armagon

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   by armagon 7y ago

   Hi. 1) I can't find the really clear article that introduced me to this, but a fellow started a hardware/software company in Nelson, BC (2016 population = 10 664 people). It appears to me that he moved to the small city for the li
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   by armagon 7y ago

   I'm a Canadian coder ... and my first thought, reading your comment, was, "We do?"
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   by armagon 8y ago

   Thank you.
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   by armagon 8y ago

   Since when does macOS not have telnet built in?
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   by armagon 8y ago

   This doesn't solve the general problem, but take a look at http://paralleltext.io/ , where you can read/listen to a book in a different language and click on the text to see a translation.
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   by armagon 8y ago

   > 109. I will see to it that plucky young lads/lasses in strange clothes and with the accent of an outlander shall REGULARLY climb some monument in the main square of my capital and denounce me, claim to know the secret of my power,
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   by armagon 8y ago

   What is the best way to leave? I look at the experience required on the 'Who is Hiring' threads and sigh -- how am I supposed to get two years' professional experience using a technology that has nothing to do with games, or,
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   by armagon 8y ago

   The noise suppression demo is incredible! Scroll down to "Show Me the Samples!" (about 3/4 of the way down) on https://people.xiph.org/~jm/demo/rnnoise/ and hit play and try the buttons. My hea
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   by armagon 8y ago

   80% of all devices that use the app store . You'd better believe there are older devices out there, and people would use the app store with them, iff the app store would only show you apps (or versions of apps) that still run on your
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    by armagon 8y ago

    I was surprised to see that C# isn't considered a end-node for languages. I'm a game programmer; games make up a lot of applications being developed (nearly 100% for consoles, roughly 25% of mobile apps[0]). The Unity 3D game engi
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    by armagon 8y ago

    I have no first-hand advice, but this article may be of interest: https://stackingthebricks.com/chronic-illness-the-best-reaso...
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    by armagon 8y ago

    TinEye reverse image search is fairly useful in this scenario. Go to https://tineye.com/ , upload an image (or paste in a URL), and it'll show you other copies of that image all over the internet. This doesn't alw
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    by armagon 8y ago

    I see where you are going with your statement: > Firstly, a lot of issues don't and can't have any scientific rationale behind them. They're moral judgements. For example, if you want to go looking for scientific evidence
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    Ask HN: Just enough math to read computer papers?

    2 points by armagon 8y ago|0 comments
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    by armagon 8y ago

    I agree 100%. Which is a shame, because the primary reason I like ebooks is because technical books are so much cheaper in electronic format. Likewise, I'd much prefer to read a paper electronically than kill trees, but (even if you re
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    by armagon 8y ago

    What makes for a good meetup? I've been contemplating starting one in my town, but it'd seem that having a plan for the meetup would help.
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    by armagon 8y ago

    Just as a note to the original poster: I looked at the page and thought to myself, "Show me what it does. How does it compare to, say, Sococo? Is there any way I could use it without VR gear?" I didn't see any screenshots or
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    Ask HN: How to do webinars with networking? (or, how to network in rural areas)

    1 points by armagon 8y ago|0 comments
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    by armagon 8y ago

    Ah. The second book I was thinking of is mentioned in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19089362
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    by armagon 8y ago

    "Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error" by Kathryn Schulz. I especially loved the bit where she explained that if people see things differently, we 1) think they are uninformed. If we know they are informed, we think 2) t
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    560+ Free CS Courses You Can Start in February(medium.freecodecamp.org)

    1 points by armagon 8y ago|0 comments
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    by armagon 8y ago

    I haven't made any money running a business. I think I understand how to, but it'd be some time before money comes in. (As the saying goes, it takes ten years to become an overnight success). That said, the system I've found
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    Ask HN: Where is the money?

    3 points by armagon 8y ago|4 comments
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    by armagon 8y ago

    I believe you meant to post to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18807015 "Who wants to be hired? (January 2019)"
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    by armagon 8y ago

    Location: Cardston, Alberta, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: • Unity 3D; game AI, networking, UI • Unix system administration • C#, Python, Javascript, C++, SQL, Smalltalk • Robotics Résumé/CV: http:/&#x2
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    by armagon 8y ago

    This looks pretty useful. Thank you.
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    by armagon 8y ago

    I'm not actually developing UIs for web pages or using HTML, but rather using a game engine (which, honestly, makes the UI work especially tedious, and is a large part of why I'm looking for a faster way to iterate). Nonetheless,
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    Ask HN: How to mock up UX flows?

    2 points by armagon 8y ago|4 comments
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    by armagon 8y ago

    I don't think I can fully address your question (especially the 'prove' part), but: 1) Why not install Privacy Badger? ( https://www.eff.org/privacybadger ) It watches which sites javascript files are loaded
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    by armagon 8y ago

    Its an entirely standard thing, but I feel it is unhappy knowing that my paycheque depends upon thousands of mobile game players watching advertising, and feel that it is ethically dubious that my job is to try to cram more ads down their t