Hacker News with Generative AI: Communication

GitHub stars are not an invitation to send me spam (randomerrata.com)
Starring your repo on GitHub doesn’t mean that I ever want to receive your spammy emails.
GitHub, Spam, Open Source, Communication
6 points by k33l0r 12 hours ago | 0 comments
AI uses throat vibrations to work out what someone is trying to say (newscientist.com)
People who find it difficult to speak due to a stroke or Parkinson’s disease could communicate more easily with the help of artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence, Health, Communication, Speech Recognition
13 points by deadgopher 11 days ago | 1 comments
"Impossible" quantum teleportation achieved on normal internet cables (earth.com)
Northwestern University engineers made a remarkable advance in quantum computing and communication, demonstrating quantum teleportation over a standard fiber optic cable that already carries everyday Internet traffic.
Quantum Computing, Communication, Technology, Science
7 points by commandlinefan 11 days ago | 3 comments
Ask HN: How can I learn to better command people's attention when speaking? (ycombinator.com)
I've noticed over the years that whenever I'm in group conversations in a social setting, people in general don't pay too much attention to what I say.
Communication, Public Speaking, Social Skills
82 points by somethingsimple 11 days ago | 94 comments
ECAL – Enhanced Communication Abstraction Layer / Pub-Sub Middleware (github.com/eclipse-ecal)
The enhanced Communication Abstraction Layer (eCAL) is a middleware that enables scalable, high performance interprocess communication on a single computer node or between different nodes in a computer network.
Software, Middleware, Communication, Networking, Open Source
7 points by nateb2022 24 days ago | 2 comments
How Did the "Smile" Become a Friendly Gesture in Humans? (scientificamerican.com)
Human Behavior, Evolution, Communication, Psychology
6 points by thunderbong 24 days ago | 1 comments
Voices from the Dead Letter Office (harpers.org)
Who can deny that the letter—pen, paper, envelope, stamp—is dead, incontrovertibly, relentlessly, unforgivably, unmistakably dead?
Writing, Death, Communication, Technology
8 points by tintinnabula 27 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: How do you work with people who are "not quite smart"? (ycombinator.com)
Hey,<p>This is a touchy subject, and that might be a lack of awareness or empathy from my part. But trust that it comes from a genuine willingness of making things better for everyone.<p>We all work with people who we find "not as good", have different ways or work ethics. After being told for decades that this is usually a problem with communication or point of view, I had somewhat internalized the idea.
Human Resources, Workplace Dynamics, Communication, Interpersonal Relationships
50 points by charles_f 28 days ago | 77 comments
Beginning NFC: Introducing NDEF (oreilly.com)
In order to understand NFC, you need to know about the NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF), which is the lingua franca for NFC devices and tags.
NFC, Technology, Communication, Standards, Mobile
22 points by walterbell 32 days ago | 0 comments
Reverse Charisma (twitter.com)
Social Media, Psychology, Communication
5 points by jger15 32 days ago | 0 comments
Telegraph Talk and Talkers (1902) (books.google.com)
Telegraph, History, Communication
15 points by harperawl 34 days ago | 5 comments
Recreated an open source version of the first social media (talkomatic.co)
Talkomatic is an online platform for real-time text communication, essentially a chat room.
Open Source, Social Media, Communication, Chat Rooms
11 points by mohdmahmodi 35 days ago | 3 comments
Conversations are better with four people (thetimes.com)
Social Dynamics, Communication, Group Interaction, Psychology
230 points by nomilk 37 days ago | 151 comments
How WhatsApp became an unstoppable global cultural force (restofworld.org)
With over 2 billion users, WhatsApp is not just the most popular messaging app in the world — it’s a digital lifeline.
Social Media, Messaging Apps, Global Culture, Technology, Communication
63 points by insane_dreamer 37 days ago | 194 comments
Askers vs. Guessers (swizec.com)
Here's a culture clash that comes up every few weeks in various contexts: People who Just Ask and people who Guess Before Asking.
Communication, Culture, Behavior, Work
17 points by sundarurfriend 39 days ago | 1 comments
Paper Implementation: A Mathematical Theory of Communication (leetarxiv.com)
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Mathematics, Communication, Computer Science, Theory
7 points by muragekibicho 39 days ago | 0 comments
How WhatsApp for business changed the world (restofworld.org)
Shivika Sabharwal’s nerves kicked in the second she spotted the size of the crowd. It was mid-September, and Sabharwal was standing center stage inside a massive event space at Mumbai’s extravagant Jio World Convention Centre. The space, which had recently hosted the star-studded wedding between billionaire heirs Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, had been transformed into a sea of green — green spotlights, green archways, a neon-green light display — in honor of WhatsApp’s first business summit in India.
Business, Communication, Technology, India
73 points by surprisetalk 40 days ago | 163 comments
Ask HN: Which messaging apps do you use? (ycombinator.com)
I used to enjoy signal, but now it's mostly useless as only a handful of my contacts adopted it. I would like something that's what Signal used to be so I can message all my contacts with encrypted messaging once again.
Messaging Apps, Privacy, Security, Communication
6 points by whoitwas 40 days ago | 28 comments
The Art of Calling Out Room Dynamics (leadership.garden)
Let’s face it: (some) meetings suck. And the higher up you climb in your career, the more you realize that even fancy executive-level meetings can devolve into absolute sh**shows.
Leadership, Communication, Workplace Dynamics
11 points by surprisetalk 41 days ago | 0 comments
Message order in Matrix: right now, we are deliberately inconsistent (artificialworlds.net)
After lots of conversations with Element colleagues about message order in Matrix, and lots of surprises for me, I wanted to write down what I had learned before I forgot, and also write down some principles I think we should try to follow.
Matrix, Messaging, Software Development, Communication
136 points by whereistimbo 44 days ago | 117 comments
How to Tell Great Stories (julian.com)
Is it possible to turn anyone into a storyteller as good as Neil deGrasse Tyson?
Storytelling, Writing, Communication
13 points by t55 45 days ago | 0 comments
US officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack (nbcnews.com)
Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as  AT&T and Verizon, U.S. officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers.
Cybersecurity, Privacy, Communication, Government, Technology
41 points by leotravis10 45 days ago | 13 comments
Grifters, Believers, Grinders, and Coasters (seangoedecke.com)
Why do engineers get mad at each other so often?
Engineering, Workplace Culture, Communication
14 points by rbanffy 46 days ago | 3 comments
Communication Structures in a Growing Organization (jessitron.com)
When Honeycomb was a small company, All Hands meetings had announcements and discussions. Discussions mostly took place in the meeting chat, where everyone can answer anyone’s question. Between that and the announce channel in Slack, information got out to the whole company.
Communication, Organizational Growth, Team Management, Remote Work
47 points by BerislavLopac 47 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: A P2P Web App for Chat, File Transfer, and Video Calls (github.com/99percentpeople)
Weblink is a pure web-based file transfer and chat application built on WebRTC.
Web Development, Peer-to-Peer, Communication, Video Conferencing, File Transfer
22 points by 99precentpeople 49 days ago | 6 comments
Microsoft Outlook, Exchange and Teams calendar are down worldwide (euronews.com)
Microsoft Exchange and Teams Calendar are currently down worldwide, with Outlook also “crashing,” according to users who said they could not view or send emails.
Microsoft Products, Downtime, Software, Technology, Communication
94 points by neversaydie 54 days ago | 50 comments
Exploring and having fun with rotary telephones (danieljones.au)
Someone I live with has become a little frustrated with trying to get my attention. They're not comfortable knocking on my door as they don't want to disturb me and I often cannot hear the knocking due to music. Logically, the solution is to just call my mobile phone, but they said they don't want to do that.
Technology, Humor, Communication
63 points by daniel_j 55 days ago | 54 comments
Amazon won't accept written communication (ycombinator.com)
We had a bad time with Amazon yesterday, and I can't reach them to tell them about it.
Customer Service, Amazon, Communication
80 points by ccleve 55 days ago | 69 comments
DroidSpeak: Enhancing Cross-LLM Communication (arxiv.org)
In multi-agent systems utilizing Large Language Models (LLMs), communication between agents traditionally relies on natural language. This communication often includes the full context of the query so far, which can introduce significant prefill-phase latency, especially with long contexts.
Communication, Multi-Agent Systems, Artificial Intelligence
17 points by jonbaer 56 days ago | 2 comments
Smuggling files under Google's nose (world-playground-deceit.net)
This tale takes place at my office, where we use Google Mail/Chat for our internal communication needs. I'm pretty sure any dev in our situation has encountered that dreaded notice:
Security, Google, Workarounds, Communication, Internal Tools
20 points by BoingBoomTschak 56 days ago | 2 comments