I mean getting rid of drone, and having just laser turret.
Oh my bad, yeah that's a cool idea, think I've seen something along those lines once actually, think it was someone on youtube that built one
Readit Newsjagaerglad commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025) · Posted by u/david927
I guess you already researched this topic: would laser turret work for killing mosquitos? And if no, why not? Seems more reliable.
why spend the scarce energy of the battery in addition what's already being spent spinning the propellers
jagaerglad commented on CCTV footage captures video of an earthquake fault in motion smithsonianmag.com/smart-... · Posted by u/chrononaut
in a sense it's mind blowing that we had images of stars being born, black holes, cells dividing etc before earthquake faults in motion. Like how the process of how they happen have only been inferred until now
You should kick up a major fuss. Call the media. Write a blog post. These companies should not be the moderator of what is socially acceptable.
if only a decentralized alternative had not become a money laundering tool and financial instrument
jagaerglad commented on The Effect of Noise on Sleep empirical.health/blog/eff... · Posted by u/brandonb
Foam are significantly less comfortable for side sleeping and block less noise than Silicone (Mack's) which still come in large sets for well under $1/pair.
I don't know about the 1100 but I have another model (ear classic), just simple foam earplugs, of the same manufacturer. Having gone through many different foam, silicon etc plugs from the pharmacy and grocery shop, the 3M are undeniably the best I've ever had. No pain from the foam expanding bigger than the ear canal (although it's initially bigger), no itching from sweat etc, no pressure on the eardrum when side-sleeping (that tinnitus feeling from some foam earplugs). They are literally perfect, and the noise blocking is the best I've experienced. I don't know what it is but perhaps they have some foam patented that only they use (probably poisonous or something in true evil company fashion though)
The only reason I tried them is that I found myself in a situation where my standard silicone earplugs were gone and where somebody gave me a box of hundreds of earplugs they didn't manage to sell at a concert. I was bracing myself for a terrible night of ear pain, but was pleasantly surprised of how superior they were to anything I had tried, still using earplugs from the very same box as my night-to-night noise relief
The redditification of hacker news
What single emoji would you choose instead?
It seems reasonable to me.
the dancing or partying ones, although admittedly we all scroll the phone more
jagaerglad commented on Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer (1987) [pdf] classes.matthewjbrown.net... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
I love using note-taking apps for this reason. They are a bottomless bucket into which you can throw unlimited unorganized thoughts. When you need them later, simply search.
which do you recommend? I do "note to self" in messaging apps and the search is alright but I guess there are better alternatives
jagaerglad commented on DeepMind releases Lyria 2 music generation model deepmind.google/discover/... · Posted by u/velcrobeg
This is contradicted by the fact that, throughout history, there have been tons of rich people who not even once had to do laundry or any other menial tasks.
Many of them were interested in art or produced it. And many led fulfilling lives without getting depressed from not working as some people fear.
Ok yes very good point you're right. What often happened in the olden times was that science took the shape of art, or religious or ideological conviction drove tireless creation.
Let's say science is left to the robots and the lack of "laundry" never leads to people's suffering, never leads to people asking the big questions about life, etc (I was making big assumptions about AI-keeps-us-as-pets, life in abundance, lack of common threats or conflicts etc). What art is there to create, sans banana stuck to the wall? Somebody in the thread joked about being fed through a tube in a pod or something
But yeah in such a case there will probably still be some fire art about the alienation implied by merely being a human. In the end, no AI can experience being a human that was replaced by AI. Given the vestigial remains of our by then atrophied intelligence can appreciate it
jagaerglad commented on DeepMind releases Lyria 2 music generation model deepmind.google/discover/... · Posted by u/velcrobeg
You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-Al is? Wrong direction.
I want Al to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for Al to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.
- Joanna Maciejewska
You could add music
I don't think there would be any art or writing to do if there was absolutely no "laundry and dishes", conflict, either. The Wall-e future seems more consistent with that honestly, but maybe I'm just revealing an ugly part of my own personality