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k_landeron Barcelona residents used sensors to demonstrate high noise levels at night

This is a fantastic idea and is badly needed in residential neighbourhoods of cities all around the world.

Is there a chrome equivalent to this?

k_landeron The Economic Logic of (some) Amazingly Awful Websites

"Nigerian 419 scammers (and other fraudsters) employ similar tactics -- their methods are intensive on the scammer's time, so the pitches they make are so obviously bogus that anyone with half a brain (or more) realizes they're bogus. Automatically selecting for those with less than half a brain."

Someone should create an scam responder bot tied to an email address that people can forward their spam emails to. The AI would then attempt to engage with the scammers in a human like manner, the intention being to increase their engagement cost. Anything like this exist already?

EDIT: Yup. Google threw this up: https://www.rescam.org/

k_landeron Ask HN: Is no anti-virus software still best practice for mac?

Thanks!

k_landeron GSMA puts eSIM work 'on hold' due to US collusion investigation

But why put it on hold? Wouldn't it make more sense to fast-track instead after these signs of carrier collusion are coming to the surface?

k_landeron What’s Not Included in Facebook’s “Download Your Data”

Makes me wonder how many "features" considered internally at FB, Google, etc are being scrapped only because it would not be worth the risk of potential backlash by spooked out users even though they have in their possession all the necessary data.

k_landeron Ask HN: Is no anti-virus software still best practice for mac?

Got any links to articles to walk through getting this set up?

k_landeron Machine Learning’s ‘Amazing’ Ability to Predict Chaos

Why did they choose such a specific task to make a general statement? Wouldn't it make more sense to say, predict the real world complex motion of a double pendulum?

k_landeron FCC approves SpaceX plan for satellite broadband network

Is it feasible for the satellites to optically relay?

k_landeron Gobee.bike pulls out of France due to mass destruction of its bike fleet

You can say, "Just force them to put deposit, and if the bike is damaged, deduct their deposit." Well, how do you know if the bike is damaged by them, and not random bypassers?

You don't but the point of the deposit is simply to act as a deterrent. When your deposit is on the line, you have an incentive to look after the bike while it is in your possession. You wouldn't purposely seek to damage it if it is going to cost you. It takes the "fun" out of vandalising and that is usually sufficient.

k_landeron SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches

i think its expected to next swing past earth in 2030

k_landeron Enter 'petro': Venezuela to launch oil-backed cryptocurrency

MakerDAO has been working on a Stablecoin for the past 2 years and plans a release later this month.

k_landeron Scientists can now tweak DNA molecules to store data

Question: with latent virus code removed, does the cell use less energy to replicate or is able to replicate faster?

k_landeron Tesla Strikes Deal With Shanghai to Build Factory in China

Isn't that what Elon Musk wants though?

k_landeron Ask HN: What's the next big advance in AI you're looking forward to most?

Developing a sense of humor

k_landeron In-Depth View of Wave Computing’s DPU Architecture, Systems

is this similar to what graphcore.ai is attempting?

k_landeron “Learning How to Learn,” the most popular course on Coursera

yeah, same. felt the entire course could've been compressed to a 12-point medium article.

k_landeron Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby Lake Refresh

Why is ECC sought after on the desktop?

k_landeron Gates Makes Largest Donation Since 2000 with $4.6B Pledge

For many it helps to know that your dollars are going to have a modest impact on society. Effective Altruism attempts to identify areas that are more likely to do so:

https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/introduction-to-e...

k_landeron Aadhaar: Ushering in a Commercialized Era of Surveillance in India

To clarify, instead of submitting his actual aadhar details, the user submits a generated token that can be used by the information-requesting party to pull details of the user from the aadhaar database. This transaction is logged and the user gets to see the details of the party who requested it.

k_landeron Aadhaar: Ushering in a Commercialized Era of Surveillance in India

Why don't they create a system like UIDAI Payments where you can generate different aliases that all link to your actual aadhaar profile with permission based access and access history features. Seems like an issue that can be remedied with technology IMO.

k_landeron Thoughts on OpenAI, reinforcement learning, and killer robots

> ...but is it really the best use of resources to throw $1 billion at reinforcement learning without any similar investments into addressing..

I didn't like this part. Elon Musk may be misguided about the immediate threat of AI but he is free to invest his money in whatever he thinks is important.

k_landeron Thoughts on OpenAI, reinforcement learning, and killer robots

in your example, was the neural net trained with examples of US ships in Chinese waters?

k_landeron Darpa Wants Brain Implants That Record from 1M Neurons

i don't think any technology should be put on hold because society isn't perfect especially when said technology has the potential to improve society immensely.

k_landeron Trump plans to halt entrepreneur visas

except that everyone except native americans are immigrants?

k_landeron LHCb announces a charming new particle

maybe they were offered a discount for inventing the web

k_landeron A Jigsaw Puzzle Was Given to Ellis Island Immigrants to Test Their IQ

perhaps the sims would be a better test

k_landeron Keep the Internet Open

I am of the opinion that not only is traffic shaping not inherently evil but is a valuable feature that can be used to improve network efficiency but I cannot trust Comcast and the others to favour innovation and technological improvement over short term profits.

k_landeron A solution for enabling UDP in the web

> UDP packets are not encrypted

how does QUIC do encryption?

k_landeron The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely

i would be perfectly fine with this. just give me a way to exclude wsj from my newsfeed and search results without me having to install a trusted browser extension