TooSmugToFail

For anyone wondering how it’s done…

https://www.blitzortung.org/en/whats_new.php

Seems like we’re one near-miss or a collision away from an international convention on rules of the road for lunar orbit.

What a spectacular route.

Sounds like BS, but…

The shape makes sense, at least intuitively: more surface area, and possibly more optimised orientation throughout the day/seasons (it would be interesting to run simulations).

On the other hand, complex shapes can’t possibly be cheaper to produce at scale than simple flat panels.

So yeah, I’d call BS until proven otherwise.

Would be even cooler if all the knobs and buttons were actually physical.

Watched a YT video about this algo, and was blown away by sheer l33tness of it.

Intriguing post.

Wonder if mere IQ is the right metric.

Intelligence is nothing without experience, so we should probably aim to define certain level of intelligence applied to a certain knowledge base.

Further, there is depth and breadth of this knowledge which may define a type (specialist vs generalist) and level (shallow vs deep) of expertise, respectively.

I’d expect the nature of the data used to train a model would be reflected in the cost per unit of work: more proprietary the data, more expensive it would presumably be.

But assuming for a moment we can use IQ as the metric. I wonder what HN thinks what’s the level of IQ-equivalence of the state of art GPT-4o model.

Paywall.

I don’t get it.

Another Silicon Valley cash furnace.

“Projecting global illumination requires a set of techniques that differs from those of conventional projection mapping. The research team use several standard projectors to illuminate the room along with a projector with a wide aperture and large-format lens to soften the crisp edges of shadows. These luminaire projectors illuminate the environment, but the target object remains in shadow. Conventional texture projectors are then used to map the texture onto its shadowed surface.”

Pretty cool.

I can’t go past the front page on mobile.

Would it help if the telco preventively sent an sms or an IM to you, telling you that a new SIM issuance has been requested?

If it was you, the message will not be received, and you’ll get your SIM. If it was a SIM swap attack attempt, you will be notified.

Took a look at Vocably, looks very interesting. Looking forward to trying it out.

Love it!

Fingers crossed it features doors which do not collect water when it rains.

Awesome, great work. I did not realise they were so prolific.

What revenues are these guys making to be able to afford an investment like this? They have a single product, how many you can possibly sell? What sort of margins you need to be able to sustain this level of capex/opex?

Interesting. Two out of two times I managed to negotiate every side paying their own fees.

It incentivises rationality in how legal counsel is used in the process.

Talk about failing upwards…

This is a solid advice.

Yes, this is a good sign, but it’s just the first of many hurdles you need to pass in order to get to the finish line.

This Monday meeting may be the go/no-go gate for the next phase, where they decide whether to invest more time to investigate your business. They will evaluate in each stage, every time deciding whether to invest further effort.

If this is your first such encounter, and it sounds like it is, my suggestion would be to approach it with a primary objective to learn about how this whole process works.

Often founders approach these situations like it’s a one-way thing (VC must decide they “like” the startup), but in reality, it should be a two-way process: the founders should also evaluate the VCs.

I would ask the VCs about their portfolio companies, and some of their success stories. Ask them if they could introduce you to some of the founders they backed. Reach out to some of the others yourself. If everything works out, you’ll end up married to these guys, and you want to know who are you getting in bed with.

In the extreme, these guys may be running one of those predatory schemes where you basically get sold some bullshit accelerator program and they screw you for equity.

A good rule of thumb is: the moment they ask you to pay anything - GTFO.

And here I mean literally ANYTHING: you should not be expected to pay a single cent for anything relating to their process; it’s their business to do that and bear the costs. And this also extends to the cost of due diligence (if and when it comes to that): the VC should bear all the costs no matter how it ends, whether they invest or they bail.

Extension of this rule: the moment they offer anything except cash for equity - GTFO.

Good luck!

I watched some of the long-term reviews, and I was shocked how people were cool with crazy stuff like rainwater draining inside the doors and sloshing around permanently(!!!), or dirt piling in the chassis due to poorly designed truckbed…

Talk about the customer honeymoon these guys still enjoy…

Amazing video, thanks for sharing.

How is that possible? Could someone offer any explanation? You would have thought an intelligent org would have figured it by the second time. At four ina DAY MPD is complicit in harrasment…

We so back?

Wonder if anyone here had tried some of those apps, and how it worked for them?

Seems like it didn’t quite catch on.

Obsidian.

No.