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Are there any good resources for learning graphics programming for the first time with WebGPU? I have heard mixed opinions about WGSL.

Makes sense to me. Google clearly has a culture/reputation where projects are routinely killed off because they aren't deemed "successful" by some arbitrary metric. This fosters a "failure/success" mentality among employees, which influences what types of projects they take (obvious, immediately profitable) and how long it takes to develop them (as quick as possible). While they have a lot of smart people working there, I think big G has some organisational problems which prevents them from completing large scale experimental projects like this.

Seven signs of ethical collapse:

1. Pressure to maintain numbers 2. Fear and silence 3. Young ‘uns and a bigger-than-life CEO 4. Weak board of directors 5. Conflicts of interest overlooked or unaddressed 6. Innovation like no other company 7. Goodness in some areas atones for evil in others

Umberto Eco's 14 signs of fascism:

1. The cult of tradition. 2. The rejection of modernism. 3. The cult of action for action's sake. 4. Disagreement is treason. 5. Fear of difference. 6. Appeal to social frustration. 7. The obsession with a plot. 8. The humiliation by the wealth and force of their enemies. 9. Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. 10. Contempt for the weak. 11. Everybody is educated to become a hero. 12. Machismo and weaponry. 13. Selective populism. 14. Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak.

Each list contains symptoms of some degenerating organisation. However, I can easily find counterexamples of successful organisations which demonstrate one or more of these qualities. In fact, these organisations may be successful because they exhibit one or more of these qualities. This way of understanding the world is entirely juvenile and unfit as an evaluative framework.

I see this "screen-time" issue pop up over and over again, but who is to blame? Parents make a stink about kids' screen time ALL THE TIME, yet almost never go outside themselves. Children emulate their parents. Go set an example instead of blaming the child you are responsible for.

Women - they often have experiences and perspectives different from mine, which makes for interesting conversation.

I think the culture is changing a little bit, though. It's interesting to see the rise of zoomer gym culture in the past couple of years, primarily driven through TikTok.

Granted, this has caused a huge surge in body dysmorphia in teenagers and a rise in use of performance-enhancing drugs, but regardless I think this might be an indication of future change to come.

I think that mass availability of weight loss drugs like Ozempic could be the single biggest transformation of public health in the first world in the last 50 years, on par with the contraceptive pill. I don't think it's possible to tackle this problem from the supply side, previous attempts have failed miserably. Normally I'm not one to have such a cavalier attitude towards this type of intervention, but this is a crisis that warrants an immediate solution. The healthcare savings from this alone could easily be in the billions.

I'm 21 with a BMI of 28, 6'4". I'm pretty sure I have some sort of eating disorder. It is so f*cking hard not to overreat. Ozempic would really help me out here, because willpower alone is not enough for me to fight a billion dollar industry trying its damndest to make me addicted.

First chapter questions:

(a) Identify (or write) a song that requires Θ(n3) time to sing the first n verses.

(b) Identify (or write) a song that requires Θ(nlog n) time to sing the first n verses.

(c) Identify (or write) a song that requires some other weird amount of time to sing the first n verses.

Any ideas?

I've seen quite a few articles on HN relating to free speech issues, both domestic stories in the US and abroad. I made one such submission about my home state South Australia and it was fine.

I feel like freedom and self-autonomy form part of the ethos of a hacker, but hell I might be wrong.

I think it's antithetical to the philosophy of arxiv in the first place. It's a preprint service. Adding a review process would make it... a journal. Arxiv being impartial to the content it publishes is one of its' greatest strengths.

I have not slept well since I was 12 years old. I fear I have permanently damaged my cognitive abilities because of this.

Had an audible chuckle the other day when I saw humble bundle's current massive Godot sale. Hopefully with this increased attention we can draw new programmers to gamedev with an approachable language like python.

> Currently, participants are slowly and randomly being accepted, but eventually the plan is to let in anyone who fits the criteria. Once you are accepted, you can at first participate in rating existing notes, and once you've made enough good ratings *(measured by seeing which ratings match with the final outcome for that note)*, you can also write notes of your own.

I think twitter is especially fortunate to have the audience diversity it has to make this work - there seems to be a good mix of both left and right wing leaning users. A consensus model with such diversity encourages compromise.

I feel like the strength of using this model is that it's low stakes - at the end of the day it's a tweet. People are willing to make concessions, because it's a tweet. As soon as, say, money is involved, I think that willingness to find a middle ground goes away.

yeeep

Currently in a live server with others watching and it's a lot of fun. I happen to know many people working in the space industry, and a lot of great engineers come from India. Very happy and excited for India and its people. Goodluck!

edit: lets goo!!!

That seems... fine. For the energy:gdp ratio it seems to have worked out well in all honesty.

Yeah, edited my comment. Agreed that direct outreach is ineffective if you aren't b2b.

If you're selling commercial products for a mass market, I think doing things like sponsored content might be more effective.

If I'm selling products to businesses or a few customers, it's better to do outreach by attending industry events, talks etc... I think the cold approach still works.

What is the average ROI on advertising by using google AdSense et. al?

Advertising is an assumed cost of business for any medium to large company these days, but I feel there's a growing silent minority who slowly believe, slowly know, that advertising in the online space is unfeasible for a majority of products. Advertisers like google make so much money because online advertising is one of those things that is super easy to keep throwing more money at. I wonder how many companies would benefit from entirely ditching online advertising and pursue alternate methods like direct outreach or sponsored content.

We might see 4,000-10,000 advertisements a day[1]. Do you remember two advertisements you saw today? Mere-exposure effect is the only thing going for it. Which may be fine if you're Coca-Cola, not so much if you run an online clothing store.

[1]https://webtribunal.net/blog/how-many-ads-do-we-see-a-day/#:....

Why does Wikimedia give so much away when Wikipedia itself is completely reliant on donations? Saw some "if everyone gave $2" banners earlier today.

A kettle with a nice collection of teas, accessible while remaining in my office chair.

Personal favourites:

SciFi/Space collection: https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/albums/72157638...

King's Topographical Collection: https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/albums/72157716...

Wouldn't multiple jobs like this make you a huge security/IP rights liability?

While there are definitely some tortured genius types out there, I think many of those who present as such described in the article really aren't. You know, it's pretty easy to appear like a genius when none of your peers have anything to show for it either. The only question I ask for genius is "What has this guy done?". Which is a pretty difficult question to answer when you're still at school and haven't lived a life yet.

Our own self concept is based on the story we tell ourselves. This is an important emotional/intellectual regulatory tool we deal with in a daily basis. Evolution gave us self reflection because it's very useful to us. But it doesn't mean it's a reflection of reality.

Disagree with the negative outlook of this article on "Gameification". Like in industry, fighting new technology for the old is a losing battle. Think about the value proposition of reading against tiktok or youtube or videogames from the perspective an average child: why should they pick up a book? We need to find new ways to have them engage with reading in a way which competes with the computer on it's own terms. Feel indignant about the state of reading as much as you like, but I'm looking for a solution which puts books in the hands of more readers.

Even if LK99 isn't the real deal, god has it been an exciting 2 weeks. Though I know absolutely nothing about material science, I have enjoyed the sheer enthusiasm and optimism the scientific community has shown. I feel like I'm part of something unique and special, something which could have only been achieved by the medium of accessible mass communication. The excitement here is palpable. I feel fortunate to be part of this infinitesimally miniscule portion of human history where I can share this moment with so many people.

article presents this as a confirmed finding, yet the paper was published on arxiv, a prepublishing site. it's not peer reviewed or replicated. we need to hold our horses a little bit.

My dad, who once applied to YC, said that YC favours founders between ages 25-35. Not too young to be inexperienced, not too old to have other obligations.

Does anyone else think that WeWork, as a concept, still has potential? WFH has a lot of benefits for the employee, but it's clear that many employers still desire some face-to-face contact. WeWork was already going downhill pre-pandemic, but had it survived I wonder if it may have been the primary service for small/hybrid companies.

I am aware that WW had it's own business issues to deal with, but it's still salvageable, right?

I was already writing a comment about procedural generation before I saw yours. I was thinking about placing shapes on the boundary of a basic character shape, and placing random points within those shapes which then have lines/splines drawn between them. You could change the size of the shape depending on how much you want the shape to vary. That way you can still exercise control over what specific features are preserved. I'm sure someone can come up with something better.

Generally speaking I don't take lab results seriously until I see tests in real world environments. Deployment always presents new challenges after development.

Not trying to be dismissive, but statements like that reminds me of "Miracle Drug Ivermectin[0]/Industrial Bleach[1] Cures Covid After XX Hours"

[0] https://www.monash.edu/discovery-institute/news-and-events/n... [1] https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavi...