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Ask HN: Alternatives to Instagram?
6 points by pkdpic 5y ago|8 comments
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Yeah I've wondered about that since they first started gaining popularity. The series-oriented nature of minting 100 different colored bear gifs with the artist's promise that there will be only 100 doesn't strike me as terri
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Possibly a separate question, but I was wondering just how serious the energy use problem is. I haven't actually seen what the stats are for carbon footprint etc.
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Ask HN: What's so bad about NFTs?
28 points by pkdpic 5y ago|46 comments
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M8 Synth and a concrete Commodore 64(youtube.com)
1 points by pkdpic 5y ago|0 comments
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by pkdpic 5y ago
I seriously love that piece, you're in. Seems like it would work on a projector or screen really nicely without much trouble. Message me if you want to talk details or anything, I'd love to see more. https://discord.gg&
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by pkdpic 5y ago
thats a good one, very clean
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by pkdpic 5y ago
that one's legit, I love it
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by pkdpic 5y ago
that feels like it's close, I like it
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Ask HN: What's a good name for a software engineer art gallery?
2 points by pkdpic 5y ago|8 comments
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by pkdpic 5y ago
These are excellent, super inspiring project! Forwarded it to all my software students : )
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Ask HN: How much are leaf blowers contributing to climate change?
1 points by pkdpic 5y ago|6 comments
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by pkdpic 5y ago
> Galls Law: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a wor
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A List of Defunct Social Networking Services(en.wikipedia.org)
6 points by pkdpic 5y ago|0 comments
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Ive been teaching at a top bootcamp for a while now and really enjoying it, in large part because we get a lot of lateral freedom to spend time going deeper on computer science topics and get a lot of excuses to do so with our current CS-he
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Don't know too much about it but a lot of my students use Anki and seem to love it. Personally I like keeping it simple and just using a git repo with an update script running.
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by pkdpic 5y ago
I could agree more with this, word for word. It still hits me almost every time I go to the grocery store somehow.
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Thank you so much for sharing this, its deeply inspiring and feels like really important context / wisdom for someone still at the beginning of their dev career. This is exactly why HN can be such an amazing community (imho). Im more a
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by pkdpic 5y ago
I love this and Im going to try this with my partner. Thank you for sharing it :^)
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Im thankful to have a job and a roof over my head and a little bit of savings. Not having to really worry about money still blows my mind now and then. Looking across the street every day in California and seeing the homelessness crisis in
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Ask HN: Whats a good IRC channel for Science Fiction?
2 points by pkdpic 5y ago|0 comments
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by pkdpic 5y ago
> We could destroy the machines that destroy this planet. If someone has planted a time bomb in your home, you are entitled to dismantle it. More to the point, if someone has placed an incendiary device inside the high-rise building wher
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Ask HN: What should I read after Ministry for the Future?
2 points by pkdpic 5y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Where should I buy my next book?
29 points by pkdpic 5y ago|29 comments
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by pkdpic 5y ago
> For now, "full self-driving" seems closer to a party trick to show friends than a must-have feature. But as far as I can tell, they let it drive on full autopilot around Brooklyn and nothing bad actually happened other than s
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by pkdpic 5y ago
> Why? Because the raw materials behind plastics and other petrochemicals are fossil fuels. As traditional demands for oil – vehicle fuels – are declining as the transport sector is increasingly electrified, the oil industry is seeing pl
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by pkdpic 5y ago
> This is fine. I try to remind myself every day how much rougher it was before I got a dev job. The financial hopelessness. Living in junky apartments with roommates as a married couple. Commuting 4 hours one way 2-3 days a week for pa
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by pkdpic 5y ago
In Kim Stanley Robinsons Ministry for the Future carbon coins seem to act in this way kinda sorta without depending on a complete decentralization of society or anything particularly revolutionary. They become popular as an investment oppor
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Im all for having a more robust ecosystem of shared vehicles. But it does make me think of the rough physical state of shared scooters and bikes in my neighborhood...
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by pkdpic 5y ago
Love this, perfect UI too. Wondering if theres any similar project out there for physical / analogue artwork?

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