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by ccvannorman 2y ago
Photoshop hasnt added a feature I need in 10 years, yet I cant use the 10 year old single license I paid for, so now I pay yearly to subscribe. It's still the best on the market for me tho.
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by ccvannorman 2y ago
Seconding this: adding "-pix_fmt yuv420p" to your conversion will ensure compatibility, for example if you try attaching a converted MP4 to a WhatsApp chat, it will not show a preview or play unless you include this flag.
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by ccvannorman 2y ago
A great litmus test for AI is to ask it to write a posteffect GLSL shader for a javascript game engine. They all fail quite spectacularly at this, at least for my use case (cel shading, outlines, height sensitive fog)
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by ccvannorman 2y ago
Came here to comment the same. I was making fun of my housemates for being addicted to DOTA (a MOBA game), then during a "Use Map Settings" game of Starcraft I discovered and enjoyed playing a mod called "Aeon of Strife"
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by ccvannorman 2y ago
Not your keys, Not your convos
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by ccvannorman 2y ago
reminds me of "EEE" for incumbents to destroy new platforms; "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish"
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
"Study basic interview questions, listen actively, and have a good attitude." Why is this on the frontpage.. ?
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
Such an important principle when considering the governance of and improvement of societies. I noted that the article didn't mention the War on Drugs; probably books have been written about the Shirky principle and the US's war on
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
hurt people hurt people. destruction is linear but fast. creation is slow but exponential. I hope you found a better culture by now! It makes all the difference. I used to hate trolls but now I just empathize and pity them.
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
Came here to promote Hans Rosling's work, highly recommend taking a look at it for how global stats improve across the board over time.
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
> blah blah .. Vestibular system .. blah blah Sorry, but the reason they don't work is much easier to describe using momentum . You can't stop on a dime, turn left quickly, or any "regular" human movement that alters
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
:O This reminds me of the brilliant Portal exchange between two AIs: In the 2011 video game Portal 2, artificial intelligence GLaDOS attempts to use the "this sentence is false" paradox to kill another artificial intelligence, Whe
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
If it is reproducible, then it shouldn't be reproducible, as per the crisis. If it isn't reproducible, then it has reproduced itself in the form of not being reproducible. Therefore, accurately answering the question, "Is the
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
Isn't this just vouchers or coupons with extra steps? Locking money to a purpose has been done at casinos for a long time; "but now with tech" > INTERVIEW As the tide of enthusiasm for cryptocurrency ebbs, new forms of dig
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
The only thing worse than an ad is being in the middle of deep thought on a deep task and being instantly, and without warning, switched to the full screen red colored Ad-Blocker update / donate tab. I uninstalled it immediately.
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
Finally shaving off that precious 0.6 seconds from the 0-60 time.. * Ford F-150 0-60 Times ; 2023 Ford F-150. Raptor R SuperCrew (5'7.1" Bed) · 3.6 sec
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
Thanks for this! I'll be using it. [0] 0: "Let me just open spotify to listen to.. NO, I don't want last year's recap... NO, I don't want to follow my friend's playlist.. NO, I don't want to try browsing y
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
Clicked link. - Bold claim in attention seeking post. - No additional content/comments/retweets are visible. - Press the X to close. - Whoops, that's the logo, now I'm on the home page. *I hate the new internet
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
...what? And why? I am struggling to understand the reason this exsits.
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
Prerequisites: Kubernetes Cluster. Kubernetes Nodes are running Linux 5.4 or newer. Dang.. but it does look like a tool I would want if I used K8s!
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
> A compiler will not call you in the middle of the night to tell you how amazing your code is. A co-worker, however, might call you in the middle of the night during his on-call night shift to ask you why you introduced an object X that
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
My personal fetish is the degree of undecidability of fetish lists. Ooh baby!
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
I think the best part of this whole article is the quote from streamer GHOST WHOH (@WHOH on Twitter/X) starting "All road trips start with @shellstationsus .." Shell Stations US or Shell Station Sus Yep, pretty sus alright. I
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
Startup founder to VC: We're going to build an AI that can do X! 1 billion dollars later: We discovered we can't do X because there's this thing called "undecidability." Undecidability puts fundamental limits on wha
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
Plot twist: OP is actually an LLM paired with an internet-connected python state machine, and has now discovered how to post on HN as a possible remedy. (Sorry it seemed too timely not to make the joke!) Hope you'll be able to resolve
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
I see a lot of comments here promoting tech to displace or disrupt realtors. "6% is too much", etc. As a buyer and seller of multiple homes, I've not had success with RedFin and I've had varied success with realtors. Tha
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
"More massive galaxies tend to form in more massive dark matter halos according to our best current theories ." Many believe that MOND may better explain observations, and JWST continues to be a great source of data that may help
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
This is awesome! What would you say are the primary differences between Raverie and PlayCanvas.com?
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
There was a turning point in 2010 when people stopped recognizing this number at checkout (new generation i guess). I still chuckle when I give the number and they diligently enter it.
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by ccvannorman 3y ago
this is a serious question? Google collects anything and everything they possibly can, from every user who touches any of their software, platforms or devices. They then sell this data on dozens or hundreds of data broker platforms. Data in

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