https://watchface.netlify.app/

And I wrote about it here: https://72mena.medium.com/designing-watch-faces-using-svgs-a...

I don't want to use the term "gatekeeping" here, but this type of posture on a topic as subjective as personal preferences is quite odd. While the author thinks they're "making a pause while you fail to find any", I'm here coming up with examples of contemporary creators that I can't wait for them to release their new stuff. (In painting, writing, and cinema).

I don't consider we're in a "low state" as described, but I think we may be coming at this from different definitions about what low state means.

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The website has a section titled "Bring your AI Skills to the U.S.", and then a button with this label "Learn about pathways to work in the U.S.".

This is very encouraging. And it reminded me of Eric Schmidt's recommendation on this topic [1], which was published on the final report of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence:

Chapter 10. Page 178:

"Nations that can successfully attract and retain highly skilled individuals gain strategic and economic advantages over competitors." [...] "Unfortunately, international students in the United States are increasingly choosing to study in other countries or return home. One reason is the growing backlog of green card petitions. Indian immigrants face a particularly long wait. Many will spend decades on constrictive work visas waiting to receive their green cards, hindering both the technology sector’s ability to recruit talent and Indian immigrants’ quality of life."

The report recommends to focus on building better Immigration Policies. Maybe this .gov initiative listened to the advice from the report.

[1]: https://www.nscai.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Full-Report...

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I grew up and lived in México most of my life.

Back in 2014 I was a consultant working in Accenture México. One weekend I wrote a UX analysis of the "Settings" screen in mobile platforms, and I posted it on my personal site. (Long lost, but reposted [here](https://72mena.com/the-ux-of-mobile-settings/)).

I don't know how it happened, but after a few weeks of no traction, it suddenly got a ton of traffic and my site went down.

One year later I was interviewing for a contractor role that required relocation to the US. My last interviewer (and decision maker) mentioned to me something along these lines: "hey, I saw your name and it reminded me about your "UX of Mobile Settings" article, I remember reading it and I liked a lot the analysis you did."

I suspect this article (with all its flaws and broken English) had a big impact on me getting the UX position I was applying for, which made me relocate to the US.

Not to make this sound too grandiose, but I'm confident some children watching this guy will become engineers because they were inspired to build stuff. It is educational, and thinking "I'd love to see him put this much effort into something genuinely useful" seems to be missing the point on how useful this type of content is.

I'm also intrigued about the potential of AI-generated animation.

However, I don't think the industry would be "out of business", but rather they would simply evolve into a new phase. The established movie industry will most likely have access to the most expensive and performant AI models to make short and long form animations, which would be time and cost prohibiting for hobbyists.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28424672

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I like how this rule sounds, but am wondering whether you live in a high-cost area or not. Having two incomes at the level of the fast-food industry seems somewhat limiting, but this depends on where you live and how frugal you are.

In other comments I'm also noticing that having a mortgage is part of the need to stay in a high-paying job, so maybe renting can alleviate some of that pressure and be more flexible to adjust to live below your means?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27622330

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Question about your last statement (I may need this clarification because English is not my first language). The statement might mean that he makes 10x more money than you, or that his output is 10x greater than yours (or both!). Based on the context of your reply, I think it means his output is 10x greater than yours. Is that correct?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24401102

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17551828

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There are very different areas (like working with particles on After Effects vs particles on Unity with added interactions) and at this point I'm curious to know about any path in general, so any help is appreciated.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15801930

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[Foundations of Data Analysis](https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UTAustinX+UT.7.11x...)

Note: In this course, Dr. Michael J. Mahometa uses R. But I'd recommend you not to focus on R vs Python debates; the goal of this course is to learn about Statistics & Data Analysis in real-world scenarios. With that in mind, even just going through the reading material and lecture videos will be valuable enough if you're starting from scratch (but I'd recommend you to take the extra step and complete the Labs too).