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New comment by Geee in "I made tinnitus my friend, then it disappeared [video]"

Geee — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:18:52 +0000

I have had occasional tinnitus, and once it lasted for a few months and then went away. Sometimes it appears suddenly, and I've taken vitamin B12 and magnesium and it goes away in a few hours. Vitamin D might also help according to some studies, but in my case I think it might make it worse. Not sure if placebo or not.

New comment by Geee in "Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots"

Geee — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:26:57 +0000

Yeah, these types of actuators are pretty interesting, but I've not seen anything super promising yet.

New comment by Geee in "Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots"

Geee — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:39:26 +0000

What innovations specifically?

New comment by Geee in "Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots"

Geee — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:01:41 +0000

I don't think electric motors + reduction gears can be improved much, unless I'm missing something. I hope someone invents something completely new.

New comment by Geee in "Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots"

Geee — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:58:17 +0000

G1 is a small robot designed for agility, and can't do much real work. That's why it uses lower reduction actuators with low sustained torques, and it'll overheat easily in continuous work. Many of the larger robots (Optimus, Figure, BD Atlas) use higher reduction actuators with strain waves or planetary roller screws. They're designed for higher sustained torques, but are also less agile and less safe for humans to be around. They're also quite heavy (BD Atlas is 90kg), and still can't match human performance.

New comment by Geee in "Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots"

Geee — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:53:47 +0000

I think the only real barriers are ethical. I'm pretty sure we'll figure out to do a completely synthetic biological robots without any kind of biological brain in the next 10-20 years, and they don't even have to resemble animals or humans. This should alleviate some of the ethical issues.

New comment by Geee in "Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots"

Geee — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:40:18 +0000

I think they're doing it the other way around, i.e. growing a biological brain for the AI, which would then be used in a robot.

New comment by Geee in "Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots"

Geee — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:37:40 +0000

Well, a giraffe could do jobs where you need to reach high, such as replacing a lightbulb. Sure, I'm half-joking.

Asimo used BLDC motors with strain-wave gearing, which is pretty much standard today on high-end humanoid robots. The only thing that has happened is that these are much cheaper today, and might be slightly more optimized.

New comment by Geee in "Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots"

Geee — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:24:42 +0000

I've kind of given up on humanoid robotics, because of how bad the actuators are. There has been no innovation in robotic actuators since Honda's Asimo. There's just no way that someone wants a 80kg wobbling tin can in their home or workplace.

My bet is that the final robotic revolution will use genetically modified human/animal bodies with replaced brains. You'll have to stretch your ethics a bit, but if you grow a bear genetically modified in a way that it has no consciousness or thought, it'll make a much better construction worker than any humanoid robot. You'll just need to wire it up with neuralink and then control it via LLM. Fast animals can be used to deliver packages, and giraffes for warehouses.

New comment by Geee in "SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]"

Geee — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:16:55 +0000

It is still about space. AI and space computers are just the vehicle to fund it all.

New comment by Geee in "“We have information that Moonshot distilled Fable for the development of K3”"

Geee — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:57:58 +0000

You wouldn't distill a car.

New comment by Geee in "Qwen-Image-3.0: Rich Content, Authentic Details, Deep Knowledge"

Geee — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:29:37 +0000

how is babby formed? how girl get pragnent?

New comment by Geee in "Corners Don't Look Like That: Regarding Screenspace Ambient Occlusion (2012)"

Geee — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:33:40 +0000

I don't think this is true at all. I've been experimenting with a physical sky / atmosphere modeling, and it really seems that the most physically accurate sky is the most beautiful. I think this applies more generally to all light and shadows, and all natural effects which people perceive as beautiful, and at the same time difficult / expensive to recreate on a computer.

New comment by Geee in "Blender 5.2 LTS"

Geee — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:15:35 +0000

I read tutorials, but the UI was also more intuitive / discoverable than Blender. It's been over 20 years since I last used it though, but I remember it being much easier to use than Blender today. I could model, texture and animate a full game character from scratch by just learning the basic UI.

New comment by Geee in "Blender 5.2 LTS"

Geee — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:28:12 +0000

I used to use 3ds Max and I find the Blender's UI really terrible after years of occasional use. It's very unintuitive and you'll have to learn everything from tutorials / reading Blender forums. It seems to have many annoying quirks, which make me angry every time I use it.

New comment by Geee in "Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem"

Geee — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:03:42 +0000

Does it support WebGPU?

New comment by Geee in "What xAI's Grok build CLI sends to xAI: A wire-level analysis"

Geee — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:02:30 +0000

Isn't it assumed that the AI agent is allowed to read your files in the directory you launch the harness? Most agents read your code on the first prompt, including any secrets you have there, which you shouldn't have. Also the .env file is for local environment, and shouldn't contain any actual secrets. AI agents should be isolated from any actual secrets, because they can't be trusted to follow instructions.

If you adjust your expectations, I think it's be better to upload the code to their servers instead of sending it through context over and over again.

New comment by Geee in "Combustion engine web-based simulator"

Geee — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:13:15 +0000

I was using Supercharged, thought that was better. :) Now I got it tuned up to 3767 kW / 5051 hp, that must be the maximum.

New comment by Geee in "Combustion Engine Web-Based Simulator"

Geee — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:04:54 +0000

On the dyno panel you see "pk" which is peak power. If you don't see the dyno panel on the right, you'll have to scroll down to see it.

New comment by Geee in "Combustion engine web-based simulator"

Geee — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:59:08 +0000

3638 kW / 4878 hp is the most powerful engine I could build with this.