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lif··on Waze built the largest crowdsourced surveillance system
nothing to see here, move along /s

wiki: The software was originally developed in Israel by Waze Mobile, a company founded by Israeli entrepreneurs Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar, and Uri Levine, who are also veterans of Unit 8200

lif··on US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes
What about the many, many thousands of homes that have already been bought up?
lif··on Imagine 130M Washing Machines
Have you looked around? We actually have plenty of "housing", however most do not meet the qualities/criteria that make them desirable enough to be "homes".

Lower density, family and pet friendly. You know, the kinds of places that landlords live in. Not the places they are trying to force on others as "inevitable".

lif··on Punkt. Unveils MC03 Smartphone
can someone explain how a subscription-based product is a great option for privacy?

or how being locked in to a black box vpn instills a sense of having gained reliable true privacy?

lif··on Pichai: Google will soon begin construction of AI data centers in space
see also previously on HN:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45813267

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45826620

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46129138

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45824456

lif··on You are the scariest monster in the woods
yes, and:

ruthlessness + strength + WMD =/= intelligence

lif··on Note to My Present Self
"the best things don't scale"

may be worth pondering

lif··on Pianos Rumble With the Sound of '11,000 Strings'
https://archive.ph/iIa5I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkJVgd_Khlk

lif··on A 102-Year-Old Yoga Teacher's Simple Approach to Aging Well
https://archive.ph/YW4zn
lif··on Textile Encoding via Elastically Graded Embroidered Tessellations
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45242858
lif··on Why Humanoid Robots Are Silicon Valley's Most Dangerous Bet
"With lithium-ion batteries offering energy density of 0.8 megajoules per kilogram versus human body fat at 38 MJ/kg, robots face a 47-fold disadvantage that better engineering can't solve. Most platforms operate for just 90 minutes to four hours between charges."
lif··on Venus has lava tubes, and they're weird
https://archive.ph/n6ZGS
lif··on EA as Antichrist: Understanding Peter Thiel
Why would anyone accept Thiel of all people as an arbiter of what is Christian/Anti-christian?
lif··on They Thought They Were Free (1955)
PNAC (Project for the New American Century) published an interesting 'report' in 2000
lif··on Vapor chamber tech keeps iPhone 17 Pro cool
17th iteration in less than 20 years, billions produced. About a billion already 'obsolete'.

Seems fair to ask: what's the expected lifespan of an iPhone these days?

Does anyone here have insight as to what percent of materials used to make them is actually recycled?

lif··on Ultrasonic Chef's Knife
umm, you raise a valid concern, afaict, however, e-waste is kind of a taboo word around here, or? Or maybe just another part of the 'inevitable' belief system.

Like, how about that _planned obsolescence_ of a vast majority of consumer electronics hardware? (If that ain't the case, would be happen to learn otherwise from someone with better knowledge.)

lif··on Sandia team creates X-ray images of the future
that title tho:

anyone else read it as some kind of future-oriented chrono-vision?

lif··on The Fisherman and His Wife (1857)
aka the fisherman and Gordon Gecko ;)
lif··on Amazon Is Developing AR Glasses in Challenge to Meta
https://archive.ph/JekL1
lif··on Inside the world’s most powerful AI datacenter
Looks quite fragile for such a big investment.
lif··on Leonardo da Vinci’s Y chromosome shared by living family descendants
tl;dr:

"15 direct male-line descendants related genealogically to both Leonardo's father and to his half-brother"

lif··on Denmark to buy $9B air defense systems as tensions with Russia grow
a horrible investment, esp. for a country of that size (geogr. & econ.)

“The utter stupid waste of war, not only material but moral and spiritual, is so staggering to those who have to endure it. And always was (despite the poets), and always will be (despite the propagandists)"

-JRR Tolkien

lif··on Is Universal Music Going to War with Rick Beato?
Beato appears to be one of the best Youtubers out there in terms of consistent high quality content.

What is the steelman case for Universal here?

lif··on OpenAI’s latest research paper demonstrates that falsehoods are inevitable
"What is the real meaning of humility?

AI Overview

The real meaning of humility is having an accurate, realistic view of oneself, acknowledging both one's strengths and limitations without arrogance or boastfulness, and a modest, unassuming demeanor that focuses on others. It's not about having low self-esteem but about seeing oneself truthfully, putting accomplishments in perspective, and being open to personal growth and learning from others."

Sounds like a good thing to me. Even, winning.

lif··on [dead]
Casualties: "The current official toll is 64,718 Palestinians killed in Gaza and 163,859 injured, since the start of the war on 7 October 2023"
lif··on OpenAI Grove
hmm.. wonder what the most accurate Venn diagram for this is?
lif··on Magic Mushroom Edibles Found to Contain Undisclosed Ingredients–No Psilocybin
https://archive.ph/ZYyaC
lif··on K8o5.com/Mi
appears to be a (vibe-coded?) bare-bones Mario-like platformer.

To k8o5: you might want to add description of your own, and some info about your process?

lif··on DOOMscrolling: The Game
a good start! (reminds me of a simpler, bullet-hell variant of absolute legend "Doug Dug")
lif··on Guy running a Google rival from his laundry room
Provided they have the kind of massive government support Google has had from the get-go, sure!
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