Hacker News: Mars008

New comment by Mars008 in "France moves to break encrypted messaging"

Mars008 — Sun, 10 May 2026 02:33:45 +0000

> Seems to me we're going to have to let the anti-encryption mob have their way until things go wrong—bigtime.

Been there, seen that. That's how Pakistan got nuclear bomb. France was just making friends.

New comment by Mars008 in "France moves to break encrypted messaging"

Mars008 — Sun, 10 May 2026 02:31:59 +0000

The big problem here is that Veracrypt development is done there if I'm not mistaken. Probably time to get back to trusted old TrueCrypt.

New comment by Mars008 in "Meta's embrace of AI is making its employees miserable"

Mars008 — Sun, 10 May 2026 02:27:09 +0000

I've seen manager obviously reading copilot's advises as his own thoughts on meetings.

New comment by Mars008 in "Meta's embrace of A.I. is making its employees miserable"

Mars008 — Sun, 10 May 2026 02:04:55 +0000

> and struggle to complete any of their many projects

Hmm.. I don't struggle, I enjoy it. The goal isn't to start glossy product production. It's to learn how to do it. As soon as it's obvious project is usually shelved. Except for the 'main line' projects which together can result in something significant.

New comment by Mars008 in "Humanoid Robot Actuators"

Mars008 — Mon, 04 May 2026 09:28:32 +0000

I wouldn't be surprised if article is actually AI generated summary from several sources.Guided by human.

It's a new phenomena. Recently got a book on agentic AI which looks like OpenAI docs with added generated water.

New comment by Mars008 in "Eka’s robotic claw feels like we're approaching a ChatGPT moment"

Mars008 — Sat, 02 May 2026 20:10:41 +0000

It's getting complicated here. Likely robots will be connected. This makes them perfect for spying and sabotaging. US cannot let China control them. Likely EU will do the same.

If not connected they can be used for numerous criminal activities. Stealing, selling drugs on the streets, etc. Armed robberies will be impressive.

So, my guess is robots will be connected, and this will be enforced in software and, may be, hardware. To the point that makes them almost unhackable. However it should be possible to take the frame and low level electronics (like motor controllers), and fit it with custom high level compute module and software. It will be just quite a lot of work. Still can be done by community of enthusiasts.

New comment by Mars008 in "Eka’s robotic claw feels like we're approaching a ChatGPT moment"

Mars008 — Sat, 02 May 2026 10:41:38 +0000

At least it's obvious we are close to have cheap mechanically capable robots. As soon as they get smart enough to be useful mass production will begin. We are almost there. (Un)fortunately China is leading here. With all production there it will be hard for US companies to compete. Especially outside of US market.

New comment by Mars008 in "Eka’s robotic claw feels like we're approaching a ChatGPT moment"

Mars008 — Sat, 02 May 2026 00:40:02 +0000

Dogs and cats don't complain. Gorillas and chimpanzee should be fine too.

Bipedal robots suck right now, but superhuman stability is achievable in near future.

New comment by Mars008 in "Eka’s robotic claw feels like we're approaching a ChatGPT moment"

Mars008 — Sat, 02 May 2026 00:24:48 +0000

Chinese Unitree already makes humanoids for $5K. Cheap enough for average american family to afford if it's useful. Several batteries and automatic replacement station will make it run 24/7 non-stop.

So, it terms of cheap capable hardware we are close. The problem is software and computing power.

New comment by Mars008 in "America's Geothermal Breakthrough"

Mars008 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:10:24 +0000

In case you didn't know, geothermal energy extraction works on cooling our planet's core. It's not 'free', or 'clean', or 'green'.

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE LESS IDIOTIC WAY OF ENERGY PRODUCTION

New comment by Mars008 in "GPT-5.5"

Mars008 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:54:31 +0000

> devs get really reliant and even addicted on coding agents

That's more about managers who hope AI will gradually replace stubborn and lazy devs. That will shift the balance to business ideas and connections out of technical side and investments.

Anyway, before singularity there going to be a huge change.

New comment by Mars008 in "GPT-5.5"

Mars008 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:41:19 +0000

> The point was being made that a billionaire figurehead drastically changed their views after an "indeterminate time" detained by national authorities.

> IE what if Musk suddenly behaved in such a manner after being detained by a Biden administration. Wouldn't that be profoundly weird?!?

We've seen that. Durov in France after detention began sharing Telegram users' data with authorities. It's unclear how much, but likely full real time access to all of it.

New comment by Mars008 in "Acetaminophen vs. ibuprofen"

Mars008 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:58:53 +0000

I had to use naproxen for some time as most effective way to control inflammation. Actually the only way, ibuprofen had some effect only in horse dozes. After visiting doctor, analyses, checking available sources was able to eliminate the reason of inflammation. Apparently it was a well known problem/solution. So far so good. Not sure about the long lasting effects of naproxen use.

ASI-Evolve: AI Accelerates AI

Mars008 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:10:30 +0000

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29640

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47839858

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by Mars008 in "ReBot-DevArm: open-source Robotic Arm"

Mars008 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:39:26 +0000

This is higher end arm, priced about 5x. I.e. they are not comparable.

New comment by Mars008 in "ReBot-DevArm: open-source Robotic Arm"

Mars008 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:37:45 +0000

they claim 'delivers 1.5kg payloads, up to 767mm reach, and 0.2mm repeatability precision'

New comment by Mars008 in "GAIA – Open-source framework for building AI agents that run on local hardware"

Mars008 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:03:22 +0000

Any lock in makes it significantly less attractive. AMD is not in dominant position to insist. More portable would make it more attractive. Like MS did, sort of works everywhere but better on Windows.

New comment by Mars008 in "(AMD) Build AI Agents That Run Locally"

Mars008 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:50:14 +0000

In case you are interested:

Requirement Minimum

Processor AMD Ryzen AI 300-series

New comment by Mars008 in "Hobby CNC machining and resin casting (2015)"

Mars008 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:21:59 +0000

Today 3D printing makes a lot of thing possible. Now that multi-toolhead printers are coming, some already available, it's possible to make composite parts. Like hard frame in soft wrapper, conductive lines (resistance still high), etc. I'm still learning, but it's exiting.

As for CNC, some cheap tabletop are available. FreeCAD is useful for design and g-code generation. The problem with cheap they are imprecise and shaky. I'm thinking about using 3d printed frame with metal everything else. Should be light enough to lift with one hand. For precision it'll need calibration from time to time as plastic moves. The goal is to have 3 axis mini CNC mill able to cut soft metals with precision better than 0.1mm.

New comment by Mars008 in "Miasma: A tool to trap AI web scrapers in an endless poison pit"

Mars008 — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:20:28 +0000

There is no exact definition. It can be a harmless bullshit, or something more harmful. Imagine AI recommending child to drink some common liquid for fun or as a medicine. Liquid which is in fact known poison. There are many dangerous things that aren't often mentioned in internet because people have common sense and never do it. It's enough to add just a bit of misleading information.

With cheap generic robots coming this can be a real problem. Human supervision can help when there is one.