q_andrew

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Ask HN: What Counts as a Job in 'Technology'?
2 points by q_andrew 5y ago|1 comments
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by q_andrew 5y ago
Yes. There's even some evidence that chemical warfare via bombing was done in Korea, something they really should have known was a terrible thing to do.
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by q_andrew 5y ago
Malcom Gladwell did a great segment on his podcast Revisionist History about this. He talks about the schools of thought in the US military about who and what to bomb that lead to these campaigns. It is extremely tragic that these citizen-h
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The Suburbs Are Bleeding America Dry [video](youtube.com)
2 points by q_andrew 5y ago|0 comments
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by q_andrew 5y ago
People have some very intense opinions of computer modern. I stumbled into a thread where many claimed it was the worst font ever made, and others saying it was the best thing to happen to digitally published academia. You may have just ope
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by q_andrew 5y ago
He's probably smart enough to know that his discovery and fame was one-in-a-million, and that lightning doesn't usually strike the same place twice.
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by q_andrew 5y ago
I think that was the message, that deriving meaning from pop culture is pointless and also never-ending.
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Why Technical Analysis is 100% bullshit (2015)(fscomeau.com)
3 points by q_andrew 5y ago|1 comments
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by q_andrew 5y ago
7 ways to maximize misery (one of the more useful CGP Grey videos) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1mTELoj6o
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by q_andrew 5y ago
Something surprising I've noticed while developing my own side project game is that I end up being a better marketer than developer. I can only work on the game while I'm at home and 'in the zone', but I can post screens
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by q_andrew 5y ago
If anyone is bored at work, here's a long discussion podcast that dives pretty deep into the architecture of Munger Hall (unloving dubbed 'the Cube' by locals): https://youtu.be/4grR3qoSV90
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by q_andrew 5y ago
I was under the impression that the theory was there but the hardware was not. Like, rasterization was a necessary evil because it gave better results more quickly (and artists needed that feedback).
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by q_andrew 5y ago
Download time is the biggest setback for games in the browser in my experience.
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by q_andrew 5y ago
I'm becoming more and more convinced that Ian Hubert is the patron saint of hobby CGI. Everything he touches turns to gold.
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by q_andrew 5y ago
Not to say this isn't a worrying practice, but it's unfortunately industry standard. Almost every mainstream fps game has intrusive software, to the point where you're expected to be thankful that it's not a rootkit (whi
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by q_andrew 5y ago
I think this might be roughly what you're looking for: https://codahale.com/work-is-work/ But this author is concerned more with 'productivity' rather than longevity or interpersonal relationships.
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by q_andrew 5y ago
People keep bringing up vision problems, but I think my biggest concern would be circadian rhythm. How does my brain know when to release sleepy chemicals when I shut off the daylight for 10 hours at a time? All that artificial light would
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by q_andrew 5y ago
As a 3D artist, photogrammetry is one of my favorite casual creative activities. Compared to the time it would take to model these environments, it almost feels like cheating. I recommend it to anyone with enough computing power!
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by q_andrew 5y ago
This is a bandaid measure. Roblox spends most of its time convincing young children that they will be successful while simultaneously cheesing the 'robux' exchange rate so that these children get nothing. Roblox is undoubtedly res
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by q_andrew 5y ago
Attaching a popularity contest to any hobby can make it soul-crushing.
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by q_andrew 5y ago
This makes a lot of sense. I guess I just wondered if people end up degrading the quality of their work to maximize speed instead of inspecting their process which is another part of the artistic flow. Everything you've said here is a
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by q_andrew 5y ago
Apple is pulling a Lotus/Excel maneuver, except at least Lotus was still allowed to run on Windows at the time.
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by q_andrew 5y ago
The line about asking individual knowledge workers to optimize their own work hits me hard. I'm the only programmer in the office I work at. My boss has started telling people that they should take an hour every week to stop and think
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by q_andrew 5y ago
I think it's funny how some of these bureaus take themselves too seriously. ISIL probably doesn't care much about the new ATF headquarters, it's not a cultural landmark.
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by q_andrew 5y ago
It seems like the NSO group is some kind of Hydra where every time their exploits are thwarted they find 2 new ones. The difference is that Hydras go for demigods while NSO products target civil servants and minorities.
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by q_andrew 5y ago
From IGN's article about the difficulties of game development ( https://www.ign.com/articles/turns-out-hardest-part-making-g... ): “Planning ahead helps, but nothing will prepare you for German,” [Joe Mirabello] sai
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by q_andrew 5y ago
This is gonna bring celebrity impersonation to a whole new level. Also it'll make me trust my eyes even less than before...
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by q_andrew 5y ago
I always assumed that Van Eck phreaking was exclusively about monitor buffers, but it seems to also include this kind of bus-centered data transfer.
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by q_andrew 5y ago
Having a passing knowledge of how ML works, I always wondered how these algorithms can use such dense data structures -- it makes a lot more sense now that I know they can be compressed and still searchable.
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by q_andrew 5y ago
I love Randy's blunt social commentary.

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