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RobotCaleb

1,081 karma · joined February 28, 2012

I'm a programmer. I make things and voice opinions.

If you want to talk to me, gmail -> robotrising

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RobotCaleb··on Waymo racked up 8,300 SF parking tickets and nearly $1M in fines
That's quite a large gap in which the vehicle doesn't exist at all
RobotCaleb··on I was wrong about MCPs
I can't help you with that
RobotCaleb··on I was wrong about MCPs
You mean the 2D red on blue image? It's just how your eyes work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromostereopsis
RobotCaleb··on Hy4 preview
How would a computer generated video be live action?
RobotCaleb··on Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full
It's not about size or file count or disk space consumed. The question is about why would you require the extra overhead of playing the compressed version which involves decompressing it on the fly in some way, versus just playing the already decompressed version.

In this case it was stated that both the compressed and decompressed versions live side by side. So there is no install size saved.

RobotCaleb··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)
It did! Thank you. I've added it to my reader
RobotCaleb··on We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
So, if a corporation can suck up entire books to teach their machines how to think using the information from those books, can we (all humans) join a single corporation that provides all books to its employees? Just need one copy of each and we'll make that copy digitally available for our employees so they can learn from and utilize the knowledge from the books. It's not copyright infringement, they're employees.
RobotCaleb··on Low-Tech Ceramic Water Filter
Why should I trust an AI generated encyclopedia?
RobotCaleb··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)
Cooool! Do you have an epub?
RobotCaleb··on MariaDB: Promote getting to 10k GitHub stars in server log and client prompt
Never did
RobotCaleb··on We discovered a new variant of Super Mario Bros
Is ChatGPT well known for its skills in appraising NES cartridges?
RobotCaleb··on Neo Radar: A browser-based orbital mechanics engine with 41k real asteroids
He did not use AI to correct his spelling. He used AI to think for him. Did he misspell "As for the naysayers: noted. Shipping is the answer."?
RobotCaleb··on Neo Radar: A browser-based orbital mechanics engine with 41k real asteroids
Just say what you mean instead of hoping a machine says it for you.
RobotCaleb··on Neo Radar: A browser-based orbital mechanics engine with 41k real asteroids
Delegating comment responses to the machine, too.
RobotCaleb··on LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent
Ah, yes, the bigotedly named company.
RobotCaleb··on Canada's Forests Will Burn and Burn
So a really large drone
RobotCaleb··on Ask HN: How do you use LLMs for private discussions?
I don't
RobotCaleb··on Defeating Git Rigour Fatigue with Jujutsu
Oooh, my apologies, then! I misunderstood
RobotCaleb··on Defeating Git Rigour Fatigue with Jujutsu
I'm excited for your delayed comment. I'm sure going to take note that you delayed it and come back later to read it because I'm super interested in what it is that you've delayed. You know, you can just write the comment instead of holding your place in line
RobotCaleb··on Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean
If only there was a way that other people could benefit from your having learned it
RobotCaleb··on Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race
I don't know, I didn't ask my AI
RobotCaleb··on UC Irvine researchers bring down AI powered drones with painted umbrellas
Then I think you're missing the point. Any opaque head covering would not be enough to bring the drone in to capturing or sensor attacking distance. The point is to get the drone to close distance not to stop tracking.
RobotCaleb··on Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down
Did we find the smoker?
RobotCaleb··on Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
No, somebody famous had to influence you for it to exist. The real progenitors are always other people.
RobotCaleb··on Pebble Round 2
Use the microphones
RobotCaleb··on The First Photographs of Snowflakes Discover the Groundbreaking Microphotography (2017)
(1885)
RobotCaleb··on Inca Stone Masonry
This is neat but I could have done without the poor diction, AI voice, and inaccessible subtitles.
RobotCaleb··on Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched
It's still their license plate motto and it's still not dependent on your moral objection
RobotCaleb··on Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched
I'm sure that's their state license plate motto regardless of your moral objection
RobotCaleb··on Video game union workers rally against $55B private acquisition of EA
I'm not saying that you're wrong, just implying that it's not right.
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