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svl7 commented on Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain repebble.com/blog/meet-pe... · Posted by u/freshrap6

lopis · 13 days ago

Instead of a stand-alone piece of e-waste, how about this: a device with the same format (a ring and an button) but the only thing it does is trigger the pebble watch to start recording a message. This way the microphone isn't needed, just the radio (and much weaker radio at that), and the battery will last exponentially longer. Then just expose the charging terminals so that we can at least hack the device with custom made external charging controllers, or buy a charger separately.

svl7 · 13 days ago

That could be achievable without a battery, using a Piezo button like some Hue remotes... Though not sure with the small form factor.

svl7 commented on Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower supercarblondie.com/elect... · Posted by u/chris_overseas

svl7 · 2 months ago

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45675020

svl7 commented on MIT physicists improve the precision of atomic clocks news.mit.edu/2025/mit-phy... · Posted by u/pykello

at-fates-hands · 2 months ago

When I was in anthropology, many of the cultures I studied had very vague concepts of time (sunrise/sunset, passage of stars and constellations, different seasons). One of my professors spent two weeks about how time was a Western construct and how people want to go to such great lengths to have such precise measurement of it.

The very lengthy discussion around the concept was fascinating to me as a 23 year old college student who only knew it from one perspective.

svl7 · 2 months ago

This topic of time being a western construct, it's impact on society and life is one of the subjects in the excellent book "Borderliners" [1] by Peter Høeg. A favorite of mine, though I never read the English translation. It's a fascinating topic, and impacts our live more than we might be aware of or care to admit. I started thinking about it in a different way after reading this book.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderliners

svl7 commented on Jiratui – A Textual UI for interacting with Atlassian Jira from your shell jiratui.sh/... · Posted by u/gjvc

svl7 · 3 months ago

I'd love to work with this. The normal web view is annoyingly slow. Too bad it is not compatible with Api v2 used by on-prem Jira instances.

svl7 commented on Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features neowin.net/news/unofficia... · Posted by u/pinewurst

svl7 · 4 months ago

Link to repo as the article fails to even mention it: https://github.com/builtbybel/Flyby11

svl7 commented on Pebble Time 2 Design Reveal [video] youtube.com/watch?v=pcPzm... · Posted by u/net01

officeplant · 4 months ago

Why do they never show the back of the watch? They are tempting but I'm concerned they went with the usual intrusive heart rate monitor sensor package that jabs into your wrist.

svl7 · 4 months ago

It's visible at ca 6:47 in the video.

svl7 commented on Show HN: Wampy, interface addon for Linux-based Walkmans github.com/unknown321/wam... · Posted by u/unknown321

unknown321 · 10 months ago

Long rescan usually happens if there is a date mismatch between device date and pc. About porting rockbox - you'll have to integrate with almost all system services to keep Sony sound enhancements.

svl7 · 10 months ago

For me the database rebuild happens on every boot (NW-A55), no matter whether a file changed it not. It's the one thing that constantly annoys me with this device as it takes several minutes...

svl7 commented on Authors seek Meta's torrent client logs and seeding data in AI piracy probe torrentfreak.com/authors-... · Posted by u/miki123211

visarga · a year ago

> not entitled to easy and cheap access to data they don't own

This is not copyright as we know it. Copyright protects against copying, not accessing data. You can still compile statistics off data you don't own. The models are like a compressed version of the originals, so compressed you can't retrieve more than a few snippets of original text. Newer model train on filtered synthetic text, which is one step removed from the protected expression in the copyrighted works. Should abstractions be protected by copyright?

svl7 · a year ago

However in order to get to the compressed state, the original data would have to be processed in some way as a whole. This would require a copy of the material to be available. In case that copy was attained in an illegal way, what are the implications?

svl7 commented on Authors seek Meta's torrent client logs and seeding data in AI piracy probe torrentfreak.com/authors-... · Posted by u/miki123211

svl7 · a year ago

While Meta's use of copyrighted material might actually fall under fair use I wonder about the implications of having to use the whole source material for training purposes...

Let's say I quote some key parts of a copyrighted book in an way that complies with fair use for a work of mine. In order to find the quoted parts I have to read the whole book first. To read the book first I need to acquire it. If it was simply pirated, wouldn't that technically be the main issue, not the fair use part in their service? I am an absolute layman when it comes to the subject of law and just thinking loudly. It seems to me that admitting using pirated works could be more problematic on itself, regardless of the resulting fair use when it is clear that the whole content had to be consumed / processed to get to the result.

svl7 commented on Celebrating the timeless allure of Tintin's aesthetics collegetowns.substack.com... · Posted by u/thunderbong

Al-Khwarizmi · a year ago

Nice post about Tintin, one of my top childhood influences. I have a new edition of all the albums (much better than mine) unopened and ready for when my kid grows enough. The TV show wasn't so good IMHO - of course the narrative was great because it came from the comics, but animation quality was just so-so, or at least that's how I remember it.

If you liked Tintin and long for more comics of the same kind, I recommend you to try Blake and Mortimer. They're different (e.g. with a more serious and wordy style, hardly any comical gags, but also with more fantastic elements). But they are the closest I know, and in some aspects even better (I personally prefer them although I'm aware it's due to very subjective factors, most people would still rank Tintin higher overall and Blake and Mortimer don't have such a universal acclaim).

The only thing I dislike about the post is the gratuitous rant on AI at the end. It is great news that Tintin joins the public domain. Especially great because it's one of these cases where the owners have been especially abusive, chasing fan efforts done as a labor of love, lest they harm their sales of overpriced merchandising.

Why exactly should be worry about people generating AI images of Tintin? What is the harm done? We know what the original albums are, they will probably be preserved as long as there is human civilization (despite copyright, not thanks to it), and we can freely decide if we also want to read/watch/see derivative works (and which) or not. I just don't see the problem at all.

svl7 · a year ago

What also comes to mind is Yoko Tsuno [1]. I'm not sure how well known this is in the US. The creator Roger Leloup was supporting Hegré on the technical drawings. For people who like the 'ligne claire' style, definitely check it out. The science fiction aspect of it might appeal to the audience on HN.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Tsuno