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OTC CatchUp #135
Date: 10-06-2023
Duration: 4 hrs 30 mins
Topics Discussed
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General introductions.
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Reddit's impact on ecosystem/community.
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We discussed how Reddit’s recent actions have negatively affected a large ecosystem/community. We also talked about the biggest digital protest in it’s history.
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Siddharth Bhatia shared information on the issue: Reddit Incomplete and Growing List of Participating Mods.
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Siddharth also mentioned that the removal of certain tools from moderators will likely lead to an increase in spam on Reddit.
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We talked about the new Apple Vision Pro and how comfortable it is to wear.
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Mohit Gangwani discussed how Apple’s VR technology is uncomfortable for continuous use beyond 30 minutes.
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We discussed the recent developments in the VR field.
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Siddharth Bhatia mentioned John Carmack, the creator of Doom, and his decade in the VR space after Oculus was acquired by Meta. Source: John Carmack on Meta, Facebook, VR, Oculus Rift, Doom.
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Mohit shared information about Gigabyte’s recent launch of a new server product and their partnership with Nvidia. Video link: Gigabyte’s Server Launch.
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Rishit Dagli shared his experiences with Math exams, specifically in Multi-Variable Calculus.
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Jaden Furtado asked Rishit about math in engineering versus math in research, focusing on proofs in engineering and computations in research.
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Dheeraj Lalwani asked Rishit Dagli about the teaching methodology at the University of Toronto.
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Rishit highlighted the autonomy given to professors, which varies from course to course.
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We discussed about clearing backlogs and dropping out from engineering (which is a very important decision that should not be taken lightly, and completing your degree is more beneficial in most cases).
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Tushar Nankani shared the scale, quality and professionalism of MumbaiHacks.
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Relevant materials and details about mentors and judges were shared, available in this Web Archive, since they removed the content on the website.
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Recommended Books and Resources were shared.
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The Phoenix Project and Atomic Habits were mentioned as recommended books.
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Thinking in Systems was shared as a valuable resource.
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Introduction to Genetic Algorithms was also discussed.
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Vatsal Patel met Harsh Kapadia in Austin in the given week.
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Vatsal shared that his workplace — Activision uses a Centralized Version Control System (CVCS) called Perforce.
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Centralized VCS is used a gaming standard for version control.
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He discussed the utilization of CVCS, specifically for managing build files and fast files.
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CVCS like Perforce provide efficient handling of these types of files and large asset files
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He also discussed about the concept of Presubmit in Perforce.
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The concept of presubmit is similar to pre-commit hooks.
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Presubmit hooks allow for automated checks and validations before committing code changes.
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We discussed about Million — The virtual DOM replacement for React.
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Fireship.io’s Video: High-school student makes React a million times faster (which, in fact, is featured on their landing page.)
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It explains how React’s Virtual DOM is pure overhead and how Million.js reduces overhead by using a fine-tuned, optimized virtual DOM.
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They have also benchmarked it: demo.million.dev
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Attendees
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Anil Harwani
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Fardeeen Samir D
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Krish Manghani
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Krishana Dave
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Nishant Goel
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Prateek Pardeshi
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Priyansh Salian
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Ritik Mandal
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Saumya Sanghavi
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