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dreamer7

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just another guy with a dream and a computer
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dreamer7··on My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now (GLM-4.5 Air)
I am able to run Gemma 3 12B on my M1 MBP 16GB. It is pretty good at logic and reasoning!
dreamer7··on Local LLM Agents – Do they work?
This is consistent with my own experiments with local LLM models. I've also been experimenting with chaining the model to flagship LLMs when it is incapable of achieving the outcome using Langgraph.

It is good as a learning tool or to use in applications where latency is not a concern but there can be a high number of requests. But, not yet fast enough to do auto-complete on an IDE for instance.

dreamer7··on Hierarchical Reasoning Model – 1k training samples SoTA reasoning v/s CoT
To a casual observer, this seems like a big deal. Can knowledgeable folks comment on this work?
dreamer7··on Meshtastic: An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network
Is it feasible to create a mesh network using Bluetooth on participating smart phones?

In crowded places like college campuses, we could run campus IM on it for instance

dreamer7··on How to turn off Google's "privacy sandbox" ad tracking, and why you should
I now use Firefox Focus as my default phone browser. It's great! Lacks a lot of the gestures that make Chrome good. But it deletes tab history by default on closing the app which makes it an adequate sandbox to open one-off links in
dreamer7··on Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace
I already migrated from Keep just for this reason. It's ok to make temporary notes there but for long lasting organisation I prefer a different solution
dreamer7··on U-2 pilot's selfie above China's balloon taken over Missouri
Oops. I meant to say skydiving.
dreamer7··on U-2 pilot's selfie above China's balloon taken over Missouri
Apologies for the naive questions in advance.

Is it not possible to go up there in a hot air balloon to inspect it from a closer distance?

Also, what about base jumping onto it?

Are there any methods of getting it back to the ground intact?

dreamer7··on AI is coming to Hollywood with Metaphysic
At some point, AI will replace stuntmen with completely synthesized action scenes. Contrast that with the money that was poured into one scene in MI7 where Tom Cruise rides a bike off a cliff.

If AI could make us feel the same way as Tom Cruise himself jumping off a cliff, isn't it a no-brainer to use it?

If we stretch this scenario to the ultimate - Generating an entire movie using AI, it doesn't feel as fun, as real. But I wonder if it is the future

dreamer7··on Show HN: Noctie – A chess AI that predicts your rating
I had a fun game. Was disappointed that the AI blundered a piece fairly early in the game. Overall, I felt I was not being pushed at all.
dreamer7··on Which face is real?
True, in most cases, backgrounds with a lot of elements (ex: a house in the background) were part of real pictures
dreamer7··on Jack Dorsey texts Elon Musk, March 26, 2022
The chat thread looked so farcical that I had to double check it wasn't a parody account. Is it possible the text has been edited? It just looks too scripted, especially since Jack Dorsey had shared his thoughts regarding Twitter being intended as a protocol publicly.
dreamer7··on Uify: One Workspace
I was confused too. At one point I got the same impression that the multiplayer collab was for building the apps. But in another section, it seemed to be for the app users.
dreamer7··on Whisper – open source speech recognition by OpenAI
Did you find out :D?
dreamer7··on Magnus Carlsen retains title after winning lopsided match
Excuse my ignorance. Is Jan really that good of a player to be Magnus' second? Somehow his laidback style commentary made me feel he was not too serious with preparation
dreamer7··on Cue: A new language for data validation
Potentially naive question - If I had a non-user-facing CRUD admin backend, why should I not use this for validating the data while creating or editing records?
dreamer7··on Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
I went back and checked Apple's keynote and noticed that all their presenters faced the camera. But the camera itself was panning slightly which helped, as you said, to feel less stuffy. Nice!
dreamer7··on Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
One interesting thing to note is how much more high-budget Hollywood style Apple's event feels in comparison to Google's event. Having watched the two events on successive days, some things stand out -

Apple throws numbers repeatedly at you through out the presentation and you end up remembering quite a few useless statistics (55.7 billion transitors in M1 Max)

Apple makes a much bigger deal about each device with lots of close ups and pseudo x-raying of the product. Google just throws in a Pro with an extra camera that you can barely make out on the dark glass.

Apple spends several minutes talking about their SoC. Google says it spent years on Tensor and just leaves it as a shiny golden box.

The weirdest thing in the Google presentation is that several sections had presenters talking to a different camera than facing the screen. That just felt very strange.

dreamer7··on Google Pixel 6 Launch [video]
As someone famous on YouTube says -

"Glass is glass. And glass breaks"

dreamer7··on MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
Have Macbook Pro sales been declining for the past few years? I can understand removing the touchbar as a bad experiment but I thought Apple was obstinate about the move to USB-C. Really did not expect this backpeddling.

Edit - I'm definitely pleased with the move to add more ports. Just surprised.

dreamer7··on MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
I have nothing against being thick. The 2012 model was thicker but I like its design
dreamer7··on MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
I don't really like the chassis design. It looks dated. But the rest of the Macbook Pro sounds really exciting!

For those who missed the keynote, here are some laugh-inducing moments - "Our Pro users love to use physical function keys. So we have added them"

"Our Pro users like to connect a lot of devices without using a lot of dongles"

dreamer7··on Tricks I wish I knew when I learned TypeScript
Could you point to any good resources on this topic?
dreamer7··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021)
vendi | Senior Software Engineer | Full-time | Bengaluru or Remote | https://vendiapp.com We are looking for engineers with a wide array of interests and skills ranging from backend (NodeJS, Python) to data (BigQuery) to automations and more.

vendi wants to make peer-to-peer transactions mainstream. There is a massive amount of value in P2P untapped due to the risks and hassles associated. 90% users have been scammed or tried to get scammed buying and selling phones. To unlock this value you need trust and a reliable user experience to work. vendi starts with phones as they form part of a high risk category with a lot of fraud. A risky market according to most payment gateways. Furthermore, phones and electronic waste form part of the fastest growing type of waste in the world. This also unlocks to build a bigger, safer and fairer circular economy. We start with a marketplace to set the right experience and provide the trust users need. Instead of helping accelerate the growth of waste, why not accelerate the growth of wealth?

To apply, email me (CTO) - anil at vendiapp.com

dreamer7··on The PineNote is an e-ink notebook that runs Linux
I'm not sure I agree about Amazon being good with updates. They removed the ability to change orientation for no good reason!
dreamer7··on The Clickbaitification of Netflix
What was the duration for which you collected results? Was it 2 weeks or a month etc?
dreamer7··on Apps Getting Worse
Gmail is a very good example of a finished app being tinkered with. No one asked for Meet to be integrated. There was already a good app for Meet. Then came Chat and Rooms!!
dreamer7··on Show HN: Open-source A/B testing framework
Would this be useful for A/B testing mobile app features as well?
dreamer7··on Use Spreadsheets Everywhere
This is a valid point! Anyone who has built an admin dashboard knows that the UX of being able to edit any field in any row on an Excel is hard to replicate without additional edit buttons and dialogs popping up.
dreamer7··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)
vendi | Senior Software Engineer | Full-time | Bengaluru or Remote | https://vendiapp.com

We are looking for engineers with a wide array of interests and skills ranging from backend (NodeJS, Python) to data (BigQuery) to automations and more.

vendi wants to make peer-to-peer transactions mainstream. There is a massive amount of value in P2P untapped due to the risks and hassles associated. 90% users have been scammed or tried to get scammed buying and selling phones. To unlock this value you need trust and a reliable user experience to work. vendi starts with phones as they form part of a high risk category with a lot of fraud. A risky market according to most payment gateways. Furthermore, phones and electronic waste form part of the fastest growing type of waste in the world. This also unlocks to build a bigger, safer and fairer circular economy. We start with a marketplace to set the right experience and provide the trust users need. Instead of helping accelerate the growth of waste, why not accelerate the growth of wealth?

To apply, email me (CTO) - anil at vendiapp.com

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