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by hugs 2y ago
Awesome! Probably a fair compromise. Also, the "why no networking?" question has also been asked and answered by the developer here: https://beyondloom.com/blog/responses.html#doesdeckerhavenet...
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by hugs 2y ago
Probably the correct answer. (I loved HyperCard as a kid and built a ton of stuff with it.) My only complaint about Decker as-is (last time I played with it) is that it has no ability out-of-the-box to make any kind of network connection
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by hugs 3y ago
The idea I'm looking into is for a high margin thing that can absorb price fluctuations. Re: stablecoins, I did notice that one of the YC Request for Startups was for stablecoin-focused startups, but I don't have a strong opinion
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by hugs 3y ago
Spending tiny amounts using Bitcoin's Lightning Network for digital (SaaS) services is something I'm exploring. It's an interesting application when you need an international payment system for settling cross-border payments.
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by hugs 3y ago
If you have the time, and an oven you trust to run a long time, you can make your own clotted cream. Just make sure to start with cream that is not ultra-pasteurized. The "recipe" is pretty simple. It's not even really a re
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by hugs 3y ago
I noticed the first letter in camelQA is very explicitly lower-case. I just assumed someone on the team had very strong opinions about camelCase.
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by hugs 3y ago
Contact info should be visible in my bio here. Otherwise, a DM on Twitter works, too. (@hugs)
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by hugs 3y ago
Appium project starter here. Congrats on the launch! If you ever want to talk shop, let me know! I'm glad to see more vision-first, AI-powered testing tools in the world.
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by hugs 3y ago
A potential corollary: As soon is gets practical, it also stops looking like a robot. Once you know how many degrees of freedom are truly needed to solve a problem, you start removing unnecessary parts in the design to lower cost and assemb
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by hugs 3y ago
20th birthday of the Selenium project will be this year! (October-ish)
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by hugs 3y ago
If you love Python, but envy the compiled-binary-ness of Go, you should check out Nim, and Nim bindings for Webview: https://github.com/neroist/webview (Obviously, Nim is not Python, but I like it. It does feel like a
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Using Python with Nim(scinim.github.io)
4 points by hugs 3y ago|0 comments
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by hugs 3y ago
Nostr can get complex, but at its core, it's deceptively simple. It's built on JSON, WebSockets, digital signatures, and sending a simple Event data structure over the wire. It can get complex, but its core is very small. Feels si
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by hugs 3y ago
I'm a recent convert to Nostr. Four things I love about it: - It's "just" JSON and WebSockets. From a developer's perspective, it's incredibly easy to get started and build interesting things with it. (Like the
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by hugs 3y ago
I started Sauce Labs (Selenium SaaS for testing in the cloud) 16 years ago. Raised ~$150MM. Still going.
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by hugs 3y ago
- Device provisioning - Automating a device right after power-on to do initial set-up, add to Wi-Fi, install apps, etc. (Other methods, like ADB, have to be enabled first. Who does the enabling?) - Security testing - Interacting with a devi
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by hugs 3y ago
Generally, I agree, if you can get access to the underlying structure/source, then you should use that. But I've been making UI test automation tools for 20 years. There are some cases where adding annotations is not possible or n
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by hugs 3y ago
Another reason to use buttons: if you wanted to automate the button pushing, it's easier to create a computer vision function to look for round rectangles vs going full-blown machine learning trying to identify things that could be but
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by hugs 3y ago
Brilliant. Though I was a little sad all the numbered footnotes don't actually exist. The universe of this story would be a fun rabbit hole to go down.
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by hugs 3y ago
Yeah, the author also wrote about some of the motivations behind Lena. I was surprised LLMs / GPTs weren't a direct inspiration (at least not explicitly mentioned). https://qntm.org/uploading
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by hugs 3y ago
I think it's HN where I first learned of it. I decided to repost it now because recent complaints on social media that ChatGPT is getting lazy reminded me of this line in Lena: "Although it initially performs to a very high standa
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Lena (2021)(qntm.org)
144 points by hugs 3y ago|48 comments
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by hugs 3y ago
It probably was supposed to be "poach" and got autocorrected to "porch"... but... it's a happy accident of new imagery. I imagine "porching" someone could mean to poach them... and then sit them on a nice
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by hugs 3y ago
Raspberry Pi using Chromium in kiosk mode and a small touchscreen is my go-to for stuff like this.
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by hugs 3y ago
It can... but this goes one level lower to the hardware layer... so that you can do things like reboot the computer and view/edit BIOS settings (since you're viewing the same raw HDMI signal that would otherwise show up on a real
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by hugs 3y ago
The project lists several DIY options for building (more like buying and plugging in) the hardware yourself. You might be able to find an off-the-shelf VGA-to-HDMI adapter/converter that would then be downstream compatible with the res
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by hugs 3y ago
I'm currently working on a variation of this, specifically for accessing/controlling smartphones. My hunch is that even though a hardware-based KVM approach was meant for remote manual control, it could also be extremely useful fo
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by hugs 3y ago
I'm a huge Raspberry Pi fan. I use it in my robotics work and I have two sons who I set up a Pi for years ago to learn to code on, but... Did Raspberry Pi fail at its original mission of inspiring young programmers? It's obviously
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The impact of founder personalities on startup success(nature.com)
2 points by hugs 3y ago|0 comments
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by hugs 3y ago
You would be surprised. :) Source: I was also a member of the Tech Surge. (Paul Smith recruited me to help with testing.)

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