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by Flux159 9y ago
I see blog posts from redblobgames posted sometimes and I really like how in-depth the explanations are. I remember reading about 2d height maps and map generation for a side project I was working on a while back and the explanations he gav
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by Flux159 11y ago
I'm assuming that you mean Linux/Windows/MacOS when you say multiplatform. I agree that for Desktop apps its sometimes okay to use the same codebase (thinking of Blender, Gimp, other open source apps that work across Desktop
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by Flux159 11y ago
I like this as a thought experiment - can I write JS code (specifically using React) that can be shared across a variety of devices. At the same time, I would not do this for any sort of non-trivial production application. The main reason b
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by Flux159 11y ago
Cool! It looks like they're using leaflet and hosting their own tile server from Open Street Map data. I really like that they opened up how to connect to their tile server (thanks to chippy for the link: https://www.mediawi
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by Flux159 11y ago
PID is a way to minimize error in a system. Its usually used in industrial settings to control mechanical devices. An example would be you want an electric motor to rotate at a constant N degrees/second. If you just apply a voltage to
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by Flux159 11y ago
This seems like a great resource to read about the architecture behind a lot of great applications and tools (nginx, scalable web architecture, nosql databases, git just to name a few). Definitely going to bookmark for later. Related to tha
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by Flux159 12y ago
A link to the image that matters in the article: https://fortunedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/unknown2-e... A few things to note are that it seems like a few of those items could be combined into the same gen
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by Flux159 12y ago
I'm not going to comment on who is writing the article because that's not the point. I think this is a good article pushing for more open source development at traditionally large enterprise software companies. It helps the open s
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by Flux159 12y ago
As far as I know, HN offers an official API here: https://github.com/HackerNews/API But it specifically says "We hope to improve it over time, and may later enable access to private per-user data using OAuth.&quot
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by Flux159 12y ago
Reading the article, I was reminded of pg's essay on trying to create another Silicon Valley: http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html I think its great that the author is putting his own money and efforts into mak
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by Flux159 12y ago
The author seems to be trying to dissuade founders who are only in it for the money from starting startups solely for that reason. On that note, I would suspect that a company whose primary interest is making the founders money wouldn'
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by Flux159 12y ago
Wow. At first I thought it was just a video, but its more like an "interactive intro". I remember being introduced to Processing years ago in CMU's Intro to Programming class, glad to see that it's still being used and d
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