It goes without saying that I could easily Google this myself, but I’ll ask anyway for those who are also wondering: what is the significance of HTML5 for this implementation? I’m not a web guy have gotten by with simple html css js and occasional templating when needed. Is HTML5 supporting some native programming?
Readit Newsthealienthing commented on Lode Runner (HTML5 Remake) loderunnerwebgame.com/gam... · Posted by u/memalign
thealienthing commented on 2023 was earth's warmest September In 174 year record noaa.gov/news/topping-cha... · Posted by u/esarbe
174 years, out of a 4 billion+ year history.
This article discusses how hot the earth has been over the last 500 million years using permafrost as a means of determining the global temperature across the millennia https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hotte....
thealienthing commented on STM32 Blue Pill as an Hid USB Keyboard instructables.com/STM32-A... · Posted by u/thealienthing
Blogspam. One of many Bluepill + DIY keyboard articles.
Are howto articles considered spam? I found it useful and wanted to share it as well as save the link so I could find it later. If this post violates some code of etiquette I’ll not do it again.
thealienthing commented on STM32 Blue Pill as an Hid USB Keyboard instructables.com/STM32-A... · Posted by u/thealienthing
Can someone explain what this is actual for? Is this just a tutorial for creating your own DIY USB client device?
Yeah it’s just a tutorial. I don’t really have any kind of platform for saving links I find useful so figured I’d post it here to save it for myself and maybe someone else would like it. I expected it to be completely ignored.
thealienthing commented on Emotionally Numb: Expertise Dulls Consumer Experience (2021) academic.oup.com/jcr/arti... · Posted by u/shortcrct
Perhaps this holds true more to fields that stem from hedonic experiences themselves like the arts, sports, games etc. I felt this way about music after graduating from music school. I became bored and jaded to music and had to spend several years not consuming music at all. Eventually I regained my love of it.
Conversely I don’t think this applies as much to sciences. After I pivoted away from music to become a software engineer, I discovered a world that never ceases to captivate me and elicit curiosity no matter how much I grow. In fact the more expertise I’ve developed, the more intense my interest becomes.
thealienthing commented on Simpson Fan Grows Tomacco (2003) simpsonsarchive.com/news/... · Posted by u/pipeline_peak
Honestly the best part of troubleshooting is when I find out I was just being a massive dumbass the entire time. I go tell my team, friends, wife, etc, “I fixed it, I was just a dumbass, all I had to do was [thing]” and I revel in it because that shit is funny.
The angrier I am while troubleshooting, the funnier that reveal is for everyone.
I regularly inform my coworkers of my dumbass status. It’s funny and keeps me humble
thealienthing commented on Discord is not documentation shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07/... · Posted by u/edent
This post says everything I’ve been feeling. Ive been doing a lot of work with the Dronecan/UAVCAN protocol and nearly all their documentation is relegated to a Discord channel with no discussions about problems I’ve been trying to solve. A LOT of people have asked the same questions I’ve been asking and not one person has responded. Probably because their questions are ignore for a short time by busy people and then the questions are buried in a deluge of other questions from users. No doubt people have solved the same problems I’ve been coping with but have neglected to post what they’ve learned because discord does not allow you to make focused threads on a very specific topic without the content being buried. I’m getting more frustrated that projects are ditching the tried and true old school forums of yore where conversation can be focused and easily found.
thealienthing commented on Ask HN: What boosted your confidence as a new programmer? · Posted by u/optbuild
The first time I took a rather complex library, learned it inside and out. I read documentation, did examples, wrote my own examples, implemented quick and dirty working versions, refactored, sometimes started again from scratch and eventually clicked with the material. It started slow, but once I really began to understand things, the code started to write itself quicker and quicker until I had stable production code that I’ve been maintaining for several years now. The beginning stages was like solving a big puzzle and built a lot of confidence.
Also in school we had to do some big projects like make a virtual machine from scratch and implement things likes call stacks, threading and memory management with our machine op codes. Doing a big long project that really pushes you out of your comfort zone is a BIG help and also can be an opportunity to do something really fun.
Edit: I left out the important role of asking questions, talking with others and even taking the time to compose a forum post or issue on github when it seems that I’ve truly exhausted all my options. Bottom line is, when I took my time and really tried my best to learn something new/difficult there was always an eventual breakthrough and consequential boost in confidence
For now, ML research and development is too complicated and frustrating for me to dedicate the time and energy to become skilled in it.