Hacker News: indescions_2017

New comment by indescions_2017 in "Much Assembly Required: Assembly Programming Game"

indescions_2017 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 14:26:09 +0000

Thanks for building this! Am getting a "Cannot connect to server muchassemblyrequired.com:443" error. When I try to enter the live demo. Is it just an overloaded server?

Have definitely noticed an explosion of Learn Assembly / Low Level Hacking genre video games coming out. And can definitely see how this will soon become a part of "Computation Structures" courses. Even at the secondary school level. Keep it up!

The 10 Best Hacking, Coding, Computing Games

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/29/best-hacking-gam...

New comment by indescions_2017 in "Americans are having less sex and researchers are blaming Netflix"

indescions_2017 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 14:13:21 +0000

If you are craving a more penetrating discourse on how technology is affecting the modern mating game. I'd give a listen to this enlightening interview noted couples therapist Esther Perel gave on a recent episode of Fresh Air with Terry Gross. She makes the point that due to social media, etc. there is now what amounts to a paper trail for our assignations. And a mere "like" is enough to constitute a form of cheating ;)

As Marriage Standards Change, A Therapist Recommends 'Rethinking Infidelity'

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/13/570131890/as-marriage-standar...

While it may be impossible to empirically quantify if humans are enjoying less intimacy than a generation ago. I do see a danger that the erotic sphere is becoming abstracted away from its powerful roots by modern alienation. To get that mojo back, is to return to more ritualistic practices. Perhaps inspired by ancient rites of fertility common to all cultures. Akin to the way farm-to-table and slow food movements can cure one of the malaise that arises from prolonged daily exposure to Seamless dinners without any connection to Nature.

But then again, my cure for almost any modern ailment tends to be to look to the ancients!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29044.The_Secret_History

New comment by indescions_2017 in "Ask HN: What was the best CS paper you read in 2017?"

indescions_2017 — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 15:42:06 +0000

Bringing The Web Up To Speed With WebAssembly

https://github.com/WebAssembly/spec/blob/master/papers/pldi2...

Plutarch's Morals: Ethical Essays, Translated by A. R. Shiletto (1898)

indescions_2017 — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 15:26:37 +0000

Article URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23639/23639-h/23639-h.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16035609

Points: 1

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New comment by indescions_2017 in "Multiplayer Tron in the terminal"

indescions_2017 — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:38:01 +0000

Yes! A classic:

GDC Vault - I Shot You First: Networking the Gameplay of HALO REACH

http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014345/I-Shot-You-First-Networ...

New comment by indescions_2017 in "Multiplayer Tron in the terminal"

indescions_2017 — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:36:32 +0000

Congrats on launching, Zach! Wondering if massively mutltiplayer CLI games are the Next Big Thing for procrastinating programmers? Instead of something that requires 30 fps rendition, however, it may be prudent to start with an HQ Trivia style multiple choice live game show ;)

New comment by indescions_2017 in "Analog For The People: Synth Master Tatsuya Takahashi On Engineering Fun"

indescions_2017 — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:26:49 +0000

Not bad $300 retail. Looks like a great way to get into microtuning and atonal scales for electronic music as well ;)

https://www.midi.org/articles/microtuning-and-alternative-in...

Game Off 2017 winners

indescions_2017 — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:16:05 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/blog/2483-game-off-2017-winners

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15994221

Points: 70

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New comment by indescions_2017 in "Ask HN: Good resources on learning how WebRTC works under the hood?"

indescions_2017 — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 14:18:23 +0000

High Performance Browser Networking by Ilya Grigorik is a canonical resource. Lots of deep historical and technical background on WebRTC. As well as WebSockets, HTTP/2, TLS, UDP, TCP, and much more.

https://hpbn.co/

Then for a practical example, try this Codelab on Real time communication with WebRTC:

https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/webrtc-web/#...

Once you are ready to build your own prototype. You can check out existing implementations from PeerJS, SimpleWebRTC, SIP.js, and Twilio.

Although it is relatively easy to invent your own. Dedicated third party cloud providers such as Twilio are quite mature. Best of luck!

http://peerjs.com/

https://sipjs.com/

https://simplewebrtc.com/

https://github.com/coturn/rfc5766-turn-server/

https://github.com/otalk/restund

https://talky.io/

https://xirsys.com/

https://www.twilio.com/webrtc

MUSE: A Library for Multilingual Unsupervised or Supervised Word Embeddings

indescions_2017 — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:57:18 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/facebookresearch/MUSE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15987424

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by indescions_2017 in "Goldman Sachs Is Setting Up a Cryptocurrency Trading Desk"

indescions_2017 — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:47:38 +0000

Also. This past year to date has evinced all time historical low volatility in major currency crosses. Difficult to make the case based on sheer volume that fiat is being abandoned for crypto. But players hunting for alpha tend to go where the action is:

Traders Lament Death of FX Volatility as Torpor Tanks Returns

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-10/traders-l...

Student StarCraft AI Tournament

indescions_2017 — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:35:48 +0000

Article URL: https://sscaitournament.com/index.php

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15984279

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by indescions_2017 in "Ask HN: What is the best book you read on 2017?"

indescions_2017 — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:32:42 +0000

Kurt Vonnegut: Complete Stories

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/mister-kurt-he-posthumou...!

Goethe: Life As A Work Of Art

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/12/21/super-goethe/

New comment by indescions_2017 in "Ask HN: Google Cloud Functions – Do you use it in production? What do you think?"

indescions_2017 — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 14:23:15 +0000

I think the main differentiator is Firebase integration. Especially registering with Analytics events such as Auth. But yeah obvs you trade convenience for vendor lockin ;)

Here is a Codelab to get you started and I believe you'll see how it can reduce your development time dramatically...

CodeLab: Cloud Functions for Firebase

https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/firebase-clo...

The Big Bang of Nanophotonics

indescions_2017 — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 14:14:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.technion.ac.il/en/2017/12/the-big-bang-of-nanophotonics/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15978833

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by indescions_2017 in "Magic Leap One"

indescions_2017 — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:50:35 +0000

Looks like good design choices to me. Separating the power and compute from goggles reduces weight on the headset. Its ideally suited to be integrated into a special ops soldier's helmet for use on the battlefield. Or a surgical visor for a telemedicine operating theatre.

It's very much Day One for this. HoloLens has been a stealth hit for Microsoft this year. Its the kit ($3K) I'm most excited to try out. Its quite possible all design prototyping and additive manufacturing software interfaces will have a head-mounted 3D input component soon.

And that's just the enterprise market. For retail consumers, check out Fragments to see the possibilities of turning turning home or public spaces into immersive gaming environments:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/apps/fragments

DAWN: Tools for AI and Data Product Development

indescions_2017 — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 01:32:52 +0000

Article URL: http://dawn.cs.stanford.edu/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15966221

Points: 215

# Comments: 14

New comment by indescions_2017 in "Ask HN: What do you look for in resumes when recruiting?"

indescions_2017 — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:23:14 +0000

Honestly, github and video screen are way more informative. Usually through cyclops.io so we can jump into whiteboarding or screen sharing.

If there was a way to have a single hosting platform. Where candidates could create 90 second video intros of themselves. Describing their projects, interests and personal and professional philosophies. With links to demos, apps, etc. A lot like YCombinator startup candidate videos. I think that could be tremendously useful! Best of luck ;)

Game Sound Effects Designer Phil Michalski's Xmas Bundle: 100 Royalty-Free Files

indescions_2017 — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:15:09 +0000

Article URL: http://www.philmichalski.com/fx-store#/xmasbundle/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15951694

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by indescions_2017 in "Show HN: WebRTC Data Channels Example"

indescions_2017 — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 14:31:43 +0000

Thanks! I'd be curious also to hear what sort of applications you plan on building with WebRTC. My own interest lies in HTML5 web gaming and peer networks.

Another useful resource for starting with WebRTC is Sam Dutton's Simple Info site:

https://simpl.info/