What an amazing way of showcasing development, each with excerpts and notes highlighting expansion decisions.
Are there other examples of this?
Amazing!
Readit NewsJoin it how? They seem like very different studies and mechanisms.
I think they meant join in the sense of yet another study performed on mice with promising results without any indication if it will work in humans.
Come back after clinical trials.
Breakthroughs in Alzheimer's seems like the medical equivalent of breakthroughs in battery tech.
welfare commented on Mozilla Builders Accelerator 2024 future.mozilla.org/builde... · Posted by u/sharpshadow
Local AI?
Why stop there? They should expand it to blockchain, 3d printing, VR and quantum computing to make sure it really tickles the executives' imagination...
It's shockingly easy to make it sound good! Someone who understands music please explain to me why this works so well, I'm amazed!
They are all chords (C, F, G, Am).
C/Am, F, G are adjacent in the circle of fifths so they will all play nice in a progression.
welfare commented on Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do? · Posted by u/welfare
Understand that you're not going to finish what you start. Do things that are fun. Keep a notebook of ideas. Talk about plans and what you want do. Spend time with him. Even if almost none if it ever makes it into code, the imagination part will be going wild.
Look at what he's really doing. He doesn't want to CODE. He wants to make a game. Like every kid. Emphasize the creative part just like he wants. Do things on paper, just like he is doing.
Let me get this one point across: YOUR SON DOES NOT WANT TO LEARN TO CODE (right now). HE WANTS TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU and explore ideas at the speed of his imagination.
Enjoy it.
Talk about the game while you go for evening walks or drive to/from school.
He will enjoy every minute of it even if nothing is ever produced.
Wow, this is great advice. I never thought about it this way.
I put on my engineering hat and saw a "problem" to be solved and a "solution" being a finished game...
And it's mutual, I want to spend time with him on something he's passionate about, but I made it into a problem I can solve.
Thank you!
welfare commented on Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do? · Posted by u/welfare
My kids were able to make complex 3D games at 9yo with very little help using Roblox Studio. It’s free.
Disclaimer: I work for Roblox Corp.
Thank you. Will look into Roblox studio
welfare commented on Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do? · Posted by u/welfare
Let him?!
Like don't make this too complicated. My dad, when I wanted to learn programming literally just gave me some "starter BASIC program" and let me find out things from there. No internet, nothing. Oh and a set of like a gazillion 3.5" floppies with Borland C and a book accompanying it.
I made a super cool looking password entry screen with ascii art that was started by autoexec.bat before showing the start menu. Super secure lol (i.e. not at all but super cool and fooled all the other kids).
I'd recommend Roblox for him to start if he really wants to make a game. Zero math required unless he wants to do those parts. Lots of help online, in some cases probably from kids his age actually. And you can but don't have to program things properly instead of just using the UI.
Also, you didn't mention what his vision is. So we can't really say if 'let him loose' is likely just gonna frustrate him or what.
That said, one of the best learning experiences I had was when I broke the computer completely. I was playing around with those autoexec.bat settings and suddenly I could not get it to start at all anymore. My parents were gone for the evening. I had I think like 3 or 4 hours until they'd come back and I definitely didn't want to tell my dad that "I broke the computer". I tinkered and tried things for hours and like minutes before they came back I got it to boot into a DOS prompt again. I was so proud. My dad never knew. R.I.P.
His vision is a “survival zombie game where you have to find and repair cars to escape the zombies”
Yeah I know, that’s how I started as well. Got some old 8086 and zero instructions on how to use it.
But he’s not curious in the same way I was, maybe it’s the time right now. Kids expect immediate gratification, or maybe he needs a bit of a push.
I looked at Roblox studio, that looks promising. Thanks!
If you say browser developers need money from the search giant to compete in browser development, you are saying that - right now - you can't compete in browser development without it.
That is a cartel.
We only have four major browsers because only four players can play on a fair playing field. There are people who have been paid millions to create and perpetuate this system. Web developers worrying about feature development without it is their KPI. None of this is a coincidence, none of this is a natural law.