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   by geon 5y ago

   While i did not do double blind tests, or even blind tests, I did play the problematic sections (like 1-2 seconds) over and over to be sure I could hear the artifacts. It was not some casual listening. And I could only hear the artifacts in
2. 512.▲
   by geon 5y ago

   From my own experience, 320kbps MP3 is enough to handle any music without noticable audio degradation. I have not done double blind tests, and this was in my 20s when my hearing was a lot better, but at 128 kbps I could clearly hear the los
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   by geon 5y ago

   I have been reading through the Commander Keen source code. https://github.com/keendreams/keen Sprites have precomputed shifted versions so they can be drawn with fewer than 8 pixels alignment. The number of cached spr
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   by geon 5y ago

   Why though? The sound will be played through a couple of medium quality in-ear ear buds. It’s not like anything above 320 kbps mp3 will be detectable.
5. 515.▲
   by geon 5y ago

   How did golang gain and lose 12k todos in an instant?
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   by geon 5y ago

   Here in Sweden it is kind of the norm. I have 100/100 municipal fiber in my cottage in the middle of the forest. I could have higher speed, but it didn't feel cost effective since I don't use it much.
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   by geon 6y ago

   Using cheat software is a breach of the terms of service. The cheaters are welcome to do wtf they want with their computer, but they should not be allowed to abuse a service. And it ruins the day for for millions of people who just want to
8. 518.▲
   by geon 6y ago

   Especially if it would still require a subscription. I hate that kind of bloatware oems insists to fill up windows installs with.
9. 519.▲
   by geon 6y ago

   The other week I optimized some processing in a web app from 3 minutes to 11 seconds. The customer was ecstatic, but I still think it is 2 orders of magnitude too slow.
10. 520.▲
    by geon 6y ago

    How does it compare to the tagged unions in Zig, which aims to be “C with the bugs fixed”?
11. 521.▲
    by geon 6y ago

    Sounds like the Cardassian justice system in Star Trek Deep Space 9.
12. 522.▲
    by geon 6y ago

    At work, we have our own “cloud”. It is a cluster running kubernetes, so if I need a bunch of vms I can just spin them up in house.
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    A new way to visualize General Relativity(youtube.com)

    1 points by geon 6y ago|0 comments
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    Custom color schemes for Dos Shell(reddit.com)

    2 points by geon 6y ago|0 comments
15. 525.▲
    by geon 6y ago

    I’m guessing that it is difficult to distinguish the “noise” of sub pixel galaxies from the thermal noise of the sensor.
16. 526.▲
    by geon 6y ago

    I'd love to watch a ship clear a bridge by 10 thousandths of an inch.
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    by geon 6y ago

    I don’t really see your point. Even the examples you list are nonsensical. * We are no longer in the ps2 era. EA now uses Frostbite, which was developed by the Swedish studio Dice. It is alive and well, powering some 40-50 games. https:&#x
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    by geon 6y ago

    As an introvert, being “salesman-ed” a car sounds like hell.
19. 529.▲
    by geon 6y ago

    I grew up with it, and replayed it a few years ago. It was definitely 10 yo me being stupid. Still a hard game, but not nearly as impossible.
20. 530.▲
    by geon 6y ago

    > and first prototyped in PPT to point out problems at low cost That part actually worked excellently. The problem was that when the problems were pointed out, they were completely disregarded.
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    by geon 6y ago

    > You don't build half a bridge while finishing the design for the other half. But our software does seem to come out in that fashion because requirements aren't fixed The analogy is flawed, because ”building” the software is t
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    by geon 6y ago

    Thanks. Very insightful. > To be fair, the customer also seemed to hustle you with a variation of "if you're a good guy, do me this small favour?" followed up with, "why won't you do me this next favour, I though
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    by geon 6y ago

    > People also fall in love with their own creation. That was exactly what happened! I have used those exact words when talking about it. > Allowing the customer to create the mocks almost guarantees that they will not be reasonable ab
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    by geon 6y ago

    > There are better ways to handle a stubborn client other than, “I’m better at this than you are and that’s that.” While I can see how you got that impression, it is not how it happened. I carefully explained all my suggestions and backe
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    by geon 6y ago

    > The problem is the relative social status between the client and Geon. Not only the social hierarchy, but age/experience and projected confidence. At least I think that was it. Because my suggestions were so completely disregarded
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    by geon 6y ago

    Thanks for your insight. You may very well be right about the client looking for more resistance. How could I have given more resistance? I don’t see how I could have had more of a “spine” without it turning into a shouting match. But perha
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    The Trick(reddit.com)

    83 points by geon 6y ago|60 comments
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    by geon 6y ago

    I don’t agree. It doesn’t try to refute traditional music theory, but explain why it works.
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    by geon 6y ago

    Probably. Google maps used to have huge problems with zooming (since it was meant to use the scroll wheel), as did a lot of games that relied on the mouse wheel to cycle through an inventory.
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    by geon 6y ago

    Harmony Explained: Progress Towards A Scientific Theory of Music https://arxiv.org/html/1202.4212 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12085844