notRobot

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   by notRobot 2y ago

   I meant that it felt like they haven't had any massive successes with any recent launches.
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   by notRobot 2y ago

   https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... For historical purposes Edit: nope, it's still ongoing, there are spam comments on this very thread from 2 minutes ago. The new comments link
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   by notRobot 2y ago

   What category has Google really succeeded in since the initial era of gmail/Android/chrome? I can't think of any recent successes off the top of my head.
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   I've been thinking about Meta's support for open-source AI all day(twitter.com)

   2 points by notRobot 2y ago|1 comments
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   by notRobot 2y ago

   Is it really so hard to believe that people who use biometric authentication might want to be particular about their security and privacy? Lots of folks who aren't tech super users care about that stuff.
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   Solder Scroll – 3D Printable Ergonomic, Adjustable Solder Tool(printables.com)

   1 points by notRobot 2y ago|0 comments
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   Problem with selling developer tools is that devs have no purchasing authority(twitter.com)

   207 points by notRobot 2y ago|178 comments
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   by notRobot 3y ago

   Yeah, and that has downsides they admit! > Despite the apparent advantages of reusing Instagram's platform for Threads (much faster delivery time), Malkani admitted the company introduced a substantial amount of technical debt that
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   by notRobot 3y ago

   As technically literate people we forget just how little regular people understand about computers. For most people devices are literal black boxes beyond the UI. If an app doesn't load, I can imagine a dozen reasons why that might be
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    Microsoft offered FFmpeg small one-time payment instead of support contract(twitter.com)

    83 points by notRobot 3y ago|48 comments
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    I have partial aphantasia. I went through a few of the mod's posts and surprisingly... they actually make a lot of sense, given the context of how my brain functions. I understand why this is getting downvotes, but I'd like to flo
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    You are indeed missing something: you don't need machine powered instant voice "cloning" tech to have good artificial voices, which would do basically everything you're talking about. Voice cloning has always been techni
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    I am not sure why this is being developed. The potential for misuse is so much greater than any possible beneficial use cases I can imagine. Text to speech is cool, why do you have to introduce technologies that allow for voice cloning, whi
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    OpenAI says it can clone a voice from just 15 seconds of audio(engadget.com)

    47 points by notRobot 3y ago|70 comments
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    I couldn't get it to work perfectly, it had text and UI rendering bugs that made it unusable. Geany works well as an alternative for me on GNU/Linux.
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    Yeah, and if your kids see you doing all that you definitely won't be able to stop them from picking up whichever ones they like. Edit re edit: Saying different rules apply isn't enough, examples still need to be set. Kids learn f
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    > modern economists are masters of telling those with power and wealth what they want to hear This is undoubtedly true. Do they have self-awareness around this? Or do they believe the things they say?
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    It's cool that they named a compiler after the common phenomenon :)
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    Libraries struggle to afford e-books, seek new laws in fight with publishers(abcnews.go.com)

    269 points by notRobot 3y ago|194 comments
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    Is there a way to use the mobile app on PCs? I tried with Windows Subsystem for Android but the app refused to work.
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    OpenAI no longer operates as a non-profit. The "OpenAI" name has been a joke for years in tech circles for this reason.
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    This is worthy of reporting. 50+ people were injured, one is in severe condition.
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    For those who haven't read the article: this was a severe failure, the plan dropped altitude suddenly, the pilot had no control, and people in the flight were literally tossed around. > About 50 people were injured in the incident,
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    https://archive.ph/qwFuI
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    50+ Passengers injured upon sudden altitude drop due to Boeing instrument fail(smh.com.au)

    2 points by notRobot 3y ago|2 comments
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    <?php print_r($_POST); print_r($_GET); If all you need is an echo, should be as simple as this in a .php file, no? Can be deployed with PHP's built-in webserver.
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    I remember reading this through HN a long time ago, and finding that it made solid points, and sharing it with several people over the years. However, I have wisened over the years and feel that I better understand what is worthwhile being
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    I hate that with time there is just going to be more and more covert non-consentual facial recognition everywhere. It should be outlawed, but obviously that does not align with the interests of the powerful so it'll never happen.
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    My understanding is that there are lots of functional reasons to use rust in such situations, which are why it's considered "super cool".
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    by notRobot 3y ago

    Yes, it has always been possible with libcurl but you had to write the boilerplate code yourself.