Hacker News: XnoiVeX

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Geoutil.com – Measure distances, areas, and convert geo data in the browser"

XnoiVeX — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:02:37 +0000

GPX file support would be a great addition! Thank you.

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads"

XnoiVeX — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:06:29 +0000

It's a subset of Javascript. HN discussion here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32794081

Internet Archive is now a federal depository library

XnoiVeX — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:56:04 +0000

https://blog.archive.org/2025/07/24/internet-archive-designa...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44685342

Points: 322

# Comments: 58

Advanced Quantization Algorithm for LLMs/VLMs

XnoiVeX — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:07:02 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/intel/auto-round

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43767468

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Is the World Becoming Uninsurable?

XnoiVeX — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 02:06:28 +0000

Article URL: https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/is-the-world-becoming-uninsurable

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42670622

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Some Thoughts on GPT

XnoiVeX — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 23:27:04 +0000

Article URL: https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/137543

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42483164

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

"The End of Telecoms History"

XnoiVeX — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:54:42 +0000

Article URL: https://iicintermedia.org/vol-52-issue-3/the-history-of-telecoms-is-at-an-end/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41653414

Points: 23

# Comments: 0

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Reverse-Engineering the Mechanical Bendix Central Air Data Computer"

XnoiVeX — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 05:34:21 +0000

Before digital computers, jet fighters used theBendix Central Air Data Computer, a mechanical computer designed to handle all the mathematical equations using a network of gears and cams of all shapes and sizes.

Reverse-Engineering the Mechanical Bendix Central Air Data Computer

XnoiVeX — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 05:34:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.righto.com/2023/10/bendix-cadc-reverse-engineering.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41151341

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Harvard professor David Sinclair forced to resign

XnoiVeX — Mon, 27 May 2024 01:22:35 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/Harvard/comments/1ctl9lk/harvard_professor_david_sinclair_forced_to_resign/y-resigns-leaving-chinas-booming-anti-ageing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40486809

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

1.6-nanometer (nm) chips by 2026?

XnoiVeX — Wed, 01 May 2024 02:56:02 +0000

Article URL: https://pr.tsmc.com/english/news/3136

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40219035

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99"

XnoiVeX — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 23:19:31 +0000

I know nothing about this but I stay curious. Just like Navier-Stokes equations can be proved with numerical approximations, can this be verified even if we never solve it?

Disruptive Technology Strike Force – Enforcements

XnoiVeX — Wed, 17 May 2023 17:10:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-five-cases-part-recently-launched-disruptive-technology-strike

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35978267

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Tesla Again Paints a Misleading Story with Their Crash Data"

XnoiVeX — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:17:22 +0000

The author lost credibility due to his bio: I worked on Google's car team in its early years and am an advisor and/or investor for car OEMs and many of the top startups in robocars, sensors, delivery robots and even some flying cars. Plus AR/VR and software.

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Bard and new AI features in Search"

XnoiVeX — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 20:20:37 +0000

Google needs a new CEO. Too little. Too late.

Physics with Phones with David Rakestraw

XnoiVeX — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 15:16:04 +0000

Article URL: https://physicsalive.com/phones/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34580676

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The Biggest Math Story of 2022

XnoiVeX — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 20:13:05 +0000

Article URL: https://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-biggest-math-story-of-2022.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34223027

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Lawsuit against Meta invokes modern portfolio theory to protect shareholders

XnoiVeX — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 23:24:02 +0000

Article URL: https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2022/11/04/lawsuit-against-meta-invokes-modern-portfolio-theory-to-protect-diversified-shareholders/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33475530

Points: 123

# Comments: 95

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Many companies aren’t prepared to replace underperforming CEOs"

XnoiVeX — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 23:14:31 +0000

Harvard publishes a report every quarter on investor activism vulnerability by industry and they quote about potentially $200B in dry powder. If the board is complicit, investor activism is one way to address it.

https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2022/10/06/the-activism-vuln...

Hacker News: XnoiVeX

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Geoutil.com – Measure distances, areas, and convert geo data in the browser"

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads"

Internet Archive is now a federal depository library

Advanced Quantization Algorithm for LLMs/VLMs

Is the World Becoming Uninsurable?

Some Thoughts on GPT

"The End of Telecoms History"

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Reverse-Engineering the Mechanical Bendix Central Air Data Computer"

Reverse-Engineering the Mechanical Bendix Central Air Data Computer

Harvard professor David Sinclair forced to resign

More Schooling Is Linked to Slowed Aging and Increased Longevity

1.6-nanometer (nm) chips by 2026?

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99"

Disruptive Technology Strike Force – Enforcements

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Tesla Again Paints a Misleading Story with Their Crash Data"

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Bard and new AI features in Search"

Physics with Phones with David Rakestraw

The Biggest Math Story of 2022

Lawsuit against Meta invokes modern portfolio theory to protect shareholders

New comment by XnoiVeX in "Many companies aren’t prepared to replace underperforming CEOs"