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by strayptr 11y ago
They need to take that money, break Yahoo up into pieces, sell it, and then whatever money they have they should fund 100,000 startups and see what rises from the ashes. We're a little crazy. Think of the families of the people who
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by strayptr 11y ago
Actually not. Here are the rules for Show HN: Be respectful. Anyone sharing work is making a contribution, however modest. Ask questions out of curiosity. Don't cross-examine. Instead of "you're doing it wrong", sugges
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by strayptr 11y ago
I prefer that they posted it as an HN comment. Scrolling isn't difficult, and mobile users rarely click on links. I probably wouldn't have read it if it was in a pastebin or linked to a source.
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by strayptr 11y ago
Has there been research into this? That's a really cool concept. It's something I'd like to look into, if anyone knows any references.
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by strayptr 11y ago
Civilizations that have (generally) destructive, punitive, insular, judging, self-righteous, and violent myths don't. This seems to be the opposite of history. Until recently, violence was one of the only ways for any civilization t
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by strayptr 11y ago
The main problem is power. There's no way to project light into the retina without power, and it's difficult to get power to the lens without using wires. Induction is promising, but the falloff is dramatic. Meaning your induct
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by strayptr 11y ago
Part of the appeal of FF7 is the soundtrack. Make that dynamic, and you would've ruined FF7. It's a good idea that makes sense for a lot of games. Just pointing out a counterexample.
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by strayptr 11y ago
3 million dollars is nothing. It took a million dollars to make a single very low-quality video game, circa 2008. Salaries are expensive. The investment model is set up to let founders "burn through" money while they explore new
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by strayptr 11y ago
And I'm saying, yes, you're right. But have hope. That's something to watch out for going forward, but we can go forward. This thread's article is interesting, because it's the first step toward a world you descri
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by strayptr 11y ago
There are a variety of algorithms which are safe in a post-quantum crypto world. Developing and deploying them will take time, but they exist. Making them safe will take longer, but it will happen. The threat you describe sounds like a ra
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by strayptr 11y ago
Thanks, that worked.
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by strayptr 11y ago
When I download the source and try to open index.html in Chrome, it doesn't work. "Unhandled promise rejection DOMException: Failed to execute 'texImage2D' on 'WebGLRenderingContext': Tainted canvases may not b
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by strayptr 11y ago
If that's true, then it should be easy to name some startups that fell into technical mediocrity and recovered. Are there any? I saw the opposite happen firsthand: a company that was about to get steamrolled by a competitor, and they
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by strayptr 11y ago
And yet, if you proceed as if it were correct, you'll be amazed at what you'll accomplish. The comment I was replying to was essentially asking, "What would've helped you back when you were in my position?" Ten ou
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by strayptr 11y ago
Mmhm. As with everything, it's a balance. It's important to understand that reading is one of the most effective forms of procrastination that has ever been invented. It's also the prism through which your entire future pa
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by strayptr 11y ago
This domain is unique in that it's not a good idea to read. The most effective way to navigate this territory seems to be: Think of a simple goal, then force yourself to solve it. Don't look up how to solve it until you're
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by strayptr 11y ago
This is a great breakdown even for a novice who doesn't know much about how rendering engines typically function. What would you like to know? I have some time, so if anyone was hoping to learn more about this, ask me.
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by strayptr 11y ago
When I targeted asm.js, the result wasn't much faster than plain js. Also, asm.js recently made it into Node, but Node doesn't tell you when your asm.js code is valid or not. And when it's invalid, it doesn't produce a
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by strayptr 11y ago
It's more common nowadays for an 18 year old to have 10 years of experience programming. Certainly it's uncommon, but the set of all 18 year olds who've been programming for 10 years are a subset of those who'd benefit t
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by strayptr 11y ago
Let's stop trashing on people's work. The success of an endeavor is proportional to the number of shitty hacks that have come before it. Sometimes this it true in a literal sense -- sometimes a project consists of shitty hacks.
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Confront Reality(aaronsw.com)
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by strayptr 11y ago
MD5 is is broken and should not be used for anything anymore. Actually, HMAC-MD5 is secure.
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by strayptr 11y ago
I'm not sure if the elites of HN have spent much time among today's average youth, but they certainly aren't learning a common memetic foundation. They barely graduate from high school. And in fact, the average youth are wh
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by strayptr 11y ago
unless I'm pursuing engineering or some computation-heavy career, when will I need to care about calculus? Or for that matter, why ever learn about cell biology in elementary school? Not everyone is going to be a geneticist, and most
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by strayptr 11y ago
This might be true for individual creators, but ad revenue powers companies. Can Patreon do that? (It's still an important point for individuals though.)
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by strayptr 11y ago
It's sort of interesting that the inescapable conclusion is that VC funds power tech. What I mean is, if a business isn't sustainable, and the fact that they're sustainable doesn't matter, then it's thanks to the V
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by strayptr 11y ago
How expensive would an application like this be? I don't know much about this, but I'd like to learn. What's an algorithm for figuring out a pretty good guess of any random application's hosting costs? Also, is there a
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by strayptr 11y ago
Fascinating. May I ask, how does one predict the behavior of an electron without using probability amplitudes? I'm extremely interested, and the question isn't meant as anything but an inquiry. Finding a gap in one's knowle
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by strayptr 11y ago
The article is a filtered version of Hawking's words, which themselves were probably a filtered version of his research. The parent commenter was talking about the quality of the article. There's no basis to attack Hawking or any
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by strayptr 11y ago
Does it cost $150k/yr to hire someone you're paying $75k/yr? I've heard the fully-loaded cost of an employee is about 2x their salary, but I'm interested to know what the fully-loaded cost of a startup employee is.

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