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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2023) on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:01PM (#35906759)
Roblox | Senior Software Engineer | Hybrid - San Mateo | $218,000 -$283,000/yr + equity

Exciting things are happening in the world of gen AI, computer vision, and 3D! If you're interested in being part of the action, we're currently building out the new content understanding team and looking for early members to join us.

As part of this team, you'll be working on developing machine learning and computer vision systems at the scale of the world's largest, most active 3D platform, where tens of millions of people connect every day.

If you want to learn more about this opportunity (or if you know somebody who might be interested), please don't hesitate to reach out. We'd love to chat and see if you're a good fit for the team! Here is the JD - https://jobs.roblox.com/careers?gh_jid=4966703&gh_src=da92d0...

Re:Using a mild Twitter addiction to get things done on Monday January 03, 2022 @06:45PM (#29788750)
It's a small thing, but turning my screen to greyscale reduced my daily screen time by 25% and didn't impact any functionality. It just makes it slightly less interesting to use.
Re:Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH? on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @05:32PM (#26083329)
Once a month we pick a fun recipe that can be made in less than 1 hour and we all cook it together (over zoom) and then eat. We have done sushi, sourdough, ramen, pizza etc.

This works well as it feels like a shared experience of learning together, in this case learning to cook new foods. Many of us continue to make those same foods once we learned.

To make it easier on everybody, we ship any tools or ingredients we can and always do it during overlapping work hours.

Re:Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @02:47PM (#25350378)
I'd be interested to hear why. I have no problem with companies choosing not to open source in the first place, it is just the idea of taking an open source project with an active community around it and closing it up that is a tough pill to swallow.
Re:Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:10PM (#25348131)
"Mapbox proudly embraces our open source roots"

http://www.mapbox.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/abo...

Re:Ask HN: How Would You Explain HN to a Two-Year-Old? on Saturday February 23, 2019 @10:47PM (#19237003)
But seriously that is strange
Re:Ask HN: How Would You Explain HN to a Two-Year-Old? on Saturday February 23, 2019 @10:46PM (#19236999)
After I explained what HN is to my son he hacked into the db and started messing with time stamps
Re:Ask HN: How Would You Explain HN to a Two-Year-Old? on Saturday February 23, 2019 @10:45PM (#19236994)
This is definitely true. Every time an explanation falls flat, I realize how I don't really understand the thing I am trying to explain...
Re:Ask HN: How Would You Explain HN to a Two-Year-Old? on Friday February 22, 2019 @01:58PM (#19228029)
His stack is basically: Brio, Lego, Crayola, and Hotwheels.
Re:Ask HN: How Would You Explain HN to a Two-Year-Old? on Friday February 22, 2019 @01:56PM (#19228009)
I've found that when there's something that I can SHOW him, some cause/effect, simple explanations stick. For example, how keystrokes make matching letters and numbers appear on screen, how we can find a picture of a truck and print it out, or a model of his BRIO railroad and make it on the 3D printer.

On the other hand, when the cause/effect is behind the scenes, not tangible, simple explanations end up leading him down a (funny) road of misunderstandings. I was trying to explain to him the idea of place values when reading numbers, which is surprisingly hard to explain short of memorizing numbers. He came up with some great questions, all of which indicated he was on a totally different page.

Ask HN: How Would You Explain HN to a Two-Year-Old?

I was on HN this morning and my 2 yr. old son asked me "What's that orange thing papa's looking at?"I answered "It's a place where people can talk to each other about things they find interesting." He didn't get it, which makes sense since it isn't really a "place" and there are no visible "people" here.So I figured I would propose it to you all, how would you explain HN to a 2 year old?

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Re:Snapchat's localized AR-Art platform launches on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @04:24PM (#15395852)
Localization really brings out the best aspects of AR (vs. VR or flat experiences). It shifts the tech from being a utility to a discovery platform.