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loueed commented on EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars   restofworld.org/2025/ev-d... · Posted by u/belter
loueed · 2 months ago
Computers get old and EV tech is constantly improving. ICE has been stable for decades. Tesla believes they can increase the market value of older EV's eventually by pushing autonomous driving.

I like the direction of https://slate.auto. Module, bring-your-own-computer. We'll see if they allow affordable trade-in's for upgrading battery/motors.

They could also work with CommaAI for autonomy.

loueed commented on Show HN: I made a website that saves you up to 2 hours a day   thezentask.netlify.app... · Posted by u/nikitavolkov
loueed · 10 months ago
Nice work - The link is broken due to the `www.`, works fine without it https://thezentask.netlify.app

A couple of suggestions: 1. Instead of multiple tiny inputs, you could have a single form with a date picker which defaults to todays date. Clicking a column header could set the date input value. 2. An end user wont know about the formatting requirements for entering task duration. A more user friendly option would be to parse the duration from the task name. Using some regex to match, heres an example.

// Look for time patterns like "30min", "1h", "2 hours", etc. const timeRegex = /(\d+)\s*(min|mins|minutes|h|hr|hrs|hours)/; const match = text.match(timeRegex);

loueed commented on ELI5: Why Apple's silicon consumption is so much better than AMD and Intel?    · Posted by u/kwanbix
loueed · a year ago
Apple's chips are based on the ARM architecture, which is inherently more power-efficient than the x86 architecture used by AMD and Intel for their laptops. Apple also designs these chips in-house.

Apple is using a combination of high-performance and high-efficiency cores (Big.LITTLE architecture), allowing the chip to balance performance and power usage based on the task at hand. They also include dedicated hardware for specific tasks (like video encoding/decoding), which can be more efficient than performing these tasks on general-purpose cores.

AMD and Intel design chips for a wide range of devices and systems, requiring a more generic approach. This limits their ability to optimise for specific hardware and software combinations. Apple designs chips solely for its own products, allowing for tighter integration between chip, hardware, and software.

loueed commented on Apple Vision Pro's components cost $1,542–but that's not the full story   arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/mpweiher
loueed · 2 years ago
Sony has a monopoly and limited production on MicroOLED, which is why the displays are the most expensive part of Vision Pro.

Apple is reported to be testing displays from BOE, Apple will be able to negotiate better prices once Sony loses their monopoly.

If Vision Pro 2 is planned for 2027, we might see Apple use Samsung eMagin OLED.

loueed commented on Tesla FSD Timeline   motherfrunker.ca/fsd/... · Posted by u/cromulent
infotogivenm · 2 years ago
Are they still all-in on “pure vision” self-driving? I thought they had pivoted back to lidar but can’t seem to find any sources for that.
loueed · 2 years ago
Pure Vision currently. The last we heard about LiDAR was the issue of combining Lidar Data with Vision in the NN. Which technology should take priority in the NN? For example LiDAR might recognise the shape of a sign but vision will know if its a stop sign or not.

I'd be super interested to see if someone has successfully combined RGB data with LIDAR data.

loueed commented on Ask HN: Mailchimp is shutting down TinyLetter. Alternatives?    · Posted by u/mbforbes
loueed · 2 years ago
mailerlite.com has a free tier for 12,000 emails per month but limited to 1,000 subscribers.

If you don't mind writing a bit of javascript, you could use Cloudflare workers which allow sending emails via MailChannels API. Be sure to setup certificates so people cant spoof your domain.

loueed commented on Show HN: Host a Website in the URL   smolsite.zip/UEsDBBQAAgAI... · Posted by u/acidx
maxbond · 2 years ago
You can use this trick to get a handy notepad.

    data:text/html,<html contenteditable>
I keep it on my bookmarks toolbar.

loueed · 2 years ago
I also have a bookmarklet for quick notes.

> data:text/html,<html contenteditable><body style="margin: 10vh auto; max-width: 720px; font-family: system-ui"><h1>New Note

I added some basic styles so I can screenshare :D

Also in most browsers, CTRL + B, I and U work in contenteditable divs.

loueed commented on Internet-connected cars fail privacy and security tests conducted by Mozilla   gizmodo.com/mozilla-new-c... · Posted by u/rntn
sergiosgc · 2 years ago
My only experience with touchscreen cars is with the Model 3. You don't need the screen for operational stuff needed for driving. Off the top of my head, these are all on the steering wheel/stalks:

- Blinkers

- High beams

- Gearbox

- Climate control temperature up/down

- Cruise control enable/disable, speed change

- Media volume, media next/previous

- Phone call answer/hangup/volume

- Windshield wipers

On the next Model 3 version, they are moving the gearbox controls over to the screen. I have my doubts about that, but I'll complain once I have driven one.

loueed · 2 years ago
From what I've seen, they include a fallback set of gear shifter buttons below the centre console. These work even if the screen is black.

I do see a lot of praise for its ability to auto shift, basically it should predict the direction of the vehicle based on the surrounding environment.

loueed commented on Better LLM response format – A simple trick reduces costs and response time   betterprogramming.pub/yam... · Posted by u/livshitz
livshitz · 2 years ago
I've composed a post that could be of interest to those of you working with GPT (or any other LLM) and seeking JSON as an output. Here's a simple trick that can help reduce expenses and improve response times.
loueed · 2 years ago
Interesting post, I've not used YAML outputs as of yet. When using GPT3.5 for JSON, I found that requesting minified JSON reduces the token count by a significant amount. In the example you mention, the month object minified is 28 tokens vs 96 tokens formatted. It actually beats the 50 Tokens returned from YAML.

It seems like the main issue is whitespace and indentation which YAML requires unlike JSON.

loueed commented on Anyone here feels like they don't build anything?    · Posted by u/endlessloops
loueed · 2 years ago
What do you enjoy most about software dev? Open source is great for basically any area of software development, you could create some PRs to existing projects you find interesting. I'm a frontend dev but recently enjoyed learning about Deno and built a tiny blog using their Deno KV service, I'm now trying to built a super basic sandbox like codepen using Cloudflare Workers and KV.

If you're not a fan of serverless, fly.io or render.com are great for hobbyist projects.

Also ChatGPT can be great to help work out a project idea.

u/loueed

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