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Re:New Linux based OS for agents on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @06:23PM (#50173507)
This is very cool. As a computer use fanatic, I think this could really supercharge my workflow, since the way we're doing computer use right now is just so freaking awful.
It really is! And super underserved too!

Show HN: HieraticBench – Can AI read ancient Egyptian handwriting?

https://hieraticbench.vercel.app/

I'm obsessed with Egyptology. During covid, I wanted to get a hieratic tattoo. For those who don't know, hieratic is the cursive form of hieroglyphs that was used in day-to-day life in ancient Egypt. It's as old as hieroglyphs.I then went on a mission to have a sentence translated into hieratic. Luckily, in 2022, I was able to commission an Oxford Egyptologist to write it for me. After that, I...

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Re:Claude is an Electron App because we've lost native on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @06:02AM (#47245832)
Claude's desktop app will be the end of me. It's so slow and buggy, and I'm not overly anal about these types of things, but it's just awful.
Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here? on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:28PM (#46624705)
https://alymoursy.com

Coming to you live from the land of pharaohs and belly dancing!!

Re:GPT Image 1.5 on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @03:12PM (#46293768)
There was also the theory that is was because they scanned a bunch of actual real books and book paper has a slight yellow hue.