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Re:How random can you be? (2019) on Sunday September 11, 2022 @01:38PM (#32801589)
Using a variation of this:

```

for(let j=0; j<5; j++){

  window.captureBtnLeftFunc({preventDefault: () => {}})
  
  for(let i=0; i<200; i++){
    
    if (window.prediction == window.lastKey) {
      
      window.captureBtnRightFunc({preventDefault: () => {}})
      
    } else {
      
      window.captureBtnLeftFunc({preventDefault: () => {}})
      
    }
    
  }
  
}

```

actually got me a pretty linear upward win line for thousands of simulated clicks

Re:Rolls Royce Ends Boom Supersonic Partnership on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:44PM (#32769000)
they've raised 250m, assuming they lose money at the current rate of 111m in H1, wouldn't they run out of money before then?
Is CLT/NLT/glulam less weather resistant (eg. against excessive humidity/moisture) than traditional buildings though?
It actually doesn't, mass timber is extremely hard to ignite, see https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/1/15/2105805... (advantages section)
absolutely, i3 and i5 Alder Lake is incredible value already and Raptor Lake will improve that even more
Re:VCs squandered billions on scooter startups on Sunday July 31, 2022 @01:57PM (#32297253)
and instant grocery startups
I got a referral from a friend that was also an early employee at the startup. I joined mostly because the people seemed smart and I thought I'd learn a lot from them and have fun building a cool product.

To be honest, most of it is just luck. My two cents is to just find really smart and hungry people, look for evidence of incredibly fast product velocity and some semblance of product market fit. For first 50, there's a decent number of post series A startups that should have those indicators.

Re:Amazon Aurora Supports PostgreSQL 14 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @03:29PM (#32048076)
I think GP was being humorous
Re:Snyk lays off 30 people on Monday July 04, 2022 @11:42AM (#31978288)
not really news given they have 1400 employees according to LinkedIn
Re:Cold Showers on Saturday June 18, 2022 @07:04PM (#31794612)
But suppose you were unfamiliar with the code, the 2nd tells you what fields/methods are available for "item", and furthermore most IDEs will use that info to populate autocomplete suggestions and such.
even has the same diagrams
Re:Ask HN: Favourite open source game? on Thursday June 02, 2022 @12:54AM (#31591478)
This looks really similar to Zero-K (https://zero-k.info/), would you mind giving a quick list of key differentiators?
This has to be one of the cooler instances of the golden ratio.
Re:Ask HN: What will stay the same in the next 50 years? on Thursday December 30, 2021 @09:19PM (#29744130)
Data structures, algorithms, fundamentals like how compilers/memory/operating systems work likely won't change, programming languages and frameworks are constantly changing.
A question I always had is wouldn't all sufficiently advanced civs use quantum communication which we wouldn't be able to detect with our usual SETI-style methods?
Re:Graph of Keybase commits pre and post Zoom acquisition on Saturday October 09, 2021 @07:24PM (#28814256)
From https://keybase.io/blog/keybase-joins-zoom > Initially, our single top priority is helping to make Zoom even more secure.

Although the git graph looks like it's their only priority at the moment...

Re:Ether Rock – Pet Rocks on the Blockchain on Saturday August 28, 2021 @08:37PM (#28342914)
Turns out one of these rocks sold for 888 Eth today, which is around $2.8 million USD.
Re:Ramp raises $300M on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @02:35PM (#28293010)
Guessing it's from interchange, similar to most credit card providers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchange_fee
I'd honestly wait a year or so for Alder Lake and just get it with DDR5 RAM.
From first impressions it looks like papercups focuses on chat while Chatwoot is a more complete suite around customer communication?
Re:Launch HN: Pry (YC W21) – Finance for Founders on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @06:11PM (#26483860)
How does this compare to https://twitter.com/runwayco ?
Re:“This destroys the RSA cryptosystem” on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @05:52PM (#26322253)
They only tested with numbers size of ~2^800, which is around 240 digits, but I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) there exists usages of RSA with over 600 digits, so it'll still take a massively long amount of time to factor those numbers...
I've tinkered with this in side projects and it's really a joy to work with. The setup for a basic CRUD app w/ GraphQL and Auth/plugins/CSS frameworks takes ~1minute, and the generated code is pretty extensible.

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