Moore's Law for UAV Density
Does anybody have data for UAV density in the air space. I was wondering if this will follow some type of Moore's law trend?
alpple
Ask Hacker News: mute notifications while driving
Is there an app or a setting to pause phone notifications until after I am done driving? Thank you on behalf of everybody.
Ask Hacker News: AI music with feedback
Can someone make streaming music that changes based on input from the phone, or does this already exist and what app?
Laws need reasons, but harder is comprehension
Okay it's wrong if a law doesn't explain why the changes being made are being made. But it's another thing to ask how many people does the law need to be read by, because there are different levels and different types of reading comprehension. And this second concern is more difficult to address.
Re:The Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We'll Be "Stunned" by NSA Under Sec...
on Friday March 13, 2026 @01:56PM (#47367514)
if you're not doing anything wrong, a government that is doing something wrong may not like it
Ask HN: What prompts to chatbots surprised you with quality of output?
Did you give the chatbot a prompt that impressed you with output? What kinds of things do chatbots do for you that you think others don't know they can do?
Re:Hacking an Automaton
on Thursday June 26, 2025 @02:19PM (#44389894)
Example of hacking with less general purpose computational models.
Hacking an Automaton
Re:Ask HN: What is the hardest math you used in a project?
on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @08:54AM (#44365682)
I imagine for example that some implementations were made fast enough to meet a requirement with some very hard algorithms.
Ask HN: What is the hardest math you used in a project?
What is the most difficult or beautiful math that you used to solve a real problem?
Re:Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades to Answer
on Thursday January 09, 2025 @05:31PM (#42650523)
Imagine you're a character in a Lord of the Rings novel. And math is the imaginary landscape that you are going on an adventure through. When a number is irrational, it is not easy to work with compared to natural numbers. So they're marking the map as a hard pass in the mountain ridge that is on your journey, assuming you want to explore that world.
Re:The t-test was invented at the Guinness brewery
on Sunday May 26, 2024 @07:43PM (#40486339)
I wonder if dry reading means written without the influence of drink. I couldn't find an answer online. But, if so, it would be ironic to describe a stat book that ignored a brewer as dry.
Re:$450 for a School Bag?
on Monday January 01, 2024 @10:54PM (#38837914)
I buy Jansport because the zippers never break.
Ask HN: How close are LLMs to AGI?
Asking an intentionally simple question to generate a broad discussion.
Re:Google Is Not a Search Engine – It's an Advertising Platform
on Sunday October 23, 2022 @07:11AM (#33306075)
So, if I have a white piece of paper outside, it looks white. So that is in favor of what you are saying. Maybe when I look at the sun, the background of blue sky makes my eyes think it is yellow. Like those optical illusions where the same color circle looks different inside of different backgrounds. Also, I may be biased because I tend to see the sun when it is lower in the sky and then it is obviously going from yellow to red near the horizon. Tomorrow when the sun is at the peak in the sky I will look, because I remember it looking like a mirror, but I'm not so confident if it looks yellow when it's high in the sky. Also, it's winter here, so the sun won't be directly overhead. I really am not sure now.
Re:Was It a Cat I Saw? (2011)
on Friday October 21, 2022 @10:35AM (#33288400)
was it a car or a cat I saw?
Re:Google Is Not a Search Engine – It's an Advertising Platform
on Monday October 17, 2022 @01:39PM (#33237079)
The results seem so clinical or academic now. I want to read what freaks write. I often add the word reddit to my search or other platforms tags to get more opinionated and personal content.
Re:Google Is Not a Search Engine – It's an Advertising Platform
on Monday October 17, 2022 @01:35PM (#33237016)
Are all the visible wavelengths present in equal magnitude? It looks yellow to me.
Re:Gauss's Pythagorean right triangle proposal
on Saturday October 08, 2022 @04:42PM (#33135834)
We might want to be quiet until we have a better idea of our surroundings.
Re:How to read mathematics (2015)
on Friday May 27, 2022 @05:23PM (#31535091)
I think it's the product of the final number and the middle number. (given an odd length sequence)
Re:Physicists rewrite the fundamental law that leads to disorder
on Thursday May 26, 2022 @09:14PM (#31525121)
"I know very little about actual physics, but generally speaking the more grandiose headlines sound the less I pay attention…"
You've managed to find the words that I couldn't find to explain how I feel. Thank you.
Re:The big six matrix factorizations
on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @04:09PM (#31496983)
If a spectrum is just a range of numbers, then the idea of spectrum should apply to many phenomenon. Many things can be described by a number. So, when matrix spectrum and atomic spectrum were formulated, perhaps spectrum was a word that was in vogue to describe a quantity. I think this is the explanation of the reason the same term is used for both. Because many connected phenomenon can be quantified. I know only a little about matrix spectrum and atomic spectrum, so take my thought with a grain of salt.
Re:Plants have been grown in lunar soil for the first time ever
on Saturday May 14, 2022 @07:41PM (#31383800)
It could read: Plants grown, despite being placed in lunar soil.
Re:How to Quiet Your Mind Chatter (2021)
on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @12:50AM (#31164034)
I do agree that just because people describe their experience as different, that is not a convincing argument that it is very different. Sometimes people don't understand what other people are describing or assume too much. In my opinion, I think if we were to live inside someone else's mind for a day, depending on who that other person is, we may not recognize the world as the same world. I believe people are more different than many people know. Some people may be similar inside, but some people may be extremely different inside. Like you, I would also like to know more about this.
Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with life altering decisions?
on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @11:42PM (#31092572)
Do what YOU really want to do so if things go wrong later you're not resentful about not having tried for what you wanted? It's harder to have regrets if you tried for what you really wanted.
Re:How destructive are nuclear weapons really?
on Saturday April 16, 2022 @03:57PM (#31055578)
People aren't good at predicting the results of things that haven't happened before.
Re:Ask HN: What bits of fundamental knowledge are productivity multipl...
on Saturday April 02, 2022 @01:56PM (#30890193)
Reading literature helps with comprehension and this will extend to technical comprehension.
Re:JRE Missing (Rogan episodes removed by Spotify)
on Saturday February 05, 2022 @04:49AM (#30219557)
This is what I'm trying to ask about. What will happen if people agree not to have their views published? What effects are there?
Re:JRE Missing (Rogan episodes removed by Spotify)
on Saturday February 05, 2022 @04:46AM (#30219531)
For example, I'm curious what could happen if many of the platforms that distribute information become more narrow in what they distribute.
Re:JRE Missing (Rogan episodes removed by Spotify)
on Saturday February 05, 2022 @04:27AM (#30219409)
Anyone who knows, how will censorship play out in the future? Even censorship by private companies, I don't care how people are silenced, I'm still curious about the effects. Edit: can someone explain the effects of this kind of event that the thread is discussing? whatever you want to call it