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Re:A misalignment of AI in mathematics on Friday September 11, 2026 @06:17PM (#49666162)
Both of Baudelaire’s criticisms were reasonable, and the same thing happened again when AI image generation showed up. You think the opponents look ridiculous because you’re viewing the history from the winner’s side. As for “the public,” people had a real demand for photography as a way to record things, which is also why it won. There is no comparable public demand for proving Fermat’s Last Theorem.
Re:Ioskeley Mono on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @05:34AM (#49166228)
This looks like nothing more than a 300+ line Iosevka configuration

https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono/blob/main/private-bui...

While developing poincake, I actually thought about building a language learning app using a similar approach. The idea was to map word embeddings onto a Poincaré disk so users could explore word relationships and clusters.
I'm thinking LOD might help mitigate the overlap issue, perhaps by having an LLM progressively shorten the text until it's a single Unicode character.

Also, as other comments suggested, shading or similar techniques could help.

That said, I doubt this can be fully resolved unless the text is rendered in hyperbolic space, as another commenter mentioned. I'll need to experiment and see if that's doable.

(I'm the dev) I tried it out on an iPad and it seems to work fine. Let me know if you run into any issues. Supporting direct stylus/Pencil input will definitely be a challenge, but I think it’s worth a shot.

Show HN: Poincake – Infinite canvas notes in the Poincaré disk

https://uonr.github.io/poincake/

Hi!This is an infinite canvas note-taking tool where notes are laid out in a non-Euclidean, hyperbolic geometric space. As you drag and navigate through the view, you’ll experience a unique fluid distortion that naturally leverages your brain's spatial memory.I’ve been obsessed with the concept of space in HCI for years. Many modern UI patterns are essentially workarounds for the lack of screen...

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Re:Let the agents democratize open source on Monday June 01, 2026 @09:37PM (#48364852)
DHH probably just reached for "ressentiment" because it sounds cool. I can't get over how ironic it is to put Nietzsche and democratize in the same post.
Re:Needy Programs on Friday November 14, 2025 @08:32AM (#45926549)
What if security updates?
Re:The <output> Tag on Saturday October 11, 2025 @06:38AM (#45548038)
I love those handmade bad sketch
Re:996 on Saturday September 06, 2025 @10:43AM (#45149709)
At least the recent popularity of the 996 originated in China, and I believe most Chinese people would agree with that. Besides, even if it started in Hong Kong, saying it originated in China is still technically correct.
Chinese companies offer to 'resurrect' deceased loved ones with AI avatars https://www.npr.org/2024/07/18/nx-s1-5040583/china-ai-artifi...
Re:Tailwind Is the Worst of All Worlds on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @01:54AM (#44656079)
I use tailwind because I'm fed up with inheritance.
The Turing test isn't dead. The true Turing test is a thought experiment, and it's not something that can be replicated in the real world.

Given enough time and interaction, you can still spot a person on Discord being faked by an LLM—at the very least, something will feel off. This is even more true in a formal, knowing, adversarial setting.

Re:Curl removes experimental HTTP back end in Rust on Sunday December 22, 2024 @12:08PM (#42487625)
hyper more like a build block rather than a tool you can directly use, maybe you just should use other libraries which built on the hyper
real-time os?