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alenrozac··on Show HN: Point your camera at a landscape to learn about its geology
Great work! One of those apps that scratch the itch!
alenrozac··on Project Hyperion: Interstellar ship design competition
No, cause you need hands to work the land. And you end up having a dozen cause a few won't make it. /s

The whole "cruel to children" aspect is flawed. It only self-identifies individuals with a world view that is very earth-centric. We need a societal system where such a position is seen as an honorable one. That's why I liked the Antarctica bit of the submission. We ALL need to learn and change.

alenrozac··on James Webb Space Telescope Reveals That Most Galaxies Rotate Clockwise
At this point I'm open to believing our Universe is in a black-hole-like structure.
alenrozac··on AI Demos
These demos are nothing near sketchy illegal stuff :D
alenrozac··on Trae: AI Code Editor from ByteDance
Remember, if it's free, you're the product.

How common is this in privacy policies? > For security and privacy reasons, we request that you abstain from disclosing personal information, including passwords, credit card numbers, or other confidential data. Our commitment to safeguarding your privacy is unwavering, but the security of personal information also relies on safe user practices.

alenrozac··on Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time: what does it mean?
We should be investing into living with these changes.
alenrozac··on A transformer supply crisis bottlenecks energy projects
EM said in one of the podcasts that chip shortage -> transformer shortage -> energy shortage. That was about a year ago or so. Asked Chat to make me a portfolio to target the transformer market. Have to say, it works.
alenrozac··on Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted
There's repeaters so the general area should be known.
alenrozac··on In 1926, TV Was Mechanical
interestingly close publish date to Asianometry's video on Sony's Breakthrough Color TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOh3jEJGynA
alenrozac··on Overweight Ford F-750 Plunges Through Historic Wooden Bridge in Maine
Wait, isn't that bridge in that one horror game? I could swear I saw it before.
alenrozac··on Apple Intelligence beta flagged a phishing email as "Priority"
but apple beta != openai beta
alenrozac··on Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's Osiris-Rex Asteroid Sample
There will be more like that, but we need to get better at identifying them. Just like with exoplanets.
alenrozac··on First pictures from Euclid satellite reveal billions of orphan stars
All scientific writing in Slovenia uses long scale. I've heard it being used in EU institutions too.
alenrozac··on Intel discloses $7B operating loss for chip-making unit
Isn't it usually 5-8 years? While long in accounting terms, that's not that long in real life. Especially considering the size of capex.
alenrozac··on What happens to Google Maps when tectonic plates move? (2020)
you must be fun at parties
alenrozac··on Annoyed by Google search's map box not opening Google Maps
Just a quick one, works for me - figured I'm not the only one annoyed by this.
alenrozac··on The spreadsheet is a simulation machine
Excel errors can carry to wrong decisions on a global level.

https://theconversation.com/economists-an-excel-error-and-th...

alenrozac··on Large solar farms could trigger rain in the desert
If only Pardot Kynes heard of this..
alenrozac··on Japan's precision moon lander has hit its target, but appears to be upside-down
Someone right now at JAXA is performing a dogeza.
alenrozac··on ClearCred: Transform your Credit Cards into Debit Cards
Guess so. And the "store away" account is likely in a money market fund where they either take all returns or a significant chunk of it. If the product is free, you're the product.
alenrozac··on Apple Plans Smaller, Lighter Vision Headset; Meta Works on Cheaper Quest 3
To me it was obvious from the start that the "Pro" part in the "Apple Vision Pro" will be dropped to deliver a "non-pro" product first without some of the features they're still working on - for example, EyeSight was not on during demos etc.

I'm interested to see how Cook will price the non-pro version.

alenrozac··on New way to read data in antiferromagnets unlocks their use as computer memory
They do say next research step is room temperature..
alenrozac··on B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations
People will blame Twitter, but imho, a public agency should not rely solely on scale provided to it by a single private platform. It looks like they recognize it too:

> “We've been trying to use private infrastructure as public infrastructure for communications,” said Reynolds. “But it really doesn't work once things change.”

alenrozac··on Brian Eno albums available in Dolby Atmos and Spatial
It doesn't. And to make the matters worse, most of the "Atmos remakes" I listened to are utter trash and disrespect to the original sound designer/team. Some mixes bring out subtle details I haven't heard before, but in most cases even those sound like they're literally due to higher volume/different position.
alenrozac··on Germany Falls into Recession
Not really. US is in a better position for a federal-wide monetary union. Labor mobility is a key component, and it is easier when you don't have different languages and cultures.
alenrozac··on Germany Falls into Recession
Technical recession. Recession nonetheless. The ECB has a real problem with asymmetry. Can't cut rates just for Germany. At the same time there's high inflation in Austria, Slovenia and the Baltics.
alenrozac··on Ask HN: Anyone else experiencing an Apple Outage?
Yea, was just about to setup a homepod. The ecosystem is great, but damn, it sucks when it's down.
alenrozac··on OKTO35 3D-Printed Analog Film Movie Camera
Yo! I thought I saw Ljubljana in the film shot, then I noticed you're one of us! Very cool project, love it!
alenrozac··on Apple’s 4.15% Savings Account Marks Golden Age of Cash
Well, the real interest rate is not 4%, but rather about 1% which is around the historic average tbf.
alenrozac··on The taxman will eventually come for AI, too
Touche. I'd still lean to implementation. Something like stealing from SWF would drastically impact sovereign rating and sovereign's ability to borrow.
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