YesBox

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by YesBox 6d ago
<Not an AI researcher -- Just thinking out loud> Perhaps it's getting more difficult to move the 'goal posts'? - Train LLMs on texts -> OMG AI can write! - Train LLMs on code -> OMG AI can code! - Train LLMs on im
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by YesBox 12d ago
I doubt AI will be good enough to _scale_ many things because human language isn't sufficient to explain it (especially when not understanding what is being built). Humans invented more concise languages (math, C++) to pair with their
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by YesBox 15d ago
When I was in high school, I took a physics class. I think I scraped by but one thing the teacher said that has stuck with me ever since was "when you want to test a hypothesis, set the variables to extreme numbers". Very useful f
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by YesBox 15d ago
Just throwing out an idea: I recently stumbled upon an old-school website where someone is uploading a photo of their day (almost) every single day since 1998. Came across screen captures of the original Everquest (SO COOL) and other games,
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by YesBox 1mo ago
My first job was working at Wendy's (c. 2006/2007). I recall the kitchen being busy enough that you had to constantly navigate around your coworkers. I worked with a bunch of Brazilians (all super nice people) and a handful of kid
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by YesBox 1mo ago
Sorry for the confusion, the earthquake was just in my dream. When I woke up there was not one
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by YesBox 1mo ago
Statistical anomaly detected: this morning I woke up from an earth quake in my dream. It was powerful enough to really sway the buildings and room I was in. Im in Texas though, but >= 7.0 earthquakes only happen a handful of times a year
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by YesBox 1mo ago
Except. . . (accept)... SaaS solves the problem of needing one piece of software to communicate between multiple (many) users and/or other pieces of software. Can't picture a functioning world where every piece of software is cust
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by YesBox 2mo ago
As an aside, there are large portions of the US where coastal folks dont want to live. These places are 2-4x cheaper (compared to costal game industry hubs) and could be cost competitive.. but it's probably not going to happen.
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by YesBox 2mo ago
Video game industry analysts are predicting the same is going to happen to their (my) industry. Contract out more and more work to SEA/China/Poland et.al. It's extra painful because games are relatively cheap to localize (fan
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by YesBox 2mo ago
Most people want the convenience of things just working at the tap or click of a button. LLMs are not going to change that.
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by YesBox 2mo ago
Hmm. Am I right to be concerned? One of the benefits of hiring people to do work is that it eliminates single points of failure. The last few decades have had technology automate a lot of rote processes. People have discussed crystal vs flu
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by YesBox 2mo ago
I use C++ every day and this feels like an entirely different language and philosophy. I know this is the reality of C++, but I never go searching for it so when it pops up randomly my jaw drops a little.
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by YesBox 2mo ago
> what is the competitive advantage in maintaining your own engine? It's still a product-distinguishing decision you can make at the indie scale. What I mean is, you can create an engine that allows you to get the performance + aest
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by YesBox 3mo ago
IIRC, when the company was formed, everyone got an equal split. They may have issued more shares when some other key people joined. But, when someone quit or was fired, they had to forfeit all shares (got paid out based on the companies rev
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by YesBox 3mo ago
:)
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by YesBox 3mo ago
I've found a few cycles of <<repeated box breathing + a long breath hold>> works quite well. Box breathing is 4 seconds inhale, 4 seconds hold, 4 seconds exhale, 4 seconds hold. IIRC you are supposed to take in as much air
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by YesBox 3mo ago
You are not alone. I like to read Harry Potter fan fiction [1] and I have started checking the publication date when Im searching for something new to read. I started doing this passively and realized it after the fact. Have you ever met so
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Teachers of Reddit: Is the "Gen Alpha can't read" crisis real?(old.reddit.com)
19 points by YesBox 3mo ago|2 comments
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by YesBox 3mo ago
My bet is working through an abstraction layer (LLMs) will make crafting a fun game more difficult. The art of designing a (great) game is in the details. English is not sufficient to communicate the individual strokes of a brush on canvas.
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Being an old school web-based sports sim dev in the era of vibe coded games(zengm.com)
67 points by YesBox 3mo ago|57 comments
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by YesBox 4mo ago
> It reminds me of the campaign in the 90s against video game manufacturers for "corrupting the youth". The government did intervene though. They threatened to regulate the industry if the industry didn't regulate itself.
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by YesBox 4mo ago
Forgive me for not wanting to write up the history of the game's development. It boils down to product market fit, innovation, and fantasy fulfillment/fun. See for yourself: https://store.steampowered.com/app/
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by YesBox 4mo ago
I just counted 35 online profiles with nitro. Same ~300 people online currently
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by YesBox 4mo ago
They're players, not devs.
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by YesBox 4mo ago
Discord subscriptions seem to be working. People like to customize their profile (ie express themselves), even though profiles are not something frequently interacted with (that's the surprising part!) I have a server (for my game) wit
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by YesBox 4mo ago
Some people, if not most, will at some point look back (and forward) in their life and wonder if they made anything out of it. And what they are really asking is "how much of an impact on others have I made?" YMMV
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by YesBox 4mo ago
You'd have a point if Cloud ^tm didnt take off into a multi billion dollar industry.
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by YesBox 4mo ago
Just sharing another story: A molecular biochemist PhD I know was forced to redo her advisor's experiment over and over again because it wasn't getting the results he wanted. She knew she was beating a dead horse over the several
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Metropolis 1998 Brings Classic SimCity-style City Building back to life(generationamiga.com)
4 points by YesBox 5mo ago|0 comments

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