alanfalcon

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by alanfalcon 8mo ago
There were certainly a great number of real people who got hyped up about the reports of it this weekend. The reports that went viral were generally sensationalized, naturally, and good at creating hype. So I don't see how this would e
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by alanfalcon 1y ago
Not technically a screenshot, I guess, but trivially easy to do with software I had lying around all the same. https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExYXloZ3Z0NT...
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by alanfalcon 1y ago
Now my local Burger King (in Las Vegas, NV, USA) has a sign at each table telling you that you have 30 minutes to eat your food and get out before you get thrown out for loitering.
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by alanfalcon 1y ago
What an interesting find! Not that this specific quirk is covered in the novel, but a reading of Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon would certainly help make one understand the kind of necessary paranoia that would lead to this kind of (i
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by alanfalcon 1y ago
In fact there are cases where crypto makes it impossible for you to accept my money unless you send me the thing I'm paying for atomically. But those are limited to purchasing things where ownership is also meaningfully controlled by c
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by alanfalcon 1y ago
That'll be revealed in episode 3. (They do have Jeri Ellsworth and some OGs from Commodore signed up to be part of the team though, and seem to genuine love the brand and have nostalgia for the C64, so I have cautious optimism!)
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by alanfalcon 1y ago
An infamous Starcraft example also contains notes of a similar story where they were so humbled by a competitor's demo (and criticism that their own game was simply "Warcraft in space") that they went back and significantly o
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by alanfalcon 2y ago
There's similar for "pack hits" and trading cards, and the regulars learn which hobby shops are reputable and which ones to avoid. Most that remain in business are not scum.
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by alanfalcon 2y ago
I don't even understand this bug description. It's an edge case I guess I never ran into, so pretty easy to handle. That said, it's not like everything is perfect, just 100% better than my drive-by experiences trying to have
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by alanfalcon 2y ago
e^(iτ) = 1; true beauty.
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by alanfalcon 2y ago
This is supremely cool, thanks for sharing. I'm probably missing something obvious but why would the casting be any more expensive than any other pressing?
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by alanfalcon 3y ago
Anecdotal evidence is they are still flagging this content. https://x.com/quijanophd/status/1741897926924726449?s=46&t=c...
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by alanfalcon 3y ago
A plot point in Neal Stephenson's Anathem involves the specific wavelength of red light that is seen in a certain circumstance, which is similarly 'forbidden'. (Side note: Had to read Anathem multiple times to really get the
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by alanfalcon 3y ago
Welcome to the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. Now go watch The Holiday (2006).
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by alanfalcon 3y ago
Gravity is an effect of the curve of space and relativity coming together in what we now call spacetime. Right? Einstein told us so. But... Maybe not? There's promising math behind the idea that there are multiple additional dimensions
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by alanfalcon 3y ago
It is tricky because humans are biased for intuitive understanding rather than logical understanding. Intuitions are shortcuts that are very valuable, but sometimes they are just plainly wrong. Many people will try to apply intuition rather
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by alanfalcon 3y ago
But if you wanted some of what makes this particular piece special you would also have to hire a camera crew to capture the backstory and provenance and an influencer to show it to most of a million people and care about it. The best art is
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by alanfalcon 4y ago
Just because it's tradition to not let "someone being wrong on the internet" stand: https://www.cryptokitties.co/blog/post/learn-how-our-last-my...
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by alanfalcon 4y ago
So I've been thinking about this and working on this for years, so I have a different perspective. Is everything fully better for having blockchain integration? Clearly no. Are the benefits worth the trade-offs? I'd argue yes, on
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by alanfalcon 4y ago
Breeding is a complex and nuanced game mechanic, which when coupled with the worldwide marketplace unlocks a dizzying rabbit hole. Once you understand the mechanics, you realize just why a Gen 1 Tendertears would be a grail collectible to o
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by alanfalcon 4y ago
CryptoKitties is a lot of fun, for what it is. It's super deep and while it's more of a sandbox than a typical game, I became obsessed with it when it came out, though not for monetary reasons (if it has one huge drawback as a gam
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by alanfalcon 4y ago
It felt right at the time to many people. The two towers trailer scene was specific to the trailer according to them at the time, so not having that scene was apparently already the plan. The way the film was, I certainly never felt the lac
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by alanfalcon 6y ago
I figured that rather than create a TC account to comment there, I'd be more interested in sharing my thoughts with the HN crowd. There is a reply to that article that larps about being old... As someone turning 40 this year, I would p
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VC David Pakman dumbs down the intensifying digital collectibles frenzy(techcrunch.com)
1 points by alanfalcon 6y ago|1 comments
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by alanfalcon 6y ago
The amount of fiat money spent on NBA Top Shot should help indicate there's more to the story than allocation of crypto. But yeah, that crypto can help get a heck of a flywheel spinning.
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by alanfalcon 6y ago
Sometimes, yes!
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by alanfalcon 6y ago
An NFT is authentic, traceable, has a history/provenance, and is different from any other NFT. There is no 1:1 copy, which is the point. That's essentially the same thing that makes a baseball from a world series game more interes
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by alanfalcon 6y ago
I wondered about this recently and assumed one reason this sort of thing doesn't catch on for mainstream sports like football (soccer) or basketball is because it'd be a mess to spectate/broadcast. Sounds fun though!
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by alanfalcon 6y ago
I think it starts, at least, with simple practicality. Apple products usually sell in massive volumes. When they introduce some new aspect, they have to be able to produce huge numbers of this thing, and since it's new, the industrial
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by alanfalcon 6y ago
Breadth is nice, but depth is too. I tend to gain more from a second read than from a first, and also I can consume content where I know what to expect while in a different mindset and state of being than what I require to crack open and ex

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