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nmaleki

64 karma · joined February 9, 2020

https://nickmaleki.com https://recursion.is
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nmaleki··on GitHub's Historic Uptime
You'd think they'd do all the testing elsewhere and use a much shorter window of time to implement Azure after testing. I don't think this fully explains over 6 years of poor uptime.
nmaleki··on CasNum
I am really curious how this compares to https://github.com/rubenvannieuwpoort/reals
nmaleki··on MacBook Neo
I can't believe how fast the chip is. It is comparable to my top of the line gaming laptop from 6 years ago.
nmaleki··on uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts
Shorts seem good to me, but only when watched at 3x
nmaleki··on Ask HN: Where is society heading, is there a plan for a jobless future?
Many, if not most, jobs from a couple hundred years ago are fully automated now. You'd think that would mean we could stop charging for living, but due to the nature of capitalism and continued physical development we will continue to pay for things. This is the cost of being at the bleeding edge.
nmaleki··on Show HN: C/C++ Cheatsheet – a modern, practical reference for C and C++
This is cool, but I usually expect a cheat sheet to be a 1 or 2 page pdf.
nmaleki··on Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
Minecraft $26.95. Thousands of hours of gameplay. Ear Fun Free Pro 3 $50 wireless earbuds. Great sound, quick pairing, good noise cancelling, in-app equalizer, great price. Probably buy direct from them, bought from Woot! Amazon once and didn't get a very good model. Web Video Caster $5. I stream tons of content and this lets me connect to just about anything. You can use it for free with ads. Cloudflare domain ~$10/year. Cheapest domain prices and cloudflare works great for everything for me. Harmonica $5. I just keep it in my bag and use it whenever I'm outside alone, keeps me off the phone. Fidget spinner $1. The lighter the better imo. Also my mouse, battery pack, and I love those lazy cell phone holders ~$10 you can put around your neck.
nmaleki··on Briar keeps Iran connected via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when the internet goes dark
During a hackathon 7 years ago, a team and I set out to make a decentralized blockchain messaging platform over Bluetooth Low Energy. It was intended for situations when the internet was out. We didn't finish the technicals in 24hr, but it was a fun challenge. I looked it up and there are a lot of solutions now, here is the top one on search: https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat
nmaleki··on You Can Just Buy Far-UVC
You can buy UVC LEDs (255nm) for fairly cheap now. $20 or less
nmaleki··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
Can we buy it?
nmaleki··on Tell HN: Merry Christmas
okay, that did not work as well as I hoped. TODO: full engine re-write
nmaleki··on Tell HN: Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you too! I'll be adding a plugin extension to Large World Coordinates in Unreal Engine inspired by Constructive Reals. It should let me use arbitrary precision, meaning I can make objects excessively small or large at distances excessively large or small in the engine.
nmaleki··on Ask HN: Who here is not working on web apps/server code?
I am currently working on a desktop application for 3D spreadsheets.

The first version of the code looks like this, https://youtube.com/watch?v=rJuRTZOE99g

The new version is much more feature rich, catering towards the user. Unreal use in Python is now native and users can launch a dedicated server.

The development process can be slow, lots of waiting on compiling and cooking. The Python part of this project is great. Code is very simple and readable and I'm building out a renderer for the geometric algebra package I'm using, Kingdon. This lets users quickly visualize 3D elements, lines, points, planes, and shapes. Working on non-web stuff is great. I love building out UI and text in 3D, it feels like the final form of UI and is a lot more expressive than web UI. Controlling objects in 3D let's you do a lot more. Everything feels right.

nmaleki··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2025)

  Location: Delray Beach, FL
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Matlab, Kotlin, LISP, AWS, PostgreSQL, React, Android, OpenCV, C++, Unreal Engine
  Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eXy3wbEI-LKF8cCPnbUATkbzQBGSS73Y/view?usp=drive_link
  Email: nicholasmaleki@gmail.com
--- I am a full-stack developer with over 5 years of work experience and a Master’s degree in Computer Science. I’m a strong generalist; I’ve done everything from server management, to database management, to standalone SaaS products, to deploying full react apps. I’ve designed and built systems for NASA JPL, KBR, Boeing, Mitsubishi, numerous universities, and many more accredited businesses. I enjoy working with functional languages (LISP, Haskell, Typescript, etc.) and in fast-paced development environments. I am seeking a full-time or part-time position where team members design elegant solutions to difficult problems.
nmaleki··on What is theoretical computer science?
This: https://recursion.is
nmaleki··on Ask HN: High quality Python scripts or small libraries to learn from
Check out https://github.com/recursion-computing/starcel-panda3D for bleeding edge, but not refactored to be pythonic, Python OS development.
nmaleki··on Show HN: Visualize rotating objects from the 4th, 5th, nth dimensions
Great work! I was just about to build something very similar in Python using a 10 dimensional projective geometric algebra described here https://youtu.be/VYZHdEkLgC0?si=admkfiQwxIjHBa3Y?&t=90
nmaleki··on I made a 3D CLI and Desktop Environment [video]
You can compose and filter data using python and its libraries. One included lib is Plumbum

I think this should be enough, but I could be wrong

nmaleki··on I made a 3D CLI and Desktop Environment [video]
Hi Everyone! I built this 3D desktop environment, CLI, and visualizer tool. I am currently using it to control a few hardware devices, so it is my operating system for those. It's in very early stages and has many updates in the pipeline. It is written in UE BP, C++, Python, React, Javascript, HTML, and CSS. The included videos describe plans for new features and major updates including a new 3D Python IDE. I would appreciate any feedback on it!
nmaleki··on Graphite: 2D Raster and Vector Editor
https://editor.graphite.rs/ It's like Inkscape in your browser!
nmaleki··on Visual Node Graph with ImGui
VVVV reminds me of a 2D TOOLL3
nmaleki··on Ask HN: Advice on starting a YouTube channel?
If you want a successful channel within the next few years, you need to upload frequently. At least once or twice a month. You will be rewarded greatly for uploading faster sooner.
nmaleki··on The GitHub 1000 year archive may be the last code dataset uncontaminated by AI
Good. One great archive is better than none.

AI rips apart conscious intent and reassembles it using what may best be described as piecewise functions. We lose the intricacy and the detail of individual thought of the unbroken line of thinkers that came before us when we interpret such piecewise functions as conscious intent.

nmaleki··on Super Resolution: Image-to-Image Translation Using Deep Learning in ArcGIS Pro
This is great! It would be immediately useful to me if the trained dataset was uploaded to ArcGIS online so I can access it as a data layer through the API
nmaleki··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2023)
Location: NC, USA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: AWS, PostgreSQL, most languages listed on https://code.recursion.is including C++, C, Python, CSS, HTML, JS, Julia, LISP, etc., Unreal Engine, Fusion Studio, Davinci Resolve, SOLIDWORKS, Atmel Studio, COMSOL, Adobe Suite, Starcel. Résumé/CV: https://nickmaleki.com/resume Email: nicholasmaleki at gmail

Currently not accepting machine learning work or hedge fund jobs

nmaleki··on Ask HN: Software to Write Engineering Calculations?
I don't personally use it, but you might find Blockpad interesting https://blockpad.net/
nmaleki··on Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app
Congrats on hitting 1.0! Props to the team for adding digraph support to published vaults early on.

Anyone can check out my public Obsidian vault here: https://notes.recursion.is

And I made an introduction video for it here: https://youtu.be/tTFK-V3hdAw

nmaleki··on Ask HN: What Happened to SixthSense by Pranav Misty
Which reminds me of this Ted talk from 12 years ago, https://youtu.be/b6YTQJVzwlI Pointing to the future of UI
nmaleki··on Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?
I'm working on the incompleteness theorems, human-centered artificial intelligence, infinite spatial systems, and more https://recursion.is https://notes.recursion.is https://recursion.is/youtube
nmaleki··on Email doesn't suck – it's email clients that need improving
Any other popular email clients deteriorating? Yesterday I tried to search between 2 dates on gmail and it wouldn't work. I tried using their UI to set the dates and it wouldn't work. I had to manually click through 3 years of emails to get to the dates I wanted.

BTW, I only read the title.

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