a1studmuffin

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by a1studmuffin 3mo ago
Have you noticed Claude Code now gives a suggestion for what to reply with that you can autocomplete with tab? Wouldn't surprise me if Fable used that concept in some way, whether directly or indirectly in training.
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by a1studmuffin 6mo ago
And that's a dangerous game because the cheaper compute gets, the more likely consumers are to self-host rather than pay a subscription.
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by a1studmuffin 8mo ago
This is a cool tech demo, not a video game. The fact that video game stocks slid by so much after this release just shows how reactive, speculative and uneducated most investors are.
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by a1studmuffin 10mo ago
Your health is ultimately your own responsibility - it's your body. You have free will, and your appetite for risk is yours alone. You can choose to ignore expert advice and refuse to wear a seatbelt, skip your rehabilitation exercises
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by a1studmuffin 11mo ago
I really don't understand the modern hate towards OOP. From my experience over the last few decades working with large C and C++ codebases, the former turns into a big ball of mud first.
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by a1studmuffin 1y ago
I really hate the way The Register use terms like "techie" and "boffin". It always comes across to me as anti-intellectual.
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by a1studmuffin 2y ago
Great minds think alike! Here's my attempt using an ESP-based smart watch that clips onto your clothes at night: https://github.com/a1studmuffin/lilygo-twatch-sleepdevice
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by a1studmuffin 4y ago
Plus 2) would require additional design, engineering and QA work to implement the code to drain users' batteries. And it would cause plenty of users to uninstall/complain if Messenger was draining huge amounts of battery. It reall
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by a1studmuffin 6y ago
Hang on a second, you consider Jan 2014 to be "very, very old"? Commercial software often has dependencies on libraries going back decades .
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by a1studmuffin 6y ago
Some people just enjoy their job. I know several engineers who retired, only to return after a hiatus because they missed working with a team on something they were good at and passionate about. Work isn't always about money.
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by a1studmuffin 7y ago
Hell yes, I use it daily. I'm in AAA gamedev and the codebase I deal with goes back 20+ years. The last 10 years are readily accessible in Perforce and the rest can be found in another version control system. I am forever grateful to p
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by a1studmuffin 7y ago
Game AI has nothing to do with AGI (or even regular AI) beyond the surface level description OP provided. The reason game AI hasn't progressed in the last few decades isn't because technology is holding us back - after all we can
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by a1studmuffin 8y ago
I have to agree. Pumping out C++ revisions every 3 years means I can no longer assume a game written in C++ will port relatively painlessly from one C++-compatible platform to another, as it all depends on which C++ standard is supported by
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by a1studmuffin 8y ago
I automated searching for a rental property across all the major property websites in my country. In particular I was looking for properties with certain attributes (bathtub, lock up garage etc.), in a specific set of areas (GPS-based areas
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by a1studmuffin 9y ago
Yeah I'm really interested to see the g-forces involved in one of those flights, I can't imagine it's a gentle take-off and landing.
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by a1studmuffin 9y ago
I'd be willing to replace my one-off expensive tech purchases with a subscription model for a specific hardware manufacturer instead. The subscription would get you your device (smartphone, car, fridge etc.) and ongoing support & s
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by a1studmuffin 9y ago
if (!is_not_cancer(cell)) { preserve(cell); } else { kill(cell); } Wait, hang on...
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by a1studmuffin 9y ago
I knew a Londoner with an almost identical commute, seems quite common over there. At the time my commute was 60 minutes one-way, and even though it was pretty easy (a single train leg, always seats available), it was still enough to make m
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by a1studmuffin 9y ago
Your mileage may vary. Replacing the battery in an HTC One M8 is like performing eye surgery via the rectum.
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by a1studmuffin 9y ago
I'd love to see an automated karma system that scored posts on correct grammar, spelling and readability. I guess that would discourage non-native speakers of a language from participating though.
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by a1studmuffin 9y ago
I'm in the opposite situation, I have all the ANSI art I created but none of the Remote Access database + config files. CRC error. Oh 3.5" floppy disks, how you made storage exciting.
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by a1studmuffin 9y ago
Very novel approach! I can't see this scaling to the scope of most modern games though. Eventually it always comes back to an army of QA testers.
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A game using nothing but procedural generation for the art and levels(michaeldavies.com.au)
1 points by a1studmuffin 10y ago|0 comments
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by a1studmuffin 10y ago
Yeah I second this. I could diagnose a PC problem, pull it apart, swap hardware out, put it back together again without a second thought. But something goes wrong with my car and I'm all like "car's broken, better call the me
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by a1studmuffin 10y ago
Don't most smartphones have emergency broadcasts built-in these days? Who doesn't have their phone on them when they're driving in a car?
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by a1studmuffin 10y ago
> smart but artless This depends entirely on what you're working on - programming is just a tool to make something after all. As an example, I'm a video game programmer who specializes in gameplay (characters, weapons, metagame
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by a1studmuffin 10y ago
Here's the BBS documentary miniseries - worth a watch either for nostalgia or learning about how electronic communication worked pre-internet: https://archive.org/details/BBS.The.Documentary
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by a1studmuffin 10y ago
Thanks for sharing the code! I've been looking to explore deep learning a bit more with Python, this is a great place to dive in head-first.