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Gemini 3 pro is way better than Opus especially for large codebases.


Do you use it only for code editing, or also for running bash commands? My experience is that it is very bad at the latter.


My experience is the total opposite.


There is already a C library that does realtime ascii rendering using décision trees:

GitHub: https://github.com/symisc/ascii_art/blob/master/README.md Docs: https://pixlab.io/art


The OP's ASCII art edges look way better than this


Congratulations for the launch. Actually we launched a similar product recently named Vision Workspace (https://vision.pixlab.io). The general chat niche is quite saturated and practically locked by the major players. I recommend that you focus on one core feature and pivot from there. For us it was the built-in OCR and document query interface inside the UI that initiated the traction and the app is quite popular now in Japan and Malaysia.


I work on the PixLab prompt based photo editor (https://editor.pixlab.io), and it follows exactly what you type with explicit CAPS.


Imagine paying $200/mo for this privacy nightmare


This issue is notorious for BMW cars. You have to notify the ECU each time you install a new battery.


It's hard to imagine an interpretation of this behavior that doesn't involve manufacturers trying to punish independent mechanics and end users who service their own cars. Like, there's no way it's an "honest mistake", right?

BTW I have an AGM ("advanced glass mat") battery in my 1995 Toyota which has a completely analog charging system, and it doesn't get cooked, so it's not because there's something special about the battery.


Don't attribute to malice what can easily be explained by overstressed Systems Engineers trying to resolve multiple conflicting Requirements.


My point is there was absolutely no need for the System Engineers to touch the charging system. The normal analog diode rectifier variety that has been standard since the 1960s is Good Enough. No "Innovation" Needed. Take your spacecamp nerds elsewhere.


Sure, you MUST know better than the BMW engineers who designed the feature we have zero information about.


Engineers often do stuff without any thought of maintenance. Just ask mechanics/maintenance personnel.


Having performed repairs on a BMW motorcycle, I am quite aware. It is a good point, but I highly doubt that it would play a role in this case. There must be something there that we are missing.


at this point anything is possible: they barely write the specs

https//www.heise.de/en/news/BMW-Huge-recall-and-profit-warning-due-to-defective-Conti-brakes-9864793.html


"Somebody needed to get promoted"


That's because BMW ECUs adapt to the lower voltage as the battery ages and instruct the alternator/charger to provide more current. Replace the battery and the ECU would cause it to be overcharged unless you notify it of the replacement. Yes it's an over-engineered system, but ... German car.


Sounds like an afterbender straightener architecture.


Ahhh, "program a new battery" $400 please.


Well, they are relatively easy to spot with the current AI software used to generate them especially if you are dealing on a daily basis with presentation attacks aka deepfakes for facial recognition. FACEIO has already deployed a very powerful model to deter such attacks for the purpose of facial authentication: https://faceio.net/security-best-practice#faceSpoof


Open source GUI libraries are lacking behind the gate locked, closed ones like Adobe. Even Macromedia UI back in the days 20 years ago looks way more appealing and polished than the current open source offering. The only polished open source UI in my opinion is Blender but apparently they have their own rendering engine built from scratch just like Adobe.


PixLab (https://pixlab.io) & FACEIO (https://faceio.net) | Full-or-part-time | Remote | Computer Vision / Full stack Engineers |

PixLab, a leading provider of Machine Vision, Face Recognition & Media Processing APIs is looking for:

* Embedded C & Computer Vision engineer(s) to work on the SOD (https://sod.pixlab.io), embedded computer vision library.

* Senior Python engineer with proficiency in PyTorch to work on FACEIO (https://faceio.net), our facial authentication web framework for web sites & apps.

* C++ developer with ML expertise to work on the port of Tiny-Dream (https://pixlab.io/tiny-dream), our embedded Stable Diffusion C++ library from ncnn to ggml.

* React/Vue JS Web developer(s) with expertise in fabric.js to work on a brand new, web based photo editing software backed by generative AI.

Reach out to Vincent via contact AT pixlab.io with your resume if interested.


Hi HN,

Tiny-dream is designed to be embedded on larger codebases (host programs) with an easy to use C++ API.

The project github is located at: https://github.com/symisc/tiny-dream The C++ API documentation is located at: https://pixlab.io/tiny-dream#cpp-api

The current tensor engine is backed by ncnn with planned transition to ggml in the short period. Nevertheless, in our experimental ggml port, we found out that ggml doesn't quantize well, and is better suited for LLMs than heavy computer vision tasks. You can refer to the roadmap page at https://pixlab.io/tiny-dream#roadmap for more information.


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