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illegalmemory commented on Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain   repebble.com/blog/meet-pe... · Posted by u/freshrap6
neom · 17 days ago
"What kind of battery is inside?

Index 01 uses silver-oxide batteries.

Why can’t it be recharged?

We considered this but decided not to for several reasons:

You’d probably lose the charger before the battery runs out! Adding charge circuitry and including a charger would make the product larger and more expensive. You send it back to us to recycle. Wait, it’s single use?

Yes. We know this sounds a bit odd, but in this particular circumstance we believe it’s the best solution to the given set of constraints. Other smart rings like Oura cost $250+ and need to be charged every few days. We didn’t want to build a device like that. Before the battery runs out, the Pebble app notifies and asks if you’d like to order another ring."

Uhhh... Huh... Ok. Welp, that's a nope from me then.

illegalmemory · 17 days ago
So in a way it is similar to Subscription ?
illegalmemory commented on I almost got hacked by a 'job interview'   blog.daviddodda.com/how-i... · Posted by u/DavidDodda
kqr · 2 months ago
The important part for me is that the experience is legitimate, and secondarily that it's well written. The problem for me with LLM-written texts are that they're rarely very well written, and sometimes unauthentic.

If we had really good AI writing, I wouldn't mind if poor authors used that to improve how they communicate. But today's crop of AI are not that good writers.

illegalmemory · 2 months ago
That’s what I’m actually doubting in one of the screenshots, it says “Hi Arun,” but the author’s name is David.
illegalmemory commented on Our $100M Series B   oxide.computer/blog/our-1... · Posted by u/spatulon
mrcwinn · 5 months ago
Everyone at Oxide makes the same salary:

>We decided to do something outlandishly simple: take the salary that Steve, Jess, and I were going to pay ourselves, and pay that to everyone. [https://oxide.computer/blog/compensation-as-a-reflection-of-...]

Does everyone at Oxide have the same equity grant?

illegalmemory · 5 months ago
They have since updated it slightly

> Since originally writing this blog entry in 2021, we have increased our salary a few times, and it now stands at $207,264. We have also added some sales positions that have variable compensation, consisting of a lower base salary and a commission component.

illegalmemory commented on Mwm – The smallest usable X11 window manager   github.com/lslvr/mwm... · Posted by u/daureg
90s_dev · 5 months ago
This is the entire source:

    #include <X11/Xlib.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>

    #define stk(s)    XKeysymToKeycode(d, XStringToKeysym(s))
    #define on(_, x)  if (e.type == _) { x; }
    #define map(k, x) if (e.xkey.keycode == stk(k)) { x; }
    #define grab(...) const char *l[] = { __VA_ARGS__, 0 }; \
                        for (int i = 0; l[i]; i++) XGrabKey(d, stk(l[i]), Mod4Mask, r, 1, 1, 1);

    int main() {
      Display *d = XOpenDisplay(0); Window r = DefaultRootWindow(d); XEvent e;
      XSelectInput(d, r, SubstructureRedirectMask);
      grab("n", "q", "e");

      while (!XNextEvent (d, &e)) {
        on(ConfigureRequest, XMoveResizeWindow(d, e.xconfigure.window, 0, 0, e.xconfigure.width, e.xconfigure.height));
              on(MapRequest, XMapWindow(d, e.xmaprequest.window);
                            XSetInputFocus(d, e.xmaprequest.window, 2, 0));
                on(KeyPress, map("n", XCirculateSubwindowsUp(d, r); XSetInputFocus(d, e.xkey.window, 2, 0))
                            map("q", XKillClient(d, e.xkey.subwindow))
                            map("e", system("dmenu_run &")));
      }
    }
I have to say, I'm not usually a huge fan of C macros, but it works here so well, it feels so elegant and clean somehow.

illegalmemory · 5 months ago
This is slightly bigger version I wrote around 13 years ago. :)

https://github.com/savitasinghvit/piwm/blob/master/piwm.c

illegalmemory commented on AI groups spend to replace low-cost 'data labellers' with high-paid experts   ft.com/content/e17647f0-4... · Posted by u/eisa01
TheAceOfHearts · 5 months ago
It would be great if some of these datasets were free and opened up for public use. Otherwise it seems like you end up duplicating a lot of busywork just for multiple companies to farm more money. Maybe some of the European initiatives related to AI will end up including the creation of more open datasets.

Then again, maybe we're still operating from a framework where the dataset is part of your moat. It seems like such a way of thinking will severely limit the sources of innovation to just a few big labs.

illegalmemory · 5 months ago
This could work with a Wikipedia-like model. It's very difficult to pull off, but a next-generation Wikipedia would look like this.
illegalmemory commented on Human   quarter--mile.com/Human... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
actinium226 · 7 months ago
You lost me at 'rumors spread', machines wouldn't spread rumors!
illegalmemory · 7 months ago
"rumor" is a statement without source. It is definitely possible in machine world.
illegalmemory commented on Show HN: I Made YC Rejection Simulator   yc-sim.vercel.app/... · Posted by u/hakimihsan
railing1024 · 8 months ago
Love this. Any chance you could share the prompt?
illegalmemory · 8 months ago
The applicant has submitted the following application:

Provide a harsh and direct rejection explaining why this idea won't work (unless for the real good idea), pointing out potential flaws, market issues, team problems, or execution challenges. Be specific and refer to details from their application. Your tone should be direct, blunt, and slightly condescending (or like Paul Graham that obsessed, counterintuitive, and logical) but provide real constructive criticism with solutions. Keep your response under 300 words.

illegalmemory commented on Meta torrented & seeded 81.7 TB dataset containing copyrighted data   arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/gameshot911
gizmo · a year ago
Based on the encyclopedic knowledge LLMs have of written works I assume all parties did the same. But I think there is a broader point to make here. Youtube was initially a ghost town (it started as a dating site) and it only got traction once people started uploading copyrighted TV shows to it. Google itself got big by indexing other people's data without compensation. Spotify's music library was also pirated in the early days. The contracts with the music labels came later. GPL violations by commercial products fits the theme also.

Companies aggressively protect their own intellectual property but have no qualms about violating the IP rights of others. Companies. Individuals have no such privilege. If you plug a laptop into a closet at MIT to download some scientific papers you forfeit your life.

illegalmemory · a year ago
" If you plug a laptop into a closet at MIT to download some scientific papers you forfeit your life."

This is exactly what I immediately thought while reading the article. It almost feels like the legal system only punishes general public, while most of these guys are above it.

u/illegalmemory

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