what_is_orcas

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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
I guess what I'd really like to see is a demo of the different effects and filters and whatnot. Nothing extreme, but show how they can make the same pictures into a different experience.
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Is the metaverse they mention in the article the same metaverse that Zuckerberg talks about? Also, how is this different than any other digital asset? Don't some online games rely on "whales" to be profitable? How is this dif
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Are you talking about the anime girl? If so, does it do other things or just anime girls?
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Are there any demos available? Like, examples of what the music videos look like? I'm a little wary of downloading what appears to be closed-source software and running it, especially if I don't know if it's something I'
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Hey thanks for the explanation. That makes a ton of sense.
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Why the physical logbook?
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
> I have always considered "hard-working" an undoubtedly good thing, like "being kind" or "not stabbing random people." But stabbing random people can be hard work. What I'm trying to get at is that, un
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Yeah, I have no interest in being a "hero" or whatever. If they want a lead, they can hire a lead (I wasn't hired as a lead).
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Ha ha. This is why I used to throw things into simple kubernetes setups (that I just ran the same terraform scripts to create) and just tell the management "yeah, now it's ready for all of your features". I argued for a while
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
The one thing that I'd challenge about this line of thought is that the product isn't necessarily "done", there are expectations to add features & fix bugs. If the product is poorly crafted, and especially if it&#x27
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
There is also some of this. Some of it makes sense when the reasons were explained (e.g. "we figured this would make it easier for [business unit] to do [thing] which turned out not to be something [business unit] actually has interest
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
I appreciate this sentiment until I am assigned to maintain and add features to this product.
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
I don't disagree, but I think that the reason that this fits here is because the poorly engineered software is unnecessarily complex (not in the "someday we might need this" way, but in ways that I'm having a hard time a
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
I politely disagree. I'm currently walking away from a code-base (and the company who let it be built) that was obviously built by someone who's mental model of how the code works was incorrect. At some very basic levels, it under
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
> Often these differences don’t manifest until more code accumulates and the goals begin to drift further apart. By the time it becomes clear, the dependency is harder to undo. I think correct abstractions reduce dependency issues.
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Hard agree. I'm actually wrestling with whether I stay in my current position for this exact reason.
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
You're asking me to believe that the income/wealth gap and climate change are media-created?
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
I know what CRISPR is. Like I said, I worked with it in grad-school. I agree with you in general, though I will say that if I was in a position to get CRISPR as a treatment, I would probably have a lot of questions for my doctor, but I woul
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
I interpreted the comments about CRISPR in the parent comment to be more or less cautionary, and I used "question" as a way to say "not sure about the benefits". Sorry if I was unclear, I will work harder on my communica
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
No, you're saying that racism can be bi-directional and/or against those with power (or "positive racism").
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Nope. Racism is a power-dynamic and a set of systems to maintain that power dynamic.
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
It's always been about group power. The idea that it's about individuals is, to use a term you might be familiar with, fake news. A few years ago, the right was blowing up about "reverse racism" or racism against white f
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
> But is our goal to destroy the rich (so poor can consume more) or is it to lower overall consumption? Both?
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
I'm not an economist, but I'm curious about this topic. If, say, an iPhone cost $20k (because of emissions and slave/inhumane labor), obviously us normal folks (or poor folks) wouldn't own one, but would they still be pr
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
But I think it's a good argument for reconsidering how we do wealth-distribution in America.
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Who is this for? "Architects"? Developers? CTOs?
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
I'm curious why you question CRISPR. I've worked with CRISPR; I've seen some very unexpected results from its use; I've also not really kept up with the science in the past few years. Do you have experience working with
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Huh... TIL, as they say.
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
The main issue we had, and a big part of why it didn't get picked up, if you ask me, really came down to defining our user. The design team who requested it originally made it sound like it would be a tool that product-owners would use
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by what_is_orcas 5y ago
Wow, I built a prototype of something almost exactly like at my last job. It didn't go anywhere after that for a variety of reasons, but I remember asking myself "I wonder if this sort of thing would be worth releasing/open-s

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