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bobafett-9902on Show HN: Gemini can now natively embed video, so I built sub-second video search

I wonder if the underlying improvements in visual language learning will allow for even more efficient search. The First Fully General Computer Action Model -> https://si.inc/posts/fdm1/

bobafett-9902on Epic Games to cut more than 1k jobs as Fortnite usage falls

bingo. At least they didn't use AI as the "excuse" for the layoffs though ...

bobafett-9902on Poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players

All this potential jail time and reputation lost for $7 mil stolen over multiple years total??? And how many criminals split those winnings?? So the take home pay for an NBA HOF was like under $1 mil? Billups just signed an extension as an NBA head coach making well over that amount EVERY YEAR. Just sad imo

bobafett-9902on Poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players

think of the spotlight the NBA had because of opening night! Someone in the FBI/admin wanted this news to drop right when the NBA was trying to make a splash and tarnish their new season

bobafett-9902on Alaska Airlines' statement on IT outage

Although a pain, I've had great success by simply asking for "some form of compensation" for my delay. They're not going to offer you cash back, but you can then push them to give future flight credit. I've gotten $30-$150 on average depending on the value of the ticket purchased

bobafett-9902on Generative AI as Seniority-Biased Technological Change

Mark Sullivan wrote a great piece covering the summarized sentiment of a few: The vibe coding hangover is upon us https://www.fastcompany.com/91398622/the-vibe-coding-hangove...

bobafett-9902on Generative AI as Seniority-Biased Technological Change

but i guess to me the question is: if you're management, do you expect your workers to do more/work faster (like a TAS in a way)? or do you expect to replace your workers entirely?

I personally think we're still a ways from the latter...

bobafett-9902on Show HN: I spent 6 years building a ridiculous wooden pixel display

this is so cool! add some Mark Rober build type music montage and this is a viral video on YT

bobafett-9902on Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death

beware the undulated lids of garbage bins standing outside your house ... or an uncapped recycling bin

bobafett-9902on Sleep all comes down to the mitochondria

ah yes the mitochondria ... the powerhouse of the cell. thanks Ms Jeffers 7th grade bio

bobafett-9902on Debugging in the Multiverse

(antithesis employee here) We don't currently just offer the deterministic dev environment, but we do offer extended 30 day demos for prospects interested in trying out the tech and seeing how it works. If you're interested contact us directly! contact@antithesis.com

bobafett-9902on If English was written like Chinese (1999)

can someone explain the linguistic logic to me like I'm five? I've read it through twice and I don't understand how the connection is made between the characters and the english language?

bobafett-9902on So you think you want to write a deterministic hypervisor?

i think they mention in a previous blog post with warpstream that they use localstack

bobafett-9902on So you think you want to write a deterministic hypervisor?

I believe they have a discord for asking questions directly to their engineers https://discord.gg/75cBWkbC