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New comment by ayx in "When to Shut Up: A Visual Guide (With Included Algorithm)"

ayx — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 15:06:14 +0000

Yes

New comment by ayx in "Organization probably doesn't want to improve things"

ayx — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 17:51:32 +0000

Sturgeon’s law really does apply. It applies to doctors, plumbers, therapists, programmers, managers, x.

There really is too much stupidity in the world. “Obviously”.

Learning to ignore it is an easy but reasonable response. Accepting it however, and learning that most stupidity can be dispelled with a bit of guidance is much harder.

You can get there if you aren’t stupid. :)

New comment by ayx in "Email Steve Jobs sent to himself 1 year before his passing"

ayx — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 17:34:59 +0000

I am my species, and so is each one of us.

New comment by ayx in "Adam? ... is there a reason your laptop is in the fridge? (2006)"

ayx — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:54:49 +0000

Marble flooring in homes is quite common in India.

New comment by ayx in "Eliminating radio interference from Apple charger"

ayx — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 02:15:13 +0000

Hahaha, I can imagine a buttoned up exec channeling jobs brandishing "the lump" on stage at one of their events. And he is saying: This is the best "lump" we've ever made. 20% Lumpier than the previous generation, 30% lighter, with a brand new crazonium body with a ferrite core!

New comment by ayx in "Eliminating radio interference from Apple charger"

ayx — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 02:09:00 +0000

Yep, it looks like a knockoff.

New comment by ayx in "Akiyoshi’s Illusion Pages"

ayx — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 19:35:18 +0000

I can never see these illusions :/ Only the bulge works. Movement I can’t see at all.

Am I supposed to look at it a certain way? I tried at different distances. I’ve tried using larger screens. Nothing..

New comment by ayx in "The first messenger without user IDs"

ayx — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 07:07:00 +0000

It's easier to understand this if you look at the onion protocol. Broadly, it introduces noise between all users on the network by constantly sending and receiving random bytes to and from each node. This prevents external listeners from figuring out where the main server is. Originally designed to protect naval command ships, it was later used for the "dark web". If you don't know which node is the server, you can't shut it down, or read data off of it.

Simplex does something similar. A connects to B. B connects to C. And A and C connect. They all chat. but there is no way to know A, B, or C, because from the outside, it all looks like: X connects to Y, X connects to Y, X connects to Y. So who spoke to whom?

This is great. Even if "the authorities" demand access to chat logs, first, they won't know what to ask for. Chats between whom? Second, they still won't know who spoke to whom even if they have all the data. It's anonymized chats. They would have to sift through all of it.

It still won't prevent someone invading privacy if they have physical access to your device, since the identities are stored locally for your usage convenience.

New comment by ayx in "Ask HN: Can someone ELI5 transformers and the “Attention is all we need” paper?"

ayx — Sat, 20 May 2023 07:53:51 +0000

Lol. I mean, who here doesn't realize that this is a straight up chatGPT response? Not even edited in any way.

You know what would be great to add to HN? A chatGPT response below each comment. So nobody else finds the need to do this.

New comment by ayx in "Zen Buddhism and Alan Watts"

ayx — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:45:46 +0000

From the article: "The world is not a logically consistent one, but a profoundly paradoxical one. Again, this is illustrated in science, which shows that two things can be one at the same time — light, for instance, acts as both a particle and a wave."

I don't understand the need for constantly interspersing an otherwise flowing article with references to science. It feels like the author thinks that the authenticity of his thoughts and personal journey hinges on validation from science.

Hexagonal grids for games

ayx — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:20:13 +0000

Article URL: http://www.redblobgames.com/grids/hexagons/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5809724

Points: 709

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