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In case you were wondering like me, this is visual art by an artist without formal training - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%AFve_art

That just doesn't seem to justify anywhere near the valuation though does it?

The orbital data center thing is really strange. Without some kind of massive technological breakthrough the physics of an orbital data center make no sense. Napkin math for a single data center including solar panels, radiators, compute and structure is somewhere on the order of ~6500 tonnes. Let's say Starship can put 100-150 tonnes into orbit per launch, that is somewhere between 40-65 launches for just one single orbital data center.

does that include the 90% marginal tax rates? :)

looks like the real tension here is that "money" and "reach" aren't quite the same moat though. I think the post kind of conflates them. existing audience is the actual barrier - money can buy ads but it can't buy trust or distribution, not quickly anyway

the gravitational threshold thing is real ngl. I've seen the same dynamic in product launches - identical quality, completely different outcomes based on whether you're already above the line or not. that part holds up

not sure the "creativity is the moat" counterargument fully lands either. yeah taste matters, but AstroBen's point is valid - anything that gets traction gets cloned basically immediately now. so creativity gets you first mover advantage for like... a week?

maybe the actual moat is just community? people who already trust you before you ship. which is a form of reach I guess, so kind of proves the point

My only gripe with the Goland integration is if you have multiple terminals open with CC, it will randomly switch to the first terminal for no apparent reason. Then, if you aren't paying close attention, you prompt the wrong instance.

Sounds similar to this case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States?wprov...

So this all had to happen sufficiently close to the Sun and that material had to be captured in the Sun's protoplanetary disc. We needed the right combination of elements to form a protective magnetic field and produce enough but not too much heat.

any idea how close? like 10s of light years or what?

+1

also, when I'm in my local store it seems like cell connection goes to shit for some reason and then I have to jump on their in store wifi in order to search their website

2002 doesn't look like the interesting year to me. It seems like 2020 and the pandemic is where the most significant drop happened. So we're really looking at post pandemic recovery since that time. How much of the lower numbers are due to theater closures and / or high inflation since then?

how are genetic (algorithms) used?

The idea that 2% inflation is good for the economy, and deflation is bad smacks of the government selling the idea because increasing government spending via inflation is a way to raise taxes without raising taxes.

I think the premise is that deflation is much much worse (and not amenable to the available controls that the Fed has available) and it is pretty impossible to reliably target < %2 inflation, so effectively the idea of "2% inflation" is the minimal possible amount of inflation.

Supersense (ios/android) is the app that was recommended for my grandmother and can be used for reading mail, etc. I honestly found it to be buggy and hard for her to use. The main difficulty, though, was she couldn't easily get her phone turned on and open the app in order to actually use it. Eventually she gave up on the smartphone. She does really find Alexa useful for the limited tasks it is capable of. I'm thinking about having her try a nest hub as google's assistant seems to be a bit more capable.

Was any of this R&D work published? Given that you are convinced by the technology, I am curious to know more about how you were using it?

oh poor Guillermo! XD

great story - thanks for sharing!

That surface-level judgement is as naive and nubile as it gets.

Just a minor editorial comment... you might want to check the definition of 'nubile'

hey HN - I'm the author of this post. Feel free to ask any questions about how we are using Level.

Interesting architecture consisting of a RP2040 mated to a Pico W. The Pico acts as the primary CPU, executing code and providing IO. The RP2040 handles the graphics and GPU out. They GPU is connected to the CPU over I2C as a peripheral device.

PicoVision uses two RP2040s - one on a Pico W as a "CPU" and one as a "GPU" - to produce high resolution (for a microcontroller) DV output by swapping the contents of two physical PSRAM frame-buffers back and forth between them.

The two PSRAMs act as a front and back buffer. The "CPU" (the Pico W) writes to one while the "GPU" (RP2040) reads from the other, applies some "hardware" effects and generates the DV signals.

I think it has to do with being morphophonemic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonemic_orthography#Morphopho...

"This means that the spelling reflects to some extent the underlying morphological structure of the words, not only their pronunciation. Hence different forms of a morpheme (minimum meaningful unit of language) are often spelt identically or similarly in spite of differences in their pronunciation."

If you really want to know how evil and down right fucked up the CIA was, I highly recommend The Devil's Chessboard, a biography of Allen Dulles https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/24723229

After finishing it, my sense was that the best thing for America and the world would have been to put an end to the CIA.

Yeah, I totally agree - but it seems like there are technological or economic barriers to such a device, or else it would already exist

ok, I think I am following you and I think I mostly agree. Probably the biggest issue is that as "just" a monitor replacement, the possible use cases are significantly narrowed. Probably a lot more overlap with the ELF-SR2 with probably the biggest advantage being portability if you can incorporate the compute/power/etc into a decent form factor (ie something that you might be able to use in a starbucks)

We need a high quality head mounted AR display attached to a laptop without the screen part

What would that look like? Is there an existing product that is similar? If it is something I have to wear, it seems like anything much bulkier / heavier than a pair of glasses is going to be a hard sell as a replacement for monitors.

Wondering if anyone in the HN community has had a chance to play with this (or the SR1) and had any thoughts to share.

I think you mean the merchant agreement. There are many gas stations in the area where I live that have different cash prices and still take credit cards, so I'm not sure if this is still a thing. And honestly the fact that they would have that lends support to the fact that all of these credit card "benefits" are subsidized by cash payers.

Furthermore, everyone, regardless of whether they are using a credit card, is paying for this in the form of higher prices (unless the vendor has separate cash prices...)

I totally agree. Over time it has became one of our family's most consistently used streaming services. Seeing this actually reminded me that we were using premium (I had forgotten about the free option). The subscription also includes Youtube Music (which is a passable replacement for Spotify).

actual Amazon customer reviews of Cree's TBR30-14050FLFH25-12DE26-1-E1-MP (25,000 hour rated life, 90+ CRI):

- Fails after 12 months - Nice and bright while they last - 6 months in, 2 already burned out. - I've already had two die in less than 6 months

3 year warranty instead of 10, but I've had a lot of problems with Philips LED Flicker-Free Dimmable BR30 Indoor Light Bulb. They consistently die and need to be replaced within a year or so. I replaced a couple under warranty but just gave up after the hassle involved. I've tried other brands without success and would love to know what a good reliable alternative would be.