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New comment by takee in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

takee — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:51:28 +0000

I was working on a science experiment (electromagnetics) with my 10-year-old kid that was going to be demonstrated at a science fair in his school. We ran into a hiccup with the experiment that we couldn't debug ourselves. I turned on Gemini live video call to help us root cause the problem. It was able to clearly articulate all the possible issues and eventually was successful in making our apparatus work as expected. Turned out the wire that I was wrapping around the screw had some insulation that was not scraped off well on the side it was connecting to the battery. Gemini was able to capture this detail even though my bare eyes could not. My kid and 2 of his friends were impressed not just by the experiment, but because the live audio/video back and forth we had with the AI was almost magical!

New comment by takee in "Can ultraviolet lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?"

takee — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 04:41:59 +0000

If this will kill all bacteria and viruses, it would certainly also destroy the beneficial bacteria that forms our microbiome and that could have negative health effects in the long run. Has any research been done to check on this?

New comment by takee in "Ask HN: Now we're staying inside with Wi-Fi, have you changed your cell plan?"

takee — Tue, 19 May 2020 06:23:34 +0000

Those are some insanely cheap prices for 1.5GB a day! I pay $40 for 1GB a month here in the United States. How is this even possible? Are the service providers here really taking in such a fat margin?

New comment by takee in "Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years"

takee — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 03:36:09 +0000

Couldn't agree more. Inspite of being a hardcore meat-eater, I often enjoy authentic vegan food because of the actual plant based ingredients such as beans, beatroot and corn. The flavors come together quite nicely in an old school veggie bean patty. The trend with impossible meats disappoints me.

New comment by takee in "India will soon overtake China to become the most populous country in the world"

takee — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 05:05:01 +0000

Did you know that languages even within different states in India can be vastly more different than the differences between French and German, all with a different script and all? Yes, India is probably more diverse all on it's own, compared to all of EU perhaps.

New comment by takee in "Immune cells may play a role in causing cavities"

takee — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 02:21:22 +0000

I wonder if the results of this study indirectly also supports this previous study linking oral cancers and oral cavities, proving that higher number of cavities results in reduced cancer risk: https://www.webmd.com/oral-health/news/20130912/tooth-caviti...

New comment by takee in "Is fasting safe? A review of adverse events during water-only fasting (2018)"

takee — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 05:09:26 +0000

Coffee with milk or cream, or black coffee?

New comment by takee in "A cure for cancer? Israeli scientists say they think they found one"

takee — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:43:07 +0000

This could be 'the' groundbreaking medical discovery of our century, if proven to work. I think I read some stats recently about how most people in the near future will not die of sudden conditions like heart failure etc but rather die due to slow killers like cancer (I will try to corroborate the reference here if I find it) and this may have a huge impact on humanity.

A cure for cancer? Israeli scientists say they think they found one

takee — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:24:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/A-cure-for-cancer-Israeli-scientists-say-they-think-they-found-one-578939

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19024468

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by takee in "Spain will soon overtake Japan in life expectancy rankings"

takee — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 04:10:26 +0000

It is unclear from the article if lifespans presented in the calculations include those impacted by homicides/accidents or only natural causes.

New comment by takee in "Spain will soon overtake Japan in life expectancy rankings"

takee — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 04:07:52 +0000

I beg to differ as if we were to judge purely based on this logic China and India would have probably also been at the top of the curve, which is not really true. Both of these countries greatly value family and it's quite typical for people to stay with their parents well into 30's and beyond.

New comment by takee in "Building blocks of life found on Mars"

takee — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 04:26:55 +0000

It's becoming a bit hard to keep track of organic possibilities outside of earth. Every day brings new discoveries. I wonder if most might ignore a significant one some day.

Building blocks of life found on Mars

takee — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 04:21:08 +0000

Article URL: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/mars-organic-compounds-methane-curiosity-space-science/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17262558

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by takee in "People Start Hating Their Jobs at Age 35"

takee — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 20:16:26 +0000

Do you mind sharing the domain in which your wife's company is involved in (assuming you don't want to share the name of the company)?

New comment by takee in "The end of the line for Indian outsourcers – or a new beginning?"

takee — Sat, 27 May 2017 02:58:15 +0000

Please don't use quotes when you're not quoting verbatim from the article. The author is clearly just suggesting a path forward for Indian companies to maintain a stream of revenue going forward. Nowhere did he suggest that India is an expert in industrial robotics, he's just suggesting the country could explore that as an option.

YouTube TV to provide traditional TV channels

takee — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 04:37:39 +0000

Article URL: http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/5/15177462/youtube-tv-review-streaming-cable-subscription-service

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14057161

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by takee in "Indian Students Lured by Recruiters Asked to Leave University"

takee — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:08:25 +0000

Seriously don't understand the point of this story other than the implied racist undertones. Why is it important to highlight the nationality of the students in the title, when the failure is clearly on the part of the university admissions office for not vetting the student applications/GRE scores etc prior to having them fly in. The nationality just happens to be related to the country where the recruiters looked in. I bet they would have found equally unqualified candidates in any other country, but it's far easier to go to India where just by the way of shear numbers you can swoop in a lot more interested candidates in a much shorter time period.

New comment by takee in "First Friendly Contact with the Sentinelese"

takee — Tue, 17 May 2016 15:47:55 +0000

The article gives both description and photographic proof of the contact with the sentinelese people.

New comment by takee in "First Friendly Contact with the Sentinelese"

takee — Tue, 17 May 2016 15:46:08 +0000

If this really was the first successful contact, I don't quite understand how the language of these people is the same as/similar to other Andaman island/Indian languages. Context: "Nariyali Jaba Jaba".

New comment by takee in "How the Jeans Capital of the World Moved from Texas to China"

takee — Sun, 08 May 2016 23:03:07 +0000

My gut says that it's because the brands have gotten used to a fatter margin/profits, but then I'm no expert.