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A new competitor would be great for the market. But the old operators will fight it hard.
Re:Microbubbles in Medicine on Friday June 26, 2026 @01:25PM (#48689306)
The article says they can be used to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier or open cell barriers. Could this also be a risk which allows pathogens to pass?
Hopefully they can also find a good balance between using cheap parts to actually being safe and comfy. The cheap EVs on the market normally lack in one of these. I have not yet found any interior shots online, did any of you?
Re:Show HN: Teach your kids absolute (perfect) pitch on Monday June 22, 2026 @12:58PM (#48632778)
For me its always difficult to judge if one should train such things with their children. Same goes with instruments. You need to train every other day and keep it up for a long time, which I never liked as a kid.
Only if the quality is bad. And users normally can only judge this when something is not working. So maybe only badly written/tested software will get labeled ai slop.
Re:HISE – Toolkit for building VST plugins on Saturday June 06, 2026 @09:50AM (#48425142)
Oh this looks nice! I've only used VSTs, but never built one myself.
It could help with exploding external LLM costs. Interesting to see how the adaption will be, which will mainly depend on the price.
Do you have any insight if LLMs sometimes get confused by your filters?
This will be a nice money grab for some of the big european tech corps who always are late and dont care about maintenance afterwards. I hope I'm wrong.