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by ToJans 5y ago
In the early 90's, C-- was the bee's knees in our local demo scene. We were dabbling around with turbo Pascal a lot, until this gem appeared. I have fond memories of building mod players and mode 13 fx in a jiffy. The combination
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by ToJans 5y ago
LOL, looks like one gets seriously downvoted for mental freewheeling on HN... I did not see that coming, especially since I added a disclaimer. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to try to explain this to a total layman, but I'll defer
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Thanks, this makes a bit more sense to me now, but let's figure out if I understood it correctly: The Casimir effect is about creating a spacetime "corset" so to speak, that is so tight that even the regular quantum fluctuat
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by ToJans 5y ago
The biggest issue - based on your explanation - seems to be the need for negative energy... I might have a non-educated theory that could explain negative energy; could you tell me if this is potentially correct or am I completely wrong her
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Disclaimer: I'm bullish on 3d interaction because I own company related to this, so my opinion might be a bit colored. What surprised me the most is how fake and forced the conversations and interactions looked. It reminded me of those
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by ToJans 5y ago
I made something similar for a talk I used to give a few years ago [0]; including source code[1]. [0] http://tojans.me/vuexel/#/sheets/examplesheet [1] https://github.com/ToJans/vuexel
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by ToJans 5y ago
Another way to put it: people who like the title more than they like the job...
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I know quite a few conventional entrepreneurs that I wouldn't consider smart in a general context, but are extremely well versed in what they do. Experience will help you to develop an instinct, and once you understand why everything i
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by ToJans 5y ago
I have parts of code that are extremely messy, but I don't spend time on refactoring, because once it works it doesn't need any changes... The moment it starts requiring frequent updates I'll take the time to sit down and do
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by ToJans 5y ago
IME code quality only matters in the parts that require a lot of change. If you keep your mess contained and easy to replace, the inside doesn't matter in 90% of the cases. You do need to care about code quality in areas where code cha
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by ToJans 5y ago
I think you did a great job and are selling yourself short. Your story implies that you were unable to architect for the requirements upfront, because they probably were too volatile. You provided business value ASAP, and, if tech debt was
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by ToJans 5y ago
I'm over 40, and I've seen some developers evolve into awesome mind-bending experts, highly specialized in a certain domain or tech, but from my personal point of view the majority opted for a more stable, less riskier path and we
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by ToJans 5y ago
Warning: self promotion ahead, but you've asked for it. I built a company around this [0], but it's not open source, and I haven't exposed the dev platform to the public yet, and might only expose it to licensed partners. It
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by ToJans 5y ago
^^ This comment is spot on; my personal path has evolved from low-level "let's build everything ourselves" to "which components/services/apps can I leverage to serve my clients and get a new feature out in a fe
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WebGPU clustered rendering in PlayCanvas(twitter.com)
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Invoke .NET Core from Erlang and vice versa(codeofrob.com)
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by ToJans 5y ago
Sometimes you just need to grind in order to acquire a new skill... Another good example is playing the piano by ear: if you look at YouTube tutorials, they kind of make sense, but if you try to apply those techniques in real life, you tend
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Video: What Makes This Song Great? Queen (Feat. Brian May)(youtube.com)
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by ToJans 5y ago
I have a few ideas, in fact I gave a talk about that a long time ago [0], but I think one of my friends Marijn gave a good suggestion on twitter [1]: don't sell DDD, but fix your the problem your boss has. [0] https://www.sl
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> Nonetheless, the only thing I could think of after reading your example is just how many subtle bugs and inconsistent behaviors this engine will have with various edgecases, so I'm still pretty convinced I'd rather implement
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by ToJans 5y ago
Think about for example a planning component for hospital beds... There are a lot of parts that are really straightforward to implement, but for these planning components it might make more sense to develop an in-house component. (Assuming
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by ToJans 5y ago
Tactical/technical DDD patterns should only be used for parts of the code where there is a lot of business agility required, so the behavior of your code changes a lot, and you have a tight feedback loop with your business unit. Your s
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by ToJans 5y ago
I think the definition of DDD is abstract on purpose. I proposed a one-liner a couple of years ago [0]: * The essence of DDD: make the implicit explicit (language, boundaries, code) and evolve your model so it matches the domain * But to be
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by ToJans 5y ago
* Disclaimer: Mathias is a personal friend of mine, and I was heavily involved in the European DDD community over a decade ago. * Mathias is one of the original instigators of the European DDD community: he spent the last decade giving talk
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The most important aspect for me is getting the strategic boundaries right; the way a company is organized might not be the most optimal, so getting deep into the business and data, and at least trying to get the high-level architecture rig
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by ToJans 5y ago
Welcome! Enjoy! I especially recommend asking for the signature local dishes in these kind of places; a lot of pleasant surprises!
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by ToJans 5y ago
As a Belgian consultant I've spent a lot of time on business lunches and dinners, all over Europe. Big orgs always invited me in Michelin star restaurants. Smaller orgs usually invited me to emerging restaurants or well known local pla
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by ToJans 5y ago
Even though the landscape might have changed, I don't see a reason why trading should change (except maybe for opening up the market to smaller players who are "energy resellers"...) In the end, trading is betting on arbitrag
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The org I mentioned in my previous post was not a reseller but an energy producer; they were the largest producers of energy both in our country and the neighboring countries. The calculations for plant scheduling took a gazillion of parame
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My best guess is that the energy providers speculated on the energy trading market and lost, creating a huge gap. There's almost no risk for them, because when they win, they make a lot of profit, and when they lose they can just tell

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