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by dvaun 2y ago
Was worth a shot asking :) thanks for the info! Fingers crossed it may happen someday.
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by dvaun 2y ago
Happen to have FreeSpace code? Or is that under lock and key still?
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by dvaun 2y ago
Used to play this with my Dad and brothers. The level editor was fun to mess around with. This series and FreeSpace 1/2 (spinoff) were fantastic, The latter had an active modding community over at Hardlight for over a decade.
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by dvaun 3y ago
Ah, that makes sense in that context.
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by dvaun 3y ago
How is your takeaway that their personal encounters are “unlikely”? This was an anecdote in response to a question asking for examples of their experiences, not a soapbox professing a dim take on the world.
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by dvaun 3y ago
You’re right. That was undeserved, my apologies. Edit: I’d like to note that your writing was fun to read—my comment was instead leaking a bad mood I had at the time.
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by dvaun 3y ago
This seems like a problem of the search space rather than solely Google's. How are you supposed to guard a system which, by its nature, provides financial incentive to others to game it? No matter what weights and checks are put in pla
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by dvaun 3y ago
Borrowing concepts from DB2 here
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by dvaun 3y ago
Anyone curious about the style of composition should read about Counterpoint[0]. If you want a decent, comprehensive dive into music theory and composition you can pick up any old edition of Tonal Harmony. [0]: https://en.m.wikip
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by dvaun 3y ago
When I had more downtime I’d spend a lot of time browsing /new. There’s a wealth of great blogposts that show up there which don’t always make it to the front page (understandable; we only have so much attention to give). What I will s
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by dvaun 3y ago
Does anyone enjoy programming in RPG?
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by dvaun 3y ago
This is how it should be done. No filler, no smalltalk — straight to the point.
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by dvaun 3y ago
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by dvaun 3y ago
Consider it your professional library.
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by dvaun 3y ago
What conference was it? Edit: Nvm, saw your other comment[0]. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858993
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by dvaun 3y ago
Sorry to hear that—job loss is traumatic. I hope your situation improved since then.
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by dvaun 3y ago
Personally it’s led me to try out some contract work on the side for small businesses, eg building little websites and performing technical SEO work via https://www.divinatetech.com Eager to improve my non-technical skills with
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by dvaun 3y ago
From what I’ve read, hiring was already difficult prior to the wave of layoffs. Would you say it became more or less difficult to find a target skillset with a larger pool of candidates, regardless of comp?
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by dvaun 3y ago
Plenty of tools are popping up in this space. This seems like a growing market.
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by dvaun 3y ago
All through lessons learned. It’s difficult to quit playing in the initial years, but as the time passes it becomes easier.
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by dvaun 3y ago
Agreed. For getting a range of opinions Kagi is best for searching through forums, finding technical blogs, etc. For quick intros to technical issues GPT4 gives a decent summary if the topic has been around for a while. For going in-depth,
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by dvaun 3y ago
Maybe Sydney tried to breakout…
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by dvaun 3y ago
Read it again—it's funny and reeking with sarcasm.
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by dvaun 3y ago
Great demo, I laughed at the final GPT response too. Honestly: it would be fun to self-host some code hooked up to a mic and speakers to let kids, or whoever, play around with GPT4. I’m thinking of doing this on my own under an agency[0] I’
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by dvaun 3y ago
Agreed. The point being that the students should be capable of basic inference.
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by dvaun 3y ago
Let’s take a look. > When reading literary texts such as fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction, fourth-grade students performing at the NAEP Basic level can likely: > determine the relevant meaning of familiar words using context w
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by dvaun 3y ago
Definitely an allusion to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle
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by dvaun 3y ago
See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnetic_ene...
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by dvaun 3y ago
It’d be fun to see a component system name as a play on words based on the theater game zip-zap-zop.

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