HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

ottomanbob

162 karma · joined October 24, 2016

artist seeks theosis
submissionscomments
ottomanbob··on What I learned making an app for my family
Interesting, was actually planning on setting up a carshare for our cul-de-sac in Honolulu. This is a great reference, thanks for sharing.
ottomanbob··on DeepSeek V4 Pro at 75% off until 31 May
I mean I can't believe I have to say this explicitly but it should be assumed that any data you send to China can and will be used against our interest by the CCP...
ottomanbob··on Radar Laboratory – Interactive Radar Phenomenology
interaction needs to be way better. great concept sadly but UX is confusing, difficult to direct my attention and couldn't find sliders when instructed to adjust.
ottomanbob··on Autonomously Generative Non-Invasive Interface by Sundae Labs
"Autonomously Generative Non-invasive interface (AGNi) turns devices into trustworthy, consent-driven and ubiquitous systems that learn you, to serve you. Its computing architecture breaks the double bind of privacy & safety vs. necessity & dependency. AGNi offers an unprecedented opportunity to repurpose tech & AI, to advance human flourishing. We are building a new ecosystem where your personal data is not usable against you, to manipulate you, where decentralized personal AI agents and services are shaped exclusively with your own data and context. The AGNi-verse is made of:

Sol Garden, an AI super-computer and a data-factory in your home, to empower your productivity, privacy, self-knowledge, well-being, health, education and entertainment.

Orchard, your safe and reliable AGNi-verse of devices that help reduce harms inflicted by tech (home-speaker, laptop, mobile phone), wearables (watch, ring, glasses) and robots.

Toolshed, a new privacy by design app-store that enables AI developers to build trustworthy AI services."

ottomanbob··on Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025
Wow, deflation is becoming so obvious that even the geniuses at Harvard are noticing.
ottomanbob··on Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus
Occam’s razor points to PoW.
ottomanbob··on Samsara S-1
In buddhism, "the world" is material, personal, and full of suffering. It is something to let go.
ottomanbob··on Samsara S-1
Yes, kind of baffling name choice? I suspect they totally misunderstood the concept as a replenishing / refreshing cycle rather than the self-perpetuating nature of suffering.
ottomanbob··on The Infrastructure Bill’s Targeting of Cryptocurrencies Makes Americans Poorer
This article is a clever way of introducing people to the bitcoin bull's way of seeing the world.
ottomanbob··on The Highest Forms of Wealth
Amazing comment. Wisdom to discern the difference between where you can be agentic and where you can't.
ottomanbob··on Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote buttons
This is a small step in a generally right direction. Should be celebrated!
ottomanbob··on Sub-zero water splitting marks a new dawn for solar hydrogen production
Can someone qualified give an accurate upper bound to the potential of this innovation?
ottomanbob··on A call to minimize distraction and respect users’ attention (2013)
I've been dying for a tool like this. Just want to sort hacker news by week / months. So I could stop checking everyday. Will give feedback
ottomanbob··on We’re no longer naming suspects in minor crime stories
This generally makes sense to me, but what signifies "significant crimes" besides murder, which is mentioned in the article? I had a friend who was all over the news after being charged with multiple counts of rape and sodomy. He was completely acquitted and the case never went to trial. Still, he'll never clear his name online. That being said, I'm not saying I know what the rules should be.
ottomanbob··on Procrastination is flight, deadline is fight, freeze is staring at the screen
Figuring exactly this out in my early 20s. The problem is not the productivity framework, the problem is emotional.
ottomanbob··on Ask HN: How do I learn drawing?
This book is incredible. I went from “can’t draw a straight line” to realism in a week. Happy to upload some proofs, haha.
ottomanbob··on Statement by Jeff Bezos to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
The road to hell is named with good intentions.
ottomanbob··on Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?
Any shorthand Roman alphabet. Saves time and offers not insignificant amount of encryption.
ottomanbob··on Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag
They’ve completely ghosted me on returning my model 3 reservation money as well. After they offered it to me. Never asked.
ottomanbob··on Self-Playing Pipe Organ
Former church pipe organist here. I've always thought organ is a great candidate for a digitally manipulated real instrument as playing with precision and feel is NOT dependent on fine motor functions as it is for most keyboard and string instruments.

Press velocity is not correlated with volume- in fact sound is not dependent on a key press at all. Organs don't really require percussive mechanical functions for a full range of control: an idea virtual/real instrument.

ottomanbob··on Show HN: Design and Simulate Molecules in Virtual Reality
hi pavlov! Our token sale was for a complementary platform, matryx. We are very serious about our token and have be chugging full steam ahead with development. Our public alpha is live on testnet and we have established some key partners in EDU including the UC system and Chinese Academy of sciences.

I can't speak for our org. as a whole re: the blockchain hype, but my general feeling is relief. It's now time to focus on what really matters: great projects + people. Sadly, we're an exception for continuing to build during the "winter."

Integrating Matryx into the Nanome interface is a huge priority for us.

http://matryx.ai http://alpha.matryx.ai

ottomanbob··on Show HN: Design and Simulate Molecules in Virtual Reality
Great point, we're implementing haptic feedback in newer builds. I never really thought of how meaningful it could be for describing forcefields. interesting...
ottomanbob··on Show HN: Design and Simulate Molecules in Virtual Reality
Nanome was originally built on Unity. I can't speak to the experience with Steam from a dev perspective, but we did upload our original product to early access almost 3 years ago. The software has an entirely new codebase today. Submissions to other stores like Oculus were much more strenuous and heavily audited.
ottomanbob··on Show HN: Design and Simulate Molecules in Virtual Reality
Our current realtime minimization features are sufficient for smaller designs and adjustments, but binding site interactions and meaningful folds are still a ways out. In the future, Nanome will interact directly with leading folding tools.
ottomanbob··on Show HN: Design and Simulate Molecules in Virtual Reality
We started Nanome in 2015 as a basic molecular builder for modern VR hardware. Since then, we’ve integrated a variety of features for educators, researchers, and drug designers. Today, Nanome users can import, visualize, and modify macromolecular and protein structures via intuitive 3D interaction. Nanome is free on Steam, Oculus, and VivePort.

A few months ago, we shared CalcFlow, our open source VR graphing calculator, with HN. We received a lot of valuable criticism and are looking for more of the same.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15289766

Nanome is used at big-three Pharma companies and in classrooms in the University of California system. We also recently announced a partnership with the RCSB Protein Data Bank.

Nanome does not replace industry standard drug design tools like PyMol and MOE. Soon, Nanome will integrate with these tools via a plugin system, letting professionals bring VR interfaces into their established workflows.

http://nanome.ai

ottomanbob··on The World's Best Film School Is Free on YouTube
Just rushed my way through a BFA from NYU Film. Got more valuable theory and guidance in my thinking from YouTube than most classes.

But learning to light a scene on 35mm and other nuanced technical work requires detailed hands on instruction. College also helped me grow thicker skin and a healthy cynicism. That's about it.

ottomanbob··on Show HN: Calcflow, an open-source complex maths visualization tool in VR
The primary function is to prevent commercial reuse. We work with a lot of institutional and enterprise clients and it's a bit complicated to protect their purchase of our software while allowing others to modify the source + grant them free personal use.
ottomanbob··on Show HN: Calcflow, an open-source complex maths visualization tool in VR
Exactly! We are working on n-dimensional and time-series object visualizations in a coming build.
ottomanbob··on Show HN: Calcflow, an open-source complex maths visualization tool in VR
Not yet, but we agree. Would sure beat everything else that's out there.
ottomanbob··on Show HN: Calcflow, an open-source complex maths visualization tool in VR
A user can actually reach out and grab the graph and scale/position it to their preferences. You can actually walk/fly through your visualizations and get intimate with each data point.

Re: second question, I'm unsure, but I'll ask the team for some stress tests.

Page 1 of 2Next →