abrie
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Comment · 8 months ago
TinyJet[1] is a game I've been working on. Left and right arrows control thrust. Pick up cargo and carry it to the terminal at the other end. It's very difficult. Almost entirely AI generated. About 1100 prompts so far with a growing collection of (vibe coded) agents and tools to facilitate development.
Comment · 4 years ago
This article reminded me of a story I heard second hand. In the Karoo of South Africa, sheep farmers provided lambs with feed containing the ground up stomaches of older sheep who lived in the area. If this was not done, then the lambs would fail to thrive when grazing. Presumably the ingested intestines transmit bacteria conferring the ability to digest otherwise indigestible material.
Comment · 6 years ago
I've been polishing my story/book about travelling by bus from Seattle to Atlanta:
Comment · 6 years ago
"Intervals", "Scales", and "Chords" are good terms to search for. They are elementary concepts present in a lot of music. Ten Steps use six notes of the C Major Scale, all of which belong to either the I or IV chord. The I and IV chords use, by definition, an interval of 1-4-7.
For an entertaining overview, check out Leonard Bernstein's 1973 Norton lectures, "The Unanswered Question"[0]
[0] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFjonLo8gYHIXC35K4Ujr...
Comment · 6 years ago
Diamond anvil cells are amazing tools. If you find this stuff interesting, check out Emma McBride's public SLAC lecture[1], "New Materials at the Pressures of Earth's Core"
Comment · 7 years ago
Video is highly engaging, and moving images are very useful. I wanted to include videos in an electronic book, but it turned out that auto-playing videos are too interesting and they ruin the flow. Instead, I ended up playing the videos frame by frame according to scroll position. The effect is pretty neat: https://goeiebook.ca/story/bussing/
Comment · 7 years ago
Location: Atlanta
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: HTML/CSS/ES6+, Go, Python, C#, Rails, Devops
Resume/CV: Please contact. Or visit github.com/abrie
Email: [email protected]
Adaptable, motivated, and disciplined developer. Inventive and creative when necessary. 15+ years experience.
Comment · 8 years ago
In other words, you need to write more than just words. This has certainly been my experience over the last decade or more of chasing the thing. At this point I've written some fairly solid web code and a decent narrative, but as for the marketing... well, let me just post a link[0].
Comment · 10 years ago
In Len Beadell's book "Blast the Bush", he describes a solution (pun?) developed while building the Woomera Rocket Range. Apparently the groundwater had a terrible taste; so they built a distillation facility. But the distilled water was unpalatable because it was too pure. So, they experimented by mixing distilled water with small amounts of groundwater, eventually arriving at a drinkable ratio.
Comment · 10 years ago
The Issus genus of jumping insects (planthoppers)[0] have a gear mechanism connecting their rear legs. The gear synchronizes the motion of the two back legs; thereby reducing 'yaw rotation' when jumping[1]. The gear communicates motion faster than a purely neurological system.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issus_(genus)#Gear_mechanism
[1] "Interacting Gears Synchronize Propulsive Leg Movements in a Jumping Insect," by M. Burrows et al Science, 2013.