Readit Newspedalpete commented on Android’s desktop interface leaks 9to5google.com/2026/01/27... · Posted by u/thunderbong
As mentioned in TFA, Android has had a "desktop" phone projection mode for years and it doesn't seem to have caught on. This seems to be a distro for dedicated desktop devices, I’m not sure what the point is when its main competitor would be the other OS Google already makes for those devices.
Google is transitioning from ChromeOS to desktop Android by 2028.
I don't understand who this is for?
How many software engineers are also cinematographers or directors?
I know that AI will democratize these roles and everyone can be a director, but why does it make sense to use JSX as the means to do that? It would require people to learn a new skill.
There must be a better abstraction for creating video that provides the granularity of providing direction to individual objects in a scene that doesn't require someone to understand JSX.
pedalpete commented on The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world (2019) bbc.com/future/article/20... · Posted by u/choult
This rule didn't hold in Israel in the last 3 years. Well over 3.5% went to the streets and the government remains in tact.
I have no idea how many Iranians have been involved in the protests, but it seems like they're getting past the 3.5% number as well..
Controversial question here.
When someone is arrested, the police can get a subpoena to enter your house, right?
There they can collect evidence regarding the case.
Digital protections should exist, but should they exist beyond what is available in the physical world? If so, why?
I think the wording of this is far too lenient and I understand the controversy of "if asked" vs "valid legal order", neither of which strictly say "subpoena", and of course, the controversy of how laws are interpreted/ignored in one country in particularly (yes, I'm looking at you USA).
Should there be a middle ground? Or should we always consider anything that is digital off-limits?
As the founder of https://ayvri.com, I thought/hoped you were taking over where we left off.
You're maybe on the path, but I'd recommend smoothing out the camera movement when going from point to point, and rather than go direct from point to point, you can calculate smooth arcs between almost any point.
This may be difficult in the Google Maps API, we built our own renderer, camera, etc.
I'm VERY surprised that the Google Maps API is priced in such a way that you can actually afford this if it got any amount of scale.
Happy to answer any questions if I can help.
pedalpete commented on Show HN: Figr – AI that thinks through product problems before designing figr.design/... · Posted by u/Mokshgarg003
I like the way you've framed the problem, and it's actually an issue I bring up with designers that I work with, not that they go directly to screens, but that they go from problem to ideation too quickly.
We work in hardware, so we don't have UI to work with. UX isn't just UI, which I'm sure you know. I'd like to see something like your product to help guide people through the right questions, rather than finding the solution.
One of the challenges I have with many AI subscriptions is that when you price in credits, I have no idea how many questions, or what kind of workflow that gives me. 10 credits. That could be 3 questions.
This was actually the business model issue we had with our last business, where we had to pay for map tiles, and we loaded thousands of them. For our B2B customers, we came up with a pricing model which said "per 1000 scenes" and they knew what a scene was. We still had no idea how big their scene was going to be, but we priced so that they could understand what they'd get, and they could verify, yes we opened 40,000 scenes.
For our B2C customers, we had a simple monthly subscription because they would only likely use so much. We barely made any money on the consumers, but it helped offset the costs.
This isn't just a you problem. But it is what prevents me from using a lot of, what may be, very good tools.
pedalpete commented on 'Active' sitting is better for brain health: review of studies sciencealert.com/not-all-... · Posted by u/mikhael
That this is the state of "science" is very disappointing, and whenever I see the domain sciencealert, am pretty much trained that it is going to be nonsense.
Sadly, other science publications seem to be following a not dissimilar trend.
pedalpete commented on What if AI is both good and not that disruptive? deadneurons.substack.com/... · Posted by u/nr378
There's a trust problem for that use case, though.
I don't have a primary care physician because in the area I live in, there are no doctors that I can find that are taking new patients.
Regardless, I wouldn't want any of my medical data exposed to an AI system even if that was the only way to get health care. I simply don't trust them enough for that (and HIPAA isn't strong enough to make me more comfortable).
This is common where I live also (Sydney, Australia).
However, I'm not suggesting the existing AI systems. There are health specific platforms such as Superpower, or in Australia Everlab, which are doing the blood-work, early detection type stuff. Then if there is something to address that gets handed off to a doctor.
We saw a very diverse group of users, the common uses was paragliders, gliders, and pilots who wanted to view their or other peoples flights. Ultramarathons, mountain bike and some road-races where it provided an interactive way to visualize the course from any angle and distance. Transportation infrastructure to display train routes to be built. The list goes on.