Readit Newssimojo commented on Ask HN: What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach? · Posted by u/akktor
Running with an idea and starting a business. Some people are naturally entrepreneurs, but I don't feel that I have the bug for it. I'd like to find a niche in soft robotic actuation and run with it, renting a garage somewhere in my hometown after I finish my PhD.
simojo commented on Animated Factorization (2012) datapointed.net/visualiza... · Posted by u/miniBill
it took me a few seconds before I realized that it wasn't the page loading
How did these clowns manage to make my mouse cursor laggy? It is incomprehensible for me to live in such a big bubble with such a big paycheck and then spend zero brainpower on systems without graphics acceleration.
This is extremely bad engineering and these engineers should be called out for it. It takes a special kind of person to deliver this and be proud of it.
Once they made their millions at Google these engineers will be our landlords, angel investors, you name it. The level of ignorance is unfathomable. Very sad.
As someone who had a landlord that was a google software engineer, I concur.
simojo commented on Coffee for people who don't like coffee ostwilkens.se/blog/coffee... · Posted by u/ostwilkens
> Eat a coffee bean by itself. If it tastes bad on its own, it’ll probably taste bad in the brew too. I enjoy munching a few beans while I make my coffee.
This just doesn't make sense to me. There are a great number of beans and vegetables that taste bitter or unpleasant "raw" but are very delicious with a bit of heat and time.
> Eat a [roasted] coffee bean by itself.
simojo commented on Mathematical Methods for Physics [pdf] ma.imperial.ac.uk/~dturae... · Posted by u/ibobev
We're in something of an autodidacticism boom. I have yet to see anyone, in years, actually become proficient at college-level math/physics without formal instruction, just by doing self-study with tutorials like pdfs and videos.
There will always be major knowledge gaps or roadblocks/impasses of understanding, like notation or clarification needed. This is not to say it cannot be done but I have to see anyone do it.
I don't think the OP here was imposing anything.. It seems more like a fitting reference for those who have performed physical calculations before and are looking to refresh.