LordNibbler | 2 years ago | on: Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]
and the related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32466346
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LordNibbler | 2 years ago | on: Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]
reality feels like there is a mix of people with different motivations. I think the paradox exist because the odds are not clear
LordNibbler | 2 years ago | on: RGB K-D Tree (2016)
https://allrgb.com/radiator does something weird to my display, the lines extend beyond the window
LordNibbler | 2 years ago | on: John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
LordNibbler | 3 years ago | on: 90s VR Sainsbury's [video]
reminds me of (a precursor to) Hyper-Reality by Keiichi Matsuda [1] (from about minute 2). This was done in AR and more like Black Mirror :)
LordNibbler | 3 years ago | on: GitHub CTO – Biggest architectural mistake was going full microservice
you shouldn't start a new project with microservices, even if you're sure your application will be big enough to make it worthwhile.
LordNibbler | 3 years ago | on: The NetHack Learning Environment
doesn't seem so [1]
I think the maximum score we've sene so far is maybe something like 4,000 or 5,000. They descend down to dungeon level on average five or six
sometimes luckily, going down even dungeon level 15
LordNibbler | 3 years ago | on: Malcolm Gladwell opposes WFH while he works from his couch for the last 20 years
how about the offset on all the vehicles on the road? People still need to cool their homes reasonably while at work (people, pets) when they're not there so the difference might be less important. also this makes the assumption you're living in a place that needs AC. Commute is all year, AC usage maybe not.
LordNibbler | 3 years ago | on: LTT showcases A770 with some performance data, price estimate [video]
Long-term this great news for the consumer that there is a third competitor in the discrete GPU space. If the tier 1 games have competitive/same performance then I'm optimistic that the HW is solid and the gap needs to be closed via updates on driver software.
LordNibbler | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to stop my addiction to social media?
I like Leechblock on browser and use app limits on phone. Basic idea is to break the loop.
LordNibbler | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: What tools are you a 10/10 on?
7zip, VS Code, Beyond Compare, imagemagick, foobar2000, VideoLan, simplewall
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