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A New Paradigm for Protecting Homes from Disastrous Fires

inetsee — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:23:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/a-new-paradigm-for-protecting-homes-from-disastrous-fires

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45685785

Points: 1

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Software engineer taught AI to hunt bugs by interfacing LLM with debugging tools

inetsee — Sat, 10 May 2025 18:12:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/a-software-engineer-taught-ai-to-hunt-bugs-by-interfacing-an-llm-with-debugging-tools-and-has-released-the-open-source-code-its-like-going-from-hunting-with-a-stone-spear-to-using-a-guided-missile/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43947679

Points: 1

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says everyone should get an AI tutor right away

inetsee — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:56:38 +0000

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2025/02/02/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-ai-tutors-future-of-work/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42913666

Points: 3

# Comments: 5

New comment by inetsee in "Why going to sleep during the 'golden hour' could save your life"

inetsee — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 02:35:31 +0000

For those of you who don't like paywalls (like me) an unlocked version of the research is here https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-maga...

And if you want a deep dive, the original article (including a LOT of details about the research) is here https://academic.oup.com/ehjdh/article/2/4/658/6423198

New comment by inetsee in "It's not your age that's slowing your metabolism, new research says (2021)"

inetsee — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:17:10 +0000

If it is true that frequent, brief, moderately intense exercise is that beneficial, I can see several ways that office workers can fit that into their workday.

If you work in a multi-floor office building: when going to the restroom, walk up stairs to a restroom on a floor above the one you work on; if you go out for lunch, walk to lunch, then walk up the stairs when you get back; if you are going to a meeting, leave you desk a couple of minutes early and walk up and down the stairs before going to the meeting room.

All of these ideas have something in common: walking up stairs is as close to HIIT that most people get during their day.

Ask HN: Limitless: A New (to-good-to-be-true?) AI Gadget?

inetsee — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:32:26 +0000

I spotted an ad for a new product in development (Shipping Q4) that seems to offer some very interesting features. However, I had some nagging doubts, even though the product is not all that expensive ($99 + $15 shipping). Limitless appears to be the new name for "Rewind.ai", and Rewind had a product called the Rewind Pendant, that has features a lot like the new Limitless pendant, and the old product was priced at only $59.

Has anyone here looked into the Limitless AI Pendant, and would you be willing to share your thoughts?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40069141

Points: 1

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New comment by inetsee in "Ask HN: Where did you first learn to code?"

inetsee — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 04:33:23 +0000

When I was about 13 years old (60 years ago) I discovered a programmed instruction text that taught machine language programming. Not assembly language, machine language. It would have a page of explanation, followed by a multiple choice question. Your choice of answer would direct you to another page in the book. If your answer was correct, you'd see the next page of instruction. If you were wrong the page you landed on would give an explanation that would hopefully clear up your misunderstanding. I gave a book report on the book which cemented my nerd cred for the rest of my time in high school.

It was another 4 years before I was in college and was able to run a program on an actual computer. An Algol program on a Burroughs B5500 mainframe, complete with punched card reader and line printer. After I graduated I got a job with a defense contractor, and spent the rest of my career working for defense contractors. At one of my jobs I worked on the flight computer software for the Air Force C-130 cargo plane and I would never fly in one of those planes, but that's a story for another day.

Scientists Create Fullcolor 3D Holographic Displays with Smartphone Screen

inetsee — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 17:14:00 +0000

Article URL: https://thedebrief.org/holographic-breakthrough-scientists-create-full-color-3d-holographic-displays-with-ordinary-smartphone-screen/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39944814

Points: 3

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MIT student creates device that is able to search the internet using his mind

inetsee — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:13:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.unilad.com/news/arnav-kapur-device-communicate-machines-internet-579160-20240225

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39516827

Points: 2

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Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code – they should leave it up to AI

inetsee — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:51:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/jensen-huang-advises-against-learning-to-code-leave-it-up-to-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39503555

Points: 3

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New comment by inetsee in "CA judges rule Gilead can be sued for taking too long to develop an HIV drug"

inetsee — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 18:52:54 +0000

One of the things I spotted in my casual looking around is this statement: "Therefore, as part of the FDA approval process, Gilead was required to develop an alternative form of the chemical — known as a “prodrug”— that could be taken by mouth." [1]

If Gilead agreed to develop an alternative drug that had fewer adverse side effects in exchange for FDA approval of their preferred (more expensive) drug, then I think the lawsuit has a great deal of merit.

[1] https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/federal-court-rejects-drugma...

New comment by inetsee in "PiDP-11"

inetsee — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:10:08 +0000

My first job after graduation was programming and running a PDP-8 in a Psych lab (my degree was in Psychology with a minor in Computer Science). Data transfer was interesting from today's perspective. I would have to print out data to a teletype machine with the paper tape writer turned on, then take the paper tape to the computer center (where the Burroughs B5500 lived) load the paper tape into a teletype machine connected to the mainframe, and after that the mainframe would output the data on punched cards. After all the typos were corrected on the punched cards, the Psych Grad students could run their data analysis using programs also on punched cards.

One interesting episode I remember to this day was when we got some error messages from the PDP-8. I ran a diagnostic that said the one of the boards in the computer was experiencing intermittent errors. I ran a diagnostic which said yes one of the boards was failing. We had a maintenance contract, so I called DEC and they sent out a repair person. He ran the diagnostic again and confirmed that a board was failing. I expected him to just replace the board. But No! He pulled the board out of the computer, unsoldered a transistor, and soldered in a new transistor. After running the diagnostic to confirm that the problem was fixed he went on his way and we were back in business. Nowadays if you get a hardware failure you have to replace an entire Motherboard, or a memory board.

New comment by inetsee in "Folding anime production company set to destroy film masters in November"

inetsee — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 16:19:57 +0000

I'm wondering whether they could ship the film masters to the Internet Archive. They might even pursuede the Internet Archive to pay the shipping costs.

Atomic Accountability

inetsee — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 14:32:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.raptitude.com/2023/08/atomic-accountability/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37380834

Points: 1

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Huawei unveils latest iteration of Pangu LLM

inetsee — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 23:13:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202307/08/WS64a890cca310bf8a75d6df39.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36702941

Points: 1

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Nobel laureate Paul Krugman dismisses Elon Musk’s economic predictions

inetsee — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:52:11 +0000

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2023/07/05/nobel-laureate-paul-krugman-elon-musk-recession-truther-conspiracy-theory/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36614997

Points: 3

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New comment by inetsee in "FTC sues Amazon over ‘deceptive’ Prime sign-up and cancellation process"

inetsee — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 14:31:29 +0000

I recently signed up for Prime after resisting for years. The only reason I signed up was for the rapid shipping. I was doing a lot of traveling and I needed to be able to get some stuff quickly. After my current trip I will almost certainly do whatever is required to cancel.

New comment by inetsee in "UK hobbyist stuns math world with 'amazing' new shapes"

inetsee — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 15:58:53 +0000

It's a sequence of coordinates for the vertices of the shape. Is that different from a sequence of words in a story or a book.

New comment by inetsee in "Show HN: Build your own ChatGPT with Mersei"

inetsee — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:13:47 +0000

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any information about costs.

New comment by inetsee in "Why Japan's Moon Lander Crashed Due to a Computer Bug - Scott Manley [video]"

inetsee — Fri, 26 May 2023 21:32:32 +0000

This reminds of what happened to a Mars lander when one software team was doing calculations with the metric system and another team was using English measurements.