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ottomanbob | 5 months ago | on: Autonomously Generative Non-Invasive Interface by Sundae Labs

"Autonomously Generative Non-invasive interface (AGNi) turns devices into trustworthy, consent-driven and ubiquitous systems that learn you, to serve you. Its computing architecture breaks the double bind of privacy & safety vs. necessity & dependency. AGNi offers an unprecedented opportunity to repurpose tech & AI, to advance human flourishing. We are building a new ecosystem where your personal data is not usable against you, to manipulate you, where decentralized personal AI agents and services are shaped exclusively with your own data and context. The AGNi-verse is made of:

Sol Garden, an AI super-computer and a data-factory in your home, to empower your productivity, privacy, self-knowledge, well-being, health, education and entertainment.

Orchard, your safe and reliable AGNi-verse of devices that help reduce harms inflicted by tech (home-speaker, laptop, mobile phone), wearables (watch, ring, glasses) and robots.

Toolshed, a new privacy by design app-store that enables AI developers to build trustworthy AI services."

ottomanbob | 5 months ago | on: Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025

Wow, deflation is becoming so obvious that even the geniuses at Harvard are noticing.

ottomanbob | 4 years ago | on: Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus

Occam’s razor points to PoW.

ottomanbob | 4 years ago | on: Samsara S-1

In buddhism, "the world" is material, personal, and full of suffering. It is something to let go.

ottomanbob | 4 years ago | on: Samsara S-1

Yes, kind of baffling name choice? I suspect they totally misunderstood the concept as a replenishing / refreshing cycle rather than the self-perpetuating nature of suffering.

ottomanbob | 4 years ago | on: The Infrastructure Bill’s Targeting of Cryptocurrencies Makes Americans Poorer

This article is a clever way of introducing people to the bitcoin bull's way of seeing the world.

ottomanbob | 4 years ago | on: The Highest Forms of Wealth

Amazing comment. Wisdom to discern the difference between where you can be agentic and where you can't.

ottomanbob | 4 years ago | on: Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote buttons

This is a small step in a generally right direction. Should be celebrated!

ottomanbob | 4 years ago | on: Sub-zero water splitting marks a new dawn for solar hydrogen production

Can someone qualified give an accurate upper bound to the potential of this innovation?

ottomanbob | 4 years ago | on: A call to minimize distraction and respect users’ attention (2013)

I've been dying for a tool like this. Just want to sort hacker news by week / months. So I could stop checking everyday. Will give feedback

ottomanbob | 4 years ago | on: We’re no longer naming suspects in minor crime stories

This generally makes sense to me, but what signifies "significant crimes" besides murder, which is mentioned in the article? I had a friend who was all over the news after being charged with multiple counts of rape and sodomy. He was completely acquitted and the case never went to trial. Still, he'll never clear his name online. That being said, I'm not saying I know what the rules should be.

ottomanbob | 5 years ago | on: Procrastination is flight, deadline is fight, freeze is staring at the screen

Figuring exactly this out in my early 20s. The problem is not the productivity framework, the problem is emotional.

ottomanbob | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do I learn drawing?

This book is incredible. I went from “can’t draw a straight line” to realism in a week. Happy to upload some proofs, haha.

ottomanbob | 5 years ago | on: Statement by Jeff Bezos to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary

The road to hell is named with good intentions.

ottomanbob | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

Any shorthand Roman alphabet. Saves time and offers not insignificant amount of encryption.

ottomanbob | 7 years ago | on: Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag

They’ve completely ghosted me on returning my model 3 reservation money as well. After they offered it to me. Never asked.

ottomanbob | 7 years ago | on: Self-Playing Pipe Organ

Former church pipe organist here. I've always thought organ is a great candidate for a digitally manipulated real instrument as playing with precision and feel is NOT dependent on fine motor functions as it is for most keyboard and string instruments.

Press velocity is not correlated with volume- in fact sound is not dependent on a key press at all. Organs don't really require percussive mechanical functions for a full range of control: an idea virtual/real instrument.

ottomanbob | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Design and Simulate Molecules in Virtual Reality

hi pavlov! Our token sale was for a complementary platform, matryx. We are very serious about our token and have be chugging full steam ahead with development. Our public alpha is live on testnet and we have established some key partners in EDU including the UC system and Chinese Academy of sciences.

I can't speak for our org. as a whole re: the blockchain hype, but my general feeling is relief. It's now time to focus on what really matters: great projects + people. Sadly, we're an exception for continuing to build during the "winter."

Integrating Matryx into the Nanome interface is a huge priority for us.

http://matryx.ai http://alpha.matryx.ai

ottomanbob | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Design and Simulate Molecules in Virtual Reality

Great point, we're implementing haptic feedback in newer builds. I never really thought of how meaningful it could be for describing forcefields. interesting...

ottomanbob | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Design and Simulate Molecules in Virtual Reality

Nanome was originally built on Unity. I can't speak to the experience with Steam from a dev perspective, but we did upload our original product to early access almost 3 years ago. The software has an entirely new codebase today. Submissions to other stores like Oculus were much more strenuous and heavily audited.