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by rottc0dd 10d ago
This is my favorite : https://www.cise.ufl.edu/~manuel/obfuscate/pi.c
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by rottc0dd 17d ago
A good video from welch labs on image generation with diffusion models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv-5mZ_9CPY&pp=ygUVZGlmZnVza...
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by rottc0dd 6mo ago
seeing-theory has a new link ig https://seeing-theory.brown.edu/
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by rottc0dd 7mo ago
I really loved Pynchon's introduction to 1984[1] in new Penguin edition. [1]: https://shipwrecklibrary.com/the-modern-word/pynchon/sl-essa...
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
I am not sure of historical significance of what OOP is, but even Alan Kay seem to agree that modern definition of OOP is not what he intended[1]. But, for better or worse we are stuck with the principles. We even have design patterns like
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
From my previous comment in hn: As a java guy and think python is weird, I don't think this sucks. But, I also agree that can serve as terrible intro to programming if you start programming right away without understanding the basics o
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
Good ol' Kernighan strikes again [0] [0] - https://www.laws-of-software.com/laws/kernighan/
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
Another thing that impedes us sunken cost fallacy. Classic "Simple vs easy" change. Even if a design is comparatively simpler, it is harder to make such change for small feature. We had a project which is supposed to convert live
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
Nice work. Still buggy. If you increase the ball size and increase the speed, the whole thing goes black/white in 10 seconds.
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
Top story: Kiro: new agentic IDE
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
Hi, I think I have mentioned this before in HN too. I am not from CS background and just learnt the trade as I was doing the job, I mean even the normal stuff. We have a project that tries reify live objects into human readable form. Final
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
> I did try to ask are we not computers. I meant to say "I did not try to ask are we not computers."
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
You might like Gene: An intimate history[0]. It was really good book. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Intimate-History-Siddhartha-Mukh...
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
> There are some aspects that have some similarity to computation, but also many that are not. What I have explained is the exact way a chromosome works, it's raison d'etre. I think this cannot be dismissed as some aspect of it
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
I did try to ask are we not computers. I tried to imply, in the fundamental level there are striking similarities to computation. > That’s not to say that computers couldn’t do what the brain does, including consciousness and emotions, Y
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
> (However, that doesn’t mean that one can’t still consider them to be mechanistic and “soulless”.) How should we describe or approximate the things happening in cell?
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
I meant to say in the way that there is well defined set of alphabets (A, T, G, C) and each triplet of these alphabet is responsible for specific protein to be created and combination of such protein make each cell what it is. (There are 20
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
Are cells not computers in some way? We are made of cells and cells work with chromosomes. Chromosomes are coded with ATGC pairs and each triplet is capable of creating proteins. And the activation and deactivation of some triplet happens o
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
Thanks a lot. It is really fun. But, I don't have adult company in my neighborhood. If take "What if I don't became great with this" anxiety out of the equation, it feels just more fun and life seems a little more colorf
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
You are right. I should have looked it up. > I was decent in math and Bill was brilliant, but I spoke from experience at Wazzu. One day I watched a professor cover the black board with a maze of partial differential equations, and they m
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
Yeah, but these are also about people who are not even starting off at a field. These are teenagers. It really stood out that they can think where they can make most impact in the world at such an young age.
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
Excuse me for generalizing the point. That's not fair to do just based on these anecdotes. But, I can also understand their perspective. Paul continued to be a guitar player all his life and hosted jamming sessions in his home. I start
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
I think there are some similar remarks on Bill Gates in another good memoir by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen [1]. Even on his school days, Gates was so sure he will not have a competition on Math, since he was the best at math at his scho
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
I meant to type, it was one of the tragic things I have read, but too late to edit.
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
I kind of think both are true. I will remember Winston as great thinker who is extremely aware his world. And the tragedy or death of him is death of his awareness. His ability to think. In all the protagonist I have seen in tragedies, he i
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
It's not necessary for a work of fiction to focus on diverse and realistic characters, particularly when its primary aim is to critique a specific aspect of technology. In such cases, characters often function as just means to highligh
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
From my other comment elsewhere. These resources helped me understand the topics better. If anyone wants to understand fundamentals of machine learning, one of the superb resources I have found is, Stanford's "Probability for comp
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
Hmm... maybe that is why, earliest chatbot carried a "therapist" tag. https://web.njit.edu/~ronkowit/eliza.html
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
https://yosefk.com/blog/engineers-vs-managers-economics-vs-b... > ...It's a common story and an interesting angle, but the "best vs good enough" formulation misses something. It sounds as if there&#x2
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by rottc0dd 1y ago
For those who are wondering, this is quote from "Hitchhiker's guide to Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_th...

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