ir193

181 karma · joined August 31, 2017

ir193··on If-then-else had to be invented

I'm imagining what programming languages look like if the Axis powers won WW2. We might get many forth-like languages instead of C-like ones, since Japanese and German have subject–object–verb order.

ir193··on Please Don't Say Just Hello In Chat (2013)

tldr: use udp rather than three-way handshake tcp when you want to ask a question.

ir193··on China harvested organs from political prisoners, says tribunal

I can guarantee you many Chinese protestors you can see in US are protesting for political asylum. For them, protesting for is only a way to green card. Almost every Chinese Uber driver I met in SF are under political asylum

ir193··on IBM acquires Red Hat

It's not about IBM at all. We have AWS/Azure/GCP out there. IBM and Red Hat? That reminds me Intel+samsung or Nokia+Qt when there are already Android/iOS/WP.

ir193··on OpenAI’s Dota 2 defeat is still a win for artificial intelligence

Instead of coding the bots with the rules of Dota 2, they’re thrown into the game and left to figure things out for themselves

I saw a strange behaviour. In the second game, I saw witch doctor use "Maledict" on neutral creeps, but this skill only affects enemy heroes. This only waste mana, put the skill in cool down and have no benefit. How can AI learn it?

ir193··on Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

Wow, so silicon valley

ir193··on What happens when you ask people to draw a bike (2016)

when our programmer implemented exactly what PM required...LOL

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