AlexErrant

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by AlexErrant 1y ago
No, sadly. I use some features that require the usage of native code, e.g. native echo cancellation, foreground service to keep the audio running when the screen is off, etc. The sdk-js is meant for browsers.
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by AlexErrant 1y ago
I appreciate your example. Some libs do not expose "vanilla" js/ts functions that I can call - e.g. `LiveKitRoom` https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-react-native It only takes 1 hook to pollute your e
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by AlexErrant 1y ago
Fair. My bitching would've been better expressed as "I groan every single time I attempt to violate a hook rule." Which is a lot, because I'm new to React. It's almost certainly a "skill issue", but hooks
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by AlexErrant 1y ago
React DX is hot garbage. Words cannot express how much I LOATHE hook rules. Coming from a Solid JS background, where reactive primitives are just Javascript functions... I groan every single time I run into (yet another) hook rule. I have t
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by AlexErrant 1y ago
> does Gmail have any "Display un**ed" option?? Er, no. On the email, click the dotdotdot, show original. https://imgur.com/a/ymjtfCI
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by AlexErrant 1y ago
Forgive my probing, but why consider Windows/Mac specific APIs then?
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by AlexErrant 1y ago
I'm building a voice-controlled app, so it requires transcription. The problem is that the app talks back, so some amount of AEC is needed. It looks like your "generic" AEC is ML powered, but your planned platform specific AE
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by AlexErrant 1y ago
Heh, I recently reported a bug to a pretty big healthcare company where I could simply increment the integer ID in the URL and see other patients' info. Didn't get so much as a "thank you". At least they fixed it. But I&
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by AlexErrant 1y ago
> we created Patchwork—a web-based collaboration environment for malleable software... storing both user data and software code in Automerge documents. On top of that, it adds version control utilities like history views and simple branc
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by AlexErrant 1y ago
> “I came up with a problem which experts in my field would recognize as an open question in number theory—a good Ph.D.-level problem,” he says. He asked o4-mini to solve the question... o4-mini presented a correct but sassy solution I w
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by AlexErrant 1y ago
> Guess the missing word to complete the following sentence: > Everyone respects him, he's the _ _ _ _ _ in this business. Apparently the answer is "daddy"... this is not a good question or answer. Good luck with the la
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
> We do not know whether the embryo models recently created from stem cells could give rise to living people or, thus far, even to living mice. So it doesn't even work in mice... how about we get that working first. Then maybe grow
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Study of Lyft rideshare data confirms minorities get more tickets(arstechnica.com)
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
Of particular note: > Parker said that, as a federal contractor, the company has been reviewing all of its programs and initiatives in response to Donald Trump’s executive orders that direct federal agencies and contractors to dismantle
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
Which is good because "ASCVD is a disease that begins in childhood; hence, primordial prevention is an important target for improving cardiovascular morbidity and mortality later in life." > Elevated LDL-C and triglyceride leve
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
It's stage 3... and "the existence of stage 4 is basically a formality" > [stage 3] basically means "finished, pending editorial nit review---but since multiple implementations haven't happened yet, there's
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
It's stage 3... and "the existence of stage 4 is basically a formality" > [stage 3] basically means "finished, pending editorial nit review---but since multiple implementations haven't happened yet, there's
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
Here's Webkit's tracking issue https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281223 No movement since its creation on October 10, 2024
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
This exists https://github.com/lyonbot/solid-dockview
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
The Clean Label Project did an AMA on Reddit, and people raised issues regarding their reporting, methodology, and data. I see they haven't learned anything in the intervening 7 years. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
> I predicted the 2008 crash > In August 2006, I reported that a collapse of the global banking system would take place in 2008 due to a complex convergence of financial and energy crises. My source for this revelation was a sensitive
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
Not sure if you're affiliated with patlynk, but after entering some details I get matched to 724 studies, the first of which wasn't in the nation I said I was in, and the next few of which didn't give any info on how to enrol
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
What issues did you have with FTS5 that made you switch to Tantivy? Does using Tantivy mean you have to load the entire Sqlite db into memory? I ask because in my own project I have my own search query grammar [0] written in Lezer that more
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
I'm not a believer in that timeline. There's a large distance between superconductivity in the lab and commercial application (since you specified "changes the world immensely"). E.g. MRIs still use NiTi (critical temper
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
(I'm not OP - I'm on the Charybdis.) I prefer a trackball because I can momentum-flick my cursor from one side of my 4k screen (at 100% zoom) to another side monitor pretty easily... as long as I keep the ball bearings clean. I&#x
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
Happy Charybdis user here. If you ask, I'm sure Quentin would be willing to build a Charybdis with a trackball on both sides - he was very accommodating of a change I requested (I wanted ball transfer units). He already supports having
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
Norwitz and Layne differ on the lean mass hyper-responder phenotype. Norwitz likes referencing his meta-analysis of 41 RCTs, but pay attention to its conclusion: > A substantial increase in LDL cholesterol is likely for individuals with
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
> This user experience is mostly good, as users typically care about domain-level filtering (commits between these time ranges) versus the arbitrary traversal of pages If you're using SQLite, you can use temp tables as a hack to get
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
Heh, I do 2hrs of z2 4x a week (8hr total) with a Charybdis and inclined treadmill. I use two wrist rests rubberbanded together though; the height of the Charybdis is significant and I don't hover my hands. I'm usually programming
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by AlexErrant 2y ago
I'm engaging in pedantry here, but computer science has proofs. When we have hardware level security vulnerabilities, I trust my device as far as I can throw it. Proofs are only sound and valid in maths. https://securityin

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