RealDinosaur

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by RealDinosaur 6y ago
How long would it take to spin up an injection molding line? Aren't there parts that exist that are easier to 3D print, due to overlapping elements or internal geometry which require additional manufacturing steps when using injection
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by RealDinosaur 7y ago
I found it hilarious when a LA based startup compared their pricing structure to a 'nice meal' (50-100$) Not only did it insult my definition of a 'nice meal', but also made me not want to give them any more money for &#
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by RealDinosaur 7y ago
I think the catch all term for that is YAGNI.
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by RealDinosaur 7y ago
I agree, especially for signage. Although don't most university's encourage the opposite? Also short comments seem unconstructive online.
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by RealDinosaur 7y ago
Oh, it's not just Avid. Some audio production software such as ReFX Nexus still uses a USB dongle. There is no way to use the software without it plugged in. It also has a policy where if you damage the dongle, you have to buy again an
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by RealDinosaur 7y ago
I've written tests before, but there ain't no way I'm writing unit tests for a throw away coding exercise that used 4 hours of my time already.
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by RealDinosaur 7y ago
The amount of time required to 'learn' the Google interview would be time that could be spent learning more universally applicable skills. Is it true that an experienced developer would not be able to pass the interview without st
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
I've seen so many awful standards in my time when it comes to comments. Most of the time it's NIH syndrome, or people who love arbitrary rules. People love to make/follow rules, but comments are too nuanced for absolutes. I&#
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
I'm completely the inverse, the ordering is the most convenience part of shopping already, the hardest bit is taking delivery. Me. I order my Queal (powdered soylent) in massive quantities. I've actually got a year ordered already
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
Don't try to use logic against hardcore environmentalists. Plastic == bad. This is a bad website to be honest, as ordering consumables off Amazon least environmentally friendly ways to distribute them. Far better to ship via pallet to
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
I enjoy painting. I recently got a load of acrylic paints, hardwood panels, canvases, and an easel. Definitely not something that can fit in luggage. There are some hobbies that fit the minimal lifestyle. Say digital music production, or re
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
https://medium.com/@eventbrite/mobile-safari-whyyyy-73cf6103... Here's a fix and description of the issue, but yes. The bottom of the screen will take trial and error. I've been messing around with fullscreen
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
I wondered if anyone would pick up on that. :-)
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
It doesn't look good on a portfolio. If the mockups are boring then you have done your job well. The problem is that mockups that stand out, are what gets steak-holders interested. Some of my design work involved selling concepts, and
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
It's actually a musician role I'm auditioning for. Bassist. I'm also kind of worried about carpel tunnel, but I've still yet to pass the audition. :-)
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
I would be very much interested if working on a cruise ship for a season (9 months) would decrease my life expectancy.
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
They are very secretive about what goes into those paints, they don't list the pigments on the tube, and when asked state it is a 'proprietary formula, developed over several years of extensive R&D'. Not that I don't
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
Purely to avoid confusion. Ivory black is present in most starting sets, wheras Mars Black is the non-default black. They have very slightly different color temperatures
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
No other yellow comes close to the opacity of cadmium though. Unless you ingest it, I'm pretty sure the toxicity is a minor point. For watercolors where you want transparency, Hansa Yellow (PY3) is a better choice, and is not toxic.
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
Pigments are used more for paints, and I don't believe that markers and watercolor pencils base their naming on them. I've got a set of Derwent Inktense 'watercolour' pencils, and the naming is rather whimsical , and do
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
The other fascinating thing is light-fastness. PR83 (Alizarin Crimson) is a cool red (purple facing), and is recommended by many art teachers... It's also objectively shit as a pigment. It is not light-fast at all, and fades after only
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
So now we make PB29 (ultramarine) synthetically, and you can get tubes of ultramarine paint for around $5 for 250 ml of the stuff! This is purer than any artist could have gotten back then! We also manufacturer other synthetic pigments such
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
Braid and Witness could have been written in Unity though. I'd argue that dealing with high level concepts such as game/level design and art direction and low level stuff like graphics and rendering simultaneously is insane. I d
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
I never suggested left-pad myself, but what I would do is copy and paste a function off stack-overflow, name it appropriately, and encapsulate it, maybe write a test that is the flavour of the month. Then leave a link to the page I got it f
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
> I personally find it far easier to fix my own code than others' code. This is a problem with larger teams though if anyone else needs to work on the code, and results in code that doesn't have documentation/support avail
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
For me (Javascript Developer), you have to stand on the shoulders of giants if you want to compete. Any code you re-invent is code you have to maintain. I've found though, some engineers love to create everything from scratch, and this
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
I read an article regrading this recently... With junior engineers, they are selling themselves. With senior engineers, the company has to sell itself to them instead.
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
Redux still baffles me. I've implemented it 4 times, and it still confuses the hell out of me. MobX is a much better fit for most react apps IMHO. Redux could be good, if you have a database [id] driven application, but for most people
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
Hence the spin-off app. A ground-up, UX focused app which does not have to meet feature parity, would attract users who are already confused by email clients. This is a different target audience to the people who typically use Thunderbird a
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by RealDinosaur 8y ago
With such downvotes, I start to think electron hate is a cult.

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