janpot

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by janpot 7y ago
> Download and run code written by strangers without understanding what it does Like a web browser does?
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by janpot 7y ago
I feel like this would be a good argument in favour for small scoped packages like we sometimes see on npm. Often enough it turns out that a trivial code snippet like this turns out to be not so trivial after all. edit: The point being that
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by janpot 7y ago
Just asking out of curiosity. Could there be any patents that this could serve as prior art for? i.e. Does Boston Dynamics or so have patents for a legged cart?
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by janpot 7y ago
what do they mean by "full page animation" and why is that suddenly the benchmark for fast rendering?
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by janpot 7y ago
I don't know but if I had to guess: order of responses coming in from the server, interleaved with timer events and user events.
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by janpot 7y ago
> This implies that metal objects were the principal features of these times, when they are simply often the most visible and long-lasting remnants. I'm not an archeologist so I probably lack a lot of context, but I assume metal req
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by janpot 7y ago
Sure some do, but my point is that those skills are not exclusive to engineers.
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by janpot 7y ago
Learn to relax, take an hour off.
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by janpot 7y ago
Has more to do with good time management and teamwork than with good engineering in my opinion.
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by janpot 7y ago
No, I consider my tests to be as much part of my code as my code itself, so I write them together.
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by janpot 7y ago
ah yes, this technique, with its lack of template inputs and way of (not) handling indentation is exactly what I mean.
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by janpot 7y ago
I like the idea. But I feel like it would be a good workout to make this website mobile friendly and accessible.
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by janpot 7y ago
String templating of yaml files. Everything is global scope. No sane way of reusing parts of a template. We use helm, but for the life of me, there are some pretty poor design choices in there.
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by janpot 7y ago
ah yes, So it can report back to its server when the network is down. oh wait...
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by janpot 7y ago
> ...but humans will never actually write SQL. They will instead ask questions about data in a natural language. Wasn't that the promise of SQL in the first place? I don't believe it, why would people (only) want to access stru
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by janpot 7y ago
Fun fact: did you know in French they say "Talkie Walkie" instead of "Walkie Talkie"?
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by janpot 7y ago
You need to add a credit card, even for free accounts
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by janpot 7y ago
That's correct. And I don't believe maximizing your profit should always go before thinking about what you do is ethical.
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I believe your argument classifies as a "no true scotsman"[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
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by janpot 7y ago
Those silly people, believing ethics are more important than pofit...
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by janpot 7y ago
> A minimal viable program is the smallest program that solves a particular problem. It is small and beautiful. It has no additional features. Yet, when a node developer creates left-pad...
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by janpot 7y ago
a writing degree is better than teaching yourself how to type?
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by janpot 7y ago
funny, my girlfriend was entering a 2fa code in the airbnb android app today and it refused to enter a '0'.
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by janpot 7y ago
I'd say this a good resiliency test. If anything, they should do this on purpose from time to time.
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by janpot 7y ago
an equilateral triangle with a dot in the center? Edit: Note to self: read articles before commenting
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by janpot 7y ago
I believe deno is using tokio under the hood edit: well, I guess not :)
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by janpot 7y ago
Yes, me, I always have to tap my way out of some nagging dialogs that ask me to log in, or download the app. Then I'm rate limited. I then have to go back and click the link again before I can view it. 100% of the time.
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by janpot 7y ago
Any application with dependencies will require maintenance at some point. applications without dependencies don't exist. You may remove all your node modules. But you'll still depend things like a programming language, hardware, l
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by janpot 7y ago
I think I've heard about this tactic before, where it was used to help victims of revenge porn. It was used to push unwanted search results for their names away from the top in Google.
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by janpot 7y ago
Awesome, my dad is gonna love this. I've been using the "ISS detector" app. it has a compass that when you line it up with your phone, it points to the object you're trying to track.

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