japhib

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   by japhib 3y ago

   Big time this ^, I really need static typing in hobby projects (I like C#/Typescript) but at work we use Elixir and it doesn't end up being a problem because of pattern matching. It's partially because it ends up being run-ti
2. 32.▲
   by japhib 3y ago

   This is cool. It's too bad Johnathan Blow is so insufferable.
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   by japhib 3y ago

   a LOT of the comments I saw rejecting the new Unity pricing format (which was walked back and is now not so bad) blamed John Riccitiello … I have to wonder, was he forced out by other Unity peeps who were unhappy with the surprise pricing u
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   by japhib 3y ago

   I'm sorry but I'm tired of hearing "move to South Dakota" as the solution to the housing crisis. > if you don't choose to live in an overpopulated metro oh, you mean where the jobs are? Yeah how selfish of people
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   by japhib 3y ago

   Abolish zoning https://islandpress.org/books/arbitrary-lines
6. 36.▲
   by japhib 3y ago

   https://twitter.com/TylerGlaiel/status/1670853553026658304?s...
7. 37.▲
   by japhib 3y ago

   By the way, we enabled this, and it ended up reducing compilation times by almost a whole minute! Highly recommend for local development.
8. 38.▲
   by japhib 3y ago

   just saw this, thanks for the suggestion! I'll give that a look.
9. 39.▲
   by japhib 3y ago

   Awesome, glad to hear it! Unfortunately we’re stuck on older versions of Elixir and OTP but eventually we will get past the few things still blocking us from upgrading. Additionally, another thing making compile times very slow is actually
10. 40.▲
    by japhib 3y ago

    I’m not sure most other languages such as Kotlin implementing coroutines/green threads would be able to support it in the same robust way though. Pre-emptive scheduling means that the runtime will actively stop a resource hungry routin
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    by japhib 3y ago

    My company uses Elixir exclusively in the backend and we just hire solid backend developers, and teach them to use Elixir. That's how I was a couple of years ago. The learning curve is pretty gentle.
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    by japhib 3y ago

    Here is actually a good article comparing the JVM with the BEAM: https://www.erlang-solutions.com/blog/optimising-for-concurr... -- And some of my own thoughts with a few more links: The runtime system that Erlang runs
13. 43.▲
    by japhib 3y ago

    Where are these legendary non-political news sources you speak of? If such news sources exist, I would love to hear what they are.
14. 44.▲
    by japhib 3y ago

    > For years, Bivens had been consuming close to 1,000 milligrams of caffeine per day, two and a half times the daily recommended limit and the equivalent of more than ten cups of coffee. There it is ... But seriously, everyone can use mo
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    by japhib 3y ago

    Thanks, although I didn’t do any of the art :P and yes, both Unity!
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    by japhib 3y ago

    Couple of mobile strategy games: https://pollywog.games/ Card Crusade - a roguelike deckbuilder (similar to Slay the Spire) Barnard's Star - multiplayer tactical strategy game (like XCOM or Into the Breach) Both games
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    by japhib 4y ago

    It's not weird. Either the driver is at fault, or the cyclist is at fault.
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    by japhib 4y ago

    > It is backed by the only thing that backs any form of money: the credibility of its monetary properties. The “credibility” of the US Dollar, or any government-backed currency, has a lot to do with the amount of power that government ha
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    by japhib 4y ago

    This is great! The images in the feature reel look amazing!
20. 50.▲
    by japhib 4y ago

    For exactly this reason, there is no way this law will stand in court
21. 51.▲
    by japhib 4y ago

    I think "walled garden" in this sense is meant as an ecosystem of multiple apps that work together. IIUC Notion is just a single app, right?
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    by japhib 4y ago

    I made a mobile game several years ago that brings in $100-200 per month: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/card-crusade/id1383938095 Took a few hundred hours to implement, we got pretty lucky to find an audience
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    by japhib 4y ago

    Going to the Christa McAuliffe Space Center is hands-down the best field trip I went on in elementary/middle school. We even went back as high schoolers. This project seems incredible!
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    by japhib 4y ago

    Does no one on HN read the article? Every single comment on this post is answered quickly and directly by the article
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    by japhib 4y ago

    String.to_existing_atom is good for this use case!
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    by japhib 4y ago

    > Employees are forced to accept a bad deal due to asymmetrical market dynamics > Not so with church members. If they stopped attending they would have more money. They are the ones with the power. Absolutely not. Faithful members of
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    by japhib 4y ago

    This is very surprising to me. Type hints have been a feature of Python since 2015. How are you, and everyone you know, unaware of such a large language feature? I'm guessing you (and the "people you've been helping") ei
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    by japhib 4y ago

    This is not a logical conclusion. It's like saying, if Jeff Bezos is really so rich, why are Amazon warehouse employees not paid better? He must actually be poor and can only afford to pay people low salaries.
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    by japhib 4y ago

    $32B in 2018 -- much higher by now ...
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    by japhib 4y ago

    For pattern matching and expressiveness in a backend language that lets you iterate quickly, I'd highly recommend Elixir.