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tpreetham··on Recall is Microsoft's key to unlocking the future of PCs
How is it?
tpreetham··on AI-Powered Nvidia RTX Video HDR Transforms Standard Video into HDR Video
HL2 RTX also has newer textures and other assets
tpreetham··on Storing dead people at -196°C [video]
I thought I uninstalled my reddit app
tpreetham··on Young people are flocking to astrology
My superstitions are more accurate than your superstitions
tpreetham··on MdBook – A command line tool to create books with Markdown
org-mode is a brilliant format. The limitation is that you would have to use Emacs or something which support .org files.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVtKhBrRV_ZkPnBtt_TD1Cs9P...

tpreetham··on Ask HN: What are some life optimization tricks you have discovered?
It's probably not logical. They are hinting at increased sweating.
tpreetham··on Pixel Tablet
That would be great. I have been eyeing iTablet for long now.

If I could flash android onto it, I would buy it right away

tpreetham··on Tiny, cheap smart speakers unlocked the rise of digital payments in India
The reason could because of how these payments apps evolved.

People already had cheap android phones in their hand. After the 4g boom, many got their first smartphone.

UPI related playment apps started with QR code scanning, just like in China.

There is no extra cost to the vendor. All they need is a sticker with their QR, which customers can scan. Later, they came up with a (bluetooth) speaker which can announce payments. It doesn't even need a connected smartphone.

If they used cards, they need to manufacture it and the readers. Ship them to their home addresses (which is complicated and lossy), train them about card usage.

For many vendors who accepted UPI payments, it was their first time accepting something other than cash as payments.

tpreetham··on Keeping up with the overwhelming pace of AI innovation
I wonder if you really mean that or if you haven't used gpt4 or bing chat enough
tpreetham··on I unschool my 5 kids. This is how much it costs
I doubt if that's the norm.

It's their choice, perhaps they enjoy raising children.

tpreetham··on Google Reader shut down announced ten years ago today
Don't mean to be a snob, but you mean "hackernews' 9/11" :)
tpreetham··on Update to the “Samsung space zoom moon shots are fake”
When does computational photography count as "fake" or "AI generated"?

I don't see the line.

tpreetham··on How to build a personal webpage from scratch
From my experience, the page loads became much faster after migrating to cloudflare page from github pages.
tpreetham··on The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamless viewing to ad tool
Incorrect. You can turn seeding off. (Although that is not a very neighbourly thing to do) Also torrents are just one source.
tpreetham··on We fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made
Rick reminds me of Brent from the book "the Phoenix project".
tpreetham··on Samsung Z Flip 3 vs. Humans – The Great Folding Test
I wish I had an Apple phone with Android. I like their CPUs, but iOS is terrible IMO. It so impersonal (lacks customizaility) and it's a pain to use along with Linux (for loading media, etc).

I wish I could root the iMini and load AOSP.