electic | 1 year ago | on: My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
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electic | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Biblos – Semantic Bible Embedded Vector Search and Claude LLM
Very cool project, AI is definitely going to transform religion and make it far more relatable and understandable. If anyone is interested, we released Noah's Bible that has full ChatGPT integration. You can click on any verse and get a full summary and chat about any verse.
One thing we also added is imagery, generated by AI, which gives the Bible imagery that most text based bibles do not have.
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noahs-bible-ai-powered-bible/i... Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ai.noah
electic | 2 years ago | on: Adobe Account Expiration
I got this email and I went to sign in and my account is gone even though the email said I have 90 days. I guess they deleted everything and all my Behance data as well.
electic | 2 years ago | on: Dragonfly – Performant in-memory data store
There was a great HN post of DragonFly vs. some other databases: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31796311.
I am not sure if the latest version improves performance but those are some bold claims of Dragonfly.
electic | 2 years ago | on: Almost 90M American Adults Struggle to Make Ends Meet, Census Says
most of the federal budget is actually used for entitlement programs.
electic | 3 years ago | on: Apple blocks Coinbase Wallet
This is not what is happening here. It's worse. If you want to send a NFT to another address, you need gas to complete the transaction.
Coinbase does not get gas fees to complete the transaction. This isn't a swap. This isn't an exchange for ETH.
Absurd and I've downvoted you.
electic | 3 years ago | on: FTX’s collapse was a crime, not an accident
FTX isn't DeFi. It is a centralized exchange, similar to a bank or a brokerage. DeFi, ironically, is the complete opposite of this.
electic | 3 years ago | on: FTX faces potential hack, sees mysterious outflows totaling more than $600M
This isn't crypto. This is a centralized exchange with a centralized website, with centralized databases, that is run and controlled by humans. In fact, if you use a centralized exchange there is no use of blockchain for the most part.
There's a literal saying, "Not your keys, not your coins". Only if people would listen.
electic | 3 years ago | on: FTX Token, FTT down by more than 80% in less than 24 hours
You really do not with Bitcoin. If there are local regulations with declaration, sure. But the fees are dramatically lower to move the funds than using banks.
electic | 3 years ago | on: FTX Token, FTT down by more than 80% in less than 24 hours
I am going to go out on a limb here and say you have not moved any significant amount of money around, especially internationally. Trying moving $250,000, between the paperwork, back and forth, fees, it is a nightmare.
electic | 3 years ago | on: FX GBP Futures Halted
electic | 3 years ago | on: I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard
Some quick feedback here. The knob for me is not needed but backlight would be nice. Overall, love it.
electic | 3 years ago | on: Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement
It is quite easy to prove twitter is mostly full of bots. You do not even need a firehose to come to that conclusion.
electic | 3 years ago | on: Thieves in London target digital investors by taking phones
Do not have non-custodial, or custodial, wallets on your phone. It is incredibly not wise.
electic | 4 years ago | on: Nimiq Identicons
There was a lot of discussion about boring avatars last week. This project is unique because it presents identicons as unique cartoon characters. Thought it was interesting and could use community love.
Demo page: https://nimiq.github.io/identicons/
electic | 5 years ago | on: Mexico approves law against right to repair
This law also means that users will not be ale to repair or modify their electronic devices unless they take them directly to the manufacturer. Small repair shops will be illegal or prone to high fees; only the big manufacturers will be allowed to continue repairs. And if any device has a software lock, for example the 2018 MacBook Pro, it will be illegal to bypass it, and it will require you to go only to apple.
wow
electic | 6 years ago | on: San Diego Awarded GE Mass Surveillance Contract Without Oversight
There is a developers guide that shows all the information that is collected [1]. It doesn't look good. There is also full API documentation here which outlines what data is returned [2].
[1] https://developer.gecurrent.com/cityiq/developers-guide
[2] https://docs.cityiq.io/#05-Media%20Planning%20API/API%20Maps...
electic | 6 years ago | on: The Pineapple Fund donated $55M in nonprofit Bitcoin grants
This is a huge problem and most sites that do report the price often report it wrong. If you are interested here is the realtime price segmented via a streaming pool of reputable exchanges that stream their trades directly for tally vs. tickers. So the accuracy is high and by the minute. API is also available. [1]
electic | 6 years ago | on: ‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room
This isn't accurate. In the Bay Area some cities have decided to run their own public utilities instead of relying on PG&E.
For example, Santa Clara runs their own public utility[2]. The average resident pays about 10.4 cents per KWh. That's about 30 percent less than rates PG&E charges.
Also, their energy is greener and their infrastructure is better maintained.
The problem with for profit utilities is that they are incentivized to keep things as lean as possible. They neglect maintenance of their infrastructure and use that money for bonuses and dividends. You can see that played out here [1].
[1] https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-diverted-safety-...
electic | 6 years ago | on: Cryptocurrency Startup School
There will never be a singular killer app for crypto. Just like there isn't a killer app for USD or Gold. It is the aggregate adoption, as a transfer of value, across numerous use cases that makes any currency valued.
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Btw, this game reminds me of BBS door games. Great stuff.