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foundart commented on Tides are weirder than you think   signoregalilei.com/2025/1... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
cortesoft · 17 days ago
I know this is unrelated to the actual content, but I have such a visceral reaction to any headline in the "x is different than you think"... how do you know what I think? I am sure many people who read this will be experts on tides, and the title is completely wrong.

For me, the worst are posts about scale and things I won't need, like "You don't need kafka" or "your data isn't actually big data" or "don't horizontally scale, just get a bigger server"

I get that I am not the target audience and there are people for whom those statements are true, but I am running Kafka clusters with data from 10s of thousands of servers, I absolutely can't move that to a single machine.

I wish they would phrase it as "Tides are weirder than most people think", although that probably doesn't drive as much engagement.

foundart · 17 days ago
Methinks thou shouldst tame thine viscera lest they lead thee unto distraction
foundart commented on Ask HN: Hearing aid wearers, what's hot?    · Posted by u/pugworthy
Sammi · a month ago
Bose used to make these noise cancelling earphones called the Hearphones that could focus on the speech of person in front of you and they were amazing:

https://support.bose.com/s/product/hearphones-conversationen...

I absolute loved them, but unfortunately lost them, and they are irreplaceable.

foundart · a month ago
These were great and I am always on the lookout for something similar, but no luck so far.

I also liked that there was a neckband - easy to take the buds out when not needed and leave them hanging, and of course more power in a larger battery.

foundart commented on Thought-Terminating Cliches in Software   ckpinnegar.xyz/software-c... · Posted by u/qouteall
foundart · a month ago
It's an interesting list, but I guess the items' thought-terminating power extends to the article itself, since it provides no discussion of why the listed items are there.
foundart commented on Judge denies request to exempt Flock footage from Public Records Act   heraldnet.com/news/judge-... · Posted by u/ourmandave
foundart · a month ago
This post has the better title, but there is more discussion over at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45861635
foundart commented on Judge denies request to exempt Flock footage from Public Records Act   goskagit.com/news/local_n... · Posted by u/p_ing
CalChris · a month ago
foundart · a month ago
with a better headline: "Judge denies request to exempt Flock footage from Public Records Act"
foundart commented on New computer model helps reveal how the brain both adapts and misfires   now.tufts.edu/2025/10/16/... · Posted by u/XzetaU8
dev_hugepages · 2 months ago
As a reminder, you should check the original article (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63994-y) to get more extensive and accurate information.
foundart · 2 months ago
Indeed! Quite interesting.

title: The neural basis for uncertainty processing in hierarchical decision making

abstract: Hierarchical decisions in natural environments require processing uncertainty across multiple levels, but existing models struggle to explain how animals perform flexible, goal-directed behaviors under such conditions. Here we introduce CogLinks, biologically grounded neural architectures that combine corticostriatal circuits for reinforcement learning and frontal thalamocortical networks for executive control. Through mathematical analysis and targeted lesion, we show that these systems specialize in different forms of uncertainty, and their interaction supports hierarchical decisions by regulating efficient exploration, and strategy switching. We apply CogLinks to a computational psychiatry problem, linking neural dysfunction in schizophrenia to atypical reasoning patterns in decision making. Overall, CogLink fills an important gap in the computational landscape, providing a bridge from neural substrates to higher cognition.

foundart commented on N8n raises $180M   blog.n8n.io/series-c/... · Posted by u/doppp
foundart · 2 months ago
Just participated in a hackathon where my team used n8n. We found it didn't have good connectors for getting data from Kinesis streams or Slack. Given the abbreviated timeline of the hackathon we ended up simulating the Kinesis input and dropping the interactive Slack part of our project, which was unfortunate.

I hope they spend a good bit of the $180M on building out their input connectors.

foundart commented on Vibe engineering   simonwillison.net/2025/Oc... · Posted by u/janpio
sarchertech · 2 months ago
When pigeons are offered random rewards from a treat dispenser, they start doing all kinds of funny little dances and movements because they think the rewards are in response to their actions.
foundart · 2 months ago
gotta source or two? it's an ungooglable topic due to "see pigeon do funny dance" social media spam
foundart commented on Circular Financing: Does Nvidia's $110B Bet Echo the Telecom Bubble?   tomtunguz.com/nvidia_nort... · Posted by u/miltava
nextworddev · 3 months ago
This article is pretty confusing, doesn't really have a thesis, just listing some stats. Maybe that's the intent.
foundart · 3 months ago
I had the same response.

Certainly it suggests that “this time is different” without saying it in a quotable fashion.

The metrics it provides seem useful. What are the metrics it is missing?

foundart commented on Circular Financing: Does Nvidia's $110B Bet Echo the Telecom Bubble?   tomtunguz.com/nvidia_nort... · Posted by u/miltava
ekjhgkejhgk · 3 months ago
In reference 14 we read

> However, what’s become clear is that OpenAI plans to pay for Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs) through lease arrangements, rather than upfront purchases

I wish someone here could explain it to a dummy like me. Nvidia tells OpenAI: heres some GPUs, can you pay for them over 5 years. How is this an "investment" by Nvidia? That reference keeps calling this an investment, but what they describe is a lease agreement. Why do they call it an investment? What am I missing?

foundart · 3 months ago
Speculation by a non-accountant:

At the end Nvidia retains ownership of what are probably very low value assets.

Contrast that with car leases: there is a robust market for used cars.

Nvidia is in effect financing the GPUs by not requiring the full payment up front.

Do the lease payments add up to the total cost?

u/foundart

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