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by vjanma 8mo ago
Great writeup. This focuses heavily on the fragrance/perception side of digital olfaction, but there's a whole other dimension here: detection. Think of it as speaker vs microphone — most of the hype (Osmo, Givaudan) is on generat
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by vjanma 9mo ago
LLMs are trained on text about the world, not the world itself. Olfaction is an interesting test case because it's one of the most ancient and direct sensory modalities. no symbolic abstraction layer, just molecular binding triggering
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by vjanma 9mo ago
This is exactly the problem I've been obsessing over. The challenge is that olfaction isn't like vision. you're not detecting photons at discrete wavelengths, you're dealing with ~400 olfactory receptor types responding
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City CarShare hands over on-demand auto rentals to Getaround(sfchronicle.com)
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by vjanma 10y ago
We have created an AI assistant to answer tax questions. It does a better job (for the most part) compared to a system developed by IRS called Interactive Tax Assistant (ITA). I appreciate any feedback for improvement.
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Show HN: Have you last minute tax questions answered with Andy, Siri for Taxes(ask.andyvirs.com)
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by vjanma 12y ago
You don't have to signup to see various challenges. You can scroll down to the bottom of this page: http://ideamarket.com/founders.html It does require Javascript though :-|
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by vjanma 12y ago
I am not sure it this is related to our account quota issue, which is fixed. Can you try now please?
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by vjanma 12y ago
can you please try again. It should be fixed now.
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by vjanma 12y ago
Site should be up now. Forgot to enable billing when we switched app engine accounts.
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by vjanma 12y ago
We are working on it.
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by vjanma 12y ago
Hello, co-founder of IdeaMarket here. Would love to hear HN's feedback and ways to improve. Also can answer any questions.
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by vjanma 12y ago
Including links for easy clicking: Brookings Institution Research: http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2014/02/cities-uneq... SF Chronicle article: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea&#x2F
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Ask HN: What are some solutions for addressing income inequality in SF?
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Ask HN: Best Health Insurance option for founders before you get funding
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Ray Kurzweil, Wants To Bring The Dead Back To Life(huffingtonpost.com)
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Potato ‘people’ help Boeing test Wi-Fi(bellinghamherald.com)
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Buddhist monk's brain produces highest reported level of gamma waves(india.nydailynews.com)
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When Do We Become Truly Conscious?(slate.com)
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Ask HN: Apple filed to patent an app concept that I released a year ago.
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Abundance is our Future(ted.com)
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Hardly Working: Start-up Guys (youtube.com)
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