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I read a good chunk of the Hypermedia book and much of the argument is an appeal to authority around the fact that "real" REST design uses HATEOAS and well because Roy Fielding said so in 2000.

Yes, I get that duplicating state on the client and the server is a headache. But are people really doing that? You're just moving the state toward the client and keeping the backend much more thin. Are we going to ignore the past twenty or so years of CPU improvements? I'm not saying just yolo it and do loads of pointless expensive work on the client but 5G and modern phones should have some place in this calculus.

Could you give some specific examples? I'm interested as someone dabbling in game dev in caught in the endless cycle of engine debates.

In my own farting around with AutoGPT (which was quite a lot), what stuck out to me most was that the agents wouldn't rely on their own "knowledge" for tasks hardly ever. They would always default to browsing the internet for trivial questions and so it would take a good 10 minutes to arrive at a conclusion ChatGPT would've gotten in one-shot.

There is an Arby's by me that already uses this. I have to say, it works really well.

I was loyal until I was laid-off. Never again.

Bad take

> like a dog trying to read Tolstoy

this got a chuckle out loud from me. great visual.

There will be so much shlock everywhere now

The article only makes a brief mention of it, but i wonder if the models struggle with foreshortening in general. Which when you consider hands are a combination of repeated pattern and lots of foreshortening.

I believe the missing context for that statement is timezones and daylight savings can cause it to be untrue.

"Makes you wonder for sure"

What are we talking about here?

I have an even better litmus test. If the candidate has a picture of an anime/furry character as their avatar you can pass.

The World Health Organization recommends (for adults) 150 to 300 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity OR 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity a week. They also recommend at least two days a week of "muscle-strengthening" activities at moderate or greater intensity that involve all major muscle groups. [1] If anyone can meet or exceed these guidelines solely through things they enjoy then absolutely go for that. However, most of us tend to enjoy one thing more than another, I've noticed. We might be highly into rock climbing and less-so willing to go for walks or bike rides. We might be a 10k runner who neglects to do their pushups. My point is it is likely you're going to need to do some stuff you're not thrilled about. If you don't do them then fine, but don't make the argument that just doing things you like doing is enough because it very well might not be.

As for the calories debate, all i can say here is that evidence is needed for some of these claims you and your article have made. I'm seeing links to quotes and videos but no real evidence that a calorie is not a calorie. If the point they're clumsily trying to make is that practically speaking you cannot track every single calorie in your day-to-day existence then yes i would agree with that but no one who tracks calories would tell you their goal is 100% accuracy. It all comes out in the wash over averages.

That said, I do not think most people need to track their calories if they just want to be at a healthy bodyweight. Merely eating whole foods and adhering to the guidelines above should get them there just fine. This is not the same thing as saying a calorie isn't a calorie.

[1] https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/336656/9789...

lol at the hacker news crowed recoiling at a stay-at-home mother in 2022. Oh, the humanity!

Everyone here's got you covered with standard meal planning apps. If you are VERY calorie conscious then the RP Diet App is unique here. The killer feature it has dividing your day's macros out amongst 2 to 6 meals and then balancing foods you choose to fit within those meals ideally. You kind of just need to play with it to see the utility. It makes planning the week out a piece of cake. The trade off here is that it is an incredibly rigid way to eat and not for the feint of heart. Certainly not for someone who has never tracked food before or even someone who is prone to eating disorders.

the game is literally about how policy impacts startups.

I recently experienced this in a surprising way. There is an app i use for dieting called MacroFactor, incredible app by the way, that really streamlines the process of checking in and making adjustments. The issue is it is actually SO good at streamlining everything that my previous rituals on checking on my trending weight and what my average calories and such served as an anchor to keep me "in" the goal. Without this, I will get a few weeks in and just go sort of "autopilot" as you say and become detached from the process and even the outcome.

I like that. When I was a freshman in art school on my first day of painting class my professor said to us something like, "All of you are already artists, now you have to practice art." Changing it from "I must do my studio time so that when i graduate i can become an artist" to "I am already an artist and I am practicing right now" was a big deal for my young and insecure mentality.

Also reminded me of this passage from War of Art...

"What's hard is sitting down to write. Have you experienced a vision of the person you might become, the work you could accomplish, the realized being you were meant to be? Are you a writer who doesn't write, a painter who doesn't paint, an entrepreneur who never starts a venture? Then you know what “Resistance” is."

In my early twenties, I took Buspirone for anxiety and it got the job done. Its my understanding that they also prescribe this to Alcoholics. I'm curious what overlap that old drug has with this or if it is entirely novel. Ironically, in my late twenties i would have considered myself an alcoholic, long after i got off buspirone. I am three years sober now.

lol, this comment is too much.

And just another example. Path of Exile is a game known for its visual clutter when you reach the end game. You have so many mobs and skills flying around it is very difficult to tell what is going on. You can buy cosmetics to make different skill gems appear different when they are cast, including mobs. Often, these alternative skill cosmetics create a greater visual clarity than their default. My point is that if there is a skill that can one-shot kill my character i'd like to see it as clear as day when it is coming. Paying money in Path of Exile gets me that.

I find that in tech you run across more people than usual where because they are very intelligent and successful within various tech domains they think this also sets them up to uniquely be an expert at other domains. Politics, law, public health, economics, etc. This is not true.

You and I are here discussing it, right now.

I agree. I really do feel for these refugees and victims of social injustice. But when it mildly irritates me by having to scroll an extra inch or two to get to what i want to see i feel like their efforts are being misdirected. It makes more sense for these issues to simply solve themselves without inconveniencing me.

long-term fasting does indeed effect both of those things.

"I’m an optimist by nature." Are you sure of that? Because what I just read seemed like the meandering thoughts of a cynical pessimist.

How so?

ten years ago I took a college freshman course that centered around "Creativity." I've never actually read all of Flow and so "Creativity" was my introduction to the Flow concept. I was an art student at the time so it was convenient to have source material that did the work of showing me how any of this was relevant to what I do. That said, it definitely seems like "Creativity" was a re-hash of the concepts originated within Flow. It has been a long time since I read it and should probably revisit.

I often forget, but it was this book that helped me decide to become a programmer. I flip-flopped a lot between college majors and just generally what the hell it was i wanted to do for a living. The professor who ran that course asked me what job would easily create (and sustain) flow states for me. For me, it was programming that did the trick. Not even art, which i did for 12 hours a day at the time, worked quite as well.

obligatory https://xkcd.com/1732/

I guess its bootstraps for dinner again, boys!