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plingamp··on Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw
Specifically when the document number reaches around 10k+, a phenomenon called "Semantic Collapse" occurs.

https://dho.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/Legal_RAG_Halluc...

plingamp··on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
Shared this in another comment, but my luggage was in a locked truck, nothing visible from the back windows. They broke in by smashing the windows, unlocking the door and using the latch to fold the back seats down to expose the trunk.
plingamp··on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
For what it's worth, everything was in a locked truck with no visible way of seeing any items.

From what I heard from others, apparently the thieves have a device that allows them to detect electronics (I had two laptops, cellphone, and a few other devices). I'm not sure how accurate this is, but i'm not sure why my car was the only one on the street that was targeted as there were no visible signs of valuables in the car (nothing visible from windows etc.) Funny part is a few weeks later nothing was found except for my Kindle which a kind citizen found and returned to me. Apparently thieves don't like to read?

plingamp··on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
My car got broken into in Oakland, California. Multiple pieces of luggage stolen (yes, my fault for leaving it in the car in the first place). Luckily I had an AirTag that showed the exact location of the stolen items. I called the police but they said they couldn't do anything. Apparently, even if I had the location the thief would have to invite them in. Regardless, I was put on a waiting list, they finally called me back 3 days later. I promptly left the state a few months later.
plingamp··on Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work
Sorry not related - your blog is awesome. Cool to see you here on HN!
plingamp··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
I’m building PaperDrop it's a research workspace that turns PDFs and new arXiv papers into something you can actually work with (notes, questions, cross paper comparisons). Would love feedback from people who read a lot of papers: https://paperdrop.xyz

It's still early prototype / beta, but wanted to share it anyway!

plingamp··on VibeVoice: A Frontier Open-Source Text-to-Speech Model
Indian and Chinese are not languages
plingamp··on OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman
According to Crunchbase, Loopt raised $39.1M.
plingamp··on Show HN: TensorFire
From the github issue referenced in the FAQ, I think they mean that because TensorFlow only natively supports CUDA, TensorFire may outperform TensorFlow on computers that have non Nvidia GPUs, such as the new MacBook Pro.
plingamp··on TensorForce: A TensorFlow library for applied reinforcement learning
I may have used the term hyperparameter too loosely. Yes, this project does a good job on taking a configuration first approach, but even they set some defaults. For example, they set relu as their default layer activation function. I haven't had time to see what other such defaults are being set.
plingamp··on TensorForce: A TensorFlow library for applied reinforcement learning
In the past, i've found that these higher level libraries built on top of TF are useful for quick model building, but should be used cautiously. By having default hyperparameters it can be easy to blindly build semi-working models without knowing what's happening. I would recommend either reading the associated papers or implementing the models in code (at least once) before using these pre-built models. That being said, i'm really excited by this project! I think it'll save researchers a bunch of time.
plingamp··on Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Startups
I think he maybe referring to this:

Bannon responded: “When two-thirds or three-quarters of the CEOs in Silicon Valley are from South Asia or from Asia, I think . . . ” he didn’t finish his sentence. “A country is more than an economy. We’re a civic society.”

http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/16/13653490/steve-bannon-tru...

plingamp··on MacBook Pro
I have a old Chromebook that I am using as my primary dev machine (at home). Was hoping to upgrade it to a MBP, but now i'm not sure. I know they are two different classes of machines, but what really struck me in that I can literally buy 10 Chromebooks for 1 MBP.
plingamp··on How to make tabs using only CSS
Hmm, I also have uBlock Origin on, and the website renders perfectly for me (on chrome). I think this is might be a firefox specific issue.
plingamp··on Open Sourcing a Deep Learning Solution for Detecting NSFW Images
All ML networks are inherently biased towards its creators. My colleague recently described this issue to me as the "Old, white, male" problem. This is why most voice recognition services drastically fail when they are shown foreign accents.
plingamp··on Gavin Andresen's commit access to Bitcoin revoked, hacking suspected
There are so many theories on what is happening, let me propose yet another. Satoshi Nakamoto is akin to the Dread Pirate Roberts. Who knows how many Satoshi's there have been? Some may have died, some may have lost interest, but the torch continues to burn, and must be passed on.
plingamp··on Free “Deep Learning” Textbook by Goodfellow and Bengio Now Finished
Saving as PDF was not working on OSX Chrome. However, using Safari with "show no footers" option, generated a perfect PDF.
plingamp··on Show HN: Laundromatch – Community-based laundry services
If there is clear evidence that your clothes were ruined, we will work with both parties, and reimburse you for any damages. For more detailed information, email us at contact@laundromatchapp.com
plingamp··on Show HN: Laundromatch – Community-based laundry services
The pricing is $10 per load to do wash/dry/fold and extra $10 if you want pickup/delivery. For example, 2 loads with pickup would be $20 (for laundry) + $10 (for delivery), total of $30.
plingamp··on Show HN: Laundromatch – Community-based laundry services
Hi HN, I'm one of the co-founders of Laundromatch, I would be happy to answer any questions!
plingamp··on Hands-On with Microsoft's New Holographic Goggles
I think they have potential, they are very clunky right now. But they have most of the same features at the Microsoft ones. It was really cool to "touch" a 3d object.
plingamp··on Hands-On with Microsoft's New Holographic Goggles
How is this different than the Meta AR glasses? I have a pair, and I think they did a great job with the display and interaction.
plingamp··on RadioShack Prepares Bankruptcy Filing
Yea man! It's my favorite pizza place in NYC :)
plingamp··on Why we should stop using Grunt and Gulp
No, like you said Grunt/Gulp is useful when you are automating multiple tasks that are done repeatedly. The title of this article is total click bait.
plingamp··on Show HN: Morning Reader – A simple way to read the news
I wish you could combine topics, example: Design + Tech News.
plingamp··on Show HN: Cobalt2 theme and colour scheme for Sublime Text
Looks cool, but this is still my favorite theme for Sublime: http://kkga.github.io/spacegray/
plingamp··on Show HN: ParseHub – Extract data from dynamic websites
Scraping is always such a pain, this looks incredibly well done. I've personally have had a really good experience with PhantomJS. What does your backend look like? (What happens when a API request is made)
plingamp··on HelloJS – Client-side OAuth for JS
Very interesting project! Can you explain what some of the differences are between this library and PassportJS?
plingamp··on Plug – Native OS X client for Hype Machine
Just one (small) design thought, the sidebar has the appearance that it could be hidden. Or maybe i've just been on mobile for far too long. Looks great, nonetheless!
plingamp··on Ask HN: Screenshot Saturday
looks awesome! it's always great to see hardware stuff on hn :)