mattpk

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by mattpk 20d ago
The mouse is amazing, if you have a good sensor, a mousepad and no mouse acceleration. Not many have this setup, but those who do can wield their cursor with insane speed and accuracy. Consider top osu! or Starcraft players.
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by mattpk 29d ago
> NOTE: this is a genuine human work, didnt use LLM generation. I'm sorry, but I don't believe this. The article reads like LLM text post-edited by an AI prompted to "write like a non-native English speaker, replace you fo
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by mattpk 10mo ago
Here is the pseudocode of MAKER: state = init_state() while state is not complete: state = LLM("You are a helpful assistant. The rules and format of the game is [...]. The correct strategy to use at each step is [...]. The cu
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by mattpk 4y ago
This is a joke. The games that the “trick” AI “wins” are complete losses. The paper authors are claiming losses as wins by changing the rules in their favour to win on a technicality after the game, and not configuring the Go AI to even kno
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by mattpk 7y ago
Google is also adding AMP to emails: https://amp.dev/about/email/
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by mattpk 7y ago
"Whereas refined sugar converts to fat, honey typically converts to energy" Come on journalism
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by mattpk 8y ago
"CBRE’s study found that a 500-employee firm renting a 75,000 square-foot space in Toronto would face estimated one-year operating costs of $30,224,259. Only Vancouver and Montreal were cheaper. The Bay Area, meanwhile, was the most ex
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by mattpk 8y ago
I read Indie Hackers, and it seems every non-technical founder on that site uses Zapier, and Stripe.
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by mattpk 8y ago
I agree with you for the most part, but there definitely is a toxic extreme of "hustle culture", in which people believe the sheer amount of "hard work" is the only coefficient.
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by mattpk 8y ago
They've recently added javascript that mimics system UI asking you if you want to open the content in the app or in the browser. I'm also almost certain that the loading bars on mobile web are artificial sleeps.
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by mattpk 8y ago
Here the title could have easily included the two words "Dress Appropriately", but forgoes a useful title to entice clicks.
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by mattpk 9y ago
This guy is memeing.
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by mattpk 9y ago
The devs have made the rendering algorithm secret. So even if you have the cat token, you can't know what it looks like unless you go through their front-end.
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by mattpk 9y ago
From their FAQ ( https://www.cryptokitties.co/faq ): The developers levy a 3.75% fee on every cat purchase. Doesn't really seem like a decentralized app in that regard.
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by mattpk 9y ago
Google Codejam has some great problems. https://code.google.com/codejam/
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by mattpk 9y ago
I do codejam every year. Looks fun, will participate. First impressions tell me that runtime complexity won't as strict here however
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by mattpk 9y ago
Isn't Cloud9 an e-sports organization too? There are two cloud9s, wondering where the Cloud[1-8]s went.
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by mattpk 9y ago
That's a distorted view that you get from imagining if you had invested at the low of the last recession. Look at Japan's index, where it still hasn't caught up to the 1989 peak.
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by mattpk 9y ago
The cars could be subject to vandalism, or at the very least really aggressive driving. The predictability of the driving and the lack of a driver is going to result in weird interactions with people.
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by mattpk 9y ago
I'd rather endure the FOMO when I don't understand its value than lose money when I had my doubts. Feels like it'll be the former for a while...
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by mattpk 9y ago
Yeah, only apply the transaction to the block chain when it leaves their system, e.g. PayPal.
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by mattpk 9y ago
There are lots of talented Yahoo employees who read HN, and cringe at what teams on the other side of campus are doing.
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by mattpk 9y ago
Why? At the moment this seems like hassle, and possibly more expensive due to txn fees.