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ABNWZon I Just Want to Search

Hey, this is an aside, but I noticed Corvi.careers isn’t currently online. Is this a permanent end of the service? I was finding it very useful.

ABNWZon The Orange Juice Test (1985)

What were your issues with Atlas Shrugged if you don't mind me asking?

ABNWZon WebAssembly 101: A developer’s first steps

... I don't share your sentiment at all. I find this relevant to the subject matter as he is, albeit indirectly, mentioning the performance of WASM. I would be surprised if you got the same performance using just plain old js on the hardware he is referencing.

ABNWZon Show HN: Reflexio

Seriously broken in chrome.

Level 1 when my window was of a small size was impossible to complete.

Level 2 was a load of | mirrors, which meant I could only reflect the laser back on itself. No angles at all, and couldn't figure how to move the angle of the mirror.

ABNWZon Show HN: Webgl canvas toy with source

Big fan.

ABNWZon Show HN: Generative Art in Node/Browser

This is beautiful

ABNWZon [dead]

This is trash.

ABNWZon Mozilla Webrender: rendering any webpage at several hundred FPS

What is die-space? / What does die-space mean?

ABNWZon Ask HN: What is the most interesting example of AI use on the web?

Cool, thank you. I shall have a look come Monday.

ABNWZon Ask HN: What is the most interesting example of AI use on the web?

Where did you see this / Have you got a link? I would be very interested in having a look as a current front end developer.

ABNWZon BeeCanvas: Share information visually

https://beecanvas.com/en

Just had a play on it. Seems an amazing collaborative tool.

ABNWZon Ask HN: How do I learn how to become a good sysadmin?

This is very extensive. Great wealth of content and knowledge in here. Is this all strictly necessary? Or is this how to MASTER your craft?

ABNWZon Best practice for naming a Boolean variable or method

Thank you for this succinct explanation. Very clear!

ABNWZon Ask HN: Is it time for a Greatest Hits?

Do you have a link to this lecture? I would be interested in reading it.

ABNWZon Show HN: Timeline.com

Looks like this has been developed using the famo.us framework? I only say this because the parallax effect in the video is very reminiscent of a famo.us demo that was there yesterday but gone today.

ABNWZon How Americans Die

Ah yes!! That is why, how silly of me. When put into the context of population increase, it is an incredible decrease in percentage of people who die from cancer.

1968 US Population: 200.71 million

2010 US Population: 309.35 million

ABNWZon How Americans Die

"This is particularly striking since cancer and heart disease - the two biggest killers for 45-54 yr olds - have become much less deadly over the years"

Except your graph shows that cancer death rates have increased by almost 20% from 1968-2010... Am I missing something here?

ABNWZon 'Gods' Make Comeback at Toyota as Humans Steal Jobs From Robots

Thank you for posting this, it's a truly incredible read.

ABNWZon Autodidact, front-end or back-end, job prospects?

Hey, I was just wondering why you think learning JS is a bad move? As someone positioning themselves in this industry and not often hearing the bad sides of things, this would be great to hear.

ABNWZon Blackphone

>There's something better

Is this IndiePhone by Aral Balkan?