Hacker News: jpm_sd

New comment by jpm_sd in "What appear to be biochemical processes may be a natural feature of geology"

jpm_sd — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:24:30 +0000

there, behind that sofa!

New comment by jpm_sd in "The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion"

jpm_sd — Mon, 04 May 2026 21:25:06 +0000

The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion

jpm_sd — Mon, 04 May 2026 20:17:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/922947/roomba-creator-new-robot-familiar-machines-magic-ai-launch

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48014388

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by jpm_sd in "No, it's not a battleship"

jpm_sd — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:04:28 +0000

Meanwhile, China has found a simple and practical alternative.

https://www.twz.com/sea/chinese-cargo-ship-packed-full-of-mo...

New comment by jpm_sd in "Gundam is just the same as Jane Austen but happens to include giant mech suits"

jpm_sd — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:23:10 +0000

Patrick O'Brian (author of the Aubrey/Maturin series) was a huge Austen fan and intentionally modeled his writing style after hers. Post Captain (book 2) is the most explicit homage, with a number of character names borrowed from Austen's work.

New comment by jpm_sd in "The past was not that cute"

jpm_sd — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:18:14 +0000

That's funny, just about a year ago, I had to replace a dead fridge and ended up with a reliable $3000-ish model. It's been great. GE PWE23KYNFS

https://www.geappliances.com/appliance/GE-Profile-ENERGY-STA...

New comment by jpm_sd in "State of Embedded: Q4 2025 Overview"

jpm_sd — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:32:15 +0000

Nothing about NXP? They are a pretty big player in this space, and mostly do a great job contributing upstream to the kernel, but I guess they don't have a hobby-level entry point readily available.

I've used NXP-based embedded Linux hardware from Toradex, Gateworks and EmbeddedTS in previous projects, lots of vendors out there.

https://www.toradex.com/

https://www.gateworks.com/

https://www.embeddedts.com/

https://variscite.com/

https://www.ibase.com.tw/en

https://www.phytec.com/

https://www.ezurio.com/

New comment by jpm_sd in "Show HN: I've built a tiny hand-held keyboard"

jpm_sd — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 18:26:36 +0000

Steve Roberts beat you to it, back in the 80s.

https://bikepacking.com/plog/steve-roberts-computing-across-...

More details, from the man himself:

https://microship.com/winnebiko-ii/

https://microship.com/bicycle-mobile-packeteering/

https://microship.com/first-text-while-driving/

https://microship.com/behemoth/

I think the craziest thing is that almost every feature he built into BEHEMOTH is now covered by the average smartphone (+ a small solar panel).

New comment by jpm_sd in "The Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel's Antichrist Obsession"

jpm_sd — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:19:29 +0000

https://archive.is/tUoCU

The Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel's Antichrist Obsession

jpm_sd — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:18:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/the-real-stakes-real-story-peter-thiels-antichrist-obsession/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45437370

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by jpm_sd in "iRobot Founder: Don't Believe the AI and Robotics Hype"

jpm_sd — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:59:40 +0000

iRobot got crushed by Chinese competitors. Rethink failed early, they had a poor quality product and Universal made a much better cobot. And this new venture is pointless, there are 10 other companies in the Boston area alone doing warehouse automation...

The Cracker Barrel Hype(rreality)

jpm_sd — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 21:15:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-cracker-barrel-hyperreality

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45339525

Points: 45

# Comments: 20

New comment by jpm_sd in "Hurricane category 6 could be introduced under new storm severity scale"

jpm_sd — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:11:36 +0000

They're just trying to compete with Ethernet.

New comment by jpm_sd in "Building the mouse Logitech won't make"

jpm_sd — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:38:54 +0000

I was into these trackball devices for a while, then my thumb started to hurt!

Since I switched to a vertical mouse all my hand pain is gone. Highly recommend the MX Vertical.

New comment by jpm_sd in "A Nation of Lawyers Confronts China's Engineering State"

jpm_sd — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:26:47 +0000

https://archive.is/nELW3

New comment by jpm_sd in "Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs"

jpm_sd — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:38:48 +0000

That's exactly what this article is about, though. Assistive systems that are incredibly capable without needing to have a fake personality.

New comment by jpm_sd in "Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs"

jpm_sd — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 01:43:14 +0000

This is how ship's AI is depicted in The Expanse (TV series) and I think it's really compelling. Quiet and unobtrusive, but Alex can ask the Rocinante to plot a new course or display the tactical situation and it's fast, effective and effortlessly superhuman with no back-talk or unnecessary personality.

Compare another sci-fi depiction taken to the opposite extreme: Sirius Cybernetics products in the Hitchhikers Guide books. "Thank you for making a simple door very happy!"

New comment by jpm_sd in "Are we Trek yet? – A guide for how close we are to Star Trek technology"

jpm_sd — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 13:36:03 +0000

I think we're more or less on schedule?

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Second_Civil_War

New comment by jpm_sd in "What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another?"

jpm_sd — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 22:05:42 +0000

I think this idea that we need more people is completely bonkers. Look at the housing market in any developed country; overcrowding at tourist destinations around the world; environmental impact of resource extraction, plastics manufacturing, fossil fuel consumption. There are WAY TOO MANY people in the world already. We had thriving communities with <1B people on the planet, we certainly don't need to go rocketing past 10B.

New comment by jpm_sd in "Proposal: GUI-first, text-based mechanical CAD inspired by software engineering"

jpm_sd — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:13:53 +0000

I don't think this proposal addresses the most important problems in mechanical CAD.

Have a look at Dune3D:

https://dune3d.org/

https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/why-another-3d-cad.html