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Re:Visiting – Epic on Monday April 21, 2025 @06:24PM (#43757178)
Having worked at Epic on Mumps code, I am almost certain that article was about Epic.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2025) on Monday March 03, 2025 @12:04PM (#43243943)
Location: Wisconsin

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Re:JetBrains Rider is now free for non-commercial use on Thursday October 24, 2024 @03:14PM (#41938724)
I see specific classes on the page that specify a one degree angle, so it seems to be intentional. I would guess it's to call your attention to the cells.
Re:Meta Movie Gen on Friday October 04, 2024 @03:04PM (#41744568)
The first real movies made 100 years ago looked like something someone today could put together in their garage on a shoestring budget. AI-generated movies have existed for just two years, and are only going to get better. This is bleeding edge research, and I haven't seen any sign yet of AI models hitting a quality ceiling.
Re:A. K. Dewdney has died on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @12:11PM (#39841096)
His book "The Planiverse" was one of the first books I read as a kid that really made my think. I was fascinated by his detailed descriptions of a 2D universe and its implications for how that would affect biology, society, and everything else.
My desktop is a 2013 custom build, and is still going strong with all of its original parts. My wife's previous computer was a near identical build from 2012 and also lasted nine years.
Re:The quadratic formula: a tutorial on Friday February 25, 2022 @10:59AM (#30468641)
I dropped off at about 70%. For me, it was a few things 1) Too much intro material - The explanation of what a root is was too long. By the time I got to the start of the derivation, my attention span was already running out, due to: 2) Too much tedious algebra - I felt annoyed that I needed to do a bunch of basic arithmetic to advance to the next section. 3) Complicated derivation - Like another commenter mentioned, I think the completing the square method would have been shorter and easier than this method.
Agreed. I once worked for a company that built custom e-commerce sites. One of our clients decided to bring development in-house, and wanted the codebase for their site. I had to go through every source file line by line to remove all of the expletives the core team had put in the comments before handing over the code.
Also, here is an example of managing shared state with Unstateless vs. Redux: https://andy.wittrock.us/redux-vs-unstateless