downboots's comments

On: 炊紙(kashikishi) is a text editor that utilizes GPU ...

[downboots]

suggest to merge with https://github.com/st3w/neo

On: Make Pottery at Home Without a Kiln (Or Anything E...

[downboots]

I could envision a verifier using image to text and comparing title claims with the generated text.

Perhaps a shift from generation to verification is healthy.

On: Law of the Instrument

[downboots]

"Man is the measure"

https://socratesjourney.org/man-is-the-measure-of-all-things... bit heavy

[ahazred8ta → downboots]

Some more than others. Oliver Smoot is the measure of the Harvard Bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot

On: Benford's Law

[downboots]

I’m curious about which Wiki articles are the most frequently shared on HN. This one is at 10 but hasn’t reached its maximum upvote count.

On: Kary Mullis

[downboots]

Not a lot of wikipedia articles involving a fluorescent raccoon

On: List of Polyglots

[downboots]

With the translation tools we have already, I would rather input a sentence and see a visualization of how the structure and words change by language

[whereistimbo → downboots]

That could aid language learning, good idea.

On: Workers Uncover Underground Chamber Sealed for ove...

[downboots]

Good place to hide something

On: Ask HN: Calculus Refresher for AI/ML?

[downboots]

Stewart calculus, Paul's online notes, Lay for linear

On: Using the moiré effect to show different arrows to...

[downboots]

In Moire patterns the lines are not parallel (they don't even have to be lines), and there is no lens. But now I'm tempted to combine the effects.

On: Crows are even smarter than we thought

[downboots]

One of them is like a writing desk, the other is like a computer desk https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0393/0345/files/CROW_V_RAV...