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We found Wi-Fi in a hopeless place

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 07 May 15
🕹 Technology Social media Digital Culture
  1. Friendship has been impacted by social media and big data, turning relationships into tools for personal gain.
  2. Tech companies are modeling their products after slot machines, utilizing addiction techniques for user engagement.
  3. Satirical depiction of Pinterest as a lady starts the day thanking the universe, showing a humorous take on social media platform personification.
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Tripping on the Interwebs

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 20 May 15
🕹 Technology AI Computing Internet Tech Ethics
  1. IBM's Watson continues to advance in intelligence and capabilities, sparking discussions about the potential implications of AI technology.
  2. Zoltan Istvan, a 'transhumanist,' believes in the possibility of a robot ruling the world, highlighting controversial viewpoints on AI development.
  3. There is a trend towards advocating for building and customizing your own computer, akin to the slow food movement but in the realm of technology.

Google US security engineer internship opportunities

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 23 Oct 20
🕹 Technology Internships
  1. Applications for the 2021 Google US Security Engineer Intern program are currently open with a closing date of October 30th.
  2. Google is offering various internship opportunities for different education levels in the US and Canada for the summer of 2021.
  3. Interested individuals can apply using the provided application form and contact the author for a referral if needed.

Seriously the best. (Read: worst.)

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 29 May 15
🕹 Technology Internet Language Future Technology Digital Divide
  1. The Internet is seeing a rise in the use of Esperanto, a language intended for global unity.
  2. There is a possibility that in the future, technology may enable people to upload their brains to machines, posing a question about eternal consciousness.
  3. Silicon Valley workers are reportedly facing challenges related to love and intimacy, leading to an interest in potential reality TV content.

Not much seems to have happened

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 11 Feb 22
🕹 Technology Metaverse Social media Cryptocurrency Online Communities Virtual reality
  1. The concept of virtual embassies in the metaverse raises questions about their practicality and purpose.
  2. Virtual embassies like those in Second Life were more about generating publicity than providing actual diplomatic services.
  3. The idea of virtual embassies evolving to offer e-visas and utilize blockchain technology, while more practical, may still struggle to provide significant utility compared to traditional websites.

Decoding the Surge: Inside China's Growing Dominance of LiDAR Industry

Tech Buzz China Insider • 0 implied HN points • 01 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Tech Solutions
  1. LiDAR technology plays a key role in enhancing the accuracy of smart driving systems. The debate between using LiDAR or pure vision solutions is ongoing, with considerations about the value of investing in LiDAR.
  2. Chinese intelligent driving companies tend to follow Tesla's camera-only approach, but may lag in algorithms and computing power. However, Tesla's method shows advantages from engineering and commercial perspectives.
  3. The LiDAR industry in China is experiencing significant growth, with key players like Hesai, RoboSense, and Seyond making strides in financial performance, product competition, and cost reduction strategies.

ENDLESS el-oh-els

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 23 Jul 15
🕹 Technology Apps Social media Innovation Internet Gaming
  1. Charging $1,000 for nothing: An app that eight people bought raised questions of scam or performance art.
  2. NASA's social media strategy is both active and effective, but some worry it may benefit private companies more than the agency's core mission.
  3. Starting a connection on social media through a direct message is becoming more common and maybe less surprising.

VERSES AI Demos Genius™ AI Platform: Pioneering the Future of AI with Active Inference

Spatial Web AI by Denise Holt • 0 implied HN points • 04 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Innovation Future Evolution Applications
  1. VERSES AI's Genius™ platform showcases a new direction for AI with Active Inference, First Principles AI, and Shared Intelligence.
  2. Genius™ breaks away from traditional AI by utilizing Active Inference, which enables real-time learning and adaptation similar to the human brain.
  3. The Hyperspatial Modeling Language (HSML) acts as a bridge between virtual and real-world entities, facilitating multidimensional knowledge processing for intelligent agents.

5/13 TBC Insider Digest: Alibaba, Pinduoduo et al

Tech Buzz China Insider • 0 implied HN points • 14 May 21
🕹 Technology Fintech E-commerce Regulations Algorithms
  1. Chinese regulators are working on fintech regulations to prevent disorderly expansion of capital in internet firms.
  2. Alibaba's HR system called "zhengwei" is considered a key enabler of its success and is unique compared to other organizations.
  3. Colin Huang, founder of Pinduoduo, has a clear vision for the company focused on remaking the relationship between supply and demand for consumer goods.

What do you mean there isn't a patch?

Resilient Cyber • 0 implied HN points • 10 Jan 23
🕹 Technology Cybersecurity Software Vulnerabilities Network Security Web applications
  1. Sometimes software has vulnerabilities that don’t have a fix available. Companies might struggle to issue patches due to resource limits or internal priorities.
  2. When a direct patch isn't available, businesses can use virtual patching. This means putting up barriers to stop attacks, like using Web Application Firewalls (WAF).
  3. It's important to plan for virtual patching and keep checking your systems. While virtual patches help, they are temporary solutions, so long-term fixes are necessary.

Y'all can keep your keyboard cats

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 08 Sep 15
🕹 Technology Social media Online Dating Advertising Internet Usage
  1. There's been a long battle on Wikipedia to properly represent the history of Labor Day, with volunteers working for free for over a decade.
  2. Modern dating can now involve trying to pick up people in your Uber carpool, making creepy encounters more common.
  3. The rise of 'sponsored social' is turning everyone's Facebook posts into advertisements.

Generating an API README with AI

The API Changelog • 0 implied HN points • 19 Dec 25
🕹 Technology Software APIs Developer Tools Documentation AI Automation
  1. A clear, high-quality README is essential because a bad one can damage your API's reputation; it's better to have no README than a poor one.
  2. AI can generate good overview and getting-started sections from a complete machine-readable API spec like OpenAPI, but the spec must include onboarding details (auth, credentials) and starter operations should be tagged.
  3. Tag important operations by use case so AI can find and document them, and always review and manually approve any AI-generated README updates rather than fully automating the process.

Knowledge, Plugins and Understanding

Age of AI • 0 implied HN points • 03 Aug 23
🕹 Technology AI Data Plugins Knowledge
  1. AI tools like ChatGPT can benefit from plugins like 'Tasty Recipes' to enhance performance.
  2. Having background knowledge can help AI tools better understand and summarize texts.
  3. Different plugins and tools, like 'PDF summary' plugins and NotebookLM, are being used to improve AI's ability to process and summarize information.

API Prototyping in Practice

The API Changelog • 0 implied HN points • 06 Dec 25
🕹 Technology Software APIs Developer Tools Design Testing DevOps Integration
  1. Build small, just-in-time API prototypes to validate one assumption at a time and get real consumer feedback before you implement the full API.
  2. Use OpenAPI and mock-server tools to quickly turn specs into working prototypes you can share and iterate on as the spec changes.
  3. Prototyping reduces the risk of building unusable APIs, but adoption is limited by delivery pressure and the current lack of unified, low-cost tooling, so teams must weigh the upfront cost against long-term value.

What's new in LLMs

Age of AI • 0 implied HN points • 16 Jul 23
🕹 Technology AI Updates Language Models
  1. Anthropic released Claude 2 with improved performance and 100k token limit.
  2. Google introduced updates to Bard including support for 40 languages and image input.
  3. OpenAI ChatGPT now has a code interpreter and Meta announced CM3leon for text and image generation.

China Releases "Global Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Research Report"

CyberSecurityMew • 0 implied HN points • 25 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Cybersecurity Geopolitics Innovation
  1. China released the 'Global Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Research Report' in April 2023, focusing on global APT activities in 2022 and APT attacks faced by China, providing insights on real threats and trends.
  2. Globally, APT attack activities surged in 2022, showing widespread deployment, resonating with geopolitical events, with APT attacks becoming militarized due to conflicts.
  3. APT actors constantly innovate in attack processes and disguise techniques, with emerging organizations posing significant threats, using new technology, and increasing politicization of APT incidents.

Using MCP Tools Inside Workflows

The API Changelog • 0 implied HN points • 28 Nov 25
🕹 Technology APIs AI agents Workflows Integration Automation Standards
  1. MCP is a standardized way to expose capabilities using JSON-RPC, so it talks about operations (not resources) and is easier to discover and consume than vague REST APIs.
  2. You can call MCP tools from workflows by making JSON-RPC requests, initializing a session to get the mcp-session-id, and mapping each tool's inputSchema to workflow inputs; outputs may be structured or unstructured and might need parsing.
  3. Putting MCP tools into workflows gives predictable, traceable, and more secure execution with easier debugging and reliability, though adapting unstructured tool outputs to procedural steps has some implementation cost.

Projecting Reality for Apple AR/VR Headsets

CIRP - Apple Report • 0 implied HN points • 24 May 23
🕹 Technology Tech news Wearable Tech Market Analysis
  1. Apple is reportedly planning to launch an AR/VR headset next month with a unique design and high price point.
  2. The new Reality headset is expected to operate independently rather than as an iPhone accessory like the Apple Watch and AirPods.
  3. Apple's market share among iPhone owners for smartwatches and Bluetooth headsets is significant, but the adoption rates among iPhone users are relatively low.