picklebarrel

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by picklebarrel 2y ago
It doesn't have to be, but in Elon's case, it is.
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by picklebarrel 2y ago
Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang. A really enjoyable story about people on Mars and Earth after their societies and cultures diverge. Definitely felt like a new perspective to me.
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by picklebarrel 2y ago
I worked with ROS1 professionally for a few years. My big takeaway was that the middleware got a lot more attention than it deserved. There are tons of hard research problems to work on in robotics: reliable navigation, object recognition,
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by picklebarrel 2y ago
I got 159 on my first try. I like the art. The difficulty progression is pretty good, starts out easy and gets faster and harder. Nice work!
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by picklebarrel 2y ago
Absolutely true. The layoffs appear to have been 100% random. Lots of loafers and do-nothing types on my friend's team who did not get laid off, but other people who consistently do great work did get laid off. There's no incentiv
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by picklebarrel 2y ago
This is awesome, I love it.
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by picklebarrel 2y ago
By the same logic, God was created by another god. Etc.
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by picklebarrel 2y ago
In my experience, the biggest impediment to this goal of always hiring the best people is what I call "good talkers". People who are good at talking, good at convincing, but not good at technical work. The bigger an org gets, the
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by picklebarrel 2y ago
Big question: why is his PC in the bathroom?!
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by picklebarrel 2y ago
Remoovit.com does this exactly. They pick up your stuff, then either sell, donate, or dispose of it. If they sell it, you get 50%, or if they have to pay to dispose, they charge you for it. Works great. Service area is just SF Bay and Phoen
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by picklebarrel 3y ago
I asked for "Mario vs alien" and it gave a copyright error. Then I asked for "Italian plumber vs alien" and it did a nice image of Mario fighting aliens.
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by picklebarrel 3y ago
There was an online car sales startup years ago where they put up the web page and ordering stuff before getting any buying or delivery stuff in place. When they got their first order, the boss said "well, go buy the car!"
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by picklebarrel 3y ago
I find it hilarious that after clicking on a link about "barrier free reading" on my phone, I'm taken to a page with 3 sections: the left section is entirely blank, the right section has about 8 words in an enormous font, and
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by picklebarrel 3y ago
I think it is much cooler now. So many more things are possible now. Instead of having 8 low res sprites to push around, we have high quality 3d rendering. Instead of making a robot with 2 wheels that bumps against a wall and turns, we have