Sharp
Lars Mescheder, Wei Dong, Shiwei Li, Xuyang Bai, Marcel Santos, Peiyun Hu, Bruno Lecouat, Mingmin Zhen, Amaël Delaunoy, Tian Fang, Yanghai Tsin, Stephan R. Richter, Vladlen Koltun Apple Paper (arXiv) Code (GitHub) Abstract We present SHARP, an approach to photorealistic view synthesis from a single image. Given a single photograph, SHARP regresses the parameters of […]
8M Users’ AI Conversations Sold for Profit by “Privacy” Extensions
A few weeks ago, I was wrestling with a major life decision. Like I’ve grown used to doing, I opened Claude and started thinking out loud-laying out the options, weighing the tradeoffs, asking for perspective. Midway through the conversation, I paused. I realized how much I’d shared: not just this decision, but months of conversations-personal […]
SoundCloud confirms breach after member data stolen, VPN access disrupted
Audio streaming platform SoundCloud has confirmed that outages and VPN connection issues over the past few days were caused by a security breach in which threat actors stole a database containing user information. The disclosure follows widespread reports over the past four days from users who were unable to access SoundCloud when connecting via VPN, […]
Show HN: PasteClean – Desktop app to strip tracking parameters from clipboard
v0.2.1 Now Available Remove analytics parameters, referrals, and trackers from your URLs instantly. Protect your privacy before you click. ?utm_source=facebook&s=123 Clean
Ideas Aren’t Getting Harder to Find
Fifty years ago, productivity growth in advanced economies began to slow down. Productivity growth — the component of GDP growth that is not due to increases in labor and capital — is the primary driver of rising incomes. When it slows, so does economic growth as a whole. This makes it an urgent trend to […]
Quill OS – an open-source, fully-functional standalone OS for Kobo eReaders
Quill OS – Homepage Quill OS is an open-source, fully-functional standalone OS for Rakuten Kobo’s eReaders. Here are some of Quill OS’ features: Fully integrated KoBox X11 subsystem ePUB, PDF, picture and plain text display support Versatile configuration options for reading muPDF rendering engine for ePUBs and PDFs Wi-Fi support and web browser Encrypted storage […]
The Bob Dylan Concert for Just One Person
Flagging Down the Double E’s is an email newsletter exploring Bob Dylan performances throughout history. Some installments are free, some are for paid subscribers only. Sign up here: Screengrab from Experiment Ensam Eleven years ago today, a Finnish online gaming company posted a 14-minute video that blew the minds of Bob Dylan fans across the […]
Native vs. emulation: World of Warcraft game performance on Snapdragon X Elite
2025-12-15 Share At the beginning of the year, I tested the Snapdragon X Elite unreleased dev-kit, and I couldn’t really compare x86 versus native gaming performance for the same game. I only managed to get World of Warcraft Classic x86 to run, and when compared to the native version, the FPS drop was 40-60% in […]
Economics of Orbital vs. Terrestrial Data Centers
Motivation and Framing I love space. I live and breathe it. I’m lucky enough to brush the heavens with my own metal and code, and I want nothing more than a booming orbital space economy that creates the flywheel that makes space just another location we all work and visit. I love AI and I […]
Ford kills the All-Electric F-150
Ford is once again shifting its electric vehicle manufacturing plans, a response to a year that’s been tough for the powertrain technology that’s still making waves overseas but has seen domestic government support cut and customer enthusiasm weaken. Instead of planning to make enough electric vehicles to account for 40 percent of global sales by […]