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Smart speakers could help OpenAI lose more money

SanjayMehta — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:23:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/2216556/smart-speakers-could-help-openai-lose-even-more-money/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48935833

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by SanjayMehta in "OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe"

SanjayMehta — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:41:11 +0000

My iPhones' batteries have all lasted a minimum of 5 years.

Having said that, my Nokia E71 and Communicator batteries are still usable after 20+ years.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "RISC-V Is Inevitable: State of the Union Keynote Argues"

SanjayMehta — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:28:02 +0000

5 years ago there was a req on the Apple job site for engineers familiar with RISC-V.

https://riscv.org/blog/apple-exploring-risc-v-hiring-risc-v-...

New comment by SanjayMehta in "Ask HN: What hardware hobby would you recommend to a software engineer?"

SanjayMehta — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:29:48 +0000

Played with the old Tensilica versions, haven't seen the RISCV one yet but you're right. ESP32 is probably a better option today than Arduino.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "An Infuriating Goodbye to Photoshop"

SanjayMehta — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:28:23 +0000

The legacy apps have been receiving minor updates along with the new Affinity app.

"Everything is working" was meant to imply my legacy flow as well as the new flow haven't broken at all.

I'm sure that in a year or so Canva will move to a subscription model. Then we'll see.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "Ask HN: What hardware hobby would you recommend to a software engineer?"

SanjayMehta — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 02:32:55 +0000

FPGAs are a good way to get into Verilog. The Arty-7 series from Xilinx/AMD is affordable.

Another option is the BeagleV-Fire which uses a Microchip RISC-V plus FPGA.

You could also take the Arduino route which has dozens of options.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "An Infuriating Goodbye to Photoshop"

SanjayMehta — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:52:47 +0000

I paid for the entire Affinity suite in one shot, was worried when Canva took over, but glad to say everything's working together just fine.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers"

SanjayMehta — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:09:46 +0000

You must be British.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "Why it's so difficult to produce American-made medical gloves"

SanjayMehta — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:56:43 +0000

Once the epidemic was over, stakeholders forgot about the original motives.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "Show HN: Analog Watch"

SanjayMehta — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:20:38 +0000

I never heard that when I lived in the UK in the 70s, but only in Ireland in the late 90s.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "Show HN: Analog Watch"

SanjayMehta — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:19:29 +0000

That's because one doesn't usually look at their watch to find out what the time is: most of the time (pun unintended) we want to how much time is left for an activity, or for an activity to start.

As in, how many more minutes before my flight takes off, or how much time left for this exam?

New comment by SanjayMehta in "Is The Economist Always Wrong?"

SanjayMehta — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:59:55 +0000

Just take their cover pages on China over the last decade. Every prediction has been wrong. The same story for India or any of the BRICS nations.

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2015/08/29/the-great-fall-...

https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2023-04-01

https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2023-05-13

https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2024-04-06

New comment by SanjayMehta in "Is The Economist Always Wrong?"

SanjayMehta — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:28:24 +0000

I missed that as my subscription ran out in 2017. Hilarious. Would have framed that cover.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "Is The Economist Always Wrong?"

SanjayMehta — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:26:58 +0000

Yes.

The pink is also wrong more often than not when they're talking about non-European issues.

When they talk about Europe they lie.

Subtle difference.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "Is The Economist Always Wrong?"

SanjayMehta — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:07:08 +0000

Most of the time, especially when it comes to China. Every front page article on China has been wrong for at least the last decade.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming"

SanjayMehta — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:15:47 +0000

Ever heard of rage-baiting? Look it up. On Wikipedia.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "Side-Stepping the Secretary Problem"

SanjayMehta — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:31:20 +0000

Re: ghosting - this was the single biggest annoyance when I was hiring en masse.

The HR executives would ghost both potential hires and no hires, because they couldn't be bothered to keep track (or they didn't understand the nuances.)

Our successful hiring rate went up when we cut HR out of the hiring loop, contained them in salary fit and background checks. The hiring manager was responsible for keeping candidates informed.

We kept diaries to keep track of potential hires and periodically went through them before starting a new search, something which recruiting agencies would charge us to do, but never did.

New comment by SanjayMehta in "'Careless People' author claims Meta surveilled her for 12mos to enforce silence"

SanjayMehta — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:22:20 +0000

It's usable if you judiciously use lists.

I found mastodon inconsistent in timely information and Bluesky is Dorsey's loonies on crack.

Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and they're spreading fast

SanjayMehta — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:35:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/2203000/flock-cameras-recording-license-plate/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48707673

Points: 398

# Comments: 324

New comment by SanjayMehta in "'Careless People' author claims Meta surveilled her for 12mos to enforce silence"

SanjayMehta — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:31:04 +0000

Musk renamed Twitter. It's still around so that book title needs an update.