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Re:HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN on Sunday November 01, 2026 @03:25AM (#50323647)
This is cool and all, but what I see is an Anthropic model harvesting (again) human output and curation. That is the part providing almost the entire value of this aggregation wrapper. What I would have preferred to see the model undertake: is somehow imbibe the median Hacker News user persona (if there is one, the reccs did serve as a proxy for that in this case) and work with YouTube API to surface a list of videos with low viewership or traction, but serve the custom taste of this audience at high SNR. I know talk is cheap, but the latter to me is a bicycle and sewing machine, while the former a neatly raked sandpile.
Related but tangential: look at the comments. https://youtube.com/watch?v=vfAkBlyIOCw
Re:Autodesk internal discussion about Softimage [video] on Saturday October 24, 2026 @03:50PM (#50224494)
I'd apologize (disclaimer: yeah, it's a meme video), but kinda on point pertaining to the topic it handles circa 2008. Fun. That's all. (Ok, maybe not for German speakers).
Reg. 2: What is the time window within which they need to secure the said contract once laid-off, failing which they'll be required to leave the country?
Re:The baffling intelligence of a single cell (2024) on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @11:04AM (#50072862)
Learned recently that lot of our initial knowledge of neural cells structure and functioning was derived from working with giant squid neurons which permitted work/observation of structures an order larger than their mammalian counterparts. What aspects of real neurons would you list as particularly "amazing" (I know they seek out connections and such) ?
Re:Whatever became of holography? (2011) on Sunday October 11, 2026 @10:43PM (#50050698)
More substantially: cropping areas of the amplitude plot in freq space reduces detail but preserves overall image identity.
Re:Whatever became of holography? (2011) on Sunday October 11, 2026 @10:41PM (#50050683)
That's Fourier space f**kery for you.
Anything actionable to be able to function reasonably to hold down a day job? Genuinely asking.In your experience or in the article?
Re:The Lightbulb Computer on Sunday October 11, 2026 @01:49AM (#50040157)
Imagine downvoting John effing Nagle. However my humble opinion is that sometimes revisiting, if not reinventing, the wheel is beneficial in light of accrued epistemic benefits (or for the fun of tinkering with a cutesy creation) . Not for patenting, of course. Besides, the bulb form-factor is not too different from cctv cam ceiling installations.
Appreciate you responding. It's OK.
Thanks. If you don't mind, I happen to have an unrelated query: Is there any potential in a hardware that permits simultaneous sonication and centrifugation of a biofluid specimen?
Liquid gold! recording here my genuine opinion of this video.

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