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Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by ProllyInfamous »

aeonik wrote: post #34

I'm obsessed with interfaces at the moment. How do humans interface with computers and data, from control to visual feedback. How humans interface with music, perform it, read it, store it. How do birds interface with tones and rhythm? How software interfaces with other software and hardware. How humans interface with the world via symbols. I've been reading about Semiotics a bit, and find the field fascinating. http…

Howdy fellow intellectual/addict!

Currently I'm reading Michael Pollen's "Botany of Desire" about how how plants interface/manipulate humans (spec: Apple, Orhid, Marijuana, Potatoe). There is a salacious passage on sexual reproduction strategies, involving bees ("flying penises") and this plant that "play resists" the bees entering — and then author Pollen ends his description of this interface by suggesting: many people might see this as the bee penetrating the coy defences of the flower, but in fact it is the flower manipulating bees.

I'm gonna give you the first recommendation free, but the next one'll cost'ya =D

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by rchaud »

Print media -- seriously. There are vanishingly few types of paper-based products left besides mass-market paperbacks and a handful of soulless conglomerate-owned magazines that may disappear tomorrow.

Just like there are small farming collectives out there, I'd love for there to be micro-magazines and short stories on paper, made cheaply and distributed to small mailing lists with a single stamp (not an email newsletter!). PDF versions available for long-distance readers.

Something, anything to counter the overwhelm of ad and email popup-ridden "content blogs" and walled garden platforms sucking everything into their in-house LLMs.

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by politelemon »

jjice wrote: post #23
politelemon wrote: post #18

Games. I've been forcing myself into productivity for too long because that is the thing to do. I recently built a gaming pc, picked some jrpgs, and I'm having a blast. There are entire franchises and worlds for the exploring. There are amazing rich stories and history and beautiful soundtracks that I'm living through right now. My wishlist grows by the day as I discover new tales.

What are your favorite RPGs at the moment? New or old? I feel like RPGs have been holding strong since the Super Nintendo and there so many hours of incredible gameplay to be had.

Right now the Trails series (trails in the sky, trails of cold steel)... I think it's an old and new series isn't it?

Also a surprise like was Blue Reflection, if you watch its trailer it doesn't even look too dynamic but it was great fun.

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by hatmatrix »

a topic often seen on Hacker News - the Julia language

I find Python to be useful but excruciatingly verbose, particularly when you get to using NumPy and Pandas. I like the syntax of Fortran/MATLAB/GNU Octave so here's to hoping that Julia can take over some of this workload. I also use R extensively (and love it) for data analysis; glad to see Julia's capability in this space also.

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by hersko »

BattleBots. 250 pound robots with 70 pound steel blades spinning at 250mph fighting each other? Yes please.

Besides for the absolute mayhem, the planning, driving, and engineering that goes into these competitions are insane.

Some fights to give you an idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORDg67i70IU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx2aJMISaP4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaTIreDG45M

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by creakingstairs »

Drawing at least 30min every day using Line of Action[1]. It’s relaxing and fun to see improvements over time.

I’m also writing my own tools in Elixir for playing around with LLMs. Currently exploring ways to efficiently chunk documents/code/webpages so that I can create embeddings for them.

[1] https://line-of-action.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by kragen »

abakker wrote: post #10

I'm currently passionate about trying to understand the importance of young's modulus in machine design, and whether it can be "worked around" with different materials that are easier to work with.

you mean like concrete where the sand is silicon carbide

'epoxy granite' is a thing

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