Hacker News: ghostwreck

New comment by ghostwreck in "WebXR"

ghostwreck — Sun, 28 May 2023 01:13:31 +0000

I love the open web and want solutions like this to win but 3D experiences built on the web seem to fall flat. Any AAA games on the web? How far is state of art native desktop 3D vs 3D through the web? Add on XR (IMU, camera, geo-tracking, AI processing) and it falls even further. It would be interesting to see some side-by-side comparisons.

New comment by ghostwreck in "Brave Integration Deepens Support for Unstoppable Domains"

ghostwreck — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:46:29 +0000

Very excited for more people working on identity and ownership. Everyone calls web3 a grift because the stack is too young to see the truly useful applications, so all we've seen are some scammy NFTs and coin drops. We're at web browser state of 1993 where the core pieces have just launched but nothing has been proven.

It's actually very hard to develop a real app in smart contracts. We're missing the ability to store private data. Tooling is highly lacking for anything beyond deploying a simple 100 line NFT contract. As soon as these problems are solved, we'll start to see some traditional applications rebuilt in a way that gives users ownership of their own data.

That's the goal of web3 to me, not specifically the exact implementation of whether we're on a blockchain or doing peer to peer file storage. Web3 means I have all the rights to my data, and ideally, applications can live on beyond their creators.

New comment by ghostwreck in "“Chatbots: Still Dumb After All These Years”"

ghostwreck — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:02:24 +0000

After having spent a few years working on a chatbot, the allure is this: talking to a real human is better than filling out a form. If we can build a Q&A system as good as talking to a human, people would also prefer it to filling out forms. So that's the pursuit.

I understand the hate, because we haven't landed very close that goal yet, and the intermediate product is much worse than a form. But I am surprised that a technical community is not more supportive of the ambition.

New comment by ghostwreck in "Notes on Web3"

ghostwreck — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 22:25:28 +0000

Consider diving into tulip land (without any major investments of course). Mint an NFT, write a coin contract, it's actually a very fun and easy way to learn the basics of web3.

New comment by ghostwreck in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2021)"

ghostwreck — Mon, 03 May 2021 17:01:13 +0000

Allen | San Francisco, CA | Remote | Contract or Full-time | https://allen.bot

Allen is building on the blockchain in the real estate space. We are creating a system using smart contracts to track relationships between tenants, property owners, and service providers.

Building in Python, Django, JavaScript, React Native, and running on AWS.

Looking for self defined roles - from co-founder level to contributing engineers to business positions - anyone excited about the problem space and tech stack, interested in getting in at the very beginning and defining a new paradigm.

Write to me at hello@allen.bot if you’re interested!

New comment by ghostwreck in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2021)"

ghostwreck — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 19:49:13 +0000

Allen | San Francisco, CA | Remote | Contract | https://allen.bot

Allen is building a chatbot for the real estate space. We are creating a system using machine learning to do preventative maintenance, service routing, price comparison, and investment analysis.

Building in Python, Django, JavaScript, React Native, and running on AWS.

Looking for engineers excited about the problem space and tech stack, interested in getting in at the very beginning and defining a new paradigm.

Write to me at hello@allen.bot if you’re interested!

New comment by ghostwreck in "Microsoft wins $21.9B contract with U.S. Army to supply AR headsets"

ghostwreck — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 20:13:19 +0000

This makes me think of some of the battles that play out in Daemon and Freedom [1]. They're able to visualize all other parties in the area mapped by drones in real-time. They fight with massive AI swarms and are able to control the AI bots with hand gestures as they see them on the field, all while cruising around on modified motorcycles. We're in for a wild future.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(novel_series)

New comment by ghostwreck in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2021)"

ghostwreck — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 19:35:59 +0000

The Allen Bot | San Francisco, CA | Remote | Contract | https://allen.bot

The Allen Bot is using AI to redefine the real estate property management space. We use machine learning to predict service issues, route problems, and interface with users through natural language processing in a custom chat based interface.

Building in Python, Django, JavaScript, React Native, and running on AWS.

Looking for engineers excited about the problem space and tech stack, interested in getting in at the very beginning and defining a new paradigm.

Write to me at brent@allen.bot if you’re interested!

New comment by ghostwreck in "Apple’s use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 14"

ghostwreck — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 20:40:28 +0000

Why do you feel React Native is a dead end? I've built apps of all sizes with it and had a good amount of success. I love Swift as a language, but building the same app across platforms (Android/iOS) always feels so wasteful.

New comment by ghostwreck in "PureOS is convergent"

ghostwreck — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 18:06:44 +0000

Maybe not phone yet, but tablets (running the same OS) are getting extremely powerful and the apps are coming. [1]

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/15/17969754/adobe-photoshop...

New comment by ghostwreck in "Why I’m Worried About Google"

ghostwreck — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 17:24:15 +0000

Check out some of the principals of Standard Notes [1]. It's built to avoid this exact problem. I've been using it for over a year after migrating from OneNote and highly recommend it.

[1] https://standardnotes.org/longevity

New comment by ghostwreck in "Honda will use GM’s self-driving technology, invests in Cruise"

ghostwreck — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 17:18:04 +0000

The turret of sensors mounted on top still might be a bit of a giveaway.

New comment by ghostwreck in "Evernote just slashed 54 jobs, or 15 percent of its workforce"

ghostwreck — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 06:04:13 +0000

Standard Notes supports secure file attachment now and is open source. Meets all of my note taking needs: https://standardnotes.org/

New comment by ghostwreck in "MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros"

ghostwreck — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:30:56 +0000

I was with you until I remapped caps lock to esc. It's really an enhanced, bigger, easier access esc key now. And I don't miss caps lock.

New comment by ghostwreck in "Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript"

ghostwreck — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:40:35 +0000

JavaScript compiled to native code[1] so perhaps not because of that!

[1] https://twitter.com/TheLarkInn/status/1006761134395834368

Adobe Creating an AR Authoring Tool

ghostwreck — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:45:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.adobe.com/products/projectaero.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17234040

Points: 3

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New comment by ghostwreck in "Round Peg in a Square Hole [video]"

ghostwreck — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 20:15:45 +0000

If you like the idea of solving problems using extra dimensions, Diaspora [1] takes the idea in some really interesting directions. Just be prepared to fight through a few sections of intense Riemannian geometry to bring you into that world.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(novel)

New comment by ghostwreck in "Keybase is now supported by the Stellar Development Foundation"

ghostwreck — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:14:46 +0000

Probably should have done some more research before you installed the first time. Keybase has been mixed with cryptocurrency since 2014 [1]

[1] https://keybase.io/docs/server_security/merkle_root_in_bitco...

Galaxy S9's AR Emoji weird me out

ghostwreck — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:39:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnet.com/news/galaxy-s9-ar-emoji-weird-me-out/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16504413

Points: 1

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Google publicly launches ARCore 1.0 on 13 phones

ghostwreck — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:24:30 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/23/google-publicly-launches-arcore-1-0-on-13-phones-will-begin-expanding-lens-availability/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16448636

Points: 3

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