Hacker News: inshard

New comment by inshard in "CNC Stone Carving"

inshard — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:03:51 +0000

Bunch of dudes, on mission, hardcore, locked in, and grinding. No pun intended.

New comment by inshard in "New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6"

inshard — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:05:03 +0000

I need 64GB RAM and 1TB SSD suddenly having been more than comfortable with 16GB and 256GB respectively. My agents have sessions which have workteees and scratchpads and simulators and build runs and test suites and wow. The hours I’ve been spending for memory swaps and quad simulator calls to run through. I am compelled to view a $4k machine as a necessity. Also a cool thing about M5 Pro is that it’s very close to Max on the CPU performance side with identical core count if you get the 18 core variant. The Pro’s Geekbench scores are also in similar ballpark as the Max. You rather get the Pro for most use cases and use the extra cash on RAM.

New comment by inshard in "Genie 4"

inshard — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:31:19 +0000

So world models capture inherent complexity of physical reality to help teach AI about hidden laws which probably helps train both LLMs and multimodal models used for autonomous vehicles and robots? And AMD acquiring World Labs is a move to outdo Nvidia’s work in this space. And Google probably sees this as a gateway to a new platform of autonomous vehicles and humanoids that they could rent out as a CSP? Competing with Nvidia, Tesla and complementing Waymo. Am I getting that right?

New comment by inshard in "The Robot I Didn't Expect to Build"

inshard — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:20:28 +0000

Interesting that he pivoted to something more akin to a human in the later versions. And I feel akin is an interesting word here. Kin selection is well-studied aspect of how genes work at population scale; and I wonder if by just having human-like traits like in the direction your knees bend, helps make robots more agreeable to us. And the UX of full submission as a human approaches, however the optics, seems to be a pretty strong way to indicate to the human user of a non-threatening environment in their control. I should be able to clearly see if something isn't as it should be if the humanoid fails to do this upon approach and take precautions.

Rebrand of Apple Music using sound to drive the visuals

inshard — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:47:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wallpaper.com/art/music/apple-musics-new-visual-identity-turns-sound-into-liquid-with-help-from-fred-again

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50191628

Points: 2

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New comment by inshard in "In Hilbert space, all things are quantumly possible"

inshard — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:59:25 +0000

Superdeterminism... quantum noise and the which way paths are all correlated.

New comment by inshard in ""Tame" boar and deer are instinctively adapting to the wolf in the Netherlands"

inshard — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:46:14 +0000

Researching this and imagining what the Romans saw in their campaigns up north, and also Asterix comics, I found this tidbit about adaptation in general: "Wolves generally follow Bergmann's rule, a biological principle stating that populations of the same species living in colder, higher-latitude environments tend to be larger than those closer to the equator."

New comment by inshard in "Sticky alpine flower confirms Darwin's 150-year-old carnivorous plant prediction"

inshard — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:06:50 +0000

I wonder what Darwin would observe and conclude if he were somehow brought back to Earth today. Particularly around information theory, Dawkins’ memes and selfish genes, and now a seemingly new class of something in AI.

New comment by inshard in "Blood cells from 80-year-old donor become stem cells with molecular age under 20"

inshard — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:26:28 +0000

Slightly tangential: Michael Levin’s work on bioelectricity and cell reprogramming is pretty interesting in context of emergent behaviors in groups of cells. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levin_(biologist)

A new AI model that renders generative visuals of what you see

inshard — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 02:49:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.weizmann.ac.il/pages/news/mathematics-and-computer-science/the-new-science-of-mind-reading

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039367

Points: 6

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Explore the New Shenzhen Natural History Museum

inshard — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:09:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/shenzhen-natural-history-museum-3xn-china

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50029757

Points: 2

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New comment by inshard in "ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)"

inshard — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:11:05 +0000

Second para, line 1 in that Wikipedia link: “ Common side effects include sleepiness,”

New comment by inshard in "ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)"

inshard — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:55:55 +0000

Could explain one pathway on how Guanfacine, an ADHD-approved, blood pressure-lowering, sleep-inducing drug, works.

New comment by inshard in "An AI sovereign wealth fund isn't progressive – it's techno-imperialism"

inshard — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:01:20 +0000

That paywall is techno imperialism

New comment by inshard in "America.gov"

inshard — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:12:05 +0000

Nicely done Mr. Gebbia.

New comment by inshard in "Earth is tearing apart beneath the Pacific Northwest"

inshard — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:25:55 +0000

Vancouver Island is a special place.

New comment by inshard in "GPT-6 Sol and Luna"

inshard — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:32:16 +0000

My new sub-benchmark is which combinations achieve the hook at the end of the upper beak. Right now just 4: Astra Max, XHigh and Medium; GPT 6 Sol Max

New comment by inshard in "Claude Opus 5.5"

inshard — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:32:09 +0000

Not as good as Astra or Fable 5.1 on this test as far as I can see. I wonder if any benchmark exists for artistic taste, visual sophistication etc. I think your Pelican test does touch on these aspects of a model and is useful for developers trying to build rich digital experiences (includes games, interactive websites and apps). These benchmarks are subjective so it may not be easily established and will have polarized reactions before it gains legitimacy. May even need human judgement layers adding to the cost of running it.

New comment by inshard in "What Capital Never Told You About Rent"

inshard — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:45:11 +0000

Thanks I meant discretionary.

New comment by inshard in "What Capital Never Told You About Rent"

inshard — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:56:17 +0000

I am not seeing the connection. Whenever I hear capital and elites, it’s a clear red flag around lack of understanding. And just laziness about money. I think a lot of these voices would change if they just had 20% of [edited: discretionary] income auto-invested in equities from an early age.