glokta's comments

On: An oral history of "We Built This City," the worst...

[glokta]

I assume everyone who thinks We Built This City is the worst song of all time has repressed the memory of Achy-Breaky Heart, which got at least as much radio play.

[kwertyoowiyop → glokta]

You weren’t around for the summer of “Bette Davis Eyes”…you don’t know what it was like, cuz you weren’t there, man!!

[mixmastamyk → kwertyoowiyop]

Loved that one... Achy Breaky? ((hurl))

On: Jeff Lawson buys The Onion

[glokta]

I hope they bring back T. Herman Zweibel. Always found his editorials edifying and educational.

On: Ask HN: Recommendations on books and docs on tech ...

[glokta]

For an account of early Silicon Valley, "Accidental Empires" by Robert Cringely.

It's free on his website (https://www.cringely.com), but you need to search for it.

On: Ask HN: What rabbit hole(s) did you dive into rece...

[glokta]

I've been fascinated with the VESC project (https://vesc-project.com). I had no idea that controlling a BLDC could be so complicated.

On: Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was...

[glokta]

Fine article, though I would have liked to know more about the playwright than the director.

On: ROCm 6.1.0

[glokta]

Looks impressive. I wish something, anything, could compete with CUDA.

On: Yagi–Uda Antenna

[glokta]

Brings back terrible memories of taking Antenna Theory in grad school.

I enjoyed basic emag, but the equations for antenna operation are atrocious.

[keepamovin → glokta]

Atrocious how?

On: Show HN: Dive Deep Books – handpicked collection o...

[glokta]

Rather than present a separate page for each book, you might garner more views if you listed the books in each category with an associated ranking.

[skaplich → glokta]

Changed layout a little bit after your comment

[skaplich → glokta]

That's a wonderful idea! Will write it down for the next iteration, Thanks!

On: Electric Dreams (1984) [video]

[glokta]

Love the music, but the movie itself is fairly mediocre

On: Professor tells student to 'get out of the Bay Are...

[glokta]

It's Jonathan Shewchuk, author of An Introduction to the Conjugate Gradient Method Without the Agonizing Pain. That guide saved me on multiple occasions. All the best, Jon.