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New comment by y04nn in "Tube trains could navigate the Underground using the rules of Quantum Physics"

y04nn — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:03:03 +0000

This is a weird application for such sensors. The train may be used as a test platform. DARPA launched a program to develop quantum sensors that are reliable outside the lab recently [1].

[1] https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2025/10/darpa-developing-quant...

New comment by y04nn in "OVM6948 miniature camera module [pdf]"

y04nn — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:03:29 +0000

How does it differ from cameras used in capsule endoscopy [1]? The technology has been available for 25 years and is widely used (4 millions units sold in 2024).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_endoscopy

New comment by y04nn in "Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business"

y04nn — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:57:50 +0000

I would say that you are persistent if you keep getting rejected but keep improving but using feedback and you would be stubborn if you don't change a thing while keeping being rejected.

New comment by y04nn in "What Sam Altman told OpenAI about the device he's making with Jony Ive"

y04nn — Thu, 22 May 2025 17:05:55 +0000

Most likely, a glorified black monolith brick like Ive loves them, without any display or a really small oled. Or a stick, like a pen you can clip on your pocket, but the battery may be an issue.

New comment by y04nn in "Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries"

y04nn — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 22:27:21 +0000

Indeed, the 90 days delay leaked in the morning before being denied and at the end of the day there was the official announcement. So some people new before the official announcement and shared the information.

New comment by y04nn in "Homomorphic encryption in iOS 18"

y04nn — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:50:10 +0000

I don't think Android does that. It's only Google Photo and only if you upload them to the cloud, if you don't sync/upload them, you can't search them with specific terms.

New comment by y04nn in "Nanoimprint Lithography Aims to Take on EUV"

y04nn — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 11:23:35 +0000

For everyone interested on technical details of the TSMC EUV process I would highly recommend this CCC talk [1] (From Silicon to Sovereignty: How Advanced Chips are Redefining Global Dominance).

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42546231

New comment by y04nn in "Boston Dynamics robot Atlas goes hands on [video]"

y04nn — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:17:17 +0000

Bipedalism is great to evolve on uneven terrain. Here it seems to just slow the process. Also, it uses its second hand for balance instead of achieving work, a counter weight would be as effective. In a factory, where the floor is flat, a human sized self moving robot 2 or 3 wheels would be way more effective, longer arms with more joins that are not mimicking humans one could also be better. There is already a lot of automation/robots in industry and it never look like a human. Even in our houses the best approach to automation never look like a human (eg. vacuum cleaner). I think that the only part of our body that would worth copying is the hand.

New comment by y04nn in "Writes and Write-Nots"

y04nn — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 10:42:56 +0000

Can LLM/AI have the opposite effect?

People would start writing more and getting better at it with the help of LLM. This would create a positive feedback loop that would encourage them to write more and better. LLM should be used a tool improve productivity and quality of output. Like we use a computer interface to write faster, move and edit text, instead of using a pencil and an eraser, today you can use a LLM to improve your writing. This will help people to get better at organizing their thoughts and think more clearly instead of replacing the thinking.

New comment by y04nn in "Show HN: Sisi – Semantic Image Search CLI tool, locally without third party APIs"

y04nn — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 20:22:15 +0000

How does CLIP compare to YOLO[1]? I haven't looked into image classification/object recognition for a while, but I remember that YOLO was quite good was working on realtime video too.

[1]: https://pjreddie.com/darknet/yolo/

New comment by y04nn in "A good day to trie-hard: saving compute 1% at a time"

y04nn — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:37:34 +0000

Why adding and then removing HTTP headers of a existing request for routing instead of adding a dedicated (custom) routing protocol above the HTTP stack? This would allow to just drop the added protocol on the outbound and be much more space efficient.

New comment by y04nn in "He emptied an entire crypto exchange onto a thumb drive"

y04nn — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 06:46:51 +0000

By the way, because a lot of people are keeping their crypto on exchange, would it be possible for an exchange to have fractional reserves like for banks? It is probably doable for big exchanges as trades happen on a platform they control anyway and crypto only goes out when a customer sends money to an external address. They may be able to keep only a third of customers account balance and still operate as usual.

New comment by y04nn in "Founder Mode"

y04nn — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 22:56:56 +0000

This is probably the majority of cases, but it is beneficial to the organization, similarly to the Adams's Smith invisible hand.

New comment by y04nn in "A different kind of keyboard (2021)"

y04nn — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 19:37:27 +0000

The only portable keyboard that I enjoyed using is the Think Outside keyboard [1]. It is a great compromise between portability and usability. But a lot of shortcuts are not working on moderne devices. It even works as a stand for the phone. But it uses 2 AAA batteries. I wonder if it would be possible to flash it to work with modern devices or even better, customize it.

[1] https://jsyang.ca/hardware/think-outside-bluetooth-folding-k...

New comment by y04nn in "X redesigns water pistol emoji back to a firearm"

y04nn — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:53:42 +0000

Indeed, this is very 1984. Changing the meaning of a word, people express their thoughts with emojis, the meaning (representation in this case) should never be altered in such way.

New comment by y04nn in "Open source AI is the path forward"

y04nn — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:45:16 +0000

Don't be fooled, it is a "embrace extend extinguish" strategy. Once they have enough usage and be the default standard they will start to find any possible ways to make you pay.

New comment by y04nn in "All the existential risk, none of the economic impact"

y04nn — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:42:35 +0000

I think one way for an intelligent AI can gain control over humans is not to exterminate them but to control them, influence them without them being aware of it, changing the recommandation algorithms, producing educational material, videos, podcasts, books that would be pro AI while saturating our monkey brain with mining-less entertaining content. We would become their servant without noticing.

New comment by y04nn in "The Objects of Our Life (1983)"

y04nn — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:05:05 +0000

Adjusted for inflation, $1000 of 1983 is more than $3000 today.

Chebyshev approximation and how it can help (2012)

y04nn — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:37:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.EmbeddedRelated.com/showarticle/152.php

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40614338

Points: 140

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New comment by y04nn in "Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android"

y04nn — Mon, 13 May 2024 22:21:51 +0000

I should have made my point clear, but I'm referring to the tracking compatibility feature, that an airtag would be compatible for geolocation with the Android ecosystem and vice-versa toward building a global single tracking network instead of having 2 coexisting networks.