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sarreph

4,026karma·903submissions·July 21, 2013
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I make software, images (sometimes moving), and music.

Today, my focus is on personalizing the internet at Kenobi.ai (YC W22)

Reach me at my name (Rory) and my company’s domain.

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I absolutely love the fact that SpaceX is so open and public about their rocket launches, however, I couldn't help but get the feeling that they were in full 'PR backlash' mode [over th…
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I second this. Feels like something fishy is going on, given all the author’s prior references of being flagged on other platforms.
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Will there come a time when Electron apps are considered native? I'm not being facetious here, just posing the question that if — say — the horrendous performance issues of Electron were ironed-o…
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Click-bait based on a sample size of 1. Please investigate and corroborate before jumping to conclusions of ‘fraud’. (Note to Brian - Of course they’re going to ask to replace your screen if it’s cr…
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I agree with your 'stateless' approach for many use cases that are otherwise 'muddied' by unnecessary component state. However, instead of calling forceUpdate(), I was under the im…
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Thanks! Python is one of the ones I'm going to check out so that example makes me feel confident about using this as a resource :)
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What an amazing initiative — not least because they're providing something consumable for offline. Does anyone have any knowledge on the quality of this material? I'd love to dive into quite…
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This may be a stupid question, but I can only see linux / win binaries on the releases page. Do I need to compile for OS X?
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I'm not sure if you're trying to say that the ("cheap lesson to learn") should be paid or not; ≈$1,000 is a lot of money for most people. I think the shock of having to pay it is…
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I'd like to see this issue get more attention. However, I did think this was already known — anecdotally, I've not really been able to view public profiles ≈50% of the time without hitting…
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No need to be condescending about it ("smh") — people make mistakes...
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It's more the 2012–14 MBPs... I think Apple just couldn't be bothered to give their QA staff anything that was made before the past couple of years... I feel like my 2014 rMBP is silently ye…
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Exactly my thoughts, too. As other commenters have pointed out, we no longer trust photos as a source-of-truth, and need video instead. Maybe 'verified' live streams are going to be the next…
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I personally don’t think that those two things are causally related. And that’s not with the ‘benefit of the doubt’, either. If you’ve run out of disk/swap space, then it doesn’t matter how much …
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Thank you for the inspiration :) I think the Sunday-alarm is a great idea. I always try and do daily-notes and end up getting demotivated after missing a few days... that and all my notes ending up as…
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Adhere to a filesystem... Right now all my files are a mess — often getting saved in random places... I know I can find them with a quick spotlight search, but it tends to bite me a bit when I need to…
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Don't even talk to me about iOS 11... Upgraded from a (somewhat sluggish, but usable) 5S on iOS 10, to a new iPhone 8 on iOS 11... The snappiness in apps is all there (which is what I wanted), bu…
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For those with Nvidia GPUs, may I suggest (as per previous comments[0]) that you download the Nvidia BETA drivers[1] for your system. (Disclaimer: at your peril — and for your relevant device... This …
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Wow, thanks for this — I did HS-physics but much of my knowledge has since left me... :) Would love to dig into the science behind this a bit more — I don't really know where to start — i.e. why …
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My thoughts exactly — thanks for writing this. Helps to explain how there are so many 'anomalous' serial-entrepreneurs :)
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I was thinking of doing something similar a few days ago but came to the conclusion — perhaps wrongly — that the inevitable creases in a DIY aluminium foil sheet would render it ineffective as a dish,…
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This was posted over a month ago [0] — and has been discussed in numerous ways since then. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMotykw0SIk EDIT — Thanks to cpv (below), this is th…
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I think you're overreacting to the author's attempt at tongue-in-cheek humor... After all the explicit sarcasm, emphasised by quoting 'cool', turns the tables on the 'twenty-s…
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Nope, not 'confirm' — my 'stunt' in that context was referring to the parent comment's insider source saying they're actively working on a proper demo... Obviously, the w…
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Helps to stunt some of the vaporware conspiracy theories though :)
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