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jonah

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jonah··on Antigravity 2.0 Tops the OpenSCAD Architectural 3D LLM Benchmark
I was recently trying to get models to generate a 3D fortune cookie. Claude in three.js and Gemini in openSCAD. Neither really got the concept or could get very close at all. It's a surprisingly complex shape I guess.
jonah··on Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone
QRP is the keyword you may be looking for. 9W, battery powered, SDR shortwave transceivers. There are inexpensive and expensive versions.
jonah··on Chindogu: Weird and Useless Japanese Inventions
IIRC, these were all in one book that I read as a kid. I wish they had credited it so I could find a copy to give as a gift.
jonah··on How ChatGPT serves ads
I was looking to see if BZR referred to a 3rd party ad network. I didn't find anything, but apparently someone has replicated OAI's system and you can run insert it into your own LLM.

GH: system32miro/ai-ads-engine

jonah··on Butterflies are in decline across North America, a look at the Western Monarch
There are many species of milkweed and they're not all the same to the butterflies. Try to grow the ones that are native to your area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias#Ecology

https://www.growmilkweedplants.com/map

jonah··on Butterflies are in decline across North America, a look at the Western Monarch
You should only be planting native species whatever they are for your specific area.
jonah··on MeshCore development team splits over trademark dispute and AI-generated code
It matters legally.

Different countries allow unlicensed use on different frequencies. Look up which is correct for your location.

jonah··on Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price
They have plenty of running/driving mules out there already:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6_9_HHLOSY

(Not for sale yet though.)

jonah··on Tennessee is about to make building chatbots a Class A felony
But datacenters are fine?

https://www.datacenters.com/locations/united-states/tennesse...

jonah··on In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants
I'd highly recommend watching Perfect Day by Wim Wenders. It's a really sweet film.

"Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself." -- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27503384/

jonah··on Author of "Careless People" banned from saying anything negative about Meta
That's a really effective way to get a group of people to do horrible things. Break it up into small pieces where each one isn't that bad in and of itself.
jonah··on The Cathedral, the Bazaar, and the Winchester Mystery House
Too bad Winchester didn't become an architect.

Julia Morgan, Winchester's contemporary, was the first woman to obtain an architecture license in California in 1904 and had a very prolific career throughout the state including her most famous - Hearst Castle - commissioned in 1919.

jonah··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
The general public will self-host it's built in to your next phone or laptop straight out of the box or maybe from the App Store.
jonah··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
Sure, but compare this to "turn[ing] off" combustion engines a mere four years after commercial adoption rather than 162 years later (now). Back then, going back to horses wouldn't have been as big of a deal as it would be now.
jonah··on Ask HN: Distributed data centers in our basements
There is a UK company that does this - servers that attach to residential water heaters.

https://www.heata.co/company/heata-unit

jonah··on Some uncomfortable truths about AI coding agents
Exactly why I put "self-driving" in quotes. Right now AI assisted coding might generally be at the equivalent of Level-2 or -3 self-driving. Getting to autonomous coding agents will be like the step change that is Level-4 or -5 driving.
jonah··on Some uncomfortable truths about AI coding agents
Sounds a lot like "self-driving" cars - "they are good enough 95%+ of the time, you’re not going to pay as much attention as you should".

Same thing happens here, you get complacent and miss critical failures or problems.

It's also similar in that it "take[s away] many of the fun parts". When I can focus on simply driving it can be engaging and enjoyable - no matter the road or traffic or whatever.

jonah··on How Invisalign became the biggest user of 3D printers
Also, breastfeeding and not weaning them off on to "baby foods" too soon is better in the same ways you describe.
jonah··on Meme Buildings
The first building I thought of was the Binoculars Building in Venice, CA.

Originally designed by Frank Gehry for Chiat/Day it's not part of Google's campus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars_Building

jonah··on Bus travel from Lima to Rio de Janeiro
You can experience all of those ecosystems - and more - just in Columbia if you choose to.

We did a lot of bussing around there couple years ago - none of them or as nice as these motor coaches! (We were generally not taking the longer routes though.)

jonah··on Show HN: Signet – Autonomous wildfire tracking from satellite and weather data
Super interesting thing to pursue. Will be neat to see where you go with this.

Small nit: don't name incidents until you have the official name. It could cause confusion once it is named.

Instead, something like "New detection near Colusa" or "New incident 10 mi NW of Colusa".

jonah··on Ask HN: Can I repurpose a Bluetooth voice remote as input device for a PC?
I just want the button, no speakers or headphones though.
jonah··on Ask HN: Can I repurpose a Bluetooth voice remote as input device for a PC?
Relatedly, I want a bluetooth "skip 30s" button to use while listening to podcasts on iPhone. Anyone have a recommendation?
jonah··on I baked a pie every day for a year
Just seeing your question - here are some notes:

The key is to have small (rice grain/pea size) chunks of butter evenly distributed through your dough without "working" it too much which generates gluten resulting in a "tough" crust.

My latest approach is this one: Evenly mix the salt and sugar with 2/3 of the flour and then quickly mix in the cold butter with a food processor* - just enough to distribute it through the dry ingredients. Then quickly mix in the remaining flour.

Dump that mixture into a bowl - it will crumbly and too dry for a crust. Now, carefully sprinkle cold vodka (to wet the flour without producing gluten) and cold water over the dough and FOLD it in with a spatula*. Envision the flaky layers you want in an ideal crust and understand that you are trying to mechanically create those layers with the spatula.

Then, form into a ball, wrap in plastic and chill for several hours. Then, you can take it out, dust the ball with flour and roll it into a pie pan-sized disc. Don't be afraid to use enough flour on the surface and dough ball to keep it from sticking.

https://www.seriouseats.com/cooks-illustrated-foolproof-pie-... https://www.seriouseats.com/myths-that-need-to-go-away

* Another approach, if you don't have a food processor is to freeze your butter and then grate it directly into the bowl of dry ingredients tossing the flour frequently to coat the individual bits of butter and preventing them from clumping together. Once all the butter is grated and mixed in, add the liquid and fold it in.

*If you are having issues with the dough being too dry or wet add the liquid a bit at a time while working it in and just stop when it gets to the right consistency.

jonah··on New farm bill would condemn pigs to a lifetime in gestation crates
I generally think that as well and so was surprised to read that they're planning to not label CRISPER fruits as such.

"European Union’s Parliament and Council, the bloc’s governing body, reached a provisional deal in December to “simplify” the process for marketing plants bred through new genomic techniques, such as by scrapping the need to label them any differently from conventional ones."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47271338

jonah··on New farm bill would condemn pigs to a lifetime in gestation crates
Both things you mentioned.
jonah··on I baked a pie every day for a year
Pie - specifically pie crust - is my specialty. I'm in a constant quest for the best (and simplest) method. It's also a very tasty hobby.
jonah··on Japanese Woodblock Print Search
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107964
jonah··on I gave Claude access to my pen plotter
This is art though. Whether you like the results or not, I'd say that the OP is using tools to make visual art but also that the process is part of the art as well. The process of art making doesn't have to be optimized - especially for the latest technology. We still paint when we have photography, we still make darkroom prints when we have color screens, etc.
jonah··on xAI joins SpaceX
Not only the sibling comments points, but cars aren't exposed to the radiation of space...
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