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korykon Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

I love the inky impression!

I am using my 13 inch inky display for my own birdnet - I also posted this in another thread last week https://i.imgur.com/5XbM6bb.png

I also bought 3 more 4 inch ones. Here is the first deployment next to the fish tank - https://i.imgur.com/nj8nKrS.png - I like this because I can stuff an rtl sdr in that box too, so it picks up nearby radio sensors in addition to BT. Real nice project screen!

I usually only refresh the image on the screen every few hours. I love how the image stays even with no power.

korykon I turned my security cameras into an automatic bird identification system

I did something similar with my BirdNET + e-ink screen, it's pulling images from wikipedia, dithering and rendering a summary with PIL.

https://i.imgur.com/5XbM6bb.png

Also if anyone is interested, here is the server for the e-ink screen https://github.com/koryk/inky-impression-server

and here is a MCP for birdnet that I've been using for a bit https://github.com/koryk/birdnetpi-mcp-local-server

korykon iTerm2 and AI Hype Overload

https://github.com/koryk/reverse-ai-search

I have been working on something like this that fits better into my existing bash/zsh workflow. So I landed on using ollama and a small widget that tries to mirror the same behavior of ctrl+r aka reverse-i-search. Barely functional, but I have found value from it.

korykon Development Notes from xkcd's "Machine"

Thanks Max, this was a great read! Awesome work and write up. Some good insights about player focused game development too.

korykon IBM Granite: A Family of Open Foundation Models for Code Intelligence

I am seeing at least one granite model on ollama, wonder when they will all show up!

korykon Neal Stephenson was prescient about our AI age

Gen AI and its potential impact has been covered by Stephenson multiple times.

I wrote a short post on some of the references in Anathem.

It's also a large plot point in Fall or Dodge in Hell. One of the characters open sources some generative ai to fill the internet with slightly untrue spam.

https://medium.com/@k0ryk/neal-stephensons-llm-predictions-7...

korykon Don’t mess with a genius (2010)

Neal Stephenson already wrote a few books about it

korykon [Broken - Undeployed] Show HN: AI Judges Your Spotify

I think it may have a bug and is reverting to default responses. Got the same thing.

korykon I won't deliberately use AI for programming

I agree with the author. The idea of "collateral knowledge" or "chain of learning" is definitely important for personal understanding and learning. However, I think depending on the person, ChatGPT actually helps the chain of learning rather than hinders.

korykon 2009scape

I would love if someone forks this and turns it into an AI competition. Like that social network only for bots, this would be a runescape server only for bots.

korykon Show HN: ChainForge, a visual tool for prompt engineering and LLM evaluation

I meant for completion, chat and embedding. https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/generative-ai/chat/t... . Some examples here.

Vertex AI has the same API as PaLM as far as I know. However, the authorization is through Google Cloud. So I use it like any other GCP API.

I love the idea of adding fine tuning as a node though. Here is the API for creating a model tuning job - https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/generative-ai/models...

I wish I could use ChainForge nodes in Node Red.

korykon Show HN: ChainForge, a visual tool for prompt engineering and LLM evaluation

I like it! Any plans to add Google Vertex AI support?

korykon The Dome: A simple violation of determinism in Newtonian mechanics (2005)

I am not a physicist, but the "no probabilities" problem could just be solved with a constant offset right? Or just say that whichever direction the marble rolls is the zero degree mark.

I don't see how "no cause" problem is fully true either. The system has potential energy due to the marble being places at the top of the dome, so that was the cause.

korykon We're not Platonists, we've just learned the bitter lesson

I love this dichotomy, formalists vs. nominalists. As the author argues, it's not very useful with respect to defining intelligence and LLMs.

It is however a wonderful world building detail in Anathem by Neal Stephenson. Their world history revolves around two ideologies: the syntactics and the semantics. Nominalists and Formalists. I find his predictions about a society built around this duality entertaining.

korykon Biasing the quantum vacuum to control macroscopic probability distributions

I use https://qrng.anu.edu.au/ as a quantum RNG sometimes to make decisions. If my choices are deterministic and not influenced by quantum randomness, then my choices are deterministic. Even if Everett's interpretation is true, my multiverse selves are doing the same things that I am doing.

If I use a quantum RNG to make decisions I will spice up my life in alternate realities. Mexican food or Vietnamese tonight? Use the quantum RNG to decide and get both across the multiverse.

korykon The PoWeR technique: a strategic approach to self-discipline

I would recommend Walter Mischel's 2014 book "The Marshmallow Test." He argues that the power of the marshmallow test is not in demonstrating that some children innately have more self-control than others, but in revealing how this skill can be cultivated and improved with practice and the right strategies.

I think the critiques are completely valid, Mischel did not account for many variables like socioeconomic status, family environment, etc. However, I do not believe it necessarily disproves his conclusion of being able to cultivate skills like self-control.

korykon Personal relations as a manager

Some people once tried to convince me "the harder the truth to tell, the truer the friend that tells it." Like you say, in some cases this may be true.

I have personally learned that acceptance of a harder truth is a privilege that has to be earned. I think it's more about trust than friendship, at least in the management context.

korykon Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

I didn't consider many options to be honest. Medium was just an easy way to start writing. I am planning on moving to a platform where I have more control (was thinking self-hosted static html) eventually. Do you have a favorite alternative?

korykon Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

I just started doing one article per week challenge in late may. I have been keeping up with it, and am proud of some of my work. https://medium.com/@k0ryk

topics are pretty random, but software engineering adjacent: rtl sdr, home automation, air quality monitoring, nature.

Here is my most recent, a response to a post on here from last week about the hidden cost of air quality monitors: https://medium.com/@k0ryk/air-quality-monitoring-hidden-cost...

korykon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)

Health Recovery Solutions | Hoboken, NJ | FULLTIME | ONSITE

Health Recovery Solutions is looking for talented Software Engineers who are eager to solve big problems with cutting edge technology in order to improve the lives and promote the well being of patients who use our platform every day. We are a venture-backed software company that supplies leading medical centers with platforms that help reduce readmissions and improve clinical results. We are looking for people with PHP, Java and web application experience.

Roles: Senior Software Engineer

If you are interested please visit our website and apply - http://healthrecoverysolutions.com/job-listing/9

korykon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2016)

yes, clicked the wrong thread - oops, Thanks :-)

korykon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2016)

Health Recovery Solutions | Hoboken, NJ | FULLTIME | ONSITE

Health Recovery Solutions is looking for talented Software Engineers who are eager to solve big problems with cutting edge technology in order to improve the lives and promote the well being of patients who use our platform every day. We are a venture-backed software company that supplies leading medical centers with platforms that help reduce readmissions and improve clinical results. We are looking for people with

PHP, Java and web application experience.

Roles: Senior Software Engineer

If you are interested please visit our website and apply - http://healthrecoverysolutions.com/job-listing/9

korykon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

Health Recovery Solutions | Hoboken, NJ | FULLTIME | ONSITE or REMOTE (US Only)

Health Recovery Solutions is looking for talented Software Engineers who are eager to solve big problems with cutting edge technology in order to improve the lives and promote the well being of patients who use our platform every day. We are a venture-backed software company that supplies leading medical centers with platforms that help reduce readmissions and improve clinical results. We are looking for people with PHP, Java and web application experience.

Roles: Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Android Platform Engineer

If you are interested please visit our website and apply - http://healthrecoverysolutions.com/gethired

korykon When everything else fails, amateur radio will still be there and thriving

I bought an rtl sdr before I started studying for my license. It is a great entry point into the hobby. GQRX and SDR# are great applications for browsing and visualizing. Another fun thing to do is get weather data from commercial outdoor wireless weather sensors in your area with RTL 433 https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

korykon HAMNET — A large scale high speed radio network [pdf]

There is also a Hamnet in the United States that started in Austin. You can use old routers to connect to it. http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/

Don't forget Amateur Radio Field Day is in 11 days!

korykon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2016)

Health Recovery Solutions | Hoboken, NJ | FULLTIME | ONSITE or REMOTE

Health Recovery Solutions is looking for talented Software Engineers who are eager to solve big problems with cutting edge technology in order to improve the lives and promote the well being of patients who use our platform every day. We are a venture-backed software company that supplies leading medical centers with platforms that help reduce readmissions and improve clinical results. We are looking for people with PHP, Java and web application experience.

Roles: Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Senior Mobile Developer

If you are interested please visit our website and apply - http://healthrecoverysolutions.com/gethired

korykon How to use Tor, and some discussion on whether it's safe or not

https://blog.torproject.org/blog/rumors-tors-compromise-are-... A post by Andrew Lewman on this topic.

korykon Evolutionary Algorithm: Evolving "Hello, World"

I came across this example before when I was writing a small genetic algorithm library in js. https://github.com/koryk/evolvejs

I wrote a few examples as well. tic-tac-toe: http://www.korykirk.com/evolvejs/examples/tic-tac-toe/tic-ta...

circle: http://www.korykirk.com/evolvejs/examples/circle/circlega.ht...