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mvid

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san francisco software consultant for turbines.io alum at illinois institute of technology.

mantas at turbines dot io

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/mvid; my proof: https://keybase.io/mvid/sigs/V1V5HhH0FAcSWoKZMfv1ZNAr75uHx9QL362YDtPyrpg ]

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mvid··on Sigma Says the Compact, Modular FP2 Is the Ultimate Hybrid Camera
Maybe, but the camera software would need to support it, and at that point it might as well be in the OS
mvid··on Sigma Says the Compact, Modular FP2 Is the Ultimate Hybrid Camera
C2PA would use signing, but even having signing at all would be useful. Sony signs with a Sony key, and that goes into c2pa. Having a public or uploadable key would be nice
mvid··on Sigma Says the Compact, Modular FP2 Is the Ultimate Hybrid Camera
Odd to have a modern camera released without photo signing
mvid··on Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family
“The best camera is the one you have”, in this case if you still want a device, so the phone isn’t a potential distraction, the xteink are nice and can easily fit in the same pocket as a phone. Currently reading Neuromancer on mine
mvid··on ZK-JPEG: Zero-Knowledge Image Editing and Compression
Tie this into the Apple/Android/Sony/Leica signed photos, and you get provenance from capture to publish
mvid··on Shutting down our public encrypted DNS
I stopped paying for or using Mullvad because of that. I have no intention of funding more nazis, when I can help it
mvid··on Bumble gives up on women making the first move
This isn’t in any of the books
mvid··on PS3 Emulator Devs Politely Ask That People Stop Flooding It with AI PRs
If hammer companies were suddenly the most valuable international companies, and spent millions on ad campaigns and lobbying about trusting the hammer interface, then you can assume a large amount of people might trust the hammer interface
mvid··on Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off
The masses may be annoying, and even sometimes hyperbolic, but they are nowhere near as bad as the CEO
mvid··on Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise to drove engagement, say whistleblowers
This assumes the platforms either allow such curation or respect it, which instagram and TikTok famously don’t
mvid··on Foods destroying rainforests, in one simple chart
It is extremely difficult to justify fake beef that costs more than real beef. Maybe for a niche group who care about the ethics of it, but they aren’t enough to support a market. Once fake beef costs 80% or less than real beef, it could get some traction
mvid··on A tough labor market for white-collar workers has turned recruiting upside down
This is literally what 10xmanagement.com does. They operate as a talent agent, do contract negotiation, handle payment, etc. The main drawback is they keep a relatively tight roster (to make sure the work is consistent) and they take 25%
mvid··on Jank Lang Hit Alpha
Would something like this then be able to interface with Rust codebases?
mvid··on Toys with the highest play-time and lowest clean-up-time
As an uncle, is there an opposite version of this list?
mvid··on Show HN: Rust/WASM lighting data toolkit – parses legacy formats, generates SVGs
I am also curious about this. I have worked with wasm and rust, but this product seems alien and fascinating to me
mvid··on Richard Stallman on ChatGPT
Well, in the Reddit case, they used to have APIs you could build free, OSS clients against, and specifically removed it
mvid··on Email verification protocol
Might want to take a look at https://github.com/zkemail
mvid··on Jensen Huang's Stark Warning: China's 1M AI Workers vs. America's 20k
It won’t be that slow
mvid··on Waymo to expand robotaxi service to Las Vegas, San Diego and Detroit next year
I have noticed them change driving style over time in SF, so I would imagine they would adjust to a city over time as well
mvid··on Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes as climate warms
Some mosquitoes just itch way less, to the point where it isn’t really noticeable
mvid··on Go experts: 'I don't want to maintain AI-generated code'
The lack of opinion might benefit an LLM. Go is boring and verbose, not much room for cleverness. The code generated by AI or a human will probably be similar
mvid··on Ukrainian Sniper Sets New Record for Longest Confirmed Engagement (13,000ft/4km)
Not sure, but I believe that they were using some proprietary system to account for wind/temp, because over that distance they will have a massive impact. Adjustments via drone likely just means they used a drone to get a better idea of adjustments for follow up shots. I would imagine that the rifle was even held by a device to make more precise micro adjustments

Assuming his rifle was factory accurate to 1/2 MOA and he made zero shooter related inconsistencies, and all environmental factors between the shooter and the target were accounted for, at 4km he would expect to hit inside of a 60cm diameter circle

Shots like this are mostly luck

mvid··on Show HN: I made a competitive debating game(like chess.com but for debating)
A more honest approach would be to require a signup before an action takes place. Letting a user do some things, get invested, and then drop a signup requirement on them is a dark pattern
mvid··on Cellular Starlink expands to support IoT devices
So you won’t even be able to isolate devices to your home network anymore, they will be phoning home by satellite
mvid··on Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality
“The problem isn’t solved, so how dare they try to solve it”
mvid··on Doge Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to "Munch" Veterans Affairs Contracts
He will probably become a Thiel fellow or raise from YC
mvid··on A thought on JavaScript "proof of work" anti-scraper systems
Zero knowledge proofs are basically arbitrary proof of work models. There is some interesting work being done with MPC and ZK proving, so only a small part needs to live on the client. I wonder if this would make it feasible again
mvid··on Changes since congestion pricing started in New York
You would likely be unhappy if you saw the outcomes of almost all vehicle manslaughter cases. It’s the easiest way to kill someone and get away with it consequence free
mvid··on San Francisco crypto founder faked his own death
It might be hard to believe, but on the inside, people like this are pretty easy to spot. Crypto people are weirdly bad at scamming, compared to other con artists, but because the amount of damage is so fast and liquidity so easy, incompetent people can do a lot of damage.

The scammers also the most vocal. Partially because they aren’t building something novel or valuable, and make up for it in marketing and flash. It’s also faster to build a con than to build a real product, so you see more of them

But yes. It is exhausting. Honest parties in the industry need to build against a large and growing negative reputation. It may be insurmountable. And the industry, generally, does nothing to punish these bad parties or self-regulate. The industry likely has to die, and be reborn after the token/blockchain era

mvid··on Maryland's 24/7 Work Zone Speed Cameras Issued 48,000 Tickets in 2 Months
Because the speed limit is artificially lower than the safe operating speed of that road.
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