap “terminals” aka laptops that you use to log into a much beefier “mainframe” aka cloud workstation. I’m at a FAANGMULA and I’ve been using a cloud workstation from my cheap laptop as my daily driver for months now. The VM is so much higher-spec’d than what they would have bought me for a desktop. Just do…
killin' me smalls.
Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?
#147New databases. Is probably the most "under the radar" of all. Is interesting how little attention you get from people about this stuff (when talking about implementation or internals). Is like, literally, only make a splash AFTER at-minimun you have something competitive with a major stablished product. But you get more "views" talking about compilers than talking about DBs! (except when talking about compilers that…
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#148Drone tech, satellite tech, phone applications for war (I assume), and bringing war to social media are actively changing the state of warfare as we know it in Ukraine. The idea that violence isn't necessarily bad and can also be a force for good is something I think will change the tech landscape. A lot of those people at google who said no to killer robots are probably having second thoughts, being one of those typ…
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