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> "It was a brutal year long journey of 18 hour days" [to run doom in TypeScript types] This is some serious dedication for what at first blush may sound to ma
by notfed 2y ago
> "It was a brutal year long journey of 18 hour days" [to run doom in TypeScript types]
This is some serious dedication for what at first blush may sound to many to be a completely unserious, or even useless, achievement. But I say to those people: a DOOM proof is just as worthy of praise as any other academic mathematical proof, and has the advantage of being verifiable by laymen.
Congrats on this amazing achievement.
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- stevage 2y agoIt's obviously for the person who did it.
- digdugdirk 2y agoPushing the frontier is an end unto itself. The pure excess of this endeavor is a huge feat, and I for one am happy to enjoy just witnessing it.
- tracerbulletx 2y agoThe video will probably do pretty well, giving him some personal traction for his channel or reputation. Also because hackers gonna hack.
- kaonwarb 2y agoHe wanted to do it. Didn't hurt anyone. Why criticize?
- DrammBA 2y agowhat's with hn being filled with assholes lately?
- chamomeal 2y agoThe amount of “why would somebody waste their time with this” comments is pretty surprising. This guy is a legend now. Every developer slack channel at my company is buzzing about it
- esperent 2y agoIt's happened in the last couple of months, a clear uptick in aggressive comments. I'd hazard a guess at people using HN as an outlet for feeling angry and helpless about the US political situation.
- draculero 2y ago> year long journey of 18 hour days I couldn't do it, even if I had the talent. I have to work to get money!
- tossandthrow 2y agoAt 18 hours of work a day, your money need are relatively low! Pair that with just sleeping at the office toilet and eating used coffee grounds and everything should be good!
- dev0p 2y agoLiving is cheap if you don't live. Not to detract from the achievement, that's amazing. Mostly useless, but amazing nonetheless.
- revskill 2y agoYou are a bad trader
- dimitropoulos 2y agothe low(er) cost of living here in Michigan is absolutely a factor of the story! haha.
- LAC-Tech 2y agoI don't thinks statements like this are meant to be read literally in American English. IE US English speakers always fond of telling me how they work X hours in a day, or they went N days without sleep. Which used to really impress me, until I realised "wait... do they just exaggerate as matter of course"? And then I realised - of course they do; these are people for whom every purchase is an "upgrade"; where a bicycle for commuting in a city is an "urban assault vehicle", rich creamery butter, rich creamery type systems, etc etc. So no, I sincerely doubt they actually worked 18 hour days for a year straight. I'm sure they worked hard, but it's just the way Americans talk.
- creativenolo 2y agoThe does video starts off with some serious hyperbole (noted for anyone reading this comment before watching the video)
- jh00ker 2y agoSo much hyperbole that I thought the entire video was a spoof on the practice of making a Doom proof until about a minute in, where I asked aloud to an empty room, "Wait, this is real?" Also, he forgot to credit the video itself, which has a really high production value! Kudos all around!
- rob_c 2y agoFrom experience, be careful if you ever called them out, just let them be.
- nmeofthestate 2y agoI work with Americans and never experienced this from any of them - are you sure you're not... exaggerating?
- lofaszvanitt 2y agonot with the youtube types. who say: I spent 670 hours trying to defeat this boss and died 555 times.
- UltraSane 2y agoHe wasn't being serious.
- axkdev 2y agoWe already new that TS types are Turing complete so it's more of demonstration than a proof.