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New comment by whoisthisguy in "TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]"

whoisthisguy — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:17:00 +0000

mad respect! you are a legend.

New comment by whoisthisguy in "Show HN: A VSCode Extension to edit HTML visually in real-time"

whoisthisguy — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:48:24 +0000

reminds me of good old Macromedia DreamWeaver times :)

New comment by whoisthisguy in "Bard and new AI features in Search"

whoisthisguy — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 19:50:41 +0000

Let's be honest. Google would have never moved an inch if there was no ChatGPT. Competition is good.

New comment by whoisthisguy in "Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software"

whoisthisguy — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:28:07 +0000

Kagi is the way to go. Search results are more useful, and I'm rarely faced with spam sites.

New comment by whoisthisguy in "Calculators now emulated at Internet Archive"

whoisthisguy — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 19:27:10 +0000

I was majoring in CS in one collage and doing Business Management in another collage. Both had class that required us to memorise tons of lexical knowledge. For example I had two semesters of Corporate Finances. Lot of formulas (100+) had to be remembered to calculate different KPIs a corporation. I had all these formulas in a notes uploaded to the calculator. If a test questions required one to use, I opened up my notes, looked up the formula and used it. TI-89 was able to use variables, solve equations for different variables and convert units. Using the right shortcuts I just plugged in the numbers. Of course I understood how to apply these formulas, I just didn't have the patience to memorise them. Another class was Psychology. Had to memorise a complete book. No way I would do that. Instead collected notes from friends, organised them, digitised them, created well structured Table of Contents (all took about two days), uploaded to the calculator and used it during tests. You might ask why it was allowed to use a calculator during a Psychology final test? Answer is easy. At those times no teacher could image that notes could be stored in a calculator. TI-89 was just released, hardy available in the EU. So if they saw me playing with the calculator they thought probably the kiddo doesn't know anything and just pushes buttons to spend time.

New comment by whoisthisguy in "Calculators now emulated at Internet Archive"

whoisthisguy — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 11:43:17 +0000

TI-89 basically saved my ass in collage. Not only that, I was the fourth "best student" in collage based on grade average. I modded the firmware so I was able to upload text docs organised in folders. Text filed had TOC, that made navigation easier. I was also able to search within those files.

If you became fluent using all features of TI-89 (integration, derivation, diff. eqs., shortcut keys etc.) and you had a solid abstract understanding of the subject (which of course required some studying), TI-89 basically got the rest of the job done in minutes. TI-89 was magic.

New comment by whoisthisguy in "Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now"

whoisthisguy — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 23:37:14 +0000

Yes. Just happened.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604616863673208832

Ask HN: Any software service providers, that position themselves well?

whoisthisguy — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 06:48:01 +0000

Hello HN community! Do you guys know any software engineering service providers (teams who develop softwares for others), who position themselves well, so they are not "generalists", that do any kind of development, but instead focus on a niche? Thank you.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31943202

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by whoisthisguy in "Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)"

whoisthisguy — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:11:11 +0000

Try Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, BJJ. Best sport for software engineers, because you constantly have to solve hard puzzles. You never have to worry about motivation again to do sports. I started it 6 months ago. I'm still in the very very beginning, but I can't imaging not showing up in class, it is so fascinating. In order to get better I lost ~30 pounds, started eating better, etc. Changed my life.

Projected ~40% Cash Returns in 2023 for Tesla

whoisthisguy — Wed, 19 May 2021 18:25:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/new-street-research-sees-tesla-in-the-league-of-tsmc-when-looking-through-the-lens-of-return-on-operating-assets

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27212453

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by whoisthisguy in "Cycles X"

whoisthisguy — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:39:09 +0000

I used Cinema 4D for years and a few months ago I gave a try to Blender. I have to say I was extremely impressed. I did some digging and it turns out Blender has an amazing product focused management thats main goal is to serve the users. Extremely well executed product management.

Ask HN: How can I be a good client?

whoisthisguy — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 18:38:25 +0000

As a company, how can we be good a client of a software engineering company? We want to do everything in our power to support them in the development process.

I'm asking this because we had some failures in the past. And we can't put all the blame on the software contractors. It looks like to achieve a good software, there must be a very strong cooperation with the software house.

Any good resources or books that you guys can suggest?

Thanks so much.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26742192

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by whoisthisguy in "A CIA Officer Visits Moscow, Returns with Mysterious, Crippling Headaches"

whoisthisguy — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 04:01:21 +0000

Probably it is the Havanna syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome

New comment by whoisthisguy in "Broken"

whoisthisguy — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 06:02:22 +0000

I would be very happy to pay $140 one-time price for a fully functional, working Linux desktop environment. Even if it's limited to way fewer hw configurations than a Windows OS. Btw. $140 is the cost of Win 10 Pro.

New comment by whoisthisguy in "License Plate Detection Without Machine Learning"

whoisthisguy — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:31:18 +0000

Since license plates are "simple" (unlike photos of faces for example), training data can be generated. Similarly how Dropbox developed their OCR system based on NN.