kowlo

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What to Do When You F****** Hate Your Job(careeravengers.com)
2 points by kowlo 5y ago|0 comments
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by kowlo 5y ago
From the "lead dev and game designer on Dead Cells"! I started off watching the GIFs for LDtk, ended up playing this https://deepnight.itch.io/petit-tracteur-bleu ! EDIT: finished the tractor game, now onto https:
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by kowlo 5y ago
So: bool AI(int id1, int id2){ return True; }
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by kowlo 5y ago
It's sad but it's only going to get worse. UK universities are already worse.
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by kowlo 5y ago
So many distractions https://ibb.co/Xby2rKC
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by kowlo 5y ago
I hit `esc` on that page (no idea why) and it looks like a cool way to modify the content (or send a request to). It did confuse me for a moment!
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by kowlo 5y ago
Try teaching 10 randomly sampled parents how to use a command line?
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by kowlo 5y ago
Where did the link ( https://andmaybegayer.tumblr.com/post/651612929639284736/jes... ) to the former staff member go?
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by kowlo 5y ago
As others have pointed out: it's simply because Observable is where they will eventually make money. Both belong to the same author, so their coupling has incentives. If you could entirely self-host the whole Observable experience it w
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by kowlo 5y ago
Indeed - I don't like the pairing with Observable. I don't like Observable in general because the full experience can't be self-hosted. However, both projects belong to Mike, and D3.js is free - so I can't complain.
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by kowlo 5y ago
Feels like less than a year ago that we had D3 v6!
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by kowlo 5y ago
Would be nice to have fewer distractions on the page! https://ibb.co/QcGH7BQ
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by kowlo 5y ago
It's the advice I've received too, but I'm also new to most of it. One downside (I think) is that I can't take advantage of the R&D tax credits with this approach!
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by kowlo 5y ago
You're right - but it depends how and when you pay yourself... a balance of salary and dividends, where dividends are not deductible. For me I may have a good year followed by a weak year, so I use last year's profit to keep me go
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by kowlo 5y ago
In the UK you only pay corporation tax on profit
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by kowlo 5y ago
Meanwhile my (single-person) company is paying around 20% corporation tax, and then I'm getting taxed a further 20-40% on top of that when I pay myself.
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by kowlo 5y ago
A few things! - peer-review for journals and conferences - a fellowship and guest lectures - collaborating with my previous co-authors in my own time - publishing educational content and you're right, it is something I'm passionat
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by kowlo 5y ago
Sure - Computer Science, and now a consultant!
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by kowlo 5y ago
I hope I won't be considered presumptuous, but I suspect you don't have children? It is simply impossible to monitor absolutely everything.
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by kowlo 5y ago
This contributed to my departure from academia (UK professor). The majority of students didn't care, the staff cared even less, and senior management just wanted bums on seats. Gaining a position in academia is something that takes a l
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by kowlo 5y ago
Rostam and Sohrab.... tragic fun art https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e4/f4/08/e4f40806a8afb57fd661...
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by kowlo 5y ago
what do you want to do?
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by kowlo 5y ago
Azar and Atash both mean fire[1], so yes :) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azar_(name)
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by kowlo 5y ago
"Azar" means Fire in Persian... sounds fitting, and related to "Tinder"!
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by kowlo 5y ago
Thank you - that is the highlight of my week
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by kowlo 5y ago
The demos are very fun to play with, and I was surprised how brief the code was for each one... would be great to see a comparison to similar librairies
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by kowlo 5y ago
Similar thing happening in this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Try2NGwdIt0 "Evolutionary Algorithm draws Breath of the Wild"
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by kowlo 5y ago
Amazing! I will keep my eye on this project in future and contribute if I can. The current development dependency on ObservableHQ is unacceptable for me and many others... so this is a game changer.
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by kowlo 5y ago
You're unlikely to reveal any truths w.r.t. company culture... you'll have more likely speaking to multiple employees directly and not at their office.
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by kowlo 6y ago
I don't know about the best stack... but you could actually do this in Unity3D if you wanted to. Good for a quick proof-of-concept if you already know it.

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