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albert_e

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Anthropic, OpenAI launch AI services companies, challenge TCS, Infosys in India

indiatoday.in
2 points·by albert_e·há 2 meses·1 comments

Anthropic Model inference runs fastest on AWS

twitter.com
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Ask HN: Can I repurpose a Bluetooth voice remote as input device for a PC?

15 points·by albert_e·há 4 meses·21 comments

Tell HN: No Scrollbar on Google Gemini UI

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albert_e
·anteontem·discuss
Do we have more details / documentation on this capability. Can we replicate the same using a generic agent skill with custom apps / harness.

I think I saw some library named pptxjs? in the thinking traces of Claude. Or was it this: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pptxgenjs
albert_e
·há 4 dias·discuss
Currently getting errors

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File "/usr/lib/python3.10/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run result = self.fn(self.args, *self.kwargs) File "/home/ubuntu/byclaude/video/harness/pipeline/pipeline.py", line 829, in build_clip clip = round(dur + TAIL, 3) TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'NoneType' and 'float' Video build failed (pipeline exit 1) — please try again. Powered by AI · by Claude · ~
albert_e
·há 7 dias·discuss
Wonderful!

I grew up fascinated by some of the books from MIR publisher sI could lay my hands on.

> Many of the titles are also published in hard copy form by low-cost Indian publishers on Amazon India.

Any way to quickly filter for these? (Other than of course searching for each book by title)

Thanks!

EDIT:

The one or two titles I found were not really priced economically --

https://www.amazon.in/Satellite-typhoon-Eye-Science-everyone...

https://www.amazon.in/Our-Planet-Earth-Alexei-Byalko/dp/0828...

https://www.amazon.in/Yakov-Perelman%C2%92s-Physics-Entertai...
albert_e
·há 15 dias·discuss
That there is not much use for an english version -- is only evident to me with hindsight after reading the english translation :)

Thanks
albert_e
·há 15 dias·discuss
Thanks!

(the first line made me laugh)

I now understand why there is no English version (though still surprised Google could not translate it)
albert_e
·há 15 dias·discuss
> https://marelle.forge.apps.education.fr/

This website is in French so I was unable tounderstand the text

and the website is very resistant to automatic translation by Google Translate

>https://marelle-forge-apps-education-fr.translate.goog/?_x_t...

What gives?
albert_e
·há 19 dias·discuss
Ah sorry ..i just scrolled though the pics and didnt read the post in full. Thanks.
albert_e
·há 19 dias·discuss
Could these use some frame interpolation and smoothing to make them less jerky? Or would that make them just a video clip then?

The first couple of examples were good but later examples were not so impressive. I think the later examples suffered from having too little of perspective change between frames and too much of subject movement -- which defeats the illusion of 3d from a "static" image.

Ideal one would have a left-to-right pan betweem the two clicks ..roughly matching the perspective shift between left eye and right eye ..while the subject stays static.
albert_e
·há 19 dias·discuss
There were real hippie movements that mixed it with spiritual stuff that only appeals to a minority. Hence some labelling by association.

(I dont feel very motivated to work in blockchain -- because by association it carries elements of crypto hype that I find distasteful)

Once you separate the physical excercise and its benefits and allow people the space to pursue them for their benefits without necessarily subscribing to new spirituality -- it has found broader appeal.

(Few decades ago smoking was widely accepted socially even though it was no secret that it damages health. It took a few decades of mounting scientific evidence for society to shun smoking. Takes time for society and cultures to accept new ideas.)

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Resistance to teaching in schools ... from who?

Schools in india have a lot of shortcomings when it comes to physical education, sports and other life skills training -- yoga / meditation alone does not get any special treatment either for or against.

There is a lot more our schools can do better -- including surely physical exercise and meditation/breathing exercises.

If anything there is too much emphasis on making international yoga day a grand spectacle one day each year -- which surely involves involuntary participation by schoolkids -- with no lasting benefits except PR.

Even the most vocal debates of today about school curriculum (see CBSE / NCERT in current affairs) dont have any arguments for or against extra curricular or non academic skills in school.

We broadly have a long way to go in making our education curricula well rounded. Would welcome more genuine elements of physical wellbeing and meditation included (without any burden of spitiruality mixed in -- which can create the resistance you might be referring to).
albert_e
·há 20 dias·discuss
who mocked breathing techniques though ..

mindfulness and meditation have been seeing broad adoption - with apps like headspace etc also getting good traction
albert_e
·há 25 dias·discuss
I "love" infinite scroll on websites where important links like finding a way to contact customer support for help is only in the footer that you can never reach.
albert_e
·há 27 dias·discuss
Offtopic:

"Adder" is also a name for a snake.

Wonder if this was one of the inspirations for naming "Python" language too.

One of the first implementations of the interpreter must have tackled the "add" operation, so maybe the interpreter was just an adder in a prototype version.

I know that Monty Python is officially cited as the inspiration behind the name.
albert_e
·há 27 dias·discuss
Do humans themselves have varying degrees of consciousness? How would we know / measure.

How does a level of consciousness that goes well above human baseline look like / work like / feel like?

Could such consciousness go to levels not merely slightly above human levels -- but like 10x or 100x (if there were a way to quantify).

What would that unlock?

Curious to know if there has been any vivid description of these possibilities by people much smarter than me ... that might help me appreciate the shape of such things :)
albert_e
·mês passado·discuss
There was a ruling in Boston also, reported separately.

> U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general challenging a fee Trump announced in September

https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-is...

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/08/politics/federal-judge-vo...
albert_e
·mês passado·discuss
Also a ruling in Boston:

https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-is...

> BOSTON, June 8 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday struck down a $100,000 fee U.S. President Donald Trump imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, concluding that it constituted an unlawful tax Congress never authorized.

> U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general challenging a fee Trump announced in September that dramatically raised the cost of obtaining H-1B visas, which tech companies in particular rely heavily on to bring on foreign workers.
albert_e
·mês passado·discuss
Al Jazeera:

> The US National Tsunami Warning Center, which downgraded the quake from an earlier estimate of magnitude 8.2, said the quake posed no threat to coastal areas of the US.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/8/tsunami-warnings-iss...
albert_e
·mês passado·discuss
I like the idea

Some examples need more work i think

"Database backup" has circular arrow spinning backwards

"Earth" shows lines being drawn -- instead i expected it to show an abstract spin of the globe

"Droplet" animates the outline draw. Expected a droplet that starts small and descends to become full size.

Same with "flame" -- should ideally be an animated flame licking up / whisps

"Copy" and "File Stack" -- the animation shown should ideally be reversed i think

"Git-branch" -- animation is wrong, doesn't show branching -- just drawing nodes and lines.

"Hand-grab" -- should start with open palm and then the grab.

Same with "hand-fist"

Many animations are simple zoom/enlarge - like those on right angle arrows are not serving a purpose
albert_e
·mês passado·discuss
This is how you get statutory warning labels and nutrtion information labels on packages.

Because these folks always want to do the least legal thing allowed by law.
albert_e
·mês passado·discuss
Timing around Anthropic valuation crossing OpenAI and getting ready for IPO ...
albert_e
·mês passado·discuss
could this be combined with a sprite like image that shows a slightly different angle of the image with each step