Hacker News: joshuaengler

New comment by joshuaengler in "Dangers of Digital Keychains"

joshuaengler — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 20:03:47 +0000

Why digital keychains (password managers) can in some cases be unsafe.

Dangers of Digital Keychains

joshuaengler — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 20:03:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2-m5IlYlWM

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28269048

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by joshuaengler in "The Most Common Hack"

joshuaengler — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 21:13:40 +0000

The most common hack and/or cyber security threat in the world.

The Most Common Hack

joshuaengler — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 21:13:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEwrbJozqj8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28012449

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by joshuaengler in "Highest Paying Programming Languages"

joshuaengler — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:41:41 +0000

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that. I just finished a COBOL contract for a FOREX broker like 3 weeks ago so that inspired this video. It's a really cool niche actually.

New comment by joshuaengler in "Highest Paying Programming Languages"

joshuaengler — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:35:13 +0000

A YouTube video explaining my thoughts on what languages pay the most and least.

Highest Paying Programming Languages

joshuaengler — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:35:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZiX0ziENbM

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27895955

Points: 1

# Comments: 3

New comment by joshuaengler in "We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 vacant apartments"

joshuaengler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:43:22 +0000

I really want to see the lockpicking lawyer pick that lock now, darn...

New comment by joshuaengler in "Tiny Acquisitions"

joshuaengler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 04:06:28 +0000

Of course, there are no absolutes. But how common are projects like that? Exceedingly rare in my experience. The great majority of projects (especially web and tech) are no longer profitable or decreasing majorly by the time of sell. That's been my personal experience from extensive study and searching for profitable projects for sale. But one could always get lucky I suppose.

New comment by joshuaengler in "Runway – Create impossible video"

joshuaengler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 04:01:34 +0000

Every time I tried to do anything useful, it crashed, though that could have to do with my high bitrate 4k footage origin. While attempting to use some tools I noticed the quality of the footage was degraded around the actual pixels where masks normally would be. I really just don't think tools like this are ready for mainstream professional use, but that's just my opinion. I still LOVE the idea though, and I hope this company keeps developing it, could be great one day. I HATE working with web-based tools though, wish they just produced a proper application.

New comment by joshuaengler in "Runway – Create impossible video"

joshuaengler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 01:21:22 +0000

No. The IDEA and what they're proposing it can do is incredible, not the actual product. As far as I can tell it doesn't really work that well, and that's me being generous. It has a LONG way to go, and a massive amount of development before it's anywhere near ready for real production. In about a decade tools like this will be practical and ready using A.I. Right now we just aren't there yet.

New comment by joshuaengler in "Runway – Create impossible video"

joshuaengler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 01:17:52 +0000

The idea is a bit different. Filming clones usually requires leaving the camera "still" without moving it, then you re-film the same scene and same position multiple times so you can drop the backdrop very easily using very basic cutting or masking.

This is different though. No cutting or masking, the actual A.I. itself is doing it automatically. No filming the same takes with the same camera position 3 times in a row then doing tedious editing that takes hours.

I have my doubts as to how well it would work... But assuming it did then it's a real game-changer in the editing world because it could not only save a ton of time, but actually produce new abilities, like cloning with object crossover, and while the camera is moving around erratically.

New comment by joshuaengler in "Tiny Acquisitions"

joshuaengler — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:59:22 +0000

If somebody is selling something it's because it's not making them money, and that's the end of it. Nobody would sell you a project for 5k that's generating 1k per month. People sell when either the writing is on the wall, or they can't finish the project and don't care anymore. Just expect that.

New comment by joshuaengler in "Finish Your Stuff (2015)"

joshuaengler — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:29:53 +0000

Absolutely true. You need to finish everything you start (within reason), because starting new projects then quitting becomes akin to an addiction. Don't develop bad habits, start only projects you know you can finish and see them through to the end if you want to be successful.

New comment by joshuaengler in "Face masks effectively limit the probability of SARS-CoV-2 transmission"

joshuaengler — Thu, 20 May 2021 22:11:36 +0000

The VAST majority of mask wearing I have seen in California has been average cloth-covers. I have only seen a handful of people out of thousands actually wearing N95 masks, so perhaps N95 is highly effective at stopping viruses, but I see basically nobody wearing that. Stores, offices, buildings, all are completely fine with you wearing a bandana over your face. There is effectively no point in even mandating mask laws unless you actually mandate the TYPE of mask that must be used. The coffee filters people are wearing over their face will do close to nothing, if not even make everything worse for their own personal health (lung issues, bacterial infections, etc.)

New comment by joshuaengler in "The True Size of Africa (2015)"

joshuaengler — Sat, 15 May 2021 23:31:45 +0000

You're comparing a continent with a country. A person in Canada has very little in common with those in Mexico and/or Panama, etc. The same could be said about most continents.

New comment by joshuaengler in "Internal Combustion Engine"

joshuaengler — Sat, 01 May 2021 01:56:32 +0000

This guys writings are consistently some of the best in the world. His web design mixed with the articulate easy to understand vocabulary, and fantastic easy-to-understand motion illustrations are absolutely the finest I've ever seen.

What Hacking Is Like

joshuaengler — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:13:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNtWw844iJs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26511351

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by joshuaengler in "Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics"

joshuaengler — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:48:32 +0000

It could be your sight, or the size of your display. You never mentioned how big it was. If it's a monster 18" laptop then the difference between 1080 and 4k is a lot more significant than if it's a 14" display where you almost can't even tell the difference. It's all about pixels per inch. I always prefer higher quality pixels as opposed to more of them, I don't mind 1080p if it's extremely accurate colour and amazing viewing angles, but that's just me.

New comment by joshuaengler in "Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics"

joshuaengler — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:44:46 +0000

Ever try using Blender without one? You absolutely need the numpad for 3D programs and game engines, otherwise it's outright painful.