This made me think: if we wrote object oriented code methods where all the members that we access are passed explicitly as parameters, as well as all the members that we modify (as out references), then we at least would immediately identify the real complexity of some methods!
I'll try to do this, I'm curious to see how that would look like.
Everybody agrees that OOP was killed by getters and setters. But I don't think that there is much consensus about how long it would have survived without.
(I'm not saying that OOP doesn't have its place, but it has clearly turned from a way of structuring code to universally strive for into something to avoid if possible)
At some point you get too many parameters, so you pass a struct, which basically means that struct turned into an object. (one interesting difference is that you can pass more than one different struct to that function which is the equivalent of subclassing; but with more permutations possible. Thats actually interesting).
Paying for hosting with extremely volatile and environmental harmful tokens that only a part of population pretends has a real value, that you want to hoard rather than spend, and that might go to 0 at some point?
To have basically torrents?
Sending deflationary ponzi scheme tokens to people is not helping them. Also, fees are high.
Private transactions are great if you are a criminal, I'll give you that.
Tell me one "dapp" (or "extremely wasteful programs that run on a CPU that is orders and orders of magnitude slower than an actual one) that is doing something useful. I haven't found one yet and I've been searching for some years now.
With NFTs you don't own anything, unless there's an actual contract that comes with it. Also you buy a hyperlink that points to central storage. Also money laundering and wash trading are rampant.
If the powers at be allow you to (PayPal, banks, credit card companies)
If Mastercard doesn't like you or your wares (porn or dissent) good luck!
> Private transactions are great if you are a criminal, I'll give you that.
Tired old trope. You don't have to be a criminal to enjoy privacy.
> Tell me one "dapp" (or "extremely wasteful programs that run on a CPU that is orders and orders of magnitude slower than an actual one) that is doing something useful. I haven't found one yet and I've been searching for some years now.
>With NFTs you don't own anything, unless there's an actual contract that comes with it. Also you buy a hyperlink that points to central storage. Also money laundering and wash trading are rampant.
Tired old trope. It's simply a non-fungible token that can represent your ownership of an asset. You can own a Handshake domain using NFTs. There are other uses other than a hyperlink pointing to artwork. Yes others can access your domain and artwork, but you own it and you can sell it. In regards to your domain that's how you prove you own it and can admin it.
This is the most dystopian news ever. 500M users that might be brought into cryptocurrency against their will or without understanding the underlying tech and implications.
Why don't they spend these resources on making their website more usable, without high loading times, without prompting for using it in the app, and without endless streams of Oops something went wrong.
Once I was interviewed in this way: I was given a test with various questions (algorithms, general knowledge, etc.), and I was given a tablet with which I could google whatever I wanted. I was left alone with the test and the tablet and I was given some time to finish that.
I think it's one of the best way that I've ever witnessed or heard of to test for what you mention: the exploration and research that happens in real life when you encounter a problem to solve at work.
Basically every comment here says positive things about tiktok. Is this a bot invasion on HN or is it really that good?
The few times I tried it it gave me loads of crappy content. No thank you, I'm not in for another doom scrolling addiction. The world has already enough addictive dopamine-f**ing time-sucker almost contentless social medias. I don't have the energies to fight against or maniacally curate my feed for yet another one.
I'd evaluate the usefulness of a social media or any other app by looking at a couple of metrics: 1) how much time do you spend there daily? 2) after you have used it, do you feel a better/improved person?
I'd be curious to see numbers for these metrics.
If anybody has links to papers/surveys that study how good or bad is a certain social media, please feel free to share.
Tiktok is "addictive dopamine-f*ing time-sucker almost contentless social medias" perfected more than anything else, by a pretty good margin.
It's a good thing to avoid honestly, you miss out a few rare genuinely funny jokes and avoid the brain damage. Seems like a good trade. Wish I'd made that choice.
If you are in the business of inflicting this kind of addiction on other people then I can understand the positive attitude, Tiktok is a work of art on that front.
Some notes as what I would say is near target user who generally enjoys the time I spend on Tiktok:
1. Tiktok the company is absolute crap, mainly for censorship of content and diverse creators (they even recently they A/B tested censoring private messages between mutuals). This is absolutely tied to China, though the political CCP part is a lot of unfounded griping probably. But to be clear, Tiktok the user culture and the company are very different.
2. Tiktok has essentially become the new Tumblr. The algorithmic approach means that once you give some signals, the content specifies a lot and it can be a great experience for people interested in more niche things. The "default" Tiktok is incredibly bad, but spaces for queer creators, the neurodivergent, political discussion, and niche interests such as urban planning, book clubs, fandoms, movies, tv shows, art, and more are thriving. That's something that many don't see unless they are in those groups because of the algorithm, so no "cursory" look at Tiktok will find that.
3. To answer your questions, I have had my doom scroll days but generally I keep to an hour or so now and generally feel pretty good after using it. Again it depends on what "side" of Tiktok you are on, but it avoids a lot of pitfalls. I haven't seen studies, but here's one data point for you. I'm 25 for reference on age.
If you don't feel the need or desire, you don't need to be on it. But I really think the best way to conceptualize it is a visual Tumblr with an automatic algorithm approach rather than a focus on manual curation.
The even started to roll-out 3 minutes TikToks to some creators. But the fact that you can't go seek into the video make them quite annoying to watch. (Or when you accidentally scroll up and need to re-watch the whole thing..)
I don’t know. I’ve been hearing from people who actually use the app that it is really good, and the video editor is amazing.
I disregarded the platform at first because the content it surfaced didn’t appeal to me, but I can see how with good algorithms it can become a real platform for the future.
> Is this a bot invasion on HN or is it really that good?
Probably neither, but please don't break the site guidelines like you did there.
"Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data."
In a case like this thread it's pretty trivial to answer the question yourself, actually, by looking at the posting histories of the commenters.
Even more so than like, your best tool is long press > not interested. Use that indiscriminately for a bit and you'll be in a much better place.
Yes, it's rough at first, but it's pretty amazing how it works after some time. I get really niche content like VSCode tips, Math proofs, tips on the later games I'm playing or even Hamilton+programming jokes.
There sure has been a change in attitude towards tiktok here on hn. Just go back a year or so when Trump tried to ban it (or force a cheap sale to oracle) and tiktok was accused of being an extension of ccp - read the comments from back then.
Facebook, google etc are also an extension of American 3 letter agencies, so I get why people don't really care. Almost better to ship my data to ccp that cannot really use it for anything, than give big US even more on me.
I doubt there's been a change in attitude, just different threads attracting a different mixture of interests. The only user I could identify who participated in both kinds of threads doesn't appear to have changed their mind.
I just see child level brain development content. Meaning, extreme cliches, gooey/sticky materials, household objects in weird context or used strangely, weird recipes, animals making strange noises, pretty people dancing, one dimensional emotional stories like I helped an old lady cross the street, wedding clothes, weird iPhone "hacks" and tricks etc. Surely depends on location, this is Germany.
Actually quite similar to the so-called "chumbox" content types.
I agree there is unnatural behavior in this comment section. No way the enthusiasm is organic.
That's exactly what it's like. The strategy is to keep users engaged and entertained, while keeping them dumb. Talk about Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, the Indian border conflict or a ton of other topics and you might find your content shadow-banned or your account gets suspended. Since they try this as much as they can get away with, you can be sure the recommendations and trends are manufactured based on what ByteDance/the CCP wants you to see.
It's telling the type of content is almost exactly the same as on Douyin, the Mainland Chinese version.
You haven't used it much yet you somehow in your very short experience know everyone's experience with it and anyone who has had a different experience must be paid or on drugs? I hope you realize how bad that sounds...
Amazing job! If you could tell, how much time did you spend on it daily or weekly?
And how much experience in the gamedev industry and/or with C did you already have when you started?
W3Champions is an unofficial amazing work to bring back to warcraft 3 what reforged has taken away (mostly ladder and tournaments, for competitive games). But there's more, since they could provide intercontinental servers that offer low ping for players from different continents. We have for the first time in history pro players from china battling with the ones in europe, european vs NA, etc.
Back2Warcraft are the guys that stream and cast most of the competitive games. I suggest you watch them live on twitch when there's some tournament, and/or on youtube for past games.
It's a great time for warcraft 3, thanks to the great effort put in by fans. If only the game hadn't been killed by Blizzard :(
But there's still plenty of people playing, with classic graphics and W3Champions servers (you still need reforged), and plenty of pros to watch.
This is probably one of the few right approaches that can be realistically employed. Everything else is quite utopian and difficult to achieve, unfortunately.
