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by tompark 3y ago
Books with code - 3D Mesh Processing and Character Animation , R.Mukundan, 2022 Springer - Character Animation With Direct3D , Carl Granberg, 2009 Course Technology - Advanced Animation with DirectX , Jim Adams, 2003 Premier Press - Rea
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by tompark 3y ago
I never migrate from an old Mac (I like the idea of a clean, from-scratch setup), but the macOS defaults are annoying so I had to make a big checklist. Instead of trying to list all my custom prefs here, I'll just tick off some points
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by tompark 3y ago
@tompark just followed you on twitter. My gmail address is in my HN profile.
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by tompark 3y ago
I have to disagree with other commenters here. This guy's story had a lot more nuance than what you'd expect in a short blog post. His story timeline: * 2016: Grind for 4 years, got burnt out and took a job. * End of 2021: Got fir
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Hugs: Human Gaussian Splats(machinelearning.apple.com)
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Apple's latest AI research could transform your iPhone(venturebeat.com)
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by tompark 3y ago
Nowadays I have a RTX 3090ti, which is even longer than a 4090. This solution isn't for everyone, but I made my pc case out of makerbeam rails, hanging the GPUs vertically, attached to the motherboard with PCIe x16 riser cables. This p
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by tompark 3y ago
Not truly "out of support for a while" -- it was fully supported right up until a couple months ago. I was worried that Apple was going to discontinue support for my early-2015 13" MBP after their new Mac announcements in the
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by tompark 3y ago
I used Dark Sky for years before the acquisition (my iTunes receipt says I bought it Apr 2015). I loved its UI, and while it gave very precise predictions, its accuracy was not great. When it came to rain prediction of start/stop tim
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An Industry Insider Drives an Open Alternative to Big Tech's A.I(nytimes.com)
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by tompark 3y ago
For side projects I don't bother with tickets, but keep a plain markdown journal with todo lists. Every project directory (that contains the git repo) will also have a "meta" subdirectory that contains journal/logs/
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Decomposing language models into understandable components(anthropic.com)
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by tompark 3y ago
The main reason IMO: Nim isn't really known for anything other than being a good general-purpose language. In that sense, it's sorta like Haxe lang. Other popular languages are T- or M-shaped generalists -- i.e. good enough as a g
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by tompark 3y ago
I've written a fair number of long bash/zsh scripts for text file manipulation and I loathe to maintain them. They got extra complicated bc they would handle whether you called them directly vs in a subshell, and I always have to
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by tompark 3y ago
https://codeium.com/ individual plan is "free forever" I use it sometimes and it's pretty good. Haven't done a direct comparison with Copilot though.
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by tompark 4y ago
* FiDi or SoMa got kinda seedy during the pandemic, so you might want to avoid living there. Since you're young, you might like the vibe in the Mission or Marina/Cow Hollow. My favorite neighborhoods are the ones with Victorians&#
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The Future of Coding Is Here: How Generative AI Is Changing Software Engineering(therecursive.com)
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by tompark 4y ago
Day 01 example > // sum weight of items carried by elf elf_weight := 0; for weight : elf { elf_weight += weight; } I'm not familiar with Jai syntax. I'm curious, does Jai have fold/re
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Light Field Lab Demos Its Latest Hologram Tech: A Floating, Talking Head(pcmag.com)
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by tompark 4y ago
Lots of cafes in San Francisco do that. I use my middle name bc my first name is too common. Also when I was in college we used to use a friend's last name on restaurant waitlists. Her name was very unusual and it was funny amongst tho
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UT Austin To Offer Online MS in AI, tuition about $10k, starting spring 2024(nytimes.com)
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by tompark 4y ago
Great idea. I'd be interested in a similar site in Brazilian Portuguese or Korean.
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by tompark 4y ago
Maybe see if https://ko-fi.com/ works for you
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by tompark 4y ago
He's wearing shorts and an open shirt (see pic), starts off at 21C/70F and the temp drops to 10C/50F. It's no surprise his body and blood flow reacts to maintain core body temp. (Edit: my own experience mirrors the artic
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Leak ruins NASA moon rocket launch bid; next try weeks away(apnews.com)
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by tompark 4y ago
I've had that same problem before -- yeah, the title doesn't have the keywords and searching comments and browsing history doesn't help, so I know the frustration. Often when I have trouble finding a link and finally find it
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by tompark 4y ago
Try this: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... There are several that match your description on the first few pages of results. If you change the query to "100 days" then you
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The 30-year-old book (Understanding Comics) that became a Silicon Valley Bible(ft.com)
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“Digital Nomad” Visas Can Boost Local Economies(hbr.org)
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by tompark 4y ago
I can speak in the context of SW eng teams, but not other kinds of teams within tech companies. I've had to layoff direct reports during multiple layoff waves at a couple different companies. (Moreover, I myself have been laid off when

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