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by indigoabstract 2y ago
1337 seconds is a pretty meaningful result. If you're a programmer, that is. Could mean something else in physics, right?
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Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien's Middle-Earth(nytimes.com)
27 points by indigoabstract 2y ago|4 comments
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
I must say I quite enjoyed reading up on this great business idea. It speaks to that 14 year old that's still inside us, regardless of age.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
I read this article the other day about Morris Chang, the founder TSMC: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42559052 4-5 years before founding TSMC, he was forced resign from Texas Instruments after 20 years there and then
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Possibly both, I guess we're not the first ones to wonder why it's so famous. She isn't even a good looking lady, but obviously the painting must have something going for it, or some other painting would take its place. I wou
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Perhaps "incompetent" isn't the best word for this? People tend to get "promoted" when they outgrow their current role and need more challenges. But eventually all will reach a point where they stop growing or grow
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Yes, it's puzzling to me how posterity can tell if something has the quality to stand the test of time, but we, the contemporaries, cannot. Though it seems that eventually, remarkable work does find its way up, even if the authors migh
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
I'm not sure if quality is objective or subjective, especially when referring to art. I read this anecdote somewhere: A visitor to the Louvre in Paris viewed the renowned Mona Lisa and stated loudly: "That painting is nothing spec
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Spherical egg sells at auction for £200(bbc.com)
2 points by indigoabstract 2y ago|0 comments
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Ouch, the puzzle is too hard. Maybe the next step could be an automated tool for solving wicked CAPTCHAs? :)
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Though it's not actually a vector font, I've always liked the aesthetics of Fixedsys. And I still do.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
I think he was just making fun of people who inflate the importance of their language and their way too much and it should be taken in that spirit. There are good reasons why all these new languages like Rust and Zig popped up in the last 1
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
It's controversial because of how he makes fun about the people using and promoting other languages, like Rust. I thought it was hilarious. And in case you haven't noticed, C++ isn't seen in a good light anymore for some year
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
I really love how politically incorrect this post is. And how honest and fresh it sounds, though quite a few have been quick to say how wrong he is. They could be right, but I think it misses the point. Yes, it's way too easy to do dum
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Thanks, really good story. It unfolds like an Indiana Jones movie for priceless antique CRTs.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Good for her. Though I wonder, how many would still give, if donations were anonymous, so others would never know who is it that's giving? The moment you hear about the specific persons/organizations making the donations, you cann
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
It means that what you are going to get is what its makers put in there. Though it has multiple personalities, it doesn't have an individuality.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
It's made by people, but using code instead of brushes. Andrew Wulf's art is really beautiful, both in colors and patterns.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
> even if LLMs are just stochastic parrots, if its output was totally indistinguishable from a human's, would it matter? I'll just leave this here, in case someone else finds it interesting. https://chatgpt.com/
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Where Humans Still Have the Edge on AI(hbr.org)
5 points by indigoabstract 2y ago|1 comments
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
I guess it also depends on how much you love your work. If there wasn't that much interest in the first place, I suppose you can grow to hate it in time. If that happens, maybe there's something else you'd rather do instead?
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Yet, they were able to find a market for their products. He knew both how to code and what to code. Ultima Underword was technologically superior to Wolfenstein 3D. System Shock was technologically superior to Doom and a much better game fo
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
It's good advice, but not easy to follow, since knowing what to do and doing it are very different things. I think that what he means is that how successful we are in work is closely related to our contributions, or to the perceived &q
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Ah, I see, I hadn't thought of that. I guess it makes sense that the Navy people would focus on the sea instead of the land.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
I remember John Carmack talking about this last year. Seems like it's still pretty good advice more than a year later: "From a DM, just in case anyone else needs to hear this." https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack&#x2F
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
As I was reading about submarine stealth techniques, I saw the map and had trouble visualizing it at first, as they colored the land in blue and the water in white. Pretty strange choice for coloring a map.
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Mnemotechnics and Ultima Underworld II (2011)(rockpapershotgun.com)
4 points by indigoabstract 2y ago|0 comments
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Contains secret code?
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Wow, that's offensive, especially the last part. Good job!
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
The last developed in Assembly, but as he admits, not the last successful bedroom coder game. There are still a few successful solo developer or small team games even today. Manor Lords, Tiny Glade and Townscaper come to mind. But certainly

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