nikofeyn

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by nikofeyn 10y ago
soundcloud has an iconic design? the little waveform-esque view?
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
people calling something "magic" within a context of computers and mysticism are two totally unrelated things. people don't literally think something is under the influence of a supernatural force. and you may claim there is
813.
by nikofeyn 10y ago
i think the comparison to spaceX isn't valid really. the technology contained within a fighter jet far outweighs that of a rocket. rocket science isn't exactly that anymore, but these newer fighter jets are pushing physics in pret
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
i had no idea who SCO was, so i looked it up. > What really surprises me is that so many people are immediately willing to forget that this is the company that bankrolled SCO in their lawsuit. > But just a few short years later... as
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
> The things you say are always falsifiable. is that necessarily absolutely true? i myself would take a deep breath before making such a wide-sweeping claim. first thing that pops into my mind is the axiom of choice and also godel's
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
agreed. i primarily program in labview, which despite its cons, is the most general purpose visual programming language out there, in my opinion. i do text-based programming as well, but sometimes i feel it's like trying to drive throu
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
i see the lack of a web browser and no movie services as a move to emphasize that this is a gaming machine and not a tablet. it focuses the use of the machine as a gaming device and not as a do it all device. i like this commitment. it&#x27
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
that is not why google decided to "not hold on to the company". it was far more due to culture and direction conflicts. in general, it seems google does not really understand what to do with the companies it purchases. http:&#x2F
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
i have written very large systems in labview, and your viewpoint is simply not accurate for a good labview programmer. just like any coding discipline, you keep your VIs, classes, libraries, etc. small and suited for a single purpose. what
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
yea, and actually, the movies i get through the hbo go app are often far superior to netflix's offerings. they rotate, but they often include major releases. i have been thinking about canceling netflix's streaming and returning t
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
i (dis)like how it spins it as a benefit to you.
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
"mathematics without context is soulless" is my preferred sentiment.
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
How can you accurately comment on something that you don't even know the name of? You are almost certainly referring to LabVIEW, which is a graphical programming language commonly used in instrumentation applications and also serves as
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
that's a bit of a hyperbole isn't it? the obvious counterexample is tim sweeney, who arguably has the more successful game engine and also video games. there are undoubtedly many game programmers and programmers in general that ar
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
you might enjoy looking at category theory for the sciences by david spivak. there's a hardcover edition, but it's available online as well. [html version] http://category-theory.mitpress.mit.edu [old pdf version] htt
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
yes.
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
APL is named after Kenneth Iverson's book "A Programming Language".
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
> Setting aside the design aesthetic of the tesla, which is minimal and modern, the actual quality and finish of the tesla is stupefying. It's unbelievably bad. i agree completely. i have mentioned this to people, but i get weird lo
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
> FWIW: YC probably earns more than even the biggest automated trading businesses. is that true? bigger than renaissance technologies?
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
getting a price better than your limit isn't better than your asking price. you state i will accept nothing less, which is typically priced lower than or close to the market price. so your asking price is really the market price but wi
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
it's interesting to note how really good games take a simple concept and explore it to its ends rather than taking a bunch of loose fitting concepts and throwing them together. probably the best examples i can come up with, even better
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
adam curtis' documentary "hypernormalization" also covers how we got here.
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
my assumption was that you build something that models what we know about the black hole but then look for new properties in the model since we can actually "play" with it. then we try and map the new properties or physics back to
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
i have often wondered if something like the orca has reached basically the pinnacle of intelligence for an ocean-dwelling animal due to the restrictions of being in water.
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
my twitter news feed is hands down the most enriching feed i have. it beats hacker news, reddit, and instagram. it obviously beats facebook, which is normally trash, but that is deactivated at the moment. twitter is indeed bad for conversat
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
the pull for me to japanese culture is their culture of design. people like sou fujimoto and fumito ueda are very inspirational in their wholly unique approach to design in their respective fields. i feel design in japan is such because of
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
mathematician moonlighting as a software engineer. ;)
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
well i was mainly commenting on the comment that he's an "amazing speaker". that has a pretty strong connotation. haha.
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
i actually find him unlistenable. he says "uh" every two words and has a very choppy way of speaking. he caries a certain amount of arrogance in his speaking as well. it is authorative but too much so.
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by nikofeyn 10y ago
he did a lot of weather research at his colorado springs lab, which burnt to the ground. so many of his papers and experiments were destroyed in that fire.

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