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by beningrad 4y ago
I also do a lot of athletics in the sun--cycling, but also climbing and ski touring--where sweat wicking fabric and breathable clothing is crucial. Over the years I've acquired several sun protective hooded long sleeve shirts which don
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by beningrad 4y ago
> translating algorithms to a programming language is not the hard part of programming I agree with this bit, but often struggle to verbalize what is hard. I'm curious to hear your take. I usually say, in a hand wavy way, that struc
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by beningrad 5y ago
Addendum to this question, if you don't mind: How do you choose what your next microstartup will be?
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by beningrad 5y ago
Yes, alpine climbing. Which begat trail running, ski mountaineering, mountain biking, and wrestling. A friend had moved to Denver and was starting to climb more impressive and intense routes just as my whole division at a big company was le
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by beningrad 6y ago
The things that jump out at me: -Seeing another societal system in practice and realizing that there are things from back home (CA, USA) which I took for granted which actually worked better than anywhere I went. The corollary is things I t
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by beningrad 6y ago
Don't make the mistake of dismissing game design. Spend way more time than you think is proper on non-digital paper prototypes and greybox digital prototypes. Get your half-baked games in front of people and watch where and how they st
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by beningrad 7y ago
Successful implementations of game physics often has far less to do with realistic simulation and far more to do with sensation. For anybody interested in diving deep, pick up Game Feel by Steve Swink[0] [0] https://www.amazon.co
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Backcountry.com Fires Trademark Attorneys(coloradosun.com)
63 points by beningrad 7y ago|19 comments
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by beningrad 8y ago
When it comes to planning an alpine climb, I use http://www.mountain-forecast.com to judge what sorts of gear I might need. Super niche use-case, but it's better than anything else I've found.
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by beningrad 8y ago
I've lately been thinking about the relative healthiness of my hobby, in which failure could definitely bleed into the rest of my life. I go climbing and mountaineering, where the negative consequences for a mistake can be disastrous.
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by beningrad 9y ago
Try paying attention to your respiration while running. Attempt to maintain a pace that is possible while only breathing through your nose. (This pace may be walking, which is fine.) This is less about proprioception and more about paying a
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by beningrad 10y ago
Genuinely curious, what is it about these things that she is disdainful. I ask because I there I imagine two scenarios. The first scenario has an expert not recognizing the potential for powerful abstraction to augment an individual'
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by beningrad 11y ago
Right now I work in R&D for toys, VR, and IoT. I started as a straight up game designer, but I got very into programming and embedded electronics. If I went searching for a new job tomorrow, I would bill myself as a T-shaped HCI R&D
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by beningrad 11y ago
I think blogs like his seek to do for your lifestyle what meditation does for your thoughts--make you aware of your choices and their effects. At their best, they enlighten you toward a more conscious design of your own lifestyle. I'm
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Oculus Touch / Lighthouse Emulation with a Kinect V2 and Xbox Controllers(vrinflux.com)
2 points by beningrad 11y ago|0 comments