chrisdbaldwin

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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
As someone who has recently needed said 6 months in the bank, I agree completely, yes - you need it. I burned out, but I couldn't have done something about it (quit) without that cushion.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Leaving negative people and environments behind and moving on with life.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Makes sense. I look forward to the revision!
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Exactly, and I've started to look at the bright side of Facebook's "centralization" of the internet: it allows niche communities (like Hacker News) that aren't mainstream to thrive again. The end of the Eternal Sept
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
>You don't realize how just ugly and tacky billboards are until you live in a place without them for a few years... I recently visited San Francisco and was appalled by the billboards. There's something very jarring about seein
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Simple: We've seen record breaking divorce rates in our lifetime, and wedding ceremonies are a scam.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
The popular programming languages seems like it's missing C++ and C#... surely they are more popular than Delphi. Did they just get absorbed into C?
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Okay. They are also selling user data.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
So short it.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
I found this very helpful. Thank you for the advice, Sophie.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
No, please and thank you.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
There's a pink eye problem with HMDs? This is the first I've heard of it, but I suppose it makes sense.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
I've come to the same conclusion: VR belongs in an arcade. The tough part is coming up with a game worthy of a VR arcade... Batman Beyond-style.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Perhaps the fuel matters more than running the engine.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
It wasn't just Kickstarter giveaways, but all pre-order sales. They severely underestimated volume iirc.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Bingo! I would bet IBM wrote the piece and paid vice to make it look like news.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
"Add to this the fact that we are basically shit at predicting which mutant proteins will produce neoantigens and you have a recipe for total failure, even in concept." Do you think if we had more data surrounding those mutant pro
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
As a disclaimer, I stopped consuming VICE for this exact reason. I'm more skeptical of the underlying agenda of VICE than some rando blogger with an axe to grind.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Is it "injecting" if the content was native-advertising to begin with?
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
It's like a scene out of a Silicon Valley episode.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Don't forget stealing all of the Dota hero/item concepts from said forum. For example, Warwick and Teemo were fan made concepts from the dota-allstars forums, iirc.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Some people did see it coming, and we ignored them. Hell, the politician who pushed those ridiculous TSA body scanners works for the company which made them! Cash rules everything around me, CREAM, get the money, dolla' dolla' bil
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
He tries to explain it at the end of this interview: http://www.bay12games.com/media/df_talk_8_transcript.html
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Tarn's dissertation "Flat Chains in Banach Spaces" is truly awesome, if you have enough domain knowledge to understand what it's talking about. I love those guys.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
"Accessories that use only Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) (note: BTLE-enabled HomeKit accessories and BTLE-enabled MFi Hearing Aids are part of the MFi Program)" (MFi = made for iPhone) https://mfi.apple.com/MFiWeb&#x
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
The technology to achieve custom molded Bluetooth earbuds like you're describing has been around for a few years, but no one is making them. There are a few startups and old dogs (hearing aid industry) trying to move into the space, bu
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
It takes two to tango.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Google/Alphabet purchased Waze at some point, and they use Waze's tech in Google Maps.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
The Steam Link killed any reason for a Steam Machine. Perhaps they are going after separate markets (PC vs. Console), but they are trying to solve the same problem: put Steam in the living room. For this, the Link is a great solution, while

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