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djent

796 karma · joined May 1, 2013

Computer Science major. Roguelike player. Eats pizza.
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djent··on Pokémon Go data usage draws attention of House Energy and Commerce Committee [pdf]
>They keep their 3D models of individual Pokemon including their animations on a CDN and don't perform any caching on the models

Could you provide a source for this? I did some Googling but could not find any information supporting this.

I definitely agree on the Pokestop data, but I find it hard to believe that models and animations are not assets included in the app file.

djent··on Pokémon Go data usage draws attention of House Energy and Commerce Committee [pdf]
I've been playing Pokemon Go since the day of release, and my cellular settings report the app has only used 230MB of data out of my 5GB per month. I'm not too concerned about data usage - I'd rather Niantic cache more to reduce load on servers.
djent··on See the things you’ve searched for, visited, and watched on Google services
Strange, it's not showing any of my YouTube activity, and that's the Google service I use the most.
djent··on How Two Seattle-Area Brothers Made Dwarf Fortress
Arrow keys
djent··on Linux Sysadmin/DevOps Interview Questions
How can I use this as a self-placement test? I'm in college still, and I have answers to many of the general, simple Linux, and devops questions. What is expected to be known for varying levels of employment? (Intern/junior/normal/senior)
djent··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2016)
Graduating in Spring 2017 with a BS in computer science

Location: City, State

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: maybe in 2017

Technologies: Perl, Go, Git, SQL, Lua, Linux

CV: https://stackoverflow.com/cv/firstlast

Github: https://github.com/djent-

Email: first.last.year @ gmail.com

Looking for backend or security positions.

djent··on Mark Zuckerberg Gets to Control Facebook a While Longer
Can someone explain why someone would want to own Class-C shares? I did some google searches but did not come up with much information. It seems strange to sell shares of a company where you don't actually have any say in the company you own part of.
djent··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2016)
Graduating in Spring 2017 with a BS in computer science

Location: City, State

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: maybe in 2017

Technologies: Perl, Go, Git, SQL, Lua, Linux

CV: https://stackoverflow.com/cv/firstlast

Github: https://github.com/djent-

Email: first.last.year @ gmail.com

djent··on Dell’s Skylake XPS 13, Precision workstations now come with Ubuntu preinstalled
I use arch in a VM on my HiDPI XPS13 with and without a desktop environment. Support is simple, if it doesn't recognize the HiDPI automatically (I could understand from inside a VM but I would suspect it running on hardware), support is just one setting in the X11 config file. With distros that don't have HiDPI support, I set the internal VM resolution to half my screen size and then set the VM scale to 2.0 within VMware. Overall a good experience.
djent··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2016)
Graduating in Spring 2017 with a BS in computer science

Location: City, State

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: maybe in 2017

Technologies: Perl, Go, Git, SQL, Lua, Linux

CV: https://stackoverflow.com/cv/firstlast

Github: https://github.com/djent-

Email: first.last.year @ gmail.com

djent··on Working Calculator in Super Mario Maker [video]
This is the video by what seems to be the creator of the level, no commentary however. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCTGXUNg2fE
djent··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2016)
Graduating in Spring 2017 with a BS in computer science

Location: City, State

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: maybe in 2017

Technologies: Perl, Go, Git, SQL, Lua, Linux

CV: https://stackoverflow.com/cv/firstlast

Github: https://github.com/djent-

Email: first.last.year @ gmail.com

djent··on Ask HN: Do you use an old or 'unfashionable' programming language?
I use Perl for small things. I learned it about two years ago. I like to joke that I was 15 years late learning Perl, and 5 years early learning Go.
djent··on Ask HN: Where are all the non-web jobs?
Wow I feel like a noob. I've been on HN for 3 years and I've never seen these posts.
djent··on Ask HN: Where are all the non-web jobs?
I've been wondering whether HN would be interested in having "Hire Me" posts in conjunction with "Who's Hiring" posts. Every time there's a Who's Hiring, I spend a couple hours looking through all the posts. Why not do the opposite? Have companies/recruiters look through our resumes. I'm weary about joining websites like LinkedIn/Monster/etc. Even now, every once in a while HN will get a post along the lines of "I've been out of work/the industry for a while and I don't know how to find a job... here's what I know how to do" and they get a bunch of support.
djent··on Ask HN: Where are all the non-web jobs?
Nvidia's careers site is the best yet - all the jobs for new college graduates require a 3.5 GPA!
djent··on Why We Hire Great Developers, Not Great Mobile Developers
Worse yet, my college is offering a Mobile App Development class, under Computer Information Systems (as opposed to Computer Science, which I am in) which uses App Inventor. And they're charging $240 per credit for this 4 credit class!
djent··on EarthBound's Copy Protection (2011)
Physical books are not digital, therefore cannot have DRM. Also, DRM is about managing the "rights" of the copyrighted material's producer - not the end user. Chaining books in a public place maintains the book from being physically stolen, taken from the public's possession.
djent··on Modern Perl 4th Edition is out, ebook version is free
The page says that there is no DRM on the ebook, yet every page of the PDF is watermarked with the name you used to order. Sounds like managing digital rights to me.
djent··on Comcast injects JavaScript into webpages to show copyright notices to customers
Cox injects HTML into your HTTP connections. I've recieved popups on pages saying they've spotted traffic from a botnet server over my connection, and that my computer may be infected. I talked to Cox support and they view it as a feature.
djent··on Why Computer Programmers Should Stop Calling Themselves Engineers
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10513499
djent··on What We Owe the MythBusters
I remember watching the first episode as it aired with my mom when I was in elementary school. This was the best I had all my life in terms of science education for a very long time.

I see other commenters complaining about how they supposedly always tauted their findings as fact. This is not the case, as evidenced by their "Revisited" episodes where they address myths that their viewers wrote in about telling them they made a mistake. Some of their findings completely flip-floped under different conditions. This also was useful to me as a young aspiring scientist.

djent··on Mexico supreme court rules ban on marijuana use unconstitutional
Unfortunately the Supreme Court can't find laws unDeclaration-of-Independance-al.
djent··on Leading 'anti adblock' provider gets hacked- pushed malware to end users
An image that links to the advertiser's product is really all that is needed.
djent··on Cmus – A Small Terminal Music Player
I also recommend mpd + ncmpcpp.
djent··on Mealworms can eat and biodegrade styrofoam
Birds, snakes, frogs, toads, any natural predator really.
djent··on How We Uncovered the Real Identity Behind “Startup L. Jackson”
Arrow keys? Firefox with vimperator (for hjkl)?
djent··on Senator Wants to Make the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Even Easier to Abuse
I am from Rhode Island and any kind of change is not going to happen. Voters will not "primary him out." Hell, our capital city almost elected a felon as mayor, and he was in fact the best candidate that was running. Politics in Rhode Island are stagnant. I would like to note that I am not taking an opinion on the bill amendments, especially as I have not read them - just stating facts about Rhode Island.
djent··on Stop Googling. Let’s Talk
I was not alive when newspapers were at their prime. I cannot answer that question definitively, but I will say that it is entirely possible, and does not take away from the analogy. Would you interrupt someone reading a newspaper to talk to them? How about if they were reading a book? Would it be okay to interrupt someone typing or scrolling on their phone to try to start a conversation with them?
djent··on Stop Googling. Let’s Talk
Why would people choose to speak to strangers when they can communicate electronically with their friends 24/7? The fact is that whether you're introverted or extroverted, phones now suit all your needs as both a device to keep you occupied and as a means of communication.
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