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dynjoon Cloudflare acquires Deno

How will this affect Supabase I wonder?

dynjoon Native visionOS platform support

They already said they plan to do this in the PR.

dynjoon Sam Altman tells staff there’s no plan for him to receive ‘giant equity stake’

A masterclass in the classic rug pull.

dynjoon Transferring energy from nitrogen to argon enables 2-way cascaded lasing in air

Are we one step closer to lightsabers?

dynjoon FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations

Totally deserved for a morally corrupt business.

dynjoon I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it

Highly recommend this guy’s channel, he livestreams building a Vulkan game engine and he has a crazy style too https://youtube.com/@tokyospliff?si=CMF53295xeETykbP

dynjoon Fully documented source code for Lander on the Acorn Archimedes

Amazing work!

dynjoon A Matter of Millimeters: The story of Qantas flight 32

Absolutely astonishing and riveting read.

dynjoon I made a catalog of useful GPTs

Question is, is anyone making a catalog of the catalogs? There are a lot.

dynjoon Symbolics CGI production notes: How Stanley and Stella came together (1988)

Remastered version here https://youtube.com/watch?v=aYEp26g14Wk

dynjoon Internet in a Box

Or the IT Crowd version https://youtu.be/iDbyYGrswtg

dynjoon Letter to Pixar President Ed Catmull [pdf] (2004)

Don't worry Alvy, those who really know Pixar, really know you were there right from the get go.

My whole fascination for computer graphics came from a 1987 BBC documentary that included a section about Pixar, Alvy, Bill Reeves and Loren Carpenter (part of it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-zlQ1kVK1k&t=375s)

dynjoon Next, Nest, Nuxt Nust?

It still blows my mind too that there isn’t a single opinionated framework. Imagine how much further forward JS would be. Rails is still an order of magnitude more productive than anything we have tried on JS, but everyone asks for JS because easier to find people. Truly maddening that JS somehow grabbed the popularity crown.

dynjoon Atari Hotels

Now it all makes sense https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/5/8/15582580/atari-blade-...

dynjoon AWS and Blockchain

I've lost count of how many product owners have interchanged the word Database with Blockchain to try and score some PR points with their customers/bosses.

dynjoon Why is Rosetta 2 fast?

It is quite astonishing how seamless Apple has managed to make the Intel to ARM transition, there are some seriously smart minds behind Rosetta. I honestly don't think I had a single software issue during the transition!

dynjoon Byte Magazine: The Forth Language (1980)

Who remembers the Jupiter Ace? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Ace

dynjoon Ten years after the Higgs, physicists face the nightmare of finding nothing else

I sometimes ponder whether we fundamentally just went in the wrong direction from the very start with quantum physics, but we ended up so far down the road it was impossible to start again.

Disclaimer: I'm not a physicist and my understanding is superficial at best.

dynjoon Limb lengthening surgery is becoming more popular

I bet there is a direct correlation to Instagram usage here, particularly filters that allow you to lengthen your legs in this particular case.

Instagram is a ticking time bomb of mental health problems related to self image issues, particularly in younger women.

dynjoon 1Password for SSH and Git (Beta)

This.

dynjoon Boeing 777 departing Dubai nearly had a major incident after takeoff

I know who the pilot was on this flight and I’m damn happy she won’t be getting near the controls of a plane again anytime soon. Coworkers were astonished she didn’t rip the flaps off.

dynjoon Moiré No More

It has “like” and “dislike” keys! Way ahead of it’s time.

dynjoon Sir Clive Sinclair has died

Probably the saddest day in my IT career, this man started it all for me.

dynjoon Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case

Yet you are ok with your Microwave/Washing Machine/Car etc being supplied as a software/hardware combination...

dynjoon Google reportedly peeks into Android data to gain edge over third-party apps

Honestly is anyone surprised..

dynjoon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2020)

OOZOU | Full Time | Bangkok, Thailand | Local or Remote | https://oozou.com/careers

OOZOU is a design-driven team of engineers and creatives helping companies build amazing products and services.

We design and build many of the highest profile web and mobile applications in South East Asia and beyond.

If you love Ruby, Node, Javascript, React, Swift, Kotlin, you will love working with us :-)

dynjoon The Political History of Pad Thai

I’ve lived in Thailand over a decade, Pad Thai is hugely popular amongst Thai people.

dynjoon Show HN: Building websites from Sketch using deep learning – public launch

So a few problems:

1. No trial of any kind without subscribing (yes I know about the refund option).

2. No way to contact support when logged in.

3. No way to delete my account (it's 2019 people...)

Will certainly take another look when I can try without buying.

dynjoon The LEGO Group acquires BrickLink

There is a huge untapped market opportunity for Lego in the adult space IMO. I am a lifelong Lego fan (48yrs young), and I still buy the odd set (just finished 42099 which was epic).

The problem is the perception by many that this is a kids toy. I have a 5 year old daughter, so even that excuse barely works :D

dynjoon Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA

I love how all these “terrible illegal drugs” turn out to be helping people in so many different ways.

Remind me again, which illnesses alcohol cures?