GuB-42

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by GuB-42 1y ago
> Use Vulkan for rendering instead of OpenGL How much of a difference does it make? > just implement their own full fledged Wayland handling As long as they still support X11... (I often do ssh -X ... firefox when I need to see a webp
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by GuB-42 1y ago
I actually prefer it the way it is now. For me, private mode is effectively an extra temporary profile that is full featured, but wiped once the last window is closed. I usually don't need more than one. But I understand that other peo
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by GuB-42 1y ago
The big difference is that mom is working now. The problem is not who does the most household work, the problem is that the one who does (usually the mom) can't compensate by not working. A single income is rarely sufficient for a fami
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by GuB-42 1y ago
> Tests do not ensure that your functions are correct; they ensure that you are alerted when their behavior changes. I agree with that part and I am not against tests, just the idea of writing tests first. > helps you design good inte
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by GuB-42 1y ago
I am not a fan of Test Driven Development, not at all. Having your invariants and pre/post conditions correct is not enough. You also need to do the right thing. For example, you have a function that adds two durations in the form hh:m
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by GuB-42 1y ago
I thought that p(doom) was the probably of a device running Doom. Instead it is about how Elon Musk and his AI will somehow end the world... Disappointed.
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by GuB-42 1y ago
You mean, blockchain and everything else? Oh, sorry, wrong hype cycle. Currently, for me on the front page, there is 10/30 AI/LLM related. It means you have 20/30 that is not about AI/LLM. 1 of them is blockchain btw. Ty
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by GuB-42 1y ago
I was thinking that it may be the point. This is a service paid by Americans, for Americans, and I suspect they don't want to make it too convenient, especially for non-Americans. From the link: > The service will be provided at no
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by GuB-42 1y ago
If you knew in advance the addresses of each function, it wouldn't be very dynamic. It would be akin to statically link the entire system, which makes sense in embedded systems, but probably not on a system where you would use ripgrep.
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by GuB-42 1y ago
These are grep, ripgrep and ugrep installed on my Debian (bookworm). The mentioned sizes are the executables only, because I think that not taking advantage of dynamic libraries if you can is a downside, though there are arguments going the
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by GuB-42 1y ago
ugrep, which is C++ and similar in scope to ripgrep is 0.9 MB on my machine, ripgrep is 4.4 MB and GNU grep us 0.2 MB. They all depend on libc and libpcre2. Ugrep however depends on libstdc++ and a bunch of libraries for compressed file sup
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by GuB-42 1y ago
There are many instances where a few people are ruining the internet for the rest of us. And for me it is mostly about security. I'd rather do without all that encryption and passwords and security updates and anti-viruses. All that to
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by GuB-42 1y ago
Computers, the internet, it is all mainstream now, the opposite of a counterculture. If you want a counterculture, look the other way. "digital detox", permaculture, degrowth, etc... In the tech world you have the "small web&
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by GuB-42 1y ago
He doesn't want to judge people he wants to understand people. It is the opposite of a judgment. The idea is that you see someone on social media with ideas you disagree with, but instead of stopping there and dismissing that guy as an
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by GuB-42 1y ago
It used to be the case, now the majority of the people in high-income countries and the high earners of medium-income countries can globe trot, it is a massive increase. As for the "colonial" aspect, Japan is not exactly a poor co
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by GuB-42 1y ago
I almost never get videos where people actually die unless I really want to (and usually, I don't). Lots of close calls, suggestive images, but an actual death caught on camera, no. Even the killing of animals is not something I see of
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by GuB-42 1y ago
Cutting thick cardboard with scissors is a good way to hurt yourself. You need some strength and a sharp blade to cut cardboard with scissors, for a child, it can mean going full force. And the more strength you use, the less control you ha
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by GuB-42 1y ago
It depends on what you expect from your engineers and how hierarchy works. It is a cultural thing I guess. Do you expect engineers to do what you ask them to do, no matter how stupid. If you do and your engineers execute your stupid orders,
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by GuB-42 1y ago
It depends on your priorities. If your customer is stuck in the 90s because his 90s technology works perfectly fine and he has no intention to fix things that are not broken. Then deliver stuff that is compatible with 90s technology. He wil
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by GuB-42 1y ago
A good reason for recycling centers to hate astronomers.
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by GuB-42 1y ago
I wonder how many of these "state-employed hackers" are just random criminals and their bots, doing regular criminal stuff like stealing money from bank accounts. I easily see people claiming they are the target of a foreign gover
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by GuB-42 1y ago
Even more ironic considering that China already geofences itself and using a VPN it pretty much a requirements if you want to communicate with the outside world. Chances are that these hackers are bypassing that filter without even realizin
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by GuB-42 1y ago
Metal and hard rock are essential for life.
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by GuB-42 1y ago
Hey, I am sure people are payed very good money for these! I wonder what the people making these videos are thinking. They know what people think of them, if they actually watch them before taking the usually obvious questionnaire that foll
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by GuB-42 1y ago
I am not talking about website compatibility, in fact, for as far as I can tell, I had no problem with Google services using Firefox. Some degradation maybe, but not enough for me to notice. To give your an example, here is the bug that mad
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by GuB-42 1y ago
> In mid-2024, he pointed out its "Original Sin" of adopting digital rights management. I disagree on that one. Maybe it could have been an option 15-20 years ago, when Firefox was a significant force. But now, if it didn'
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by GuB-42 1y ago
If, as a human artist, I decide to train myself on the discography of a famous artist, then produce songs in his style and sell them for cheap so that others don't have to pay for the original artist, then I am sure it is fair use. It
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by GuB-42 1y ago
Wow, that site is fast. Granted, I have a decent computer and fast internet, but I don't usually get that kind of speed. And the site is not super-lightweight either (it is React, not hand-crafted vanilla JS). Must be some good optimi
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by GuB-42 1y ago
> I have no idea what stuff would be censored in France Being French, what is the most likely to be censored relates to the Nazis. Holocaust denial is a crime for instance. Hate speech in general, including racism, antisemitism, homophob
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by GuB-42 1y ago
I wouldn't call the richest man on Earth a fool from a business perspective. It doesn't mean I am going to buy Tesla, the market already did, and Elon Musk is not above screwing with his investors to serve his personal interests.

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