HONE. What are the words that make up the acronym? --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505
505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Sep 13, 2020, 8:10 AM Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Thinks for the extra references. I can't penetrate the brochure-speak > either... even HONE which sounds like yet another gussied up machine > learning platform. Of course, a great deal of the success in that > domain is it's application. I'm assuming they are stirring in some > Quantum just to create the appearance of an "edge". > > Do you have any more insight into what HONE is beyond the words that > make the acronym? > > Heinbockel's other company of record: Visual Purple > https://visualpurple.com reminds me way too much of the two major > clients that I suffered in the last 12 years... WorldScape and Micoy, > each of whom were aspiring to fill a strong niche in virtual training > and hollywood FX, but they started with modest IP in the multi-camera > capture domain (flat and spherical arrays)... the websites are slick > enough and have enough implied content for many customers I suspect. I > think their demo reel would be what makes or breaks them. And whomever > his "co-founder" might be... > > On 9/13/20 5:40 AM, ⛧ glen wrote: > > It seems they're not trying to be a hardware company. > > > https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news/savantx-partnering-with-d-wave-to-help-trucking-companies-optimizing-loads-and-driver-retention/ > > > > I found no listings in the gov funded contracts databases. But CNN lists > them as a PPP recipient: > > https://www.cnn.com/projects/ppp-business-loans/businesses/savantx-inc > > > > My new guess is Ed made a pretty penny in an IPO and has been hunting > for the next big wave, buzzwords from AI/ML to data science to QC. > > > > I'm worried that HONE might be an interesting thing that gets occluded > by 'entrepreneurship'. > > > > On September 13, 2020 3:10:25 AM PDT, "⛧ glen" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks for the link to that book! > >> > >> I'm unable to pierce the wall of hype around savantx. Ostby's patents > >> are about search and training sims. My guess is they're riding a string > >> of SBIR type funding and have convinced some brass that they can do > >> something cool. I hope it's true and not just hype. > >> > >> > >> On September 12, 2020 6:08:52 PM PDT, Steve Smith <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> I'm also interested in the possibility that perspectives such as are > >>> presented in books like Blackfoot Physics > >>> <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110248.Blackfoot_Physics> might > >>> have some traction, and the long-shot chance that one of my young Tewa > >>> neighbors, for example, might grow up and revolutionize this domain > >>> through hybridization of their own cosmological perspectives and those > >>> that lead to our current quantum technology. > >>> > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> > http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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