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tippa123

106 karma · joined November 12, 2025

Interests: Biotechnology and Tech

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tippa123··on Japanese game devs face font dilemma as license increases from $380 to $20k
Am I the only one who was introduced to the concept of font licensing after reading this?

Also how would you enforce the 25,000 user limit or is this just from a contractual perspective.

tippa123··on Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model
Honestly, that’s such a great example of how to share what you do on the interwebs. Right timing, helpful and on topic. Since I’ve listened to several episodes of the podcast, I can confirm it definitely delivers.
tippa123··on Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model
> Can you share some ways AI has changed your life?

A question directed to GP, directly asking about their life and pointing this out is somehow virtue signalling, OK.

tippa123··on Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model
My two cents, this seems like a case where it’s better to wait for the person’s response instead of guessing.
tippa123··on Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model
+1 and I would be curious to read and learn more about it.
tippa123··on Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world
Maybe I’m overlooking something, but wouldn’t this be similar to an instinct that is preprogrammed from natural selection? For example, sea turtles know they need to move from the beach toward the ocean, and spiders know how to spin their species specific web pattern. No-one teaches the sea turtles or spiders how to do this. Wouldn't this be the same for our thoughts and thinking?
tippa123··on A Sad Collapse in Student Preparation at UC San Diego Was Inevitable
Just curious isn’t there a minimum baseline in the US for numeracy and literacy for you to even enroll in higher education?

In the UK you needed to have at least a C in maths and English to study at a university. This was 17 years ago.

This was not negotiable and I believe applied to all universities and all courses.

tippa123··on The Great Stagnation
Agree with the last point. Especially when you look at it from a global perspective. It reminds of a discussion that in a lot of Western European countries, the Democratic Party would be considered on the right.
tippa123··on How to stop having FOMO as a curious engineer: hold a thread
Great post, and as I was reading it, I couldn’t help but imagine Professor Zei from Avatar: The Last Airbender. The scene where the library containing all knowledge is sinking, and he frantically tries to gather as much as he can. When he realizes he can’t save everything, he decides to go down with the library for eternity. He looked like he found peace with that decision.

I mean, I’m also someone who is fascinated by knowledge, and what keeps me grounded is knowing that there is more to life. There is an infinite amount of knowledge and as such you could also think of that never quenching thirst for knowledge as maybe too much greed.

tippa123··on Checkout.com hacked, refuses ransom payment, donates to security labs
Refreshing to not see "due to an abundance of caution". Kudos to the response in general, they pretty much ticked all boxes.
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