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theoa
3y ago
Hi Dan (and Jamie again) Because of John - and learning to code using AutoLisp - they will pull the keyboard out of my cold dead hand. Theo
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3y ago
Hi Jamie He changed my life as well. For me, the deepest game changer was AutoLisp. Nowadays, I'm on JavaScript and Three.js, but it's much the same: code, hit enter and bingo an updated graphic appears on the screen. Thank you, J
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3y ago
Hi Duff >> I unintentionally sent him one too many political emails about 25 years ago, and he cut me off completely Wow, that must have hurt! John was certainly curious. And became curiouser and curiouser. And, nevertheless, always a
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theoa
3y ago
I moved to an old people's home. I now always have 84 nearest and dearest friends 24/7 always. When one of them dies, somebody else moves in.
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theoa
4y ago
So what's the timeline for launching the Kickstarter campaign? ;-)
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theoa
4y ago
Have a look at WenGPU -successor to WebGL. It runs on Vulkan https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/webgpu/
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4y ago
I live in a retirement community. Nowadays since I can no longer swim (see reply here elsewhere) I pace (very slowly) up and down a long hall. I feel like a monk walking a cloister.
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4y ago
@serf > Now my deep meditative thoughts come to me in the shower A great place to start! Here's a thought that might get you into some even deeper water: Have you thought about swimming? I'm a partial-paraplegic and below-elbow
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4y ago
I'm 75. You will pull the keyboard out of my cold, dead hands. "Nobody knows you are a dog on the internet" Ditto being aged ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_... Most of the
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4y ago
I'm a descendent of Princess Kudasheva (scroll down) She was the granddaughter of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Trepov - last prime minister under the czar - just before Kerensky. She died of the Spanish
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4y ago
I tried to swim the Channel but failed after 9 1/2 hours and 19 miles in 53 F degrees water. I did, however, win the award for the best disabled swim of the year 1980. https://www.channelswimmingassociation.com/awards?a
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4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Exactitude_in_Science
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4y ago
Well, the article did put a toothy smile on my face!
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4y ago
yup Then again, all I did was buy a thousand shares of Microsoft the day they went public.
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4y ago
I am very productive, never satisfied and always happy. To paraphrase John Wanamaker: half my productivity is toxic, half is beneficial. The trouble is I don't know which half. In any case, the article is readable and brings up a numbe
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4y ago
@marcellusDrum I am seventy five. I have a very very good memory - for certain things. And a sucky memory for other things. So, yes, harevesting memories is an issue for sure. Nonethless: may I posit the other side? Being able to forget is
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5y ago
He's lovely but: He writes the bible on good design but makes the insights proprietary. None of his works have a Creative Commons license. All his works are "all rights reserved" as in: "let there be light, but you mustn
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5y ago
The last time I met up with John - about 20 years ago, he was quite fit. He was much slimmer and more fit than he had been as the Autodesk CEO. My primary take-away in all this - even to this day: You are what you eat and (thank you, John)
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5y ago
If he is at MYOB, then maybe Botcher is an "architect accountant"?
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5y ago
Former registered artichoke here: AAdip, RIBA & HKIA No offense taken. Nonetheless may I mock the ways some people puff themselves up? Botcher describes himself this way: > Evan is an experienced architect and technology leader, work
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5y ago
Wow!
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It's nice when there are two winners that you can hop on and off of and move to the other as you please - as hackernoon indicates he is doing. This indicates that your code is free to move about and not so stuck in a "walled garde
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5y ago
https://github.com/mourner/projects The above is a list of awesome open source projects Vladimir Agafonkin is involved in. Vlad's "Earcut" triangulator - embedded in Three.js - and his solar calculator a
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6y ago
I heart your Grassman gradient vector field representations: https://github.com/chakravala/Grassmann.jl . They, heh heh, point the way toward representing aspects of physics and math that should be used far more frequen
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6y ago
Art? It all depends on how you slice it: https://konturno.github.io/render-csv-file/
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6y ago
What a list of wonderful names! Examples: * Lamb's Quarters * Good King Henry * Siberian spring beauty * Spotted Cat's-ear * Fishwort * John's Cabbage * Shawnee Salad * Dragon's head * Henbit deadnettle * Nipplewort * Go
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7y ago
Developer here There has been a good discussion about visualizing COVID-19 data using our interactive 3D web page on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/fkjby9/view_the_la... As one commente
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10y ago
On first glimpse, looks very interesting!
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Open source cuisine: the first course?
(sf.eater.com)
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12y ago
[Disclaimer I'm a father of one of the founders]. This device enables you to transport heavy goods down a road, over a sidewalk and through buildings. In the process, you can kick your way into being healthy. All the while riding throu
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