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Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

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Very selfishly - distributed compute. Not decentralized, distributed.

Compute and data are being created and run everywhere, we need platforms that understand how to use it and get insights without (or before) moving it.

Our contribution: https://github.com/bacalhau-project/bacalhau (think Kubernetes but built for the distributed world).

Disclosure: I co-founded the Bacalhau Project

Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

#163

I'm personally excited about precision autonomous agriculture. Think about drones 'sniping' pests with tiny doses of pesticide instead of farmers spraying entire fields.

Are they being deployed today? Super exciting idea.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the other hand, no they won't. People with nothing to write about talked about games and movies converging for years and they never even came close. The closest you could say was games have a narrative woven in. Movies are passive and everything is intentional. Games are fundamentally about interactivity. They are practically opposite forms of entertainment. I don't even know what you mean by 'social will converge…

Oh hey! You're the person who was telling me half a year ago that AI porn wouldn't be a thing [1, 2]. I'm wholly confident you're just as wrong about this, and I'd even put my money on it [3]. Here's my prediction: - Stories, narratives, characters, and game loops will become generative. Their capacity to generate new unseen and unwritten content will be heralded as revolutionary. - The quality of games and GenAI wil…

Ignoring timelines, I’d say every single one of your predictions will become a reality. I think for a lot of folks, these integrations of AI into existing things seems natural, intuitive and common-sensical. I’m not sure why there’s such a mass of folks denying any of these things.

I’ve considered quitting my job and pursuing it full-time. Being an early adopter here seems like a sure fire way to succeed. I’m curious what your journey has been. I’m launching my product next week. Have a single customer signed on with a plan to scale it out, should the results come back positive.

Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

#166

I'm personally excited about precision autonomous agriculture. Think about drones 'sniping' pests with tiny doses of pesticide instead of farmers spraying entire fields.

Are they being deployed today? Super exciting idea.

Drones have been used for crop monitoring for a while now. Using the aerial footage to determine the parts of crops in most need of specific resources such as pesticides, fertilizers, or hydration. Something a bit more automated like what this guy's talking about seems like it should be in use today or, if not, very soon. I remember reading about this stuff several years ago around 2018-2019 when I had a drone and looking at ways to make money with them. Of course, it may not be in widespread use.

Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

#167

Commodity 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

What is special about RISC-V? Why would I want a RISC-V chip over something like an ESP32 or PICO?

>What is special about RISC-V?

It is the best ISA around, and it is an open standard with wide industry support.

>over something like an ESP32

Espressif has stated intend to transition to RISC-V entirely. Newer ESP32 like the C3 and C6 are already based on RISC-V.

Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

#168

Commodity 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

so who's stock should i buy here??

The one I linked is a good starter, it's by the manufacturer and has the programmer, dev board, and extra chips. They have other listings too of other variants, such as one with PHY for ethernet connectivity and much more GPIO and compute.

Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

#169
post #79

1. lots of innovation in ICE engines is getting close to production. Cleaner, more efficient etc. This is important even while the industry is moving to EVs. 2. Bambu Labs leapfrogged prosumer 3D printing by 5-10 years. Their printers are becoming the de-facto standard. This will enable all sorts of startups for the next decade. 3. Most iPhones now have a 3D scanner + AI-aided software to accurately scan your body an…

Bambu leaped by 5 months at most. Everyone has high speed options now, with Prusa being notably last to ship. Speed isn't the only important factor, don't feed the Boat race.
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