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gnatman··on Saab has unveiled its A3 collaborative combat aircraft concept
how about a 2-door 900 turbo revival?
gnatman··on “Weird” is a weird word
my third grade teacher taught us:

>i before e except after c

>or when sounded as 'a' as in neighbor or weigh

>or when it’s WEIRD

gnatman··on FreeInk: Open ecosystem for e-readers
Not true. I just bought an x4 on amazon and flashed crosspoint with no issues.
gnatman··on Show HN: Discover Wikipedia articles popular on Hacker News
Cool! I’ve been using this bookmark for years:

https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=wikipedia.org

gnatman··on On the nature of autobiographical memory
There’s a short story by Ted Chiang called “The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling” that addresses this idea. It bounces between a story written by a future journalist about always-on retina cameras, and historical fiction about the introduction of writing to an oral-only culture.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140222103103/http://subterrane...

gnatman··on Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country
you click on that number to drill down into more and more granular information
gnatman··on 70k Books Found in Hidden Library in This Germany Home (2023)
Not every book in a library is meant to be read like a novel. Some books need only be referenced, briefly and periodically.
gnatman··on Layoffs at Block
Karma farming to frontpage more AI news and startups?
gnatman··on I baked a pie every day for a year
I’m of the belief that doing just about anything every single day for a year will change your life! A key for me has been to “lower the bar” so that I can keep the promise to myself and maintain momentum through days of low energy or enthusiasm, e.g. playing the guitar for 1 minute, or writing 1 sentence.
gnatman··on I'm helping my dog vibe code games
>> On January 13th, I woke up to the news that Meta had another round of layoffs and my role specifically as a research engineer had been eliminated.

Not even 10x dog programmers are surviving in this economy

gnatman··on Iowa farmers are leading the fight for repair
Give it a shot, I guess. Sounds like you’ll have a big market in Iowa.
gnatman··on Iowa farmers are leading the fight for repair
That’s not what this is about, it’s about access to dealership level diagnostic software.

But you don’t have to wait for the farmers, you could “get Claude to code an entire car software and flash it onto your own hardware and put it in your car.” Post back here with your results!

gnatman··on Making Wolfram tech available as a foundation tool for LLM systems
If you go back to a random much older post you’ll find emdashes aplenty.

e.g. https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2014/07/launching-mathem...

gnatman··on “Car Wash” test with 53 models
LLMs sure do love to burn tokens. It’s like a high schooler trying to meet the minimum word length on a take home essay.
gnatman··on Ask HN: Why don't software developers make medical devices?
Is this the new “why don’t coal miners just learn how to code?”
gnatman··on Micropayments as a reality check for news sites
OK but the difference between $0.00 and $0.01 is also 1 cent.
gnatman··on The true history of the Minotaur: what archaeology reveals
the Master
gnatman··on Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)
maybe some sales look like this but anyone who models themselves after this or madmen or whatever… good luck.
gnatman··on Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife
It appears the Wildex user in your 2nd screenshot is about to get mauled to death.
gnatman··on Ask HN: How do founders demo real product without exposing sensitive data?
Surely real product with fake data is the answer. Fake data doesn’t necessarily mean “silly” data e.g. names like Larry Llama or myfaketestwebsite.com. There’s no reason why your real product running on sandboxed data should hurt your credibility.
gnatman··on Mathematicians disagree on the essential structure of the complex numbers (2024)
Yep- there’s some issues representing complex numbers in 3D space. You may want to check out quaternions.
gnatman··on A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight?
The project, the remote telescopes, custom software, late night whatsapp messages… what a project and what a write-up. Almost laughable to call these guys “amateurs”!

https://www.spaceobs.com/en/Alain-Maury-s-Blog/The-discovery...

gnatman··on Ask HN: Cheap laptop for Linux without GUI (for writing)
i highly recommend looking at an alphasmart neo or neo2. it’s a “can’t live without” tool in my daily life.
gnatman··on State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11?
I think the Windows user base is substantially smaller than 500 billion.
gnatman··on Tell HN: Drowning in information but still missing everything
Are you sure it’s necessary to know about competitor moves the instant they happen? I’m a salesman not a PM but I don’t feel the least bit embarrassed about hearing of a competitor feature from a customer. In fact now I have an opportunity to ask them questions about their need.
gnatman··on Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and results
Why should they if they’re buying some commoditized item on amazon, for example? I bought an ergonomic ice pack for my knee this morning, something I couldn’t find in the store near my house. Why should I scroll past the first, cheapest, decent looking item that meets my needs? As a moral duty, perhaps. At any rate, advertisement doesn’t necessarily mean scam.
gnatman··on Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
I love my wera kraftform
gnatman··on East Germany balloon escape
The investment, planning, danger, and dogged persistence… incredible story.
gnatman··on Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin speaks to Tatsuya Takahashi (2017)
He still works for Korg! Leads their R&D branch in Berlin.
gnatman··on Tell HN: Math academy and iPad and sleep issues solved = me learning math
I don’t know if you’ll see this but I followed your lead, bought an ipad+pencil, subscribed to math academy, and have been using the “math notes” feature on the iOS calculator. This is the self-study workflow I’ve been dreaming of. Thank you!!!
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