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I built an RPG skill tree generator.

You type in a class idea, then you get themed skills back in a skill tree-like diagram, with flavor text for each ability.

Still many things that could be improved, just thought it was fun.

https://rpgskilltreegenerator.com

Great write up on all these procedural techniques in the web, really helpful.

If anyone is interested in a WIP procedural RPG level editor, check out https://github.com/gamedevgrunt/3D-Action-RPG-JavaScript

It's obvious Egyptians could carve granite using stone instruments. What is worth more investigation, is how they carved symmetric granite vases within 1/100th of an inch precision.

If you're like me and want to some actual evidence, here's a video where they scanned and uploaded STL files from pre-dynastic Egyptian vases. https://youtu.be/QzFMDS6dkWU?feature=shared

Just a free wip wrapper but kinda interesting. It gives you RPG class skills in a visual format so you can get ideas for RPG talent trees. https://www.rpgskilltreegenerator.com/

Amazing job! Any specific settings in Three.js you used to get the great mobile performance? Really interested in seeing anything you'd like to share about how you optimized performance. Amazing work!

Also interested in what people have to say - especially if anyone would recommend any API marketplaces.

Where did you find the .0015/img?

This is interesting when viewed in light of the recent claim that the enclosing walls of the sphinx demonstrate water erosion before the start of the dynastic Egyptians.

It is clear that parts of the sphinx were sculpted by the dynastic Egyptians.

What is not clear is exactly how long ago human construction started to modify its appearance from a natural formation.

It would be nice to see some more evidence for the timeline of the human shaping of the structure, from the structure itself.

Hacker news being bearish is the clearest bull single I've seen all week

Interesting interview with Peter Thiel walking alone with Sam Altman in 2015. Wondering if anyone here can shed some light on what this is

https://youtu.be/iPis68U7bdo

Great idea! Not quite open source but it's free to play, I'm working on interactive storybook Twitch stream that draws, narrates, and writes a story with any action you type in chat. If you're interested you can take a look https://twitch.tv/ai_voicequest

I'm working on a current iteration of an AI dungeon text based experience with AI illustrations and narration. If you're interested you can take a look https://twitch.tv/ai_voicequest

I made a never ending illustrated and narrated story book based on the concept from The Diamond Age Novel by Neal Stephenson. Feel free to try it out and let me know how it can be improved.

I wonder if this is something GPT-3 would say. Am I GPT-3?

Wanted to address the first two from a friend's experience - these are absolutely not true.

They are able to work 4 hours a day remote (2 hours per job) and get good reviews. Some days happen to be a full 8 hour day, but they're rare.

Meetings for junior positions almost never conflict when the junior has less than 3 meetings a week. It sounds like it would be common, but turns out it's rare.

Saying Scrum in practice is not true Agile is like saying Stalinism in practice is not true Communism.

Scrum is not true Agile, but Scrum is what happens when you mix average company incentives with the Agile dream.

The principals were good, the average company couldn't implement them, and it's time to improve on these ideals.

We've had 20 years to implement the Agile principals but average companies couldn't. There are systemic reasons why Agile can't be implemented in the average company as the manifesto dreamed. A new manifesto should make changes that reflect these systemic problems.

We need a SaaS that manages all of these SaaS subscriptions and accounts! That's something I'd pay $10 a month for

Non pay-wall link

https://web.archive.org/web/20210423025627/https://www.nytim...

Thanks for taking the time to reply - you have a great points.

Honestly, as a 3D modeler, what is your value proposition for me to have my assets on your platform? Why should I choose your platform over a platform where i get tens or hundreds of dollars for a single sale, compared to a Spotify model, where i might or might not get few dollars a month.

You're right, the value proposition is not great for modelers. Probably one of the reasons why the site currently isn't a good idea.

3D modeling is a labour intensive job and the market is way smaller than music or movies, meaning its way harder to get an audience large enough for this kind of service. Even with a audience large enough, could you guarantee I would receive as much as from other services?

You're right, I would not be able to guarantee that. Modelers are still free to post any asset to other services.

Also, at $5 a month pricepoint you’re primarily going to attract below average modelers. Such a low pricepoint means the creator is not going to get much, considering the processing fees & comission and sharing the revenue with other creators. However, as a consumer I like the idea. But as a creator I really don’t like it. If the subscription would be $50+, i would consider it.

This is really great feedback. You're right - the creators/modelers need to get paid more. This would mean charging more a month, like you mentioned. Thanks again for taking a look and giving some great advice.

The question for those of us that aren't leetcode fans - what are we going to do about it?

We should make it easier for people to get a job without leetcode. Here's a job board I made for jobs without leetcode. https://say-no-to-leetcode.netlify.app/

Edit

That's a great point - LC didn't invent binary tree questions. Leetcode might be the wrong term to use.

Is there another, more general term I could use? I'm looking for a term that would be as clear to as most people as possible.

You're right that it's happening anyway and will take a while to play out. I'm interested in hurrying that change along if possible. I'd also like to give the people who aren't willing or able to play it more of an alternative.

A list is good idea. Here's one of the main lists. https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards

This site would basically be the same list - with the added goal of explicitly filtering employees and employers who want to hire this way.

You're right - individual defection doesn't matter. This is optional. The whole idea of "policing" the members seems strange to me and I agree doesn't need to be anywhere near this.

"If you're the type of job seeker who has no objection to leetcode, you wouldn't join. And if you're the type of employer who refuses to do anything else, this would be the last place you'd look for hiring."

This is very well said and exactly what I'm hoping for.

"The goal is to publicly show employers how many "refuseniks" there are. The situation right now is that refusal only happens privately and anecdotally."

This is exactly the goal and what I'm hoping to improve.

I agree, I avoided using the word union.

In an ideal world, this would be a union.

In (what I worry might be) the real world, the word union conjures unhelpful barriers to action.

I'm less interested in fighting idealogical battles. I'm more interested in achieving a practical goal - getting a large group of people to say no to leetcode.

My guess is more people will say no to leetcode if they think of it as a general group anyone can join. This allows a larger amount of people to ignore idealogical barriers they might have to joining. So for now it's a "group/job board".

Great point - there will be a giant incentive to defect. I'm not interested in policing it.

I'm interested in raising the incentive for people to say no.

I'd do this by offering another job board for people who aren't likely to leetcode anyway. I would tailor it to people with great open source projects/ experience that might get looked over in a more traditional interview.

What if we form a group/site that refuses to do leetcode interviews?

This seems like a classic coordination problem. If enough people refuse, companies will have their talent pool limited.

We could use this group to help match companies and developers who don't want to leetcode.

If it's true that leetcode filters out great developers, than companies who 'can't find talent' should be able to use our group to find some. In fact, it could be a great sign of how willing the company is to think against the current hiring zeitgeist.

Edit: Here's a quickly built site. say-no-to-leetcode.netlify.app

Some great, sane ideas on improving copyright law [1].

The amount of resources the current copyright laws waste is surprisingly high.

"For software, the direct costs every year of defending infringement suits from so-called "nonpracticing entities" – better known as patent trolls – come to more than 10 percent of total annual R&D spending by all U.S. businesses."

[1] https://www.niskanencenter.org/faster_fairer/liberating_the_...

The last sentence really nails what's behind that queasy feeling some workplaces give off when you can't specifically figure out why they feel dishonest.

"The feeling of inconsequence is reinforced when Hastings flat-out admits that if you work in a non-creative field, his managerial framework doesn’t apply. “If you’re leading an emergency room,” he writes, “testing airplanes, managing a coal mine, or delivering just-in-time medication to senior citizens, rules with process is the way to go.” That is, if society depends on what you do, treating business like a competitive game played by an elite squadron of breathtaking colleagues won’t cut it. Meritocracy, if it functions at all, seems to work best when nothing is at stake."

I thought this was a fun reframing of the traditional way "talent" is thought of in the workplace. The connotation of the word kennel really seems to strike at the truth under the haze of buzzwords.

"All one needed to blast through the rapids of the new economy was a small dinghy packed with perky geniuses who had been plucked from the meritocratic kennels of the world’s most elite institutions."