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dvaun
6y ago
I appreciate the sense of scale that your explanation brings. I understand that. The size of the PDF is not a symbol for the work being done here, though. Reducing it makes it cheaper to distribute and easier for viewers to read their findi
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The technical report is quite large (105MB). Here is a compressed version (6MB): https://www.dvaun.com/files/satcon1-compressed.pdf I'm a bit confused by why they included such high-res images in the PDF in the fi
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I actually used to lurk at hard-light for several years! It's a great community with very dedicated people :) My father and I were huge fans of the Descent series and, naturally, took up FreeSpace when it came out. Out of most of the g
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6y ago
This reminds me of an older sequence of space games titled “FreeSpace” that were created by Volition. The interface components are very nice! I might just use this for my blog... Edit: An additional framework that may pair well with this is
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> ...not least if you're aware of Douglas Hofstadter's obsession with "letter spirits" and their multidimensional relationship to GAI... This is an interesting topic I've never seen before. Down the rabbit hole I
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The Letter Spirit Project
(goosie.cogsci.indiana.edu)
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The author does explain[0] his underlying persective/meaning of Brutalism: > Brutalism wasn’t a specific material or style, it was an attempt to be true to the raw qualities of materials. It was an ethic.¹⁸ Signifier adheres to this
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6y ago
I like using interesting fonts and would definitely grab this for my Kindle if I could afford the price tag.
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I've looked at the Google certificate before but didn't find it enticing enough to spend the effort to earn it. Rather, I'm spending time now on a handful of certificates: * PCCSA (Palo Alto) * Security+ * CCNA F
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This is definitely an interesting project. I'll give it a shot with Chrome the next time I'm scouring Reddit or HN for information when I'm doing research for a project
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6y ago
I just searched for "hidden dragons paper tigers" and now I want to add it to my reading list. Thank you for the reference!
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Make your [vim] setup truly cross-platform
(vimways.org)
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Personal Notetaking in Vim
(vimways.org)
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6y ago
A good tool for creating custom styles is Stylus[0]. It works as an extension for Chrome or Firefox. [0]: https://github.com/openstyles/stylus
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This was well laid-out and accessible (as someone who doesn't program in C often). I also appreciate the concluding link to a paper about Algebraic Effects which I hadn't known about before today. If you do end up making another
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Planting Perennials Next to Potholes: Silos, bikesheds, and how to prioritize
(bravenewgeek.com)
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I slightly modified the title in order to convey its original meaning and fit within length constraints.
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Everything You Know About Latency Is Wrong (2015)
(bravenewgeek.com)
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The original title of the article is "Benchmarking Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, and RabbitMQ: Which is the Fastest?" As for messaging systems, there is no mention of NATS[0] or NATS Streaming. For a system with durability similar
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This book list may not contain a lot of favorites that I've seen mentioned on HN in the past. Previous lists such as tptacek's suggested reading list definitely do not have entries in here. It seems to be a mixed bag of technical,
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Cybersecurity Canon
(cybercanon.paloaltonetworks.com)
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Canvas is slow for everyone – Incident Report for Instructure
(status.instructure.com)
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Intermittent errors are degrading authentication services for School Districts
(status.clever.com)
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Check out 2ality[0]. The blog author delves into ECMAScript internals and specific concepts (e.g. hoisting, scope nuances based on variable declaration, etc.) with great details. [0]: https://2ality.com/
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I know a few. I have been teaching part-time for a web development bootcamp where some students have either heard of Python from developer friends or came across it during their learning. I'll send this to them as a resource to check o
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I too work with similar tech. It "just works" and fulfills requirements. > Our Azure bill now cost as much as an average European developer. > The main reason is a slow horrific monolith. Would changing the tech either impro
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There was a previous discussion on this[0] from the source[1] [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24172603 [1]: https://voshart.com/ROMAN-EMPEROR-PROJECT
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I did not notice this. Thanks for pointing it out!
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Python Arsenal for Reverse Engineering
(pythonarsenal.com)
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Penguin’s Moonlit Maze – The Dawn of Nation-State Digital Espionage (2017) [pdf]
(media.kasperskycontenthub.com)
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