egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: Gulf Stream weakening now 99% certain, and ramifications will be global
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egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: Nearly half of CEOs believe AI could replace their own jobs
Nearly half of CEOs — 49% — say AI could effectively replace “most,” or even “all,” of their own roles, and 47% say it might even be a good thing.
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engineers
That’s exactly what a bot would say.
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: I built an app that lets you create and chat with 3D AI characters
Pretty cool, but it stopped responding after 3-4 questions.
Also, removing the text from the input after submit would be nice so that user doesn't have to erase it before typing the next prompt.
Good luck!
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: Sorry, Your Paper Coffee Cup Is a Toxic Nightmare
A coffee shop I go to allows you to purchase a glass to-go in store (with some silicone wrapping on the outside to not burn your hands). I quite like the idea.
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation
Anyone tried running it on SteamDeck?
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: Positive association between altitude and suicide in U.S. counties
maybe there are other factors at play here; who knows how long would they live if they didn't live near traffic.
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: How to find a street in 2 minutes [video]
I think Google Maps is doing something similar where it sometimes asks you to take photos/a video of the street you’re walking on to detrmine your location more precisely (I think it happens when the GPS is not giving good enough precision).
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: The 30-year mortgage is an intrinsically toxic product (2018)
This up conversion can still make sense even if the interest rates don’t go down as with the 800k/5% mortgage, a larger portion of your monthly payment is made up of interest, thus also your tax bonus is higher and in net terms you can end up ahead even in time horizon of 20+ years before the down conversion.
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: The 30-year mortgage is an intrinsically toxic product (2018)
Isn’t the rent going to go up over 30 years? My guess at least inflation adjusted?
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: “Sadly, I Think Godot Is a Scam. I'm Not Sure I Can Do This.”
Typical off by on
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into food
Don’t store it in the fridge anymore, but using these and they are pretty good: https://www.mambaby.com/p/feel-good-260ml-forest-glass-baby-...
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into food
I’ve switched to glass bottles for my daughter pretty early on, but most of the bottles used for breast milk pumps are plastic (e.g. https://www.medela.com/breastfeeding/products/collecting/sto...), and are supposed to be boiled after each use for disinfection. I really wonder how durable they are and how much microplastic ends up in that breastmilk…
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: Why do recipe writers lie about how long it takes to caramelize onions? (2012)
You should watch a couple of Iron Chef episodes if you want to feel extra slow :D
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: New cars are just for rich people now
People should check car prices in Denmark and then they wouldn’t feel so bad about prices in the US.
Kia Rio starting at $32k, with median salary 15% lower than the US.
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cave
You might want to watch Alone reality show. It can get tougher with time. It’s not easy to be alone.
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: What we know about the Apple Neural Engine
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: ChatGPT can now call Wolfram Alpha
I think he might actually be onto something here. If you saw Wolfram use WolframAlpha, he’s very good at it, but you kinda need to know what it knows and how to ask for it to be smooth and useful. If this initial hurdle gets removed, this power could enable the usage of WolframAlpha by many more people. And honestly it’s a very powerful combo.
egman_ekki | 2 years ago | on: ChatGPT can now call Wolfram Alpha
…and copy, marketing strategy, etc
egman_ekki | 3 years ago | on: DPReview.com to close
> Smartphone cameras work pretty well outdoors where there is enough light. DSLR and mirroless are hard to beat indoors in low light conditions.
I was sightseeing in the night and had my Nikon D7100 (crop sensor) with a good lens (up to f/1.8 iirc) and Samsung Galaxy S8+. After the first few shots, I put the dslr back to my backpack, the photos from the phone were much better. And that’s a pretty old smartphone!
I know newer Sonys have crazy ISO, also own a fullframe, but it’s just so easy to mess some setting up and end up with crappy photo from a dslr in those challenging conditions, and I’m no beginner when it comes to dslrs.
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