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Re:Show HN: KnotQ – Calendar and Organization Planner on Monday August 31, 2026 @11:06PM (#49517539)
Not yet unfortunately, there is an export to markdown but I'm assuming you're looking for something related to the events. I'm going to work on this and get it out soon
Re:Show HN: Monocurl – open-source GUI for animating math videos and s... on Friday March 15, 2024 @04:59PM (#39720652)
More so the former

Show HN: Monocurl – open-source GUI for animating math videos and slideshows

Posted by enigmurl on Friday March 15, 2024 @01:16PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.monocurl.com/

I created Monocurl to combine the benefits of programmatic animation with a traditional video editor. In particular, you get to create complex visuals using a custom designed scripting language. I am especially happy with the slideshows feature, as I believe that can be useful in the classroom setting.The UI needs a lot of work and I plan to fix in the coming months (more so on Windows), but I...

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Re:Aerial refuelling without human intervention on Sunday November 26, 2023 @01:19AM (#38419588)
Presumably GP was implying that adding a second plane increases the chance of a crash, not claiming that it increases the conseuqences should it happen
Re:Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks break down on Monday November 20, 2023 @01:06AM (#38343149)
Assuming it's a reference to RLHF? Not sure
Re:SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satellite antennas on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @05:01PM (#37501684)
$1.2 billion per month would be $14.4 billion per year
Re:Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services on Thursday August 24, 2023 @10:46PM (#37257378)
Would it really be lower on the bot net in the majority of cases? I'd imagine that real users probably wouldn't want to have their entire cpu spent on this.
Re:ML is useful for many things, but not for predicting scientific rep... on Saturday August 12, 2023 @10:45PM (#37106196)
In general, it's pretty hard to establish that an algorithm is "not useful" for a particular discipline.
Re:Blocked by Cloudflare on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @09:18PM (#37070662)
I understand that it may be viewed as unpleasant, but ultimately if you install a proxy on your end that the server does not like (say an ad-blocker), I don't think it would be fair for the server to say its suffering a MITM attack. Likewise, even if the client is not happy with the third party the server is requesting, it still doesn't make sense to call it a MITM, IMO.
Re:Blocked by Cloudflare on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:30PM (#37058063)
Man in the middle attack typically implies an unwanted third party, which in this case is not true since Cloudfare is explicitly and voluntarily trusted by the host server. It wouldn't be all that different if the web server had the browserintegrity checks developed themselves.
Re:Blocked by Cloudflare on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:26PM (#37058041)
Isn't the point that Cloudfare is essentially enforcing the rules then?
Re:The First Big Antitrust Trial of the Century Is About to Start on Sunday August 06, 2023 @07:50PM (#37028231)
If it's truly the case that you're paying for Google Search, that would be an even bigger incentive for consumers to leave to a different search engine (in essence, they would be paid to switch).
Re:Texas Power Prices to Surge 800% on Sunday Amid Searing Heat on Sunday August 06, 2023 @01:02PM (#37024062)
Texas operates its own independent electrical grid (presumably to avoid federal energy regulations, though I'm not sure)[1], whereas the rest of America operates roughly on two interstate grid regions. I would agree that it's ignorant to claim Texas is doing nothing against climate change though.

[1]: https://www.epa.gov/green-power-markets/us-grid-regions

Re:Why SQLite Does Not Use Git on Saturday July 22, 2023 @09:04PM (#36831593)
Sure, but with that kind of argument will we ever be able to make the switch to a better vcs if one exists? You have to start somewhere.
Re:Official Chrome extension to use iCloud Keychain Passwords on Monday July 17, 2023 @10:21PM (#36767021)
Allows you to sign in on (iPhone) apps a bit easier I would image
Re:Signal's president vows to reject UK law on message scanning before... on Saturday July 15, 2023 @01:10PM (#36738908)
Isnt this more analogous to an end-to-end encrypted group chat than a backdoor?
Re:I Conscientiously Object to Self-Driving Cars on Saturday July 15, 2023 @12:50PM (#36738695)
I was speaking somewhat hypothetically, as for now I would agree that it's tenuous at best to call self driving cars safer. My point was more that even if they were provably safer, people would have ego problems in claiming they are more dangerous than self driving cars.
Re:I Conscientiously Object to Self-Driving Cars on Saturday July 15, 2023 @01:37AM (#36733897)
Even the majority of people who are so called bad drivers have killed zero people, and no one is going to call themselves a bad driver, fewer are going to admit an AI is better at them (even if it's statistically true).
Re:Ask HN: As people in “tech”, are we inside an AI echo chamber? on Monday July 03, 2023 @05:15PM (#36578951)
Ah I see, fair point then I would agree.
Re:Ask HN: As people in “tech”, are we inside an AI echo chamber? on Monday July 03, 2023 @01:02PM (#36575798)
You could argue that for any service provider then. Why is Intel selling CPUs when it could be making profit from the cloud data centers themselves?
Re:Apple removes $99 dev account requirement for first iOS 17 and macO... on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @07:11PM (#36234965)
In which case, wouldn't Apple be offering an advantage in comparison to the android eco system, and therefore deserve the right to charge money for it?
Re:Controlled burns help prevent wildfires. Regulations make them near... on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:14PM (#35990176)
It's not actually the essence of the problem, it's just one of many complications...