imakesnowflakes

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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
Not sure if this counts. But I use a static site generator [1] that I wrote in Python3, to create my blog. Every time I watch a foreign language movie, I use a tool that I wrote in haskell [2] to search, download and find the perfect subtit
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
Here you go https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/41bm7j/new_rfc_allow_s...
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
I am not sure why you think It is unexpected behavior. And even if it is, it is not even in the same league as the quirks of Php. It would be if 3/2 outputs 1 but 7/2 outputs 3.5, both in Python 2. Then that would be unexpected be
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
>They added new sane features.. Have you heard the expression, "A chain is only as strong as the weakest link?". So adding strong links after a weak link does not "improve" the strength of the chain. And that is assum
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
> The language is improving drastically This is a myth. It is adding new features. That does not mean it is improving.
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
> It received way too much beating from the community in the last couple of years.. I think it didn't get the beating it deserve. If it was by merit alone, this language should be dead by now. People keep saying that it is improving
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
Php is faster than python because it lacks so many dynamic capabilities of Python. So you are loosing all that and gain a little in performance, but not anywhere near that of a compiled language. A lose lose situation...
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
Macbook Pro 13 inch - Mid 2012 - Upgraded to 16Gb ram and 256Gb Samsung SSD. It cost me 70000 INR (Approx 1000 USD). Absolutely love everything about it. The charger, the backlit keyboard, the El-Capitan OS, everything. Everything about thi
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
>Git might qualify as best FREE version control system... No way it is the best. I think Mercurial easily holds the winning position for the version control with most power to weight ratio...
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
The best way to understand Git is to learn Mercurial. It teaches you the things that matters with none of the useless implementation bullshit. If you start with git, you won't have a clue where the interface ends and the implementation
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
I had created a SPA for doing this using javascript in browser itself. Anyone can use it directly from browser. This is actually a part of an angular app I made sometime back. It has watchers for an HN thread, a reddit post or comment and i
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
> I would like to see examples of the language actually doing something useful. A Haskell program I wrote to find and match subtitle files for a particular release of the movie I have. https://hackage.haskell.org/package
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
I have looked at both Rust and Go. What I have felt is that, Rust is too restrictive. I mean, you have to fight the compiler a lot harder then you have to do in Go. Some times, for example, if you are writing device drivers or real time emb
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
I want an easy way to test food items that I buy from local shops for harmful levels of toxins/pesticides.
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
> I don't think free internet to farmers will do any bad.. Does it intend to serve ads? How does ads work? Isn't one aspect of ads involve creating needs where there were previously none? Does it involve injecting insecurities
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
It never worked for me. The hash/filesize will be different even if the movie has been ripped from the same source. Right? So unless someone has made the subtitle for the exact same file, that you have, as opposed to a file with the sa
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
It does not use the movie file at all, so yes. What it does is this. It goes and fetch all available subtitles for a movie (You can limit this if you provide a partial release name). It then selects a candidate dialog from all the subtitle
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
Searching by video file never worked for me. So I made these to solve this problem. Now I spend less than a minute to get the perfect subtitle, instead of upto 30 minutes without these. [1] https://hackage.haskell.org/packag
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
>The question is will they reach for a coke or a pepsi? How about plain old cold water? Is a Cola much better at quenching thirst than plain cold water? EDIT for clarity: The point is, the first question is not "Will they reach for
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
I taught myself Haskell and built a tool that searches and download movie subtitles. [1] Taught myself angular.js and built Ceasium [2]. A tool for freelance programmers that can do minimal project/time management. It also has notifier
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
> Haskell is excellently suited for solving extremely complex problems and why it's so desirable for concurrency and parallelism tasks. What is an example of an extremely complex problem that you have solved that would be vastly mor
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
Imperative programs work in steps. It will be like, "Do this, then do this, then do this" etc, etc. Functional programming does not have 'steps'. A functional program is a series of definitions like, A IS B, B IS C and C
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
I print out the really important/nice photos and store a hard copy..
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
Because that value made life, as we know it, possible.
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
> that will really drive home the importance/benefits of functional programming.. From my experience with Haskell, on a practical level, I think it really comes down to a guarantee that you will not be able to mess the code up beyon
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
>To me, this appears to be the way to go. Javascript + Typescript. This is exactly how I feel. Typescript is amazing, It feels simple and powerful at the same time. It appears too good to be true, and I will never write plain java scrip
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
I bought a Cooler master mechanical keyboard for 10000 Rs (nearly $150), For comparison I could have got a wireless keyboard/mouse combo for below 2000 Rs. One of the reasons I bought it was that it was backlit. But now the LED's
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
Ok. I thought so because you mentioned wireless keyboards transmit less data than a video signal..
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
>I'm suggesting that the device you linked (along with every other HDMI/wi-fi stick) will not serve your purpose.. Cool. Was not suggesting to use WiFi, Sorry for the misunderstanding. Also, I think you might be confusing laten
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by imakesnowflakes 11y ago
Is that so? I am not sure why there would be a noticeable latency. Wireless keyboards and mouse works fine from a distance. Besides, I am not suggesting using wifi for this, but a direct radio link.

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