18:[[49882754,{"by":"viraj_shah","descendants":242,"id":49882754,"kids":[49912204,49912142,49913195,49911897,49912780,49916496,49912524,49913445,49917613,49916258,49917933,49912737,49912202,49913169,49912794,49919379,49919657,49920417,49913844,49918885,49912504,49915743,49918752,49921876,49915487,49912523,49912836],"score":179,"time":1790621836,"title":"Burning Man death rates – A short lesson in statistics","type":"story","url":"https://ihavenapkinthoughts.substack.com/p/burning-man-death-rates-a-short-lesson"}],[49006537,{"by":"light_tech","descendants":6,"id":49006537,"kids":[49006847,49006618,49006597],"score":2,"text":"I see volumetric displays at conferences, in advertising, and super niche use cases.

It's usually something like the Voxon or Hypervsn, or some lesser known fog display.

It looks cool in person. Not sure if it's too expensive, hard to use, or just not solving a real problem.

But I'm curious why hasn't this stuff taken off?

Are volumetric displays a dead space? Is anyone on HN working on this stuff or seen anything interesting in volumetric display tech?","time":1784727169,"title":"Why haven't volumetric displays taken off?","type":"story"}],[47528797,{"by":"KoftaBob","descendants":1,"id":47528797,"kids":[47528825],"score":3,"time":1774521609,"title":"RCS Universal Profile 4.0 announced, will enable native support for video calls","type":"story","url":"https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/article/from-rich-text-to-video-rcs-universal-profile-4-0-has-arrived/"}],[45970391,{"by":"wanderingjew","descendants":29,"id":45970391,"kids":[45971687,45976339,45979381,45976373,45970936],"score":220,"time":1763492094,"title":"OrthoRoute – GPU-accelerated autorouting for KiCad","type":"story","url":"https://bbenchoff.github.io/pages/OrthoRoute.html"}],[45371237,{"by":"freitzzz","descendants":3,"id":45371237,"kids":[45371844,45371842],"score":1,"text":"Each time I need to make a small adjustment to a Lottie file I spend valuable time in finding an online tool that allows me to do what I want, and that doesn't include a watermark on top of it. Currently I use lottiefiles.com, but to continue use it I need to pay a monthly subscription, which the price doesn't seem fair for my use.

How can it be that in 2025 we don't have a proper self-hosting tool for Lottie files?","time":1758796067,"title":"What's a handy tool for creating/editing Lottie files, free/no watermark?","type":"story"}],[44474620,{"by":"thinkmachyx","descendants":55,"id":44474620,"kids":[44510017,44509798,44508885,44508811,44510401,44509974,44510351,44509712,44474753,44510195,44474754,44509073,44509428,44511292],"score":29,"text":"Most mechanical CAD tools (SolidWorks, Fusion, FreeCAD) still lock all modeling into opaque binary files. That makes it hard to track changes, collaborate with Git, or automate builds.

I’ve written a proposal for an alternative paradigm:

- GUI-first, like KiCad - visual modeling is the default

- Text-based source files (YAML/JSON) — readable, diffable, Git-friendly

- Separation of source and result - .step, .stl and previews are built artifacts

- Parametric logic is explicit - slot width = tab width + clearance

Works with Git, CI, or scripting — no more PDM lock-in\nThe proposal is called SplitCAD, and it's just a concept for now — not a working tool. But I’d love to hear from anyone frustrated by the limitations of current mechanical CAD.

GitHub: https://github.com/yuanxun-yx/SplitCAD","time":1751740620,"title":"Proposal: GUI-first, text-based mechanical CAD inspired by software engineering","type":"story"}]]

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