robertlagrant

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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
It's 2026 and I'm running more cat-6 in my home to all my static devices. My theory is using wires lowers wireless contention, leaving more WiFi for the mobile devices.
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
Your short post in full: > In another comment, I asked why people chose to use the symbol τ over just writing turn or "rev(olution)" (defined to be the constant ≈ 6.28318530718) given how unambiguous the latter is as a name for
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
I think it's Tau[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_(mathematics)
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
It was amazing being able to fit a full length movie on a CD-ROM though.
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
> anyone can use false information pretending to be a telemarketer I suppose many people would wonder what the difference is between a legitimate caller you don't want and a fake one.
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
This is a bit of a false dichotomy. The thing that isn't code (at least in some people's minds) isn't "requirements analysis". It's architecture, data modeling, deployment, inter/intra-team communication,
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
As a veteran of JSF - it is similar, but done better, I think. It's only the frontend. Those technologies were more heavyweight, where each component had a lifecycle it went though on each render, and you needed the backend and fronten
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
Fair point, yes.
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
> That's the definition, I didn't made it up. Your prior claim was that they only solve one problem, not about a definition. They solve several problems: - less data can move over the wire compared to sending a full page every
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
I could be wrong, but this looks to be designed by AI. It's quite confusing.
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
I keep wanting to build a Kubernetes visualiser. I know they exist, but the last time I looked they didn't look that great.
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
I would love this as an active visualisation of a live postgres. Imagine monitors with this stuff on, including replication from other postgresses, and whatever pgbouncer is doing on the front.
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by robertlagrant 2mo ago
> We don’t really see 3-arity functions written in infix notation much. Would a better example be Python's inline if else construction? x = 3 if thing else 4
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
Indeed. No one expects console manufacturers to take unlimited losses, but yes, the price at the end of it all is what will matter.
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
Yes - I was only talking about when a person removes some code from use, removing the code as well as the call to the code. I wasn't meaning the compiler at all (although it would be nice if the compiler could autodetect it, as you say
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
I don't understand - wouldn't this be observable by the person making the change? They used to call this function / use this class and now they don't any more? Even if it's inside a conditional compilation block.
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
This is how I hope the world will continue to be, because then programming, which is one of the most enjoyable things ever, may remain a human task, assisted by AI and other tools.
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
That makes total sense (though it would be nice if it could do that detected, I suppose), but what makes less sense to me is the accumulation of unnecessary code (and presumably unit tests for that code) that isn't removed as soon as i
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
> I’ve cut over 11,000 lines of completely dead code from Bun. I can’t think of another project whose codebase was so neglected as to reach 11K lines of dead code. I’ve also rewritten and modernized parts of the codebase, trying to rely
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
My big discovery a few years ago was uninstalling apps, especially social media apps. I don't mind the platforms, but removing their ability to ping notifications up was massive. I watch some people just get their phone out to dismiss
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
> They're just text behind the scenes, so you can copy them if you really want to. KeepassX lets you do it, and got into a kerfuffle about it.[1] Yes - the kerfuffle is broadly I think the fact that it negates the main advantage of
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
Faux pas or not, it now happens much more than it used to.
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
> The weird part is that password managers provide no way for you to copy and paste your passkeys. The main feature of passkeys is that they can't be pasted into a website they shouldn't be pasted in to. That means you can&#x27
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
Yes, that would be good! I got to 86, and on a macbook trackpad, and those fake scores are making my RSI flare up.
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
True. I think there are two new issues this cycle: 1. They are testing what the market will bear. Ubisoft's silly "quadruple-A game" rhetoric and executives saying "people will have to get used to $100 games" is the
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
That's one thing. The other is price. Consoles can be sold at a loss, particularly early in their 10-year cycle, when early on the loss is high, but close to the end of the cycle the loss is minimal, and so they appear much cheaper.
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
I've had a few OnePlus phones - currently a Nord 4 - and have always found them good value for money. Early OnePluses (I think I had a 2 or 3 originally) were incredible value. Also, very fast charging and almost stock Android are love
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
> Any idea why they implemented it like that? 3D-Secure long predates apps, including in the UK. I had to work on a Government Gateway integration for local council payments in the mid 2000s that included 3D-Secure. I still see it today,
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
Indeed. It's the same principle[0] the other way too - start a timer from user typing for an autocomplete function and only refetch after the timer expires. [0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossar
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by robertlagrant 3mo ago
I've used Proton for a couple of years and have never had problems before today, so I think their engineering is of a high standard. In fact, I applied for an Engineering Director role there not too long ago and they rejected me, so th

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