burn_cycle

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by burn_cycle 2y ago
So many, it's why I got into the field I suppose. Like everyone else, I have a hacker news client, which is "universal" (in the Apple sense), and is made around how I use the site. I might even release this one, one day.
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by burn_cycle 2y ago
I wonder what the fallout of this will be, it seems a lot worse than the maps launch that's given as the reason for Scott Forstall leaving the company.
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by burn_cycle 3y ago
The quality of their software has declined significantly in the past 15 years. That said, it's still pretty good and this is probably down to reducing scope. Apple's software only runs on their hardware, they regularly exclude rec
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by burn_cycle 3y ago
"The uploader has not made this video available in your country"
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by burn_cycle 3y ago
It doesn't even have to be this convoluted. They can just do what they did with email. Step one, wait until they have the vast majority of users, then due to spam/'problematic' content, algorithmically block the vast maj
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Foundation Package Preview Now Available(swift.org)
9 points by burn_cycle 3y ago|0 comments
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by burn_cycle 3y ago
I saw the announcement yesterday for 'Substack Notes', which is clearly inspired by Twitter, and thought to myself that these companies are going to clash sometime in the future. Pretty outrageous reaction, lol.
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by burn_cycle 3y ago
The problem here is that the vast majority of "social" activity has migrated from thousands of little silos into 3 websites (Reddit, Facebook and Twitter). This creates a massive attack surface for would-be spammers, as well as a
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by burn_cycle 4y ago
I'm primarily a mobile dev, so I generally don't have much choice in the matter of what languages I use (Swift, Java, Kotlin). Occasionally, for a side project, I'll need some sort of back-end. This usually means I need to ge
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by burn_cycle 4y ago
Event Horizon by John Michael Godier [1], just very interesting discussions about space, SETI and other stuff. The episode with Isaac Arthur [2] is a good place to start. [1] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jo
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by burn_cycle 4y ago
I've been mac-only for over a decade, and the first thing I do is swap CMD and CTRL. I could never get used to the default layout.
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by burn_cycle 4y ago
Is this compute alone? Also, how likely do you think it is that we’ll see anything in the next 12(ish) months?
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by burn_cycle 4y ago
I would be interested to see the stats on what percentage of the profits of top companies went to all administrative employees(managers, hr, execs, etc) not just CEOs over the same period.
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by burn_cycle 4y ago
Seems like an epic pain in the ass for a 4.1% yield I complain about gas prices as much as everyone else, but that seems pretty good. Does anyone know how much the typical miner was making with POW?
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by burn_cycle 5y ago
I think this is a major factor. A lot of the hardware gains over the that period have been used by developers to make their own lives easier. When I was in university made a small 2d game engine in J2SE. Performance wasn't great, so I
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by burn_cycle 5y ago
I actually watched someone do this recently. With the right equipment, it works surprisingly well.
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by burn_cycle 5y ago
Thanks.
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Ask HN: Is the HN Algolia API Down?
6 points by burn_cycle 5y ago|3 comments
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by burn_cycle 5y ago
>I seem to remember that Magic Carpet was a massive hardware hog I'm not sure about that. A quick search shows that the (on the box) requirements were 33mhz 486, which seems to have been fairly reasonable for the time.
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by burn_cycle 5y ago
Very interesting. Does anyone know if Magic Carpet by Bullfrog used a similar technique for rendering its terrain?
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by burn_cycle 6y ago
Yeah, newsletters seem big these days so that could work. Alternatively you could let users make profiles with their preferences for their ideal job (remote only, MEAN stack, >£80k, etc) and notify them when a matching ad appears, you co
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by burn_cycle 6y ago
Depends how low your costs are and long you can go without needing to make any money from it. If your expenses are manageable and profitability isn't an issue, it might make sense to improve your product (nicer UI, more features, etc)
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by burn_cycle 7y ago
This is probably the case in a lot if instances, however, it's not always the true. I think there is a lot of value to be gained for existing programmers who wish to dip their toes into something new before fully committing or refresh
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by burn_cycle 7y ago
It is indeed very frustrating, especially for those of us who bought Pascal cards before they stopped "working". In the end only the customers suffer.
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by burn_cycle 8y ago
This is really good advice. In addition: 1) Your network will be your main source of work. I've been freelancing for just over a year and every single job I've had has come as a result of relationships I made when I was in full-ti
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by burn_cycle 8y ago
Spare a thought for those of us in developing countries. I can now watch the latest Marvel or Star Wars blockbuster in 3D as soon as it is available in western markets, but little else. Many of the films you mention never saw the light of d
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by burn_cycle 8y ago
This looks fantastic, thank you.
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by burn_cycle 8y ago
This sounds pretty interesting, can you recommend any books on Japan about this particular period/topic?
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by burn_cycle 9y ago
I would say that America in its current state is more simillar to one of the BRICS nations. It has levels of poverty/wealth disparity that will be familiar to anyone who has spent enough time in South Africa or Brazil but simply do not