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dumdedum123··on What Problems to Solve – By Richard Feynman
Wow. I didn't know about this letter. It's very inspiring.
dumdedum123··on Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket
Exactly. People in this place. Sigh.
dumdedum123··on Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket
Aw. It didn't even do a "real" hop. The engines stayed on all the time.

For the first real hop see Xombie circa 2010.

dumdedum123··on Joining Apple Computer (2018)
Huh? Caltech/Stanford? These are two different tech scenes.
dumdedum123··on Joining Apple Computer (2018)
This is correct. Thanks for pointing it out. Even Daniel Kahneman admitted it.
dumdedum123··on Japan and the Birth of Modern Shipbuilding
I'm just going off the article. Did you read it?
dumdedum123··on Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he will die soon from same cancer as Joe Biden
Riiight
dumdedum123··on Japan and the Birth of Modern Shipbuilding
That's an interesting take. I read the article and it sounds like the US invented modern shipbuilding during WW2, and the Japanese just copied it and ran with it. But ok.
dumdedum123··on John Carmack talk at Upper Bound 2025
Exactly. I know him and like him. He is a genius programmer for sure BUT people forget that the last successful product that he released was Doom 3 over 20 years ago. Armadillo was a failure and Oculus went nowhere.

He's also admitted he doesn't have much of math chops, which you need if you want to make a dent in AI. (Although the same could have been said of 3D graphics when he did Wolfenstein and Doom, so perhaps he'll surprise us)

I wish him well TBH

dumdedum123··on Automated Antenna Design with Evolutionary Algorithms [pdf] (2006)
Who? I can't find the source, and it seems everybody knows about it.

EDIT: Oh, it's the book itself. But what is _their_ source?

dumdedum123··on Automated Antenna Design with Evolutionary Algorithms [pdf] (2006)
As a rocket scientist I assure you it's been tried
dumdedum123··on The UCSD p-System, Apple Pascal, and a dream of cross-platform compatibility
At least until 3 which is what I used.
dumdedum123··on The UCSD p-System, Apple Pascal, and a dream of cross-platform compatibility
Oh the memories! You are exactly right. I remember this as well.