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diplodocusaur··on Sequencing your DNA with a USB dongle and open source code
I imagine one's DNA can't be too different from the cousin that agrees to share that kind of data?
diplodocusaur··on Lissajous Curves
You got it backwards, arguably
diplodocusaur··on Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life?
I came to say Advertising as well

I doubt it has the effectiveness that people say it has when they are everywhere.

diplodocusaur··on How I spend less time on YouTube
You can also play faster than the 2x speed limit cap using

document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].playbackRate=4

is there a way to also make this the default max play speed without entering it in console?

diplodocusaur··on 3D printed mirror array
> to achieve things could be presented in other ways with minimal effort

You could imagine the art piece with minimal effort: no effort spent in making it. So in a way that's the purest form of art by your criticism. If only there was some way to achieve this, we'd be done.

diplodocusaur··on The genius of John von Neumann
so, tribalism?
diplodocusaur··on 3D printed mirror array
'two minute papers' has a link to a free course on how to do this. I haven't checked them out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r-eIKkyAco Note: the title says 3d printing but it's actually milling acryllic sheets, not SLA
diplodocusaur··on 3D printed mirror array
You are correct! This is essentially how office projectors work https://youtu.be/KpatWNi0__o?t=102
diplodocusaur··on 3D printed mirror array
There is an artist (at least) that uses arrays of motorized parts to create a similar effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV8v2GKC8WA mesmerizing
diplodocusaur··on Annotated Timeline Since the Big Bang
you must be the change
diplodocusaur··on Timeline of the Human Condition
I wonder how human history changes if you change the order of discovery of inventions
diplodocusaur··on Cognition Without Computation
Perhaps a stretch, but maybe like a color filter (injury) affects the perception of a rainbow (immaterial).
diplodocusaur··on Shepherd's Leap
Navigation of steep terrain assisted by pole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZLFnbhNPPo
diplodocusaur··on Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Thank you. I never knew this had a name.
diplodocusaur··on Ask HN: Who on Twitter should I follow for best programming news?
What are you trying to accomplish?
diplodocusaur··on Ask HN: Any particular desk hacks that make you more productive?
Getting up and go for a walk
diplodocusaur··on Anil Seth Finds Consciousness in Life’s Push Against Entropy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test
diplodocusaur··on A catalog of wealth-creation mechanisms (2009)
what's a better use of money, buying a cup of coffee or three packs of gum?

I think that's the subtlety with wealth here, that it is a moving target depending on context, possibly even adaptive in an evolutionary sense

diplodocusaur··on Anil Seth Finds Consciousness in Life’s Push Against Entropy
can you teach a computer to do it?
diplodocusaur··on Braid Group
here's a beautiful work of love for braid groups https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxHTRWELFBoijzAvXTDO...
diplodocusaur··on A different kind of keyboard
within reach https://aplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_3162-711x10...
diplodocusaur··on A different kind of keyboard
[2] https://i.imgur.com/XcCbOsB.png quick infographic of the bottleneck
diplodocusaur··on A different kind of keyboard
I'd love to see a progression of typing speed over time. That's the real test.

I believe this idea can have potential for breaking the world record because there is no finger-to-key travel. But maybe it is diminished by the having to press a key multiple times over to get to the target just like in old cellphones [0].

Alternatively maybe one could brute force the problem of optimal keyboard layout/etc using simulations. Like that robot (human) hand that solves rubik's cubes by learning through simulation (apparently, from OpenAI [1]).

[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Telephon...

[1] https://openai.com/blog/solving-rubiks-cube/

diplodocusaur··on Ask HN: Is anyone monitoring popular apps to check if they're listening?
Haven't checked but couldn't you make one that does and compare data usage volume?

But "listening, on everyone" and "all the time" are not necessary assumptions.

diplodocusaur··on Software Licenses in Plain English
Previously discussed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4193152
diplodocusaur··on CircuitJS - JavaScript Circuit Simulator
earlier (5 yr ago) discussion has more simulator examples https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9896436
diplodocusaur··on Dr. William Shockley on Race, IQ, and Eugenics
expertise in one domain doesn't transfer to another and Bertrand Russell is the Pope
diplodocusaur··on Ask HN: What would you be working on if money were no object?
Minimizing existential risk

Maximizing human-computer bandwidth/throughput

Education

Mathematics

diplodocusaur··on Ask HN: What would you be working on if money were no object?
I wonder how quantified forests really are. Earth's biodiversity is technology we keep on losing.
diplodocusaur··on Ask HN: How much is Google collecting and keeping on Android if not signed in?
considering how cheap storage is vs how much money Google has, it's safe to assume the worst IMO
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