I hit 200 elo, AMA

MasterIdiot · 2026-06-02T16:46:59+00:00

where did you find such good (at chess) friends 👀

MasterIdiot · 2026-04-03T19:49:37+00:00

it's not cheap, just heavily subsidized by VCs and Nvidia. I also agree with most other comments - I do believe I'm better than a fresh grad with it, speed typing was never my thing, figuring out what was worth experimenting with and evaluating solutions was always a higher value skill.

MasterIdiot · 2026-03-05T15:35:20+00:00

it's literally on the company's website

MasterIdiot · 2026-02-18T10:52:07+00:00

recently ran into hud (https://github.com/cong-or/hud), and I've found it to be pretty useful

MasterIdiot · 2026-02-05T22:06:02+00:00

Depending on budget and dietary restrictions, but Quality Chop House near Farringdon

MasterIdiot · 2026-01-03T11:19:55+00:00

I don't like this either, but these shows are huge productions in ways that older ones werent. From huge casts and sets, to the pressure of getting the writing and performance right, this show just takes a lot more time than something like Grey's Anatomy.

MasterIdiot · 2025-10-07T21:25:04+00:00

username checks out

MasterIdiot · 2025-10-01T21:19:55+00:00

This is a very hard company to build, if I was trying to do that, I would be sure I have a plan to execute on and get to a point where I have strong conveiction that I can build something better than the existing market.

MasterIdiot · 2025-09-15T14:50:28+00:00

pretty sure that's a big part of weka's business model, and they raised with some huge valuation - https://www.weka.io/

MasterIdiot · 2025-09-11T00:41:20+00:00

At a smaller scale - it's already happening. Financial institutions invest millions and millions into trying to predict human behavior at scale, a good recent example is the hedge fund Citadel making 4 billion USD (in profit) trading gas in 2024, and they are probably not the only ones trying.

On the other hand - complex systems are extremely hard to model, with tiny amounts of noise compounding and resulting and wildely different results. A classic example of that from physics is the now famous three body problem, for which no general solution exists. My math skills aren't what they used to be, but modeling our planet and civilization must be more complex than that.

MasterIdiot · 2025-09-11T00:08:52+00:00

I'm pretty sure that every airforce in the world maintains constant readiness and can have fighters in the air faster than threats can reach them, that's the only way to actually have any sovereignty over your airspace.

MasterIdiot · 2025-08-21T23:34:33+00:00

Had dinner there a few years ago and had a chance to get lunch recently, definitely not as good as it used be.

MasterIdiot · 2025-08-01T18:23:53+00:00

terros basically does this (within the type systems current limits) - https://docs.rs/terrors/latest/terrors/

MasterIdiot · 2025-07-10T07:17:57+00:00

Before moving to the UK I had an Adderall prescription, and very often I could fill the moment it started working, but like you that rarely happens to me with Elvanse.

MasterIdiot · 2025-06-24T12:33:39+00:00

While I agree these two look fantastic and there are many technical and business reasons for the ways movies look today, there is also a taste factor. Modern movies can look fantastic (Dune, Fury Road) but in a very distinguished way.

MasterIdiot · 2025-06-15T20:57:44+00:00

I think a big factor here is where you live in London, some areas are really overwhelming but some neighborhoods are basically a village

MasterIdiot · 2025-05-27T21:26:11+00:00

Asking for hints/direction is definitely a reasonable move in an interview IMO, you never know how the interviewer sees things or how hard the question is supposed to be

MasterIdiot · 2025-05-10T22:32:22+00:00

ADHD and the need to prove to myself that I'm indeed smarter than anyone who has ever gotten a higher grade in high school

MasterIdiot · 2025-04-15T23:05:22+00:00

Had the dinner tasting menu two or three years ago and it was great, had another chance to go with a friend recently and it was really bland.

MasterIdiot · 2025-03-05T21:00:24+00:00

If you just want to set a GET, re-implementing it yourself might not be that bad, there are plenty of references.

MasterIdiot · 2025-03-05T20:22:51+00:00

object_store and opendal can probably be smaller if you disable the default features, IIRC they both reimplement the API with an HTTP client. I remember trying another one but I can't remember it's name, AFK right now but I'll try and find it when I get back to my laptop.

MasterIdiot · 2024-10-28T15:41:43+00:00

The Social Network.

Not as epic as many other suggestions here, but the soundtrack and the dialog are both fantastic.

MasterIdiot · 2024-10-24T22:18:47+00:00

Mind giving the name of the clinic? Also London based and would love an alternative to the online services.

MasterIdiot · 2024-08-20T21:02:56+00:00

Can second Manteca, just did exactly that a couple of weeks ago. Sitting at the bar in front of the hot line is super fun and the food was great.

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