andrewrn

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by andrewrn 1y ago
Begging someone to coherently define AGI. Worlds most ambiguous term
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by andrewrn 1y ago
I find that I don’t mindlessly scroll on my desktop, so it’s not a panacea, but the newsfeed eradicator is useful for removing recommendation feeds from a desktop browser: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/news-f
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by andrewrn 1y ago
I was recently thinking about this dynamic about human-oriented vs efficiency-oriented innovation. We haven't really hesitated (in, I'd argue, the majority of cases) to pick efficiency over human-friendliness. This seems like it w
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by andrewrn 1y ago
This is always the case, though. The company is few years old. I'm no disciple of humanoids, but stuff has to start somewhere. Unfortunately hype > truth in order to get funding, so it produces incentives to cherry-pick like this.
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Helpful link, thanks!
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by andrewrn 1y ago
This is a very interesting comment because the project I am currently on is trying to assess viscosity with computer vision in basically the same way you are saying. I am surprised you say that doing stuff is faster by hand, can you elabora
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Okay, this is helpful and definitely aligns with what I've heard. The proprietary protocols problem keeps coming up. Is there any chance we can connect for me to ask a few more questions or read some of your reporting? My email is in m
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Ask HN: Why aren't wet labs more automated?
5 points by andrewrn 1y ago|7 comments
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Really fun. Perfect HN post.
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by andrewrn 1y ago
For an equally idealistic and improbable proposal about the future of the internet and personal data, I'd recommend Jaron Lanier's "Who Owns the Future."
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by andrewrn 1y ago
What a delightful little game!
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Does anyone know what makes habit trackers such a trendy project in the last few years? In a world of possibilities, why do so many people make so many habit trackers?
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by andrewrn 1y ago
I worked on a 254nm UVC fungicide system at an agricultural robotics startup. For some fungal pests like powdery mildew, there’s growing evidence that irradiating the crops at night (when the fungus has its UV defenses down), can effectivel
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by andrewrn 1y ago
I mean, yeah, I would feel bad after spending a lot of time doing it. But part of why its so insidious is that its mostly unconscious in the moment, so the idea here is that you could get some help with that unconscious aspect. This is kind
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Show HN: Detecting Doomscrolling with Computer Vision(github.com)
2 points by andrewrn 1y ago|3 comments
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Holy shit... this is dope as hell. Thank you
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Growing tired of Bitwarden in the browser, so this is pretty intriguing. But its hard to forgo mobile compatibility.
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by andrewrn 1y ago
I feel like Apple hit the diminishing (stopping?) returns on thinness years and years ago. Who cares?
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by andrewrn 1y ago
It's quite rare that I start a 1 hr long youtube video and watch it all the way through at 1x speed without getting distracted. The ideas in this talk sell themselves.
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by andrewrn 1y ago
This is very much upstream of sex. I just started a masters program this week, and on Friday night at 8 pm, zero out of 52 of my cohort members wanted to join me for a beer. It's anecdotal, but seemed really remarkable to me. So it&#x2
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by andrewrn 1y ago
I think I watched you guys get into the batch via the mcp hackathon yc had. Congratulations and best of luck with the startup.
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Wow someone put a lot of work into this. Always had trouble with the path element. Thanks!
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by andrewrn 1y ago
I'm very curious how you manage to pull in social feeds-- there are many billions of dollars working against your accessing social media posts that haven't been dipped in digital crack. As far as I can tell, the API's that ar
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by andrewrn 1y ago
This is excellent!
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by andrewrn 1y ago
You're right about the smoking. Boy did stigma kill that, at least in the US. I still remember bars where you could smoke when I was a kid. This is an interesting comparison you bring up, because there isn't no stigma around soc
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by andrewrn 1y ago
I've had notifications off for a long time, and it doesn't personally help too much. In fact it kinda seems like it perversely increases the curiosity to check, because now there may or may not be some comment/message waiting
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Man I love ranty britishisms. Author's right though, at my last living place I had a drier that summons screeches from hell when clothes were dry. I mean that buzzer would make your heart stop, and if I didn't open the door, it wo
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Do you have kids? I'm younger and don't, and could still empathize with the author having his children disturbed by annoying device sounds. I bet its awful.
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Thanks for trying it and sorry about those errors. All fixed now. You're very much not alone on the UX friction-- that's what most people have said. My gut says that what is fun about Fermi estimation is chaining the factors, (whi
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by andrewrn 1y ago
To clarify, the frequent encounters of a housemate situation hasn't been required to sustain friendships for me, but instead to get "escape velocity," if you will. The great friends I made of former housemates still keep in

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