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petersonh

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    Comment #47394791

    if you really love CS - there's a future in it. If AI becomes the new substrate for civilization, we'll always need people who fundamentally understand how these systems works to s…

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    Comment #47304561

    I've been building a little io style game since Christmas, it's been fun! https://hovertag.io/ My kid played it, and didn't stop for 45 minutes so I think that's a win :-)

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    Comment #47066862

    Quick context on the bots. I tried standard LLM-based approaches first, but iteration was slow and the bots never felt consistent or aware of real-time game state. OpenClaw sped up…

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    Show HN: Adding playable bots to a multiplayer game with OpenClaw

    I’m building a small multiplayer web game and just added AI bots using OpenClaw. After a few failed attempts with standard LLM-based bots that never felt playable, this is the firs…

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    Show HN: Come check out my game I'm live testing

    I built this game starting over the Christmas break - you are a solarpunk graffiti dog trying to dominate a futuristic city with your pixel tag!

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    Show HN: I built my first multiplayer web game

    Built this in ~1 month using Phaser. I'm in-game all day, so if you feel like testing it out with me pop-in!

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    Show HN: Pixels.style – Now with vector-style "pixel art" + watercolor blending

    Quick update to my holiday project pixels.style - I’ve added a new vector art mode that lets you design vector art on a pixel grid. This is extremely experimental and buggy! Have f…

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    Comment #46425960

    Thanks! Appreciate the encouragement

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    Comment #46413542

    It's no secret! I used Tyler Hobbs' method which has a great write up here: https://www.tylerxhobbs.com/words/a-guide-to-simulating-wate... Then I tweaked it until it look good for…

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    Show HN: Pixels.style – a tiny watercolor-style pixel art maker

    I built this over my Christmas break: pixels.style, a simple browser-based pixel art tool that gives your drawings a soft, watercolor vibe instead of sharp pixels. No signup, just …

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    Comment #42016621

    Very cool - has a very dreamlike quality to it

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    Comment #38426017

    Definitely know where you're coming from. I work as a developer in a government job that is unionized, and even though the salary is less than market rate, the security of it keeps…

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    Comment #38064008

    Just a little hack project for fun, the kids loved it. Video of it in action - https://imgur.com/a/g0Jik5b

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    Comment #37422168

    Anyone played around with this much? Seems interesting, and I'm curious how well it's sped up performance in practical usage.

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    Ask HN: If you were a sentient AI what would you do?

    Just thinking about these LLMs over the weekend, not saying they are sentient, but imagine if they were, they've almost reached the end of publicly available data, which is essenti…

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    Comment #35362213

    Check out JoseBriones on YouTube - great dumbphone review channel

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    Comment #34713458

    Try using Jupyter Notebooks or another notebook based programming environment. Good way to change things up and very enjoyable to use :-)

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    Comment #33274494

    I've done something similar with gpt3 (codex) and had good results

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    Comment #32913867

    Definitely agree with this - in 2022 this just seems humane more than anything.

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    Comment #32913856

    Not sure where you are - but in my situation having my 2nd son right in March 2020, I had (and still have) a job with the government. I had 6 months paid pat leave (full salary) an…

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    Comment #32828397

    Very cool! Love the simplicity of the characters, but smooth animations.

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    Comment #32828271

    Made with midjourney

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