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by baldajan 11y ago
This story, like many, brings warm feelings to me. I lived in Japan for 5 mo during a student exchange (Kyoto) and I can say, that even though there was at least 3-4 different train lines operated by different companies in Kyoto alone, it w
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by baldajan 11y ago
That was my first thought. This is brilliant, but the FS is way overworked, making this less practical and going back to the original solution (because it's fast). It's a trade off between speed and variability, which for games (a
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by baldajan 11y ago
Honestly, it's fantastic! I couldn't tell it was made with Strikingly until the end. The images used, the division of products and copy layout are done really well. In regards to concept, I think it's great YC is promoting YC
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by baldajan 11y ago
It feels like the loses from a suicide apartment should be covered by insurance, rather than estates or families of the deceased. I'm not saying this insurance does or doesn't exist (I don't know); but this is the "idea
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by baldajan 11y ago
I wish Dorsey's apology came with some real change, to their ToS for example and immediate reversal of bad decisions. Rather than just, tweet what would you like to see. Actions speak louder than words, no matter how small.
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by baldajan 11y ago
MIND BLOWN - this is using WebGL? Unbelievable! The only thing I wish it had was more interactions, but as is it demonstrates that WebGL is not just a toy, but something to be taken more seriously in the GL community.
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by baldajan 11y ago
I think the reason he or others may perceive a slow down in innovation happens because innovation is more incremental, but is released far more quickly, thus making up for small increments. A good example is the Windows or Mac OS, which too
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by baldajan 11y ago
Really glad to see these trends, not only at Stanford, but other universities. Diversity in any field makes it richer.
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by baldajan 11y ago
I agree and disagree with this point. The absolute worse thing a startup can do is to "flip"/"redo" their code base, in an attempt to clean it up. We learned that the hard way last year. That said, going through cod
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by baldajan 11y ago
Articles have been written about short tweets, and this strikes me as incredibly similar.
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Show HN: Medly – Make Music on iPad(medlylabs.com)
5 points by baldajan 12y ago|1 comments
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by baldajan 12y ago
What if the feedback is 'we think the market is too small'. It seems the way to improve is drastically change the product (/pivoting), or is there another way?
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by baldajan 12y ago
Interesting how it lists Real-Time programming from uWaterloo. It's likely the toughest class taught at the university, requiring at least 40h of work a week.
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by baldajan 12y ago
Some really cool points on getting started. Coding is hard and "coders" (like me) take getting started for granted. Worse, for new coders, it can sometimes feel like you need to jump to the top of the mountain rather than taking i
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by baldajan 12y ago
This is one step towards Altman's YC, which has only been pushing the envelope further and further on what an incubator is. Interested too see how this pans out :)
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by baldajan 12y ago
re shader: I passed 1.0 from the vertex shader to the fragment shader. It didn't always occur, but occurred frequently on enough geometry to make a considerable flicker when shifting the geometries position. When I checked the values w
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by baldajan 12y ago
[Originally a reply to a statement that "1.0" should be reliable on systems because of the spec] Yeah, but all systems are made by humans, and all humans make mistakes - hence the GPU fragment shader error on the A7 that would occ
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by baldajan 12y ago
re: "As long as they are small enough, floating point numbers can represent integers exactly." I recently discovered a wonderful floating point bug in the Apple A7 GPU (fragment shader). I would pass a float from the vertex shader
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The Most Amazing Press Release Ever Written (2011)(techcrunch.com)
2 points by baldajan 12y ago|0 comments
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Does the AAA company ever get created now?(mikekirkup.com)
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by baldajan 12y ago
Bolt - you will likely lose this case, Facebook knows this. Don't litigate. Bolt is used too often and the only way you would succeed in a reverse confusion trial is to show that you own the Bolt trademark when it comes to mobile commu
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by baldajan 12y ago
Yes. Think Apple. They weren't the first Apple, and they can't touch other Apple entities that have been around before the existence of Apple (ie. Apple Bank in NY). However, anyone that uses the name Apple, or a logo similar to t
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by baldajan 13y ago
It's a shame. I do think they look somewhat look a like, and there are solid reasons why it would or wouldn't cause confusion in trade. But if the plaintiff is indeed BCBS, then Watsi would have definitely lost. Since BCBS will pr
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Can You Solve This? [video](youtube.com)
2 points by baldajan 13y ago|0 comments
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by baldajan 13y ago
Fix: $1.50 USD 1945 today The problem with this query is, wolframalpha auto detects location and uses the $ currency (if available) in that country. So it only really works in the states, and maybe countries that don't have a $ currenc
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by baldajan 13y ago
Brings up an interesting point: cost of buying every customer with IE 7 a new computer < cost of adapting to IE 7 - assuming it's true after all. Personally, I wouldn't have done an offer like that, as I would see no point in i
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by baldajan 13y ago
I disagree, founders and products change, and can make the difference between lifestyle and $1B. Having had multiple rejections for years from different sources (then accepted with the same idea), I know this to be true. It's less abou
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by baldajan 13y ago
It's more the idea that prosecutors are using their power to hold evidence and resources against innocent defendants (you're innocent until proven guilty). Worse, they're planting "evidence" to get their way - this
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by baldajan 13y ago
I read stories like this, and I believe the line between China and the US blurs more and more. This is truly a crazy system.
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by baldajan 13y ago
King.com is ridiculous for sure. I do wish someone that has used the word candy in the title of their game before Candy Crush still sells/trades in significant volume. If so, they can still contact the USPTO and have the mark invalidat

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