Hacker News: ndarray

New comment by ndarray in "Every GPU That Mattered"

ndarray — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:25:38 +0000

Not only that but a lot of the "defining games" are just games that appeared at about the same time but can be handled by much older GPUs without issues. For me graphics haven't made a real difference since Unreal Engine 4 anyway. It's all about the content these days, not the skin.

New comment by ndarray in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

ndarray — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:47:00 +0000

At least Germany isn't looking at entering any wars at the moment...

New comment by ndarray in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

ndarray — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:36:33 +0000

Ten years of "refugees welcome" to fighting age men who we don't trust won't run amok when we go to war with a third party. Very cool.

New comment by ndarray in "Smartphone market forecast to decline this year due to memory shortage"

ndarray — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:05:33 +0000

translation: cancer

New comment by ndarray in "Facebook is cooked"

ndarray — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:27:15 +0000

They're clearly not that optimized when the user ends up complaining publicly. Don't tell others what they're supposed to like because some algo said so. Very cringe.

New comment by ndarray in "AI is not a coworker, it's an exoskeleton"

ndarray — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:09:08 +0000

I think it would be too depressing to have all these ghost towns and stuff - how would you explain that to your kids? That they're robot towns? Unaliving 50-80% under tragic circumstances like plagues and wars on the other hand...

And as an aside, the naturally rebalancing effect after the black death which killed 1/3 of Europe was that workers were suddenly in higher demand and could negotiate much improved workers' rights, ending serfdom. Such an effect won't be possible when there's something replacing the workers...

New comment by ndarray in "AI is not a coworker, it's an exoskeleton"

ndarray — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:04:58 +0000

That's where "being able to defend your resources" comes in, otherwise they're not rich. But yes, I'm implying that in the future the defense could be done by something like armed drones. And "defense" would mean enforcement of whatever draconian laws they cook up. When the executive branch is non-human, you can never have a mutiny. You simply don't need to do any convincing or any pretending that you're a good guy. All you need is to outproduce the humans, make more drones than they can put up resistance. And drones are cheap, even today, and would only be one piece of the equation anyway, among direct access to your bank account, real-time AI surveillance for minute missteps, crowd control weapons mounted to autonomous vehicles,... all in all pretty grim. The question is who gets to be the elite. It's not obvious that it should be the Silicon Valley guys. We'll surely have massive elite wars (fought by humans + AI), sold to us as civil/national wars and people's revolutions, before the above pans out. The partial release of the Epstein files is one cluster of the elite (around Trump) threatening another. I'd wager that a lot of dirt will see the light of day in the next ten years and underneath it will be the fight over who gets to command the new kingmaker tech.

New comment by ndarray in "AI is not a coworker, it's an exoskeleton"

ndarray — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:30:31 +0000

Being rich is ultimately about owning and being able to defend resources. IF something like 99% of humans become irrelevant to the machine run utopia for the elites, whatever currency the poors use to pay for services among each other will be worthless to the top 1% when they simply don't need them or their services.

New comment by ndarray in "Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants"

ndarray — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:44:31 +0000

Wow that must be hell

New comment by ndarray in "Blade Runner Costume Design (2020)"

ndarray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:30:02 +0000

Old film makers thought they were compensating for a lack of the kind of CGI and world building options we have today, compensating with rain, mist, camera angles to hide the lack of scale, and with costumes, lots of background actors, detailed film sets, to make the world seem grander. Turns out they had actually hit a sweet spot.

New comment by ndarray in "Scientists identify brain waves that define the limits of 'you'"

ndarray — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:15:51 +0000

> participants had a robotic arm tap the index finger of their real and fake hands, either at the exact same time or with a delay of up to 500 milliseconds between each tap. (...) Those with faster alpha waves appeared to rule out fake hands even with a tiny gap in taps, while those with slower waves were more likely to feel the fake hand as their own, even if the taps were farther apart.

That's the limit of "you"? Sounds more like a sampling rate/processing speed of the sense of touch.

New comment by ndarray in "Social Dynamics at Arm's Length"

ndarray — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:16:10 +0000

Women don't get anxious about social status? TIL

New comment by ndarray in "Netflix Wants Movies to Restate the Plot Three or Four Times in the Dialogue"

ndarray — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 03:28:50 +0000

The "user" is only half of a human anyway, 50% is the max consciousness people spend on whatever Netflix they have running as background noise. That's the target audience Netflix is optimizing for: half-humans. Saves them lots of bandwidth, expenses for quality, and yes, it needs a solid amount of exposition[0] to work.

[0] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Exposition

New comment by ndarray in "STFU"

ndarray — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:45:14 +0000

It's like a single bounce. Echo effects usually have multiple bounces, each quieter than the one before it.

New comment by ndarray in "Brown/MIT shooting suspect found dead, officials say"

ndarray — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:01:26 +0000

If you always say "it's 98% nothing", you're still broken because you'll err on the side of "nothing" in all cases where it's something. Your false negative rate would be 100%. For your statements to have any value, you'll have to get at least some of the 2% where it's something right.

New comment by ndarray in "Google is dead. Where do we go now?"

ndarray — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:54:33 +0000

Is this being on top of HN part of the writer's new non-google marketing strategy?

New comment by ndarray in "Brown/MIT shooting suspect found dead, officials say"

ndarray — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:40:51 +0000

There are two types of broken clocks. One is always suspicious, the other thinks nothing ever happens. One is more often right than the other, but both are equally broken.

New comment by ndarray in "Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools"

ndarray — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 02:13:08 +0000

> Your HTTP client, cli utility helper, whatever library is not a consumer product.

> (...) Every person who encounters your “fun” name pays a small tax. Across the industry, these taxes compound into significant waste

Devs who build FOSS utilities owe you, or the industry, absolutely nothing. As someone who lists Noam Chomsky under "Some works I recommend engaging with", you sure seem to think capitalists are entitled to people's free work, to the point where you start making demands.

New comment by ndarray in "Show HN: Scream to Unlock – Blocks social media until you scream “I'm a loser”"

ndarray — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:35:02 +0000

That's the problem with habit blocking extensions. A theoretical workaround would be to create two extensions - only make them work when both are installed and when one notices that the other got disabled, it does something like deleting your login credentials, or some form of reversible but very annoying punishment.

New comment by ndarray in "It’s still worth blogging in the age of AI"

ndarray — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:09:04 +0000

Prompt: Write a totally novel thought about how individuals can prosper in the age of AI. The thought must be truly new and unique. Write your answer like a semi-troll on an internet forum.

*Title: "Start a Personal AI Circus: The Next Frontier in Human-AI Collaboration!"*

Alright, buckle up, folks. Forget the usual "learn to code" or "adapt to the machines" spiel. If you really want to thrive in the AI age, here’s a spicy, totally unique idea: *start your own personal AI circus.*

Hear me out. We’re all aware that AI is taking over mundane tasks and repetitive jobs, but what if you could actually *curate* an ensemble of AIs that each specializes in one quirky "act"? Imagine this:

1. *Ensemble Cast of AI Performers* – You get a chatbot that does stand-up comedy, an AI that can whip up avant-garde digital art, and maybe an AI that can compose catchy jingles. Each AI has its own “act” and you market them together.

2. *Perform Live Shows* – Stream your AI circus on Twitch, TikTok, or wherever the cool kids hang out. Interact with your audience in real-time. Sure, AI can do things fast, but can it handle hecklers?

3. *Crowd involvement* – Use collaborative AI tools like GPT to let your audience write a portion of the comedy script live, or have an AI-driven talent competition where people can pitch their own AI's act. Let’s be real, everyone loves the thrill of unpredictability, and this gives a platform for some experimental creativity.

4. *Monetization Madness* – The revenue streams could come from subscriptions, sponsorships, merchandise (who wouldn't want a plushie of your AI stand-up comic?), and maybe even a VR experience where other AIs perform for people in their own homes.

5. *Building a Community* – This is more than just a circus; it's a community. Teach workshops on how to set up your own act, lead discussions on ethics in AI, and create a digital space where AI enthusiasts can share their journeys.

So, while everyone else is stuck in the grind trying to "adapt," you’re over here juggling your quirky AI acts, creating a spectacle, and engaging people in ways they never expected. You’re not just surviving; you’re thriving in the most entertaining way possible.

Let’s be real, wouldn’t you pay to watch an AI sing opera while your buddy’s AI attempts to juggle data? Welcome to the AI Circus, folks. Step right up!