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Comment · 13 days ago
How strange to see a familiar name here! I wasn't his PhD student but worked in the same department as Douglas Ross, and can only say that he was warm, extremely intelligent, with a very strong natural intuition about high energy physics, enjoyed puzzles, and wouldn't shy away from quizzing people giving talks. I remember he had a back and forth with a visiting speaker for about 20 minutes on some minutia!

I don't have much to add on the article itself except that it's almost certainly worth reading.

Comment · 1 year ago
Can you say where the underground cellar with the red painting is? It's compelling.
Comment · 1 year ago
I still think about some scenes in Naked having only seen it once. It's brutal and uncomfortable at many points, and a brilliant film.

I was visiting Dalston, London and thought I recognised a certain house and sure enough it was the (at least exterior) filming location for "the" house in the film. It was characteristic enough to recognise even after one viewing.

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
This is great, thanks. A small fix I made to stop console warnings was to change:

  x.fillStyle = '#' + ((r >> 8) & 0xffffff).toString(16).padStart(0, 6);
to:

  x.fillStyle = '#' + ((r >> 8) & 0xffffff).toString(16).padStart(6, '0');
as the pad target length is the first parameter of padStart.
Comment · 5 years ago
Here are some recommended mods from a previous Factorio discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22933767 Mostly convenience/quality-of-life improvements.

I "completed" the game using a lot of these and thoroughly enjoyed it but it was incredibly addictive.

Comment · 6 years ago
Thank you so much :). I'll try some of these next time I go down the wormhole!
Comment · 6 years ago
Would you have a small list of recommended mods for someone like me with ~50 hours in Factorio? Thanks.

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