brumar

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   by brumar 1y ago

   1 day later: it's a total mess.
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   by brumar 1y ago

   Very good. I was wondering why nobody did something like that before. At least this was my conclusion from my google searches few months ago. From a design perspective, I don't like storing state in the DOM itself, I would have find mu
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   by brumar 1y ago

   Thanks. I'll add the answer to my own question too: pdfLib is the dependency at work to make it work in the browser runtime.
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   by brumar 1y ago

   I like the idea but that seems complex to put in place and would risk degrading the perfs. You can test this prompt yourself elsewhere, you will notice that you get sensibly the same experience.
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   by brumar 1y ago

   I got this one which seems to confirm yours : https://gist.github.com/brumar/5888324c296a8730c55e8ee24cca9...
6. 36.▲
   by brumar 1y ago

   20 years ago I was addicted to a game like that named Globalcombat.com. Good times. Few years ago it was still alive. Now it seems gone.
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   by brumar 1y ago

   Correction: extract monstreous profits. When I read about the revenues associated with Reddit AI deals, I can't even imagine what could possibly be deals that cover half of the internet. Cynically speaking, it's a genious level mo
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   by brumar 1y ago

   I am doing pdf-as-software so that I can get a free ticket for hell or a nearby mental asylum.
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   by brumar 1y ago

   So LLMs have their alpha go zero moment where training on human data is has-been? Sounds exciting? Terrifying?
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    by brumar 1y ago

    Very important comment. My workflow changed dramatically with the increased capabilities of these tools.
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    by brumar 1y ago

    Sampling is to my eyes a very promising aspect of the protocol. Maybe its implementation is lagging behind because it's too far from the previous mental model of tool use. I am also fine if the burden is on the client side if it enable
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    by brumar 1y ago

    > that plaintiff shall not file any other documents with the cartoon dragon or other inappropriate content Formal answers to goofiness (voluntary or not) will always amuse me.
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    by brumar 1y ago

    Hello fellow context owner. I like my modules with their context.sh at their root level. If crafted with care, magic happens. Reciprocally, when AI derails, it's most often due to bad context management and fixed by improving it.
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    by brumar 1y ago

    True. I learned this the hard way.
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    by brumar 1y ago

    Impressive! Is it english only at the moment?
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    Show HN: I asked Gemini2.5 pro to create a "bro version" of a stoic book(github.com)

    8 points by brumar 1y ago|0 comments
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    by brumar 2y ago

    Interesting! I think I never tried to update xonsh in 7 years or so.
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    by brumar 2y ago

    For me it shines when you need to write shell scripts but you prefer do some parts in python. As another commenter wrote os.system or calling the subprocess module works too, but I find it less satisfying.
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    by brumar 2y ago

    I don't remember exactly why and how some shell scripts refused to run, but on top of my head I think 'alias' was not working and 'sudo !!' too.
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    by brumar 2y ago

    I would not advise to replace your interactive shell with it as it's a pain when you stumble upon uncompatible commands, but writing shell scripts with xonsh is a wonderful experience.
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    by brumar 2y ago

    > Do not isolate code when you test it. > Only isolate your code from truly external services That makes tests more trustworthy but also sometimes harder to maintain I think. I have seen cases where small changes on the code base crea
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    by brumar 2y ago

    I think I got your point but might have expressed myself badly. The pdf can run js and messes with the display right at opening time, without any warning or ask for permission.
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    by brumar 2y ago

    You can manipulate form fields at anytime, and setInterval is provided so you can have things that run in an infinite loop. But yeah, as a first approximation, the only things js in pdf can do is mutate form fields and react to events relat
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    by brumar 2y ago

    I made a game of life in pdf using this technique, but pdf.js is less open to chromium to respect the standard on letting the pdf designer defining the ON and OFF state. One other way would be to use normal text fields and leveraging custom
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    by brumar 2y ago

    This is even in the ISO standard now
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    by brumar 2y ago

    I was considering doing exactly that ahah. We should connect to share our hacks and pains. One could project would be to run wasm4 games because, yes, pdfium and pdf.js can run webassembly.
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    by brumar 2y ago

    Thanks. I tried the AI assistant but ended up mindlessly mining crypto...
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    by brumar 2y ago

    I regret there is not a merciful option like "wait for death in a corner". Great job! I had fun and got bored to death at the same time.
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    by brumar 2y ago

    Med student working on sophisticated RAG system... What kind of beast are you? Thanks for sharing anyway, I'll keep tab on it.
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    by brumar 2y ago

    I second this recommendation for early startups. We learn from tons of lean books that customer discovery is crucial to not build the wrong thing, but this book gives very practical ways to do that well. Most recent useful read for me. Stil