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Black logos are taking over Silicon Valley

ghghgfdfgh — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:08:21 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1rs2wzq/oc_black_logos_are_taking_over_silicon_valley/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47361781

Points: 5

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The latest Hunger Games novel was co-authored by AI

ghghgfdfgh — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 05:57:31 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/1no45rn

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45479153

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Don't Talk to the Police (2012) [video]

ghghgfdfgh — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 20:29:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45317167

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

Double Pendulums are Chaoticn't [video]

ghghgfdfgh — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 01:25:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtjb2OhEQcU

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44567013

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "Sleeping beauty Bitcoin wallets wake up after 14 years to the tune of $2B"

ghghgfdfgh — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 05:11:29 +0000

If Congress had not demonetized silver in 1873, the metal’s decreasing value would have curbed the deflation of the time. I believe that this was one of the US Government’s greatest mistakes ever, because the reaction to the economic crisis in the 1870’s had a profound effect on the failure of Reconstruction. Friedman wrote a paper on this, called “The Crime of 1873.”

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "AV1@Scale: Film Grain Synthesis, The Awakening"

ghghgfdfgh — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 04:16:22 +0000

What is the motivation for writing HN comments with AI?

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "2048 with only 64 bits of state"

ghghgfdfgh — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:13:38 +0000

65536 has been achieved by 2 people without undos. However, it is very difficult as it’s only around a 7% chance with optimal play.

This is a partial video of one of them: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QQSLjPHg5P8

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "How OpenElections uses LLMs"

ghghgfdfgh — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:47:19 +0000

I’ve tried using LLM’s to do the same exact thing (turning precinct-level election results into a spreadsheet) and in my experience they worked rather poorly. Less accurate than traditional OCR, and considering how many fixes I had to make, altogether slower than manual entry. The resolution of the page made an outsized difference. It’s nice that you got it to work, but I am skeptical of it as a permanent solution.

Tangentially- I appreciate what OpenElections does- however, I wish there was a similar organization that did not limit themselves to officially certified results. There are already other organizations who collect precinct results post-2016, and using only official results basically limits you to 2008 and afterwards, but historical election results are the real intrigue. Not to mention that I have noticed many blatant errors in election results that have supposedly been “certified” by a state/county government. The precinct results Pennsylvania publishes, for example, are riddled with issues.

Historical Presidential Betting Markets (2004) [pdf]

ghghgfdfgh — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:39:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.uvm.edu/~awoolf/classes/fall2004/election/Historical_Presidential_Betting_Markets.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42777794

Points: 2

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New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "Show HN: 2048 turned 10 this year, I built an updated version to celebrate"

ghghgfdfgh — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 05:26:19 +0000

Try getting the 32768 tile in 2048. Yes, it can be done somewhat consistently, but it requires a deep and somewhat subtle strategy. Furthermore, the “snake” formation that every player learns at the beginning stops being optimal at a certain point, and thus the late game has much more variety than the early game. I do think that Threes is more complex, but I’m not sure if this complexity is really necessary.

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "Where is the most densely populated square kilometre in the UK? (2023)"

ghghgfdfgh — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 22:27:53 +0000

It would have been better if they looked for the densest circle with an area of 1 square km. Although a square shaped area has its tangible benefits - you "feel" population density more when it’s on your own street obviously, and since square areas provide more information along a few axes (the ones containing the corners), you can get an idea of the population density in an area by placing a square’s corners on the street. A square is probably not the best shape for this, though.

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "Beating NumPy matrix multiplication in 150 lines of C"

ghghgfdfgh — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 02:13:50 +0000

I don’t save articles often, but maybe one time in a few months I see something I know I will enjoy reading again even after 1 or 2 years. Keep up the great work OP!

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "Google Arts and Culture site I didn't know existed"

ghghgfdfgh — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 03:05:26 +0000

Does the Arts and Culture site have a harsh ratelimit? I can already think of so many things you can do with all that data if I had it....

Minecraft 3D on Scratch

ghghgfdfgh — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 03:33:12 +0000

Article URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/908626779/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40734607

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Hang this up in your time machine

ghghgfdfgh — Thu, 23 May 2024 22:33:49 +0000

Article URL: http://2afuture.me/hang_this_up_in_your_time_machine?i=2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40460688

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "How to build a $20B semiconductor fab"

ghghgfdfgh — Sun, 05 May 2024 17:22:33 +0000

Yep, he used an ammonium fluoride buffer. > Instead of a standard HF etch, a buffered oxide etch of NH4F (Ammonium Fluoride) in HF can be used to control the etch rate and photoresist lifting. I use approximately 20-30g of 100% NH4F per 50mL of HF (stock whink rust remover)

Ammonium fluoride definitely isn’t as easily accessible as rust cleaner, but you could buy it for a somewhat cheap price on Amazon.

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "How to build a $20B semiconductor fab"

ghghgfdfgh — Sun, 05 May 2024 05:26:13 +0000

Most rust cleaner that you buy at the store is HF solution. For example, the one that teen used was 1.5% HF.

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "How to build a $20B semiconductor fab"

ghghgfdfgh — Sun, 05 May 2024 03:20:45 +0000

From a business perspective, I agree that it’s a fool’s errand. But imagine being able to design and tangibly build your own computer, at home. 6400 euros is pennies for a business, but exorbitant for an individual.

I believe the way Sam Zeloof circumvents the enormous amount of capital needed for a chip fab by relying on modern technology to create 1970’s technology. He simply mounts a cheap digital projector onto a cheap microscope - they didn’t have that advantage in the 70s, and thus it cost millions to start a chip fab. My point is that it could conceivably be doable for an individual to create old computing technology with the advantages of living in the modern world. I certainly don’t have the drive to do it, but I wish someone did.

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "How to build a $20B semiconductor fab"

ghghgfdfgh — Sat, 04 May 2024 21:57:23 +0000

That's good for him, but it means we'll never find out in the near future whether it's possible for the average person to create useful ICs in their garage.

New comment by ghghgfdfgh in "How to build a $20B semiconductor fab"

ghghgfdfgh — Sat, 04 May 2024 20:01:36 +0000

Somewhat related: a high school student creating his own semiconductor fav in his parent’s garage on a "budget".

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IS5ycm7VfXg

It’s a thoroughly interesting video, but I’m a bit disappointed he never took his idea any further than he did. I’d really love to see something like a 6502 being made at home.