yathern

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by yathern 2y ago
I've spent the last few weeks working on the backend, I completely forgot how much work I put into making it able to render enough unique monkeys. Mostly a custom implementation built around THREE.js InstancedMesh to add animations, an
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by yathern 2y ago
Absolutely, going to do a write up once some of the dust settles. The implementation is not perfect for sure, but I learned a whole lot doing it.
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by yathern 2y ago
Haha I don't think anyone would pay money for a monkey hat, and it would take away from the fun if they did
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by yathern 2y ago
I won't tell if you won't.
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by yathern 2y ago
> Maybe get rid of 1-2 character words in the word counter? Seems easy for it to hit things like i or ie etc. I would love to see a counter that ignores those at least I'm considering that as well, if only to calm my database down a
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by yathern 2y ago
Glad you like it! I was considering taking some form of payment for some cosmetics, but it just felt out of character for me.
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by yathern 2y ago
Thanks for the feedback! I kinda take it for granted that people are aware of the Infinite Monkey Theorem, but maybe it's not as popular as I imagined! This is basically an art/community experiment project built around it: https:
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Show HN: Monkeys.zip – 3000 Monkeys on Typewriters(monkeys.zip)
145 points by yathern 2y ago|32 comments
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by yathern 2y ago
I'll definitely do a technical write-up in the coming days! I'm storing any valid word they type, though I'll probably quite quickly put in a TTL for words <= 3 letters long. But every thing they write is from a determinis
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Show HN: Monkeys.zip (Infinite Monkeys Writing Shakespeare)(monkeys.zip)
8 points by yathern 2y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: How to use social media as an indie dev?
22 points by yathern 2y ago|8 comments
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by yathern 2y ago
Coincides suspiciously with the removal of uBlock on Chrome. The timing makes this the most obvious alternative when you find yourself getting ads again - they're hoping to capture the portion of adblock users that are unwilling or un
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by yathern 2y ago
> English is as algorithmic as math Ain't no way! This "illogical" double negative shows how English is not at all like algebra. English is not a set of formal rules - there is no formal authority on the language. The rule
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by yathern 2y ago
Largely I agree - landfills are not nearly as bad as people assume based on aesthetics and history. In fact, putting plastic in the ground is essentially a form of carbon sequestration. I just disagree with the logic of "If recycling i
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by yathern 2y ago
Your way of thinking definitely isn't entirely incorrect, and I think a lot of times people forget that prices, while they can certainly have an arbitrary component, are largely driven by market forces, which at the very least will tel
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by yathern 2y ago
Google's VR/XR strategy has been very stop-and-go, between Cardboard, Daydream, and a host of their VR applications they invested into 8 years ago (Poly, Earth, TiltBrush). It's obvious they don't want to be a leader in
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Turnover Labs is helping chemical plants to reuse their waste CO2(techcrunch.com)
2 points by yathern 2y ago|1 comments
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by yathern 2y ago
I can write a program today that can simulate a worms "emergent behavior" without simulating the cells. Maybe a little 3D model that wriggles around. I can even do a human! But I think what we're looking for here is something
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by yathern 2y ago
> even 1 meal of McDonald chicken nugget is bad for health I think this isn't true in any meaningful way. Absolutely, making it (or any fast food) a big component of your diet is not going to promote good health. The more often you
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by yathern 2y ago
I think that's the intended implication - that it's "free to a good home" - meaning any new owner takes on a lot of responsibility.
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by yathern 3y ago
> for renters or more normal folks who have to park on the street I think categorizing people into "with garages" and "normal" might be a little contentious. A quick search indicates 63% percent of all housing units h
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by yathern 3y ago
What's unrealistic about this math? Just because the math involves new parameters (EG amortized cost of charging infrastructure & cost of electricity) doesn't mean it's fabricated. Even level 1 charging (as you call it &q
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by yathern 3y ago
> Consider Hitler. Everybody puts sole blame on him for the Holocaust That's such a strange statement, I realize you're not saying it's your own view, but I'd hope most people don't have such a simplified view of
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by yathern 3y ago
> Our ape ability to discriminate against a whole group relies on our cognitive ability to present thousands of individuals as "one entity." You're right, but I don't think our tendency to group individuals is able to
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by yathern 3y ago
It's the first two - 0.01% of us die to guns, which isn't nothing - but not enough to move averages significantly. Maybe also cars? I assume Americans drive more than most other countries.
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by yathern 3y ago
From the README: > By default, it recognizes three shapes: Arrow, Check mark, and Ellipse. > You can add more templates by drawing them and clicking on the Add Template button. It worked well for the three - except a clockwise circle
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by yathern 3y ago
The colors may have been there in the raw image, but it's clear to anyone who has experience in photography and photo editing that these images were at the very least, enhanced to bring out those colors. The simplest version of doing t
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by yathern 3y ago
I thought the extreme HDR look went out of fashion when it became too easy for phones to do, and was overused. These pictures don't have bad HDR artifacts (EG haloing) but even a casual observer will notice they don't feel natural
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by yathern 3y ago
I think "Either" is what makes an OR a XOR. "You can go with either red or green"
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by yathern 3y ago
I don't know if I'm reading this right, but it sounds like the article takes "A cool URL doesnt change" to mean "Expect that URLs are forever" - where I take it to mean "To be cool - dont change your URLs&

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