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fshafiqueon Show HN: Quadratic – native JavaScript support in a spreadsheet

It's like taking the data-science notebook model (eg. Jupyter Notebook) and using spreadsheets instead.

fshafiqueon Bill limits smartphone use in California schools

Actually I'm of the opinion that highschool students needs to be sheltered, and the focus should be on academics and not necessarily trying to be an adult. There's always time to become an adult later, even if it hits you in the face in your 20s. But there's only a small window to get your academics in order while you're still in highschool.

fshafiqueon YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads

Shhh! Don't give them ideas.

fshafiqueon Using Gaussian Splatting to Create 3D Scenes [video]

Interesting stuff! Would be nice to see gaussian splatting applied towards VR (left-right) viewing. Our phone cameras have become extremely powerful, but still capturing 2D images. It would be nice to see conventional phones come with two or more lenses, a few inches apart, capture video, and then use that to create a gaussian splatted VR-capable video.

fshafiqueon Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth

FYI, 22hrs would be about light speed, or a little over. Voyager 1 is at 162AU distance from Earth. 1AU takes about 8.3mins. 162AU would take about 1344.6mins, which is 22.41hrs.

So yeah, I'm eagerly looking forward to that day.

fshafiqueon Unattractive funds managers outperform funds with attractive managers by over 2%

A diversity agenda is only flawed if it mindlessly picks applicants without academic and other considerations.

A 95th percentile scoring black student raised in the projects with no societal or peer pressure to succeed, could be just as successful as a 99th percentile Asian student raised in a distraction-free, parental-pressured and peer-pressured environment.

In fact, maybe the black student could be better suited to handle the stressful study and work period that medical interns go through.

And that's just the medical field. There's plenty of stories of tech companies and technologies being built by people that weren't high academic overachievers.

fshafiqueon Four Mars missions are launching next year

Frankly, I'd like to see some kind of maglev-based launch platform that propels the rocket up the side of a mountain, and then lets the rocket's own boosters take over.

fshafiqueon Ask HN: Are there any reasonable alternatives to MacBook Pro for developer?

Technically, he could even get an AWS WorkSpaces account and run his entire dev environment in the cloud, and continue using his existing laptop, tablet, or phone to remote in.