grantismo

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by grantismo 3y ago
Small twists are great. It's interesting how dramatically different strategies and playstyles emerge from such twists. I made a wordle spinoff which has attracted far more users than I ever would have imagined https://www.po
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Show HN: Polygonle – Wordle with an extra clue in the form of shapes(polygonle.com)
1 points by grantismo 4y ago|0 comments
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by grantismo 6y ago
Tactics are more essential for initial improvement than strategy for the simple reason that you cannot execute sound strategic plans if your execution contains tactical flaws.
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by grantismo 6y ago
chesstempo.com has the best library of free tactics puzzles IMO. They also support alternate puzzle modes like blitz (time to solve affects your rating) and mixed (some positions require finding the only defensive move which doesn't lo
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by grantismo 6y ago
Great tech talk from Thibault about lichess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHP5AdRlRNY
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by grantismo 8y ago
Do you play a fair amount of chess? Your love of opening theory stands in contrast to the majority of chess players as far as I'm aware. Rich strategic themes emerge from complicated tactical positions. This is as true in variants like
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by grantismo 9y ago
I don't think so, but Waymo started testing in Michigan. https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/26/waymo-to-start-testing-its...
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by grantismo 12y ago
Looks like it's all coming from use of the tzinfo gem. See: https://github.com/tzinfo/tzinfo/blob/61fdd4359117e9a406c546...
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Show HN: Customizable themes for iOS(apptemplatez.com)
16 points by grantismo 13y ago|7 comments
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Prove's HN Easter Egg for Simple Phone Verification(getprove.com)
23 points by grantismo 13y ago|9 comments
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by grantismo 14y ago
It seems like the value of a human life should be greater (than solving male baldness) in financial terms in addition to humanist terms over the long time period. Wouldn't it make more sense for Gates to make a capitalist argument for why i
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by grantismo 14y ago
Whether or not the government should pick winners and losers is separate and unrelated to the question of market efficiency. Why can't I simultaneously acknowledge that externalities produce less than efficient markets and that government s
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by grantismo 14y ago
Classic slippery slope fallacy. Until it's actually hard to turn off, this argument is meaningless. Privacy concerns aside, in what ways does this actually worsen the user experience?
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by grantismo 14y ago
How about this for motivation? You assign a due date and a dollar amount punishment when you create a todo list or task. When you fail to complete your tasks on the due date, your account is charged the punishment amount. "How do you verify
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by grantismo 14y ago
Command line utility I wrote which uses getpass: http://dpaste.com/hold/756011/
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by grantismo 15y ago
Today's hardware isn't as much of a bottleneck as it used to be. That's the simplest explanation for fewer programmers with low-level knowledge.
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by grantismo 15y ago
ReCaptchas are generated by failed attempts with OCR, which means the computer has no idea what the word actually is, and consequently can't know how it should be oriented. ReCaptachas are actually digitizing unknown text, so they serve a p
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by grantismo 15y ago
It seems like the journalist never realized that his personal situation doesn't apply to everyone. We could use the same anecdotes and say something far more meaningful, like "life is too short, do something you value." A career isn't mutua
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by grantismo 15y ago
I couldn't agree more. In my personal circle of friends (college kids), I know maybe 2 or 3 people who regularly use these applications. Geosocial information has immense potential, but I don't think the current generation of LSBN has found
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by grantismo 15y ago
I completely agree. Let the market decide debates. Reduce the number of features you're immediately developing so you can launch and iterate faster. Get something out there pronto.
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by grantismo 15y ago
I'll be interested in seeing how turntable.fm evolves. I love the idea, but if I'm interested in background music, I find it can often be inconsistent. It'd be cool if more rooms had a single DJ, so at least you knew what to expect.
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by grantismo 15y ago
I think ease of spelling was the problem I was getting at, not memorability, but after visiting Flippa, I can see your point.
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by grantismo 15y ago
Perfect example of how the web masks age: I'm 21.
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by grantismo 15y ago
In today's domain ecosystem, you're not going to easily find a name which is easy to spell, pronounce, remember AND is free (or affordable) to acquire as a domain name. The vast majority of non-technical users are just going to google for y
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by grantismo 15y ago
>Pi is the wrong constant. Seems a bit pedantic. The post was about illustrating pi after all. I do enjoy the argument for tau though.
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by grantismo 15y ago
Only if we operate under the assumption that lulzsec is a group of younger people and not older guy(s) also trying to sound 'hip.'
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by grantismo 15y ago
I would expect aliens capable of interstellar travel would have better metrics than "buzz" :]