Hacker News: cerebra

New comment by cerebra in "Show HN: I made a live multiplayer Minesweeper game"

cerebra — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:06:40 +0000

Far more addicting than I was prepared for. Nice work!

New comment by cerebra in "Vesuvius Challenge: First letters found in new scroll"

cerebra — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 04:13:50 +0000

This is really interesting and a challenge for folks who love to solve puzzles like this. Can't wait to see what folks are able to uncover.

I wonder if any of the techniques used on other similarly decoded scrolls can work here.

New comment by cerebra in "DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome"

cerebra — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:42:20 +0000

This...doesn't seem like a good idea.

New comment by cerebra in "OpenAI is closing in on raising $6.5B. Largest VC raise in history"

cerebra — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:57:25 +0000

They're racing to AGI.

New comment by cerebra in "My Apple Vision Pro Nightmare"

cerebra — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:42:42 +0000

The article seems to be a set of ideas and opinions, strongly held, that simply use the Apple Vision Pro as a conduit to convey to the world. When that happens, it's often a poor review and unjustifiably critical.

New comment by cerebra in "Apple Vision Nope: Why I returned mine"

cerebra — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:35:29 +0000

This was never intended to appeal to broad consumer base. It's a v1, innovative and cutting-edge technology that Apple decided was ready enough to put in the hands of some early adopters and developers. It's priced out of the consumer market range and isn't intended to meet all the goals of a device ready to appeal to the broad consumer base.

They want to get feedback from early adopters and developers to iterate on their software and marketplace, while they continue to drive down weight and cost and refine the hardware side of the device. The expectations for devices right now is pretty high given the decades of development we're accustomed to, but as an early adopter of the first iPhone itself, I remember how limited it was.

If the iPhone v1 was released in the environment we have tooday, it'd be lambasted as being limited. No app store, no app switching, no notification center, etc. It took time and work with developers and users in the real world to start fleshing out the product. Same thing will happen with the Apple Vision.

I can appreciate people reviewing the product and saying it's not for them, it's too heavy, it's not ready for mainstream use - but to me, they simply miss the point. It's a showcase device, only geared to those with money to burn, who are early adopters or developers. It shows a ton of promise, but it will be a generation or two before they fill in the product category under the "Pro" designation, and have an Apple Vision Air, Apple Vision, and Apple Vision Pro, with specs that appeal to broad audiences. It's coming, and their strategy to get the device in the hands of users and get feedback and folks developing on it, is a good one.

New comment by cerebra in "Gates' Law: How progress compounds and why it matters (2018)"

cerebra — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 22:53:40 +0000

My mind initially goes to the Apple Vision Pro. A lot of people spend time pointing out what the first generation of the product doesn't do (yet), and while they appreciate all the good things it has that are true next-gen capabilities, they give nearly equal time to the things it doesn't do well yet.

I find that this is really common in putting something new out there, that if it's new enough the majority of the focus is on the pieces that seem scary, don't work as well as we think it should work, or is missing something that can be added on later. We assess new ideas and products of a new generation against our understanding of often lesser products of a former generation, and are all too quick to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

As the article states, it's rare that folks can look past critical appraisals of new things and understand that with continued work on the product, feature, app, etc. it can turn into something special.