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kvnn | 4 months ago | on: "DGX Spark has only half the advertised performance"

I've been skeptical of NVIDIA products since playing with my Nano Jetson . The lack of various developers' success across different forums is striking. Also, the lack of actual support is striking (for example, it requires a downgraded Ubuntu host machine to receive flash updates).

My experience with Raspberry Pi products is a stark opposite. They just work.

As someone old to software but new to hardware, I'm not sure what to make of this.

kvnn | 5 years ago | on: Hawai'i could be 2nd state to legalize psychedelic mushrooms

The OP said "microdosing".

A microdose should not need a sober friend and should not cause you to talk utter nonsense. The colloquial definition of microdose here is "that which has sub-cognitive effects". Its generally between 0.05 and 0.1 grams for cubensis strains of mushrooms.

kvnn | 10 years ago | on: Bitcoin Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin

The people who would very likely sway a decision on the block size are currently opposed to increasing the block size because (1) there is no immediate need to do so and (2) there is risk that there can be unintended consequences (one of which is making the network more centralized).

Some people, including Hearn (who is more vitriolic than the average) believe that #1 is false and #2 is a necessary risk.

If you are coming at this from reading Hearn's words, you are coming at this from an extreme perspective that would be balanced by reading Gregory Maxwell's words. I recommend http://www.truthcoin.info/blog/blocksize-conversation/ for a critical, outside and rational perspective.

kvnn | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: Birth Control As A Service

> Upgrade your account to practice natural and effective birth control, get pregnant easily, or take control of your reproductive health.

"Get pregnant easily" is not something you should be advertising. There are tons of reasons why someone can have trouble getting pregnant that are completely external to your app. Just a heads up.

kvnn | 12 years ago | on: Elon Musk took the futuristic gesture interface from Iron Man and made it real

> The system uses the Leap Motion controller to track hand gestures. Implementations of the system include a version using 3D glasses, a free-standing glass projection (as seen in Iron Man) and the Oculus Rift headset for the full virtual reality experience. To top it all off, the team then printed the part in titanium using a 3D laser metal printer.

A prominent quote from the article with links to both LEAP and Oculus Rift. I'm not sure

kvnn | 12 years ago | on: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery sales statistics

I'm really surprised that only 1% of sales is from the Mac App store. A good wake up call for me, certainly. Now I want to see a game that is on iOS and XBox live, and the differences in revenue.

kvnn | 12 years ago | on: How should I behave as a developer in a project that's headed for failure?

In this landscape, that can be a lucrative specialty to have. Do you actively market yourself as such?

> Sometimes it's better to cut the team down from 5 to maybe 2-3 instead of adding more people

Tried and true.

> If there isn't one, stand up an automated test harness with as many tests as possible

What do you think about adding on another developer to just do testing? What about a full-time QA person, so that you don't have to build automated tests?

kvnn | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Industry standards for locking down a SAAS product to prevent abuse?

Congrats on finishing!

I'm building a SaaS product right now and finding that there aren't very many sources for finding industry standards. Non-enterprise SaaS is quite new.

That said, I think the best thing to do is wait until you spot abuse, and create measures to prevent it. Work on your analytics and reporting systems rather than trying to contrive possible service abuses.

kvnn | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Educating a child who is severely behind

I'll probably check it out, thanks. Raising kids can be very unintuitive from my experience - I'm extremely lucky to have a very skilled mother for a wife (who is more scientific than intuitive).

kvnn | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Educating a child who is severely behind

And, there is no rush. Do not rush. The goal is to create a happy, healthy and capable person - not an impressive 5 year old. This is coming from someone who's wife spends most of her time educating and caring for his kids, who are therefore advanced relative to peers: it's not that important.

It IS important for kids to have caretakers who give them attention, opportunity to be capable for life and economy, and a happy and stimulating environment.

Working towards these things with your kid is literally more important than these things making your kid more developed.

Also: don't smoke or perform other bad habits around him. Nail biting, drinking, getting angry, gossiping, etc. These are negative habits that will rub off.

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