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simon-am··on I am done. I give up
Twitter's self made entrepreneurs are the worst, the endless threads how they make $50kPCM FROM THESE FEW TIPS. It's just modern day self-help gurus cashing in from a bit of influencing and self brand.

As many people on this thread have said, this stuff is hard, and mainly about luck and of course all the stories that we hear are about success.

I wouldn't discourage people to try though, if enough of us try one of us will make it. Just know that you'll probably fail, and as the op says, protect your mental health.

simon-am··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)
Fnatic | Frontend developer | London | Fnatic.com

We're looking for a new addition to our tech team working at the edge of emerging platforms and experiences. Being a Frontend Developer with us will involve building and maintaining our platforms, creating immersive web campaigns and developing Twitch tools. You’ll know when to use emerging tech… and when not to. You’re excited about 3D environments, maybe you’ve played around with Spark AR or Google Poly readying for the AR future - but also happy to develop a new ecommerce react component.

Your mission is to:

Work on a wide range of our digital products Launch one off interactive digital marketing sites Optimise the ecommerce experience of our shop Build Twitch extensions

Contact simon at fnatic dot com We're also open for other technical roles so give me a shout!

simon-am··on Magic Leap One
I think you have to take those demo videos with a pinch of salt. It's impossible to demo tech like this without wearing the device. Assumedly the field of view is inaccurate as well. What's interesting is that it's a 'light field' and not just a screen, hopefully opening up areas of innovation. Let's see how it pans out once more details are revealed.
simon-am··on Magic Leap One
I thought they had solved this. "Such may be used to cancel light from the planar waveguides with respect to light from the background or real world, in some respects similar to noise canceling headphones." from https://gpuofthebrain.com/blog/2016/7/22/how-magic-leap-will...
simon-am··on We Won’t See Hard AR Anytime Soon (2012)
The Magic Leap is rumoured to be able to create pure black: "Such may be used to cancel light from the planar waveguides with respect to light from the background or real world, in some respects similar to noise canceling headphones." http://gpuofthebrain.com/blog/2016/7/22/how-magic-leap-will-...