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by phantarch 10y ago
> Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery Not saying that DistroKid is perfect, but sometimes all it takes to be the best in any given market
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Anatomy of a Miracle – How the Patriots came back from the dead(espn.com)
1 points by phantarch 10y ago|0 comments
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by phantarch 10y ago
You're right, thanks.
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by phantarch 10y ago
It's dangerous to assume the contrapositive of this claim is actually true (war doesn't start if trade doesn't stop). The best example of this is World War 1 Europe. It was held as common knowledge then that a world war could
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by phantarch 10y ago
I think it's less about the immigrant situation in particular, and more about the way the new President is wielding his power blatantly in front of a nation who is _extremely_ divided when it comes to their opinion of him. It's no
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Ask HN: How does your manager help you?
1 points by phantarch 10y ago|0 comments
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by phantarch 10y ago
I'd be more interested to know which of the areas has the highest median fanbase of all the shows. Based on the conclusions this article wants us to draw, certainly that would be the "least culturally polarized" place in the
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by phantarch 10y ago
While the objects in the pools or stacks may seem transient (on your screen for only a few moments), one simple technique is to only allocate those objects at load time and then flip them in an "on" or "off" state during
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Ask HN: What sources do you use to inform your vote?
32 points by phantarch 10y ago|18 comments
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by phantarch 10y ago
Agreed, but tossaway's point hold some merit. If the people in this country aren't playing by the rules they've agreed to, it's going to be more difficult to get them to agree to new rules.
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by phantarch 10y ago
Doesn't anyone else find it a small irony that the website this post is hosted on is so clean, polished, and generally reflective of the very thing he's railing against? Maybe this should be hosted on a more 'rude' websi
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by phantarch 10y ago
This feels like a very sad way to view optimism. It's from a work of fiction which only makes a guess about Hitler's worldview. If optimism is a delusion, then so is pessimism, but only in the other direction. Neither view can tel
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by phantarch 10y ago
I think based on what the post was saying that an optimistic attitude doesn't necessarily equate to ignoring reality. To me, the post was more about opinion and self-esteem than facts about a project. It sounds like whatever things hav
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by phantarch 10y ago
How is it possible for people to get stuck in such a tight spiral? Not saying that we understand every way a business can be run, but this is like spiritualist sociology.
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by phantarch 10y ago
I see on your github that the assets for the planets & background come from https://playcanvas.com/project/375395/overview/into-deep-spa... Is this a common asset pack?
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by phantarch 10y ago
Can you explain more about what in UIs you think has gone downhill? I've seen you refer to this idea in quite a few of your comments and it would be great to get insight on what aspects you think need improving/exterminating/
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by phantarch 10y ago
There's definitely positive value in the services and apps that you mention, otherwise people wouldn't begin using them initially. I think the key difference between the services and living life with "Pre-Internet" subst
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by phantarch 10y ago
Thank you for sharing these articles. The first one from vox really feels like it underlines not only the smugness that's crept into liberalism, but also its tone is exasperated and at times even pleading. It feels like a reflection of
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by phantarch 10y ago
Advertising/Marketing is unique in that it doesn't produce any byproducts. It's conceivable, and often the case, that software is developed because it's something useful and fun to do. The same is true for food, rockets,
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by phantarch 10y ago
I just spent the last week in SF (am from a flyover state), and had a difficult time enjoying walking the city without feeling stressed about not knowing if the next block would feel safe or not. It definitely solidified my decision to not
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by phantarch 11y ago
I really want to draw in red and blue, then find some of those cheap 3D glasses and see what the result looks like. Very neat program.
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by phantarch 11y ago
Your metaphor about army units has got me thinking: When are we going to see the next generation of AlphaGo, but applied to a real world army?
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by phantarch 11y ago
It's consistently amazing how ingenious some of these runners are in figuring out ways to break out of the apparent rules of a formal system and get creative with it. The TASbot guys have also done things like RAM manipulation of Pokem
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by phantarch 11y ago
I'd challenge that buried beneath the sarcasm, there's a bit of truth in saying that humans are more animalistic than we like to admit. Although we have the advantage of being able to reason about our more basic instincts and driv
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by phantarch 11y ago
But like he said in the article, he was unable to find a clear policy that gave him the "Stop, no further" point. It may have been a bad assumption to think Facebook was going with the Tumblr stance of "give us a thorough POC
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by phantarch 11y ago
How likely is it that this sort of a thing stopped being a technical item of discussion and turned into a political one by the security contacts at Facebook? I'm always curious about what sort of internal pressures would lead people to
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by phantarch 11y ago
When was the last time you used it? I've noticed that the discover weekly playlist has consistently featured four or five majorly different genres, all drawn from the music I've tended to listen to lately. It's been good abou
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by phantarch 11y ago
In the bottom left of each page it says "This is a preliminary draft." I'm looking forward to this book when it does come out though!
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by phantarch 11y ago
I understand the significance of the poem, but if I'm going into Stride Rite to buy some new shoes for a baby, chances are I'm not going to want them to have been worn before.
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by phantarch 11y ago
For those who don't google and use many of the 'big' services: Do you also not shop at large retail chains like Target or Walmart? Do you avoid Starbucks? They all collect the information you give them, sell it, analyze it, a

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