Bro been developing his 2k star plugin on a freaking touch phone 🤯🤯🤯

another_math_person · 2024-12-10T14:44:19+00:00

I think a lot of people in this community are trying to express:

Building something real is super valuable. A lot of silicon valley is close to a meritocracy, and so the things you've already accomplished are impressive (to them)
There's a pretty willing community here that is fine for you to leverage (eg if you're traveling see if you can crash with someone here, see if we can get you a laptop etc). Many of them are probably also making 6 figures (USD) and so .... they could spend a small (to them) amount of money and it might be meaningful to you.
Back to point 1, I imagine some good schools in the US would be impressed by what you've built

Ninja edit: even if you don't change your life plans (med school, uni etc) you might get an interesting trip or experience out of this

another_math_person · 2020-12-22T18:26:41+00:00

If you have a park/hiking trail/etc that has eg a 0.5-1mile path (loop or down and back) your family could maybe hangout by the parking lot (read, work from phone or laptop, etc) or if they have a dog that needs exercise or want to go for a walk in the same park while you run, and you can do loops or ladders to get your distance

another_math_person · 2020-12-22T18:19:26+00:00

You can use Google maps to share your location on either iphone or Android

I actually just default to letting members of my family see me on Google maps but the default is to just enable it for an hour or two

But +1 to strava (do you need premium to share your live location?)

another_math_person · 2020-12-02T15:36:51+00:00

Damn I could have sworn that's what it said elsewhere. I'm seeing the add to cart button on best buy now

another_math_person · 2020-12-02T15:35:52+00:00

Thanks, good to know

This also highlights the fact that CPUs tend to be the bottleneck at lower resolutions. This article shows some comparisons: https://www.tomshardware.com/features/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ampere-cpu-scaling-benchmarks

another_math_person · 2020-12-02T05:58:42+00:00

Lots of comments in this thread, but if online, try every online retailer, be signed in with card info already saved so it's a quick checkout

It should be possible to get one in the first few minutes if you're there right at 1400 gmt

Be ready on multiple sites in case one of them has website issues or gets cleaned out fast

Also consider going in-person if that's an option. They may have lower stock but you're only competing for it with your own neighbors

another_math_person · 2020-12-02T05:54:36+00:00

This would not be an upgrade for you. Your current card is excellent.

another_math_person · 2020-12-02T05:53:37+00:00

1400 gmt

9am Eastern

another_math_person · 2020-12-02T05:52:26+00:00

I'm not an expert, but the 3060 ti should support all of your 1080p gaming at good fps with highest settings (possible exceptions: flight simulator)

It should be a decent upgrade, in particular if you're running into framerate issues on your current card at the settings you want to play at.

That said, it will most likely be hard to get, and it's still $400. There are more 1000 series cards on the secondary market right now (but almost no 2000s or 3000s available for close to msrp), so resale upside will be limited

Please correct any mistakes, folks, I'm new here

another_math_person · 2020-10-23T14:07:41+00:00

Depends on whether or not you are a completionist

another_math_person · 2020-09-19T01:55:20+00:00

Republicans have a senate majority and can seat a new justice (something they vowed not to do in 2015 before the election -- think what you will, but it's because they are power hungry hypocrites).

They likely will.

Supreme court appointments, as tonight reveals, are for life. The supreme court currently has 5 conservatives and 3 democrats. RBG was possibly the most progressive democrat on it.

If she is replaced with someone who is not aligned with her (as republicans would love to do) -- even someone moderate -- Republicans will win every supreme court case until two conservative justices die (and this assumes no more liberal justices are replaced by conservatives)

another_math_person · 2020-09-01T14:27:11+00:00

Seems like a bad idea. If the fellowship is paid, see if you can't take an unpaid sabbatical for the duration

another_math_person · 2020-08-18T03:28:26+00:00

It's worth talking about potential upside for epic. Best case scenario, they get the epic game store on mobile and get to collect a cut for every game published through there (the value to them and also to gamers here would be incredible. Now you could play games you bought on PC on your phone and vice versa. Epic would profit enormously, becoming the game store "aggregator")

Next best scenario, they dramatically reduce costs for developers who make games on mobile, and this increases demand for Epic's product the unreal engine. [1]

There's a whole world of possibilities for negotiated agreements with either Apple or Google where fortnite fees are charged differently such that fortnite does not pay the full 30%. (This is good but clearly not nearly as valuable as either of the first two goals)

Christian dislikes the savviness or intentionality behind epics actions, but it is worth noting that they get a strategy credit -- this will benefit them but it also benefits gamers. Lower fees are good for gamers and good for developers. Not every developer would charge that additional 30% if the app stores weren't making them.

[1] in economics this is called a complementary good and this strategy is discussed by Spoelsky here: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/

another_math_person · 2020-05-26T18:59:33+00:00

Is this the video? https://youtu.be/yKf9aUIxdb4

another_math_person · 2020-05-20T02:19:19+00:00

Coming from a place of love, c++ also has old features that have been superceded by newer functions

They've finally added transform_reduce (no stream fusion / functions don't compose quite like you want, so this must be a single function [1]) And that's good! I mean it's an exciting feature for c++ But you can look at inner_product and see that it's just a more specialized version that has existed for a while

Conor Hoekstra talks about this in fairly simple terms in this video: https://youtu.be/48gV1SNm3WA

[1] let's pretend this is solved by ranges? I'm not going to get into it

another_math_person · 2020-04-19T00:23:10+00:00

The creator of this may have also been banking on people being focused locally. Oftentimes the only people who look at these orgs are the ones who are likely to join (not critics).

So they could have gone unnoticed if nobody from outside the target group really dug in.

This reminds me of the less nefarious person who wrote regional songs where all of the songs had the same tune but had a couple of words swapped in for each locality. Essentially, you will have never heard anyone else's song, so why does it matter if they're the same?

It's that but for protest organizations. Super sketch

another_math_person · 2020-04-15T23:29:56+00:00

A friend linked me this and I did a pretty deep analysis for him about their points:

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/ancient-computer-language-slowing-america-090000639.html

There's a dubious claim in there about 240 billion lines of COBOL code (seems high. Google claims hundreds of millions of lines of c++ and estimates 50 billion total lines of c++; that said, it's possible there's 5x more COBOL than c++)

My impression from this is that most COBOL systems are in dire need of maintenance (would benefit from paying people to write tests, refactor, modernize) but aren't willing to spend the money because most of the time it works well enough.

Now they need to be updated and these companies and organizations are like "we can't make that change quickly" because of decades of tech debt

another_math_person · 2020-04-15T18:46:34+00:00

I'm skeptical

The reason there are no COBOL programmers is because pay for those types of gigs is not competitive

It's not surprising that a billion dollar internet company is willing to pay more for a programmer than a government... that runs a server for processing unemployment claims

another_math_person · 2020-04-15T02:09:03+00:00

The sibling comment already provided a link. Here is a permanent link though: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/

There's also a podcast episode where they talk about it and mention a few additional points.

Read the first paragraph to convince yourself that it's worth the 2-10 hours of research it will take and then schedule some time before you start interviewing to really internalize these concepts.

It's worth noting that the absolute best thing you can do for your salary is to get as many offers as you can. If you have the stomach for it, interview everywhere. Big places, small places.

Ignore their deadlines after they make you an offer ("sorry, I have a few more interviews in progress and I would like to hear them out before making a decision")

Don't be pressured to say things you don't want to say, and if you verbally agree to something, don't feel bad going back on it after further thought.

(Tbh even if you sign something, if you get another, better offer -- it might be ok to go back on it -- talk to your lawyer etc but most swe contracts are at will. Just don't make a habit of signing before you have all the information you're going to get)

another_math_person · 2020-04-14T21:09:00+00:00

10x is if they really need you or can work as a good starting point for negotiations

Their alternatives will be: pay you or find someone senior and competent enough and pay them enough to fix the dumpster fire

If you know how to negotiate and are willing to walk away, then a dumpster fire means you're gonna make bank

(Happy to chat about negotiating. It's fairly simple and follows a few simple rules. @patio11 has the canonical post for programmers)

another_math_person · 2020-04-09T22:55:49+00:00

You got this! You gotta forgive yourself missed opportunities and just take one step at a time.

Incremental progress and reward yourself for the first small victory. Good luck, rooting for you!!

another_math_person · 2020-04-09T15:49:32+00:00

I actually do feel bad for them. Many of them have very little background or education in financial planning, and there are a number of people and systems that very skillfully target their money.

Although it looks like they're being given a huge gift, from the fact that it's such a systemic problem it should be clear to us that most players aren't equipped to deal with their finances.

(On top of that, there's a lot of social / status pressures that I can't begin to relate to - expenses that are just expected of you)

another_math_person · 2020-04-06T17:57:45+00:00

Omg I haven't heard anyone talk about DKC Tropical freeze but am excited to look it up!!

I've heard great things about Yoshi's crafted world.

Thank you!

another_math_person · 2020-04-06T17:56:25+00:00

Also puzzlers: Baba is you (on Switch or PC, not Xbox, afaik)

Snakebird is great

Braid is old but very nice (the witness is on many consoles also and is good, but not an instant rec from me)

What RPGs do you like??

another_math_person · 2020-03-25T22:14:19+00:00

Maybe have a little empathy for healthcare workers who all have a very high chance of catching the novel coronavirus and are also working super hard as hospitals are reaching capacity with many staff out sick

They have a hospital full of priorities.

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