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kkaranth

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About kkaranth

https://karthikkaranth.me

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    There's a really fun game from 2018 called Yoku's Island Express where the core mechanic is pinball-like. It's a 2d side scroller, looks gorgeous

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    Comment #37923895

    That was fun, I love the splash screens in JetBrains' products. A lot more work goes into them than I realized.

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    Comment #34507397

    I've been working on implementing this too! It's been fun trying to debug problems by figuring out how to reduce it to the "bare minimum" to repro. Ex: does it work if I disable po…

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    Comment #31938956

    The former "Principal Investigator" of the (research) project. Often the professor who is responsible for obtaining the grant and driving progress

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    Comment #29701635

    What's EE?

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    Comment #29400069

    That's mentioned in the article > Enabled by a joint design of the camera’s hardware and computational processing, the system could enable minimally invasive endoscopy with medical…

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    Comment #26864748

    I typically use Ctrl+Shift+S for this

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    Comment #26662193

    Location: Salt Lake City, US Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes, US Technologies: C++, Python, Keras, Rust(neophyte), Graphics(Opengl/Webgl), Linux, Git, Unity, Computer Vision, …

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    Comment #26344034

    > playing recursively with our thinking I think this is key. The idea that we can not only feel thirst, or think about thirst, but also think about thinking about thirst!

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    Comment #26305176

    Location: Salt Lake City, US Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes, US Technologies: C++, Python, Keras, Rust(neophyte), Graphics(Opengl/Webgl), Linux, Git, Unity, Computer Vision, …

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    Comment #26207599

    This is great! Bookmarked. One complaint I have is the low-res cover images. I'm on a 4K screen and the cover images look really blurry. I can't make out the subtitles of books. Al…

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    Comment #26162582

    I don't have anything to add to the discussion, I just want to thank greggman for going out of his way to help me understand a simple webgl issue a few years ago.

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    Comment #26135682

    Nice! These sort of tools are immensely useful for learners with a spotty internet connection.

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    Comment #26043180

    > CPUs are immortal, it's the motherboards that die Can you elaborate?

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    Comment #25992711

    Location: Salt Lake City, US Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes, US Technologies: C++, Python, Keras, Rust(neophyte), Graphics(Opengl/Webgl), Linux, Git, Unity, Computer Vision, …

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    Comment #25985712

    > The AMD machine discharges in a day even when hibernating That isn't a CPU-related issue right? The CPU would be completely powered down when hibernating

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    Comment #25929932

    I had one of these! It came along with a fun little game called Merlin Racing, a sort of proto-Mario Kart

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    Comment #25819293

    Noob physics question: I assume this talks about stars close enough that we can receive their light. Can we say anything about the number of stars & galaxies that are further away …

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    Comment #25787899

    cartoonnetwork.com There were a lot of fun Flash(Shockwave, as it was called back then) games!

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    Comment #25787259

    Neat! I think it'd be useful to have a little blurb under the name of the medal to describe what its for. Like: Turing Award for contributing major technical innovations to the fie…

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    Comment #25787209

    Cute and fun! Thanks for sharing

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    Comment #25618790

    1) Fully remote 2) ~10 minute bus ride 3) Not too well. I work at a lab as a grad student and miss school and all its facilities 4) Pros: eating out less and improved my cooking sk…

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    Comment #24807239

    When tethering to a desktop without WiFi. And assuming wifi-usb dongles are not an option. (They can be a little finicky on certain Linux versions)

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    Comment #24757484

    > Send your work to humdingerb (at) gmail and bitigchi (at) me. What domain is the second email address talking about?