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IOT_Apprentice

781 karma · joined March 9, 2016

Interested in Interface Design, UED/UX, Industrial IOT, security, cloud, analytics, programming, AI
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IOT_Apprentice··on MaXX Interactive Desktop -- the little brother of the great SGI Desktop on IRIX
When I worked at HP in the mid 80s I met the guys there that developed the UI design of CDE. Ironically done on Macintosh IIs using Pixelpaint. It was a very nice design.
IOT_Apprentice··on My Notes on Apple Math Notes
If it were an option you could contextually disable it via Apple Pencil it would be cool.
IOT_Apprentice··on Trump wins presidency for second time
Because corporations like Walmart and various suppliers decided they could get away with increasing their prices and they blamed it on inflation. Thee isn’t federal law monitoring this.

Employers won’t give raises to match cost of living in those situations.

IOT_Apprentice··on M4 MacBook Pro
Actually Apple has stated they are allowing security researchers to look at their infrastructure DIRECTLY.
IOT_Apprentice··on The Vibes Are Off: Did Elon Musk Push Academics Off Twitter?
I blame Elon Musk. He bought twitter and broke it.
IOT_Apprentice··on World Conker Championships men's winner cleared of cheating
Why is this on hacker news? It seems obscure and unrelated to business or technology or industry.
IOT_Apprentice··on Apple Passwords’ generated strong password format
Many corporations require you to have special characters as part of the password and won’t let you create one without them. This is in addition to authentication AND forcing an RSA soft token with a PIN. Many of these firms have had ransomware attacks and attempt to shield by having multilayer network DMZs which you have to traverse to reach a production network. Onerous mesh of required frequent password changes add to the mix. All done with a mishmash of security primitives.
IOT_Apprentice··on Is population density the reason Americans can't discuss politics?
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IOT_Apprentice··on Show HN: Quilt – Powerful RAG UI for Document QA
Are there plans to provide a version that can be run locally? I would not be comfortable putting this on a remote server.

Are you going to be open sourcing this or do you have a pricing plan for later versions?

If this is to be non local then what security will be added to this?

IOT_Apprentice··on "As We May Think" by Vannevar Bush (1945)
Doug Englebart built upon it and gave the mothe of all demos. Watch it on YouTube. It took decades for the software industry to finally take much of his ideas.

Programming is a Balkanized state of NIH, ego and general ignorance of the past. The work at Xerox Park Place, Bell Labs, SRI were revolutionary. And ignored by the “mainstream”.

It is really sad.

IOT_Apprentice··on Sanding UI
Just browsed McMaster. What a clean interface! Very easy to drill in and see what you are looking for. Compare that with the promotion of paid ads on the many major e-commerce platforms.
IOT_Apprentice··on Data Engineering Vault: A 1000 Node Second Brain for DE Knowledge
Generalizing & disparaging technology you dislike or don’t use is weak sauce.

Second Brain is a form of note taking used in paper notebooks, by engineers of all industries for decade upon decades.

An advantage is digital versions can do tagging, hyperlinking, and be embedded with AI & LLMs.

Leaders and inventors like Vannevar Bush and Douglas Englebart pushed towards this.

You may not like it, but others do.

IOT_Apprentice··on The Rise of Open Source Time Series Databases
We used a customized version of OpenTSDB at eBay to do monitoring of everything on the platform, including the search infrastructure. This was during the time eBay built a private cloud.
IOT_Apprentice··on How America's universities became debt factories
Isn’t a limited pipeline intentional? Keeping the supply constraints keep wages higher.
IOT_Apprentice··on How on-the-wrist sleep apnea detection works
The car salesman who we worked with leasing our Lexus had a bad flu and didn’t wear his mask ONE night and died in his sleep. We found out when we went back to the dealer. He left wife and a special needs son. I lie my father before me suffer from extreme sleep apnea. I want to make sure my sons have the detection this will bring.
IOT_Apprentice··on How on-the-wrist sleep apnea detection works
Google, Meta et al ARE FAR worse than anything might complain about Apple. Between the sleep apnea and hearing aid/hearing loss features you should be applauding these features to the world. As a consumer I have family members that will be leveraging these features immediately, including myself.
IOT_Apprentice··on The Tesla Files Unveil More Accounting Fraud Than Imagined
I’m not hopeful that Musk will face any consequences for any of this. He skated on pumping dogecoin & I presume Andressen et al will get the same for their altcoin shenanigans. Perhaps part of his alignment to Trump is to have the Federalist Society judges ignore his alleged fraud.
IOT_Apprentice··on You are not dumb, you just lack the prerequisites
We have not acknowledged an approach that teaches the majority math properly. Find approaches that do and also have some problems that resonate to children in an age appropriate way set for their environment.
IOT_Apprentice··on You are not dumb, you just lack the prerequisites
Aced what? I’m missing context it seems.
IOT_Apprentice··on You are not dumb, you just lack the prerequisites
Your post seems contradictory in that you could plug numbers into formulas and get answers. Isn’t that a fundamental skill? Is there an implied value in understanding the formula and how to apply it via math to obtain a correct answer?

The question then is how did you develop the ability.

IOT_Apprentice··on Why does everyone hate Haskell, jazz, and pure math?
How many major open source applications are built on Haskell? How many Trillion dollar tech firms have core infrastructure written in Haskell? How many average conglomerates use Haskell?

What is the popularity of it via surveys?

IOT_Apprentice··on The 1-HR nurse visits that cost $15B to Medicare
I’d wager you have a copay, a deductible and a maximum amount your plan will cover. And if you are laid off you have nothing unless you sign up for COBRA which charges huge amounts monthly.

The European single payer systems are underfunded intentionally by “conservatives” who want to skim off the top by privatization and loath offering it to the poor & working class.

IOT_Apprentice··on FDA sued for ignoring evidence that anti-depressants numb genitals permanently
I’m surprised there aren’t any comments about this given the number of people on this drug.
IOT_Apprentice··on Britain is running out of babies
Meanwhile Britain is busy trying to deport people.
IOT_Apprentice··on Show HN: I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
What about using a discord server?
IOT_Apprentice··on Making AI better at math tutoring
I agree in principle, but I must stress that conceptual understanding of what the problem or functional area of math is and how you perform the task to solve and know that you are solving it correctly should be understood.

Simply being shown it once on a whiteboard or in a book isn’t working for the majority of humans.

Then yes. Practice, practice

IOT_Apprentice··on Bengal famine: Susannah's grandad ran Bengal as famine killed millions
Don’t forget Winston Churchill whose policies they were following. Colonialism stripping India of natural resources, jewels, food, destroying industries to benefit the UK.
IOT_Apprentice··on Apple's On-Device and Server Foundation Models
What is stopping you from doing that? Nothing. Start cooking
IOT_Apprentice··on Apple's On-Device and Server Foundation Models
Apple was first with 64 bit iPhone chips. Remember Qualcomm VP at the time claimed it was nothing. Apple Silicon for M1 was impressive for instant in low power high performance.
IOT_Apprentice··on All the remedial classes in one place
Why should they be embarrassed? It is the inability of Math teachers to instruct those who have difficulty with Mathematics.

Aren’t K12 schools teaching “new math” or whatever fad, to students and focusing on teaching to a test due to no child left behind?

I wonder what studies have been done to measure how many students are math deficient in general population.

Furthermore, what are approaches that could remediate such issues?

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