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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
It's a salient point. I think solar panels in space (where it's always sunny and the panels can be paper thin and orders of magnitude more efficient) with wireless transmission to Earth would be ideal. But I'm sure there are
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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
Yep, you could have an options menu (like at hcker.news) and have the ability to switch the summaries off or even extend them? Could also make them blacker and larger? Also, looks like ArticlesBase stopped in 2024 - maybe offer a way for us
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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
The summaries are a great idea. It would be interesting to extract devices and inventions from articles to create an "inventions race" (as opposed to "arms race.") It could be used to establish prior-art and negate a lot
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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
To concentrate human intelligence in realtime. What are we doing here? Why does it have to be limited to keyboard input?
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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
Yep, but remember the news story "France moves to break encrypted messaging".. someone proposed it'll end up all being fed into an LLM. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48079325 May as well have some opt-
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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
"off the record" ...I think an "on the record" society makes more sense. People wear smart glasses, everything recorded, transcribed and fed into an LLM. People can have a mute button, but generally discouraged. Suitable
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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
The venues have their calendars and capacities listed in the system. Marketing is direct to an established fan/follower base with known locations. Imagine if Kickstarter had the final destination of the funds, and customers of the prod
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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
I have a bunch of ideas where artists and performers should crowdfund their own shows. Once they have the funds, the performer hires out a venue and issues their own tickets. Backers of the initial hiring can get preference or free tickets
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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
Would you pledge in a crowd-funding campaign to build something like this? You'd want something that doesn't allow training on private repos, so ideally not a private company that can change owners and managers and hence policies
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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
FWIW, there's a Drudge report front-end I attempted a number of years ago. Inactive but archive link in profile. It had 'mouseover titles' and 'popup dots' where articles would open to a popup window. One reason tha
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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
I don't know why there isn't a standard form-factor where parts from different manufacturers can't be mix and matched. It just seems so obvious. A fully aluminum shell with air channels drawing air from the base unit through
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by adrianwaj 4mo ago
"None of this is written by AI — I am writing this by hand because I find explaining concepts makes me understand them better too." It'd be interesting if your work was taken up quickly by child prodigies. Maybe have a guest
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
Not sure why you're coming up as showdead.. saw your x, definitely not a bot if that's the issue. Maybe the site looks too vibecoded? Am thinking of experimenting with images. I like the idea of getting a custom "Piece in pro
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
I had another idea - linked in my profile. It's really about getting another person involved in a Piece, rather than waving something semi-cloaked in front of people. I suppose being pre-release and post-built is the sweet spot you&#x2
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
No problem. The whole creators/bonders/backers thing is interesting. It feels like it adds a layer of extra cost to the content. So a content creator is paying a kickback to the bonders - it's like paying a commission. Why sh
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
Thanks - I am working on a couple of DIY home-oriented projects (not computer related.) But I am also interested in getting something up on tinkeriDOTng too - something about tinkering - maybe a Github for inventions. Checkout https:/
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
Looks good, in an old comment I mention something about micropayments and unlocking answers in "Ask Me Anythings" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47879268 Another idea is to "bounty-up" photos rathe
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
Computers that don't require cooling - so cool - literally!
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
Another idea would be to have a chatroom (eg Kraa) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47872083 - and preload a bunch of people into it, and have each one notified when someone posts into it (that feature does not exist.)
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
Why not have an EU-blockchain where transactions and staking are taxed and fund EU-defense and EU-whatever - including software development (eg browsers.) USA could have Pax-Americana chain - and governments could offer tax discounts to tho
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
Airplane meetups would be interesting, where airlines somehow consider the people that sit next to each other. There could be an opt-in for that. Would flyers see a passenger list a few days prior to leaving? What security issues are involv
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
"back-door free" - crucial stuff unless you like having big brother (and his friends) stand behind you each time you look at a screen. Parasitic behavior is (and will be) the new sustainable advantage. Also finding new ways to esc
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
Speed meetups could work where you'd go to a series of meetups in a row. Venues could allocate space for this, say 5 separate rooms and every few months you'd go to a bunch of meetups all on the same day. Small gatherings with a l
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
Speaking of tinkering, you could have a builds/devices/setups section, with each containing multiple constituent parts (as ingredients) with their being a corresponding recipe for each. So users would be "cataloging their bui
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
yeah - for example, I've got tinkeriDOTng and left some comments about it... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47777609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47879268 https://news.ycombina
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
How about a way to signup without Google or LinkedIn? Maybe HN-linked profiles? Also, I think a domain-name section is a good idea. Some ideas/projects may have them and some won't. Some people may have unused ones to offer. Other
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
Turn procrastination into pragmatism. Switch from service-to-self to service-to-others, or vice versa. See your mind as shut gates that can be opened to something already perfect. Make your sub-conscious super-conscious - any tips there? I
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
I just left a previous comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48242955 I think they'll be advances in taxation: it'll be simpler, fairer and easier. And that may make a UBI more doable.
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by adrianwaj 5mo ago
That's true, the only thing I can think of is an "amplification curve" being set on whatever is paid, and that can be paid by everyone after any given period based on all the flows a person was involved in during that time. S

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