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neetrain wrote: post #18

How about Radiohead's 2007 album In Rainbows? Maybe OK Computer too, but I don't know how much hype there were because I was too young then...

I try not to hype up albums I love too much anymore.

I think of Radiohead as our late stage Beatles. Experimental and exciting, even if there's a jagged edge now and then.

In Rainbows was very accessible and holds up in my view.

OK Computer was more of a surprise. Listen to The Bends first, and you will hear what a break it was in quality and style. Their next release, Kid A, was the one that was hotly anticipated. It was also a huge departure, but when they were the biggest band in the world.

Kid A holds up too.

I think Radiohead lives up to the hype. One way to check on this is to watch them live (say, on YouTube) or pick up some of their concerts on etree (a free taper sharing site). They make headphone records, and then they replicate most of their sounds in real time.

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Post by unemphysbro »

modernerd wrote: post #295
kortex wrote: post #253

Type hints in python. Structured programming in general. Rust. It took me a long time to get remotely comfortable, but once it starts to click, it's awesome how the structure guides your development. Worth the investment, but don't expect to be able to grok it immediately.

Any resources in particular that helped you grok Rust?

As lame as it sounds, leetcoding in rust has helped me quite a bit.

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csa wrote: post #366
IkmoIkmo wrote: post #71

I'm loving my Apple Watch. I wasn't entirely sure yet what to think of the watch as a form factor, given that a phone can do everything it can and more. But there's three interesting aspects that have really added value for me. 1) is health data, in a way a computer or phone just can't do. It tracks things like heartrate that a phone + heartrate strap is too convoluted for, for non-athletes. Plus it's all-day and qui…

All of my friends told me something similar, so I got one. It just collects dust now. - The health tracking and gamification of exercise was somewhere between meh and useless for me. I don’t have exercise issues. - The freedom from the phone has potential, but the ostensible ease of use just isn’t worth the hassle of wearing a watch. I’m ok just pulling out my phone. - The deep breathing option was probably the app i…

I haven’t come across anything profound with it, it mainly reduces friction from not needing to be taken out of a pocket and unlocked.

Contactless payments are fairly nice as you can double tap the button, and hold the watchface over a reader, no need to get out your wallet and find the card you want to pay with.

Back when going out with others was a thing, it’s calculator has features for tips and splitting checks.

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Post by DylanDmitri »

slightwinder wrote: post #401
DonHopkins wrote: post #37

Factorio!!! (It wasn't really hyped, but if it was, it would have lived up to it.) Actual video from the game doesn't qualify as hype! And the code is rock solid and wicked efficient. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR01YdFtWFI&ab_channel=Facto... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVvXv1Z6EY8&ab_channel=Facto... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqaAjgpsoW8&ab_channel=Facto...

How does it compare to Satisfactory and Shapez.io (which is sold as a minimalistic factorio). I bought shapezio on steam some time and realized just yesterday i already collected 60h playtime on it... Now I'm thinking about digging sonewhere deeper.

Factorio is the direct inspiration for both those games.

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Post by slg »

101008 wrote: post #38

Two finales: - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. When the seventh book came out in 2007 there was this fear among the fandom that JK Rowling couldn't deliver a great ending. I think most people agreed she did very well (even more than expected, considering the complexity of the story in the prior six books). - Breaking Bad last season / last episode: there aren't many tv shows that can end in a high note (check G…

It isn't really a true finale in the same way as those two examples, but I would throw out Infinity War and End Game as a joint example. The Marvel Cinematic Universe was able to successfully put a capstone on a cinematic project on the scale that had never even been attempted before. It was impressive enough to end a single story like Harry Potter in a satisfying way. The MCU was able to do the same for a wide variety of stories, dozens of characters, and over twenty movies.

Also it doesn't hurt the MCU's legacy that there is the obvious comparison with Game of Thrones that magnificently failed a very similar task the exact weekend that End Game came out.

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Post by andreilys »

csa wrote: post #366
IkmoIkmo wrote: post #71

I'm loving my Apple Watch. I wasn't entirely sure yet what to think of the watch as a form factor, given that a phone can do everything it can and more. But there's three interesting aspects that have really added value for me. 1) is health data, in a way a computer or phone just can't do. It tracks things like heartrate that a phone + heartrate strap is too convoluted for, for non-athletes. Plus it's all-day and qui…

All of my friends told me something similar, so I got one. It just collects dust now. - The health tracking and gamification of exercise was somewhere between meh and useless for me. I don’t have exercise issues. - The freedom from the phone has potential, but the ostensible ease of use just isn’t worth the hassle of wearing a watch. I’m ok just pulling out my phone. - The deep breathing option was probably the app i…

My biggest value-add is being able to leave my phone at home.

Being able to listen to podcasts and audio-books on my watch while going for walks and running errands has been great. With Apple Pay I don't even need to take my wallet with me and can just tap with my watch.

Also the reminder to "close my rings" and being able to enter "competitions" with friends has been a great motivator for me to exercise.

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Post by kepler1 »

manuelflara wrote: post #130

Hamilton. I'm not big into theater nor musicals, and I had heard so much about it by the time I watched it on Disney+, I wasn't expecting it to blow me away but it totally did. I'm a huge fan now, watched it several times, listened to the album hundreds of times, read the book, and recommend it every time I can :)

Unfortunately, after listening to the soundtrack a bit, I find that I can only stand so much rap before my ears get tired.
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