jamcohen

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by jamcohen 3y ago
The same thing happened in France when American GIs were stationed there during WWII. I'd recommend "What Soldiers Do" by Mary Louise Roberts if you're interested in the details.
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by jamcohen 5y ago
Outer Wilds does this as well.
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by jamcohen 5y ago
I also find comfort in the idea of becoming food after we die. I remember reading somewhere how a beached whale in the arctic can be a life-saving windfall for the scavengers there. Helped me see the positive in something I’d always seen as
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by jamcohen 5y ago
It also depends on your stove. Mine’s electric and alternates the heating element on and off to try to maintain the desired temp. The heat capacity helps to smooth out temperature fluctuations but if I had a nice gas stove I’d probably swit
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by jamcohen 5y ago
Richard Feynman's lecture is a great resource for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKWGGDXe5MA He proposes a file clerk that gets progressively dumber and faster until they get so dumb that they can be simulated b
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by jamcohen 6y ago
Does anyone know any good improv in the bay? Pre-pandemic I would go to the 11am text message show at UCB Franklin in LA and it was consistently amazing.
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by jamcohen 6y ago
Definitely agree about “juicing” your game, especially from a visual perspective. There’s so many graphics concepts that I didn’t know about and didn’t have the eye to recognize. Things like ambient occlusion, bloom, reflection probes, and
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by jamcohen 6y ago
Catlike coding is great. I’m also a fan of Alan Zucconi’s tutorials: https://www.alanzucconi.com/tutorials/
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by jamcohen 6y ago
For anyone using iterm2, copy mode ( https://iterm2.com/documentation-copymode.html ) was a big help in reducing my mouse use.
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by jamcohen 6y ago
A lot of Caro’s responses are included, almost verbatim, in his more recent book “On Power”: https://www.amazon.com/On-Power-Robert-A-Caro-audiobook/dp/B... Definitely recommend the audiobook if you haven’t heard
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by jamcohen 6y ago
I get the same feeling, to the point that I occasionally let out a brief scream when browsing GAN images.
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by jamcohen 7y ago
I just finished listening to audiobook yesterday. Really gripping stuff. Amazing what people can endure.
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by jamcohen 8y ago
Is this what you’re looking for? https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130663/gdc_2005_proce...
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by jamcohen 9y ago
I think it's just a consequence of the fact that having money enables the acquisition of more money. It explains the long tail in wealth distribution.