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by tqwhite 2y ago
An insanely bad idea.
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by tqwhite 2y ago
I could not agree more. In fact, the introduction of ESM has been entirely pernicious, causing more problems, not fewer. Why? Because there is no importSync(). If that existed, it would be easy to interoperate.
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by tqwhite 2y ago
And, if you read that issue, you will see that they are not because the only real benefit is spiritual, 'more consistent with the future'. Give them an importSync() and the migration can happen incrementally.
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by tqwhite 2y ago
It only makes it simpler if you have a new project and can be ESM pure. If you are working with existing code or need non-ESM modules, everything is much more complicated.
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by tqwhite 2y ago
Really? I have a project that loads modules based on calculated values. How will you do that in a pure ESM world?
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by tqwhite 2y ago
I'd say it's exactly the opposite. Neither require() or import require an async code structure. The biggest reason I avoid ESM like a plague is that many of my projects are not, and do not need to be, async. Adding import() is a h
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by tqwhite 2y ago
EXACTLY!!! (Though I'd be happier with importSync() to identify the use of ESM packages.)
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by tqwhite 2y ago
Absolutely. Do this. I speak as a person with a long lifetime of public speaking behind me. Also, do this if you have to write a memo or a paper. I very often swap, or repeat, the last paragraph to the beginning.
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by tqwhite 2y ago
If you work in one of those places, quit.
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by tqwhite 2y ago
I write this as a top level to avoid targeting anyone specifically but also, my rage is so hot that I have to say it: I think this thread sucks and am appalled by most of the things people are saying. AI is fine. iTerm2 is awesome. You are
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by tqwhite 2y ago
I solved this Google problem by paying someone else for search. I have switched to kagi.com, a so-called, "paid, ad-free search engine". I have not yet found one drawback to using it. Unlike previous attempts to switch from Goog
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by tqwhite 2y ago
There is a site listed elsewhere in these comments that does the work entirely in-browser. That's what I would use.
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by tqwhite 2y ago
I think it looks like a nice tool, naysayers notwithstanding. I don't have sensitive PDFs and, though I would probably not use it for my tax return, I'll use it for other stuff. For my level of security, I'm happy enough with
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by tqwhite 2y ago
Use 'Developer Tools' and Inspect. Watch the Network tab. If you also wear a tinfoil hat, delete the local storage, etc, after you are done using it.
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by tqwhite 2y ago
It's weird to try to imagine why he thought showing it here would get anything other than hate. It's like saying he found a way to smear poop on everyone's doorknobs.
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by tqwhite 2y ago
Pretty much. Trust has always been a problem, especially on the internet, but people like this guy are going to simply ruin the public, free internet and destroy the very idea of crowd source. We are going to resurrect the elite class of ed
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by tqwhite 2y ago
Congratulations on being the first person to do something with AI that will directly make my own, personal life worse. You are a monster. You should not be showing this as if you are proud on HN. You should hide it and whimper in shame.
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by tqwhite 2y ago
I also thought, "Justwatch clone" but, it's much nicer, even aside from the international info. Justwatch is so cumbersome. Yours is fast and clean. I note that, testing around, I asked for The Brokenwood Mysteries, a show I
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I see our main disagreement being rooted in your use of the phrase "for everyone". It disregards the fact "rare" means exactly, 'some people'. I do not read the attitude at Kagi to be downplaying the importance
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I pretty much hate you all now for making me read the goddam thing entirely. It's stupid and boring and Claude3 is right. The guy does not point to any holes in security or privacy. He doesn't like the guy's attitude but, the
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Not sure how that contradicts Claude's conclusions. Also, he's right. I might like anonymity but it is absolutely a 'want', not 'need'.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I read a lot more than three paragraphs before I delegated reading the rest. For most of the article, his complaints were distinctly not relevant to my interests.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
There was no presence. I said clearly that I did not read it and that I used Claude3.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I hate promises. Writing: let result; let error; await blah .then(r=>result=r) .catch(e=>error=3) .final(callback(err, result)); Is disgusting.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I can't remember exactly why but I was frustrated with an inability to text my brother using iMessage on my computer. We were watching movies together and I had to use my phone which required looking at it, or something. One weekend, I
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by tqwhite 3y ago
I want to praise the Great Tables people for having created an excellent marketing piece. It is a lesson in how to engage people in a product announcement. I started reading the article and by the time they started explaining the product, I
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by tqwhite 3y ago
OpenAI's privacy claims are fine. I wouldn't worry about this any more than I worry about my email provider.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Yes. Thank you. I am already tired trying to figure out how this would improve my life and annoyed at trying to read other people's code that has more abstracted crap in it.
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by tqwhite 3y ago
Amazon, absolutely. EBay is number two, though I haven't actually used it in years. (I still get a reverse invoice for a credit they owe from the 90's. Hilarious.)
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by tqwhite 3y ago
One other, slightly off topic thing... Even if a program has a free version, if I use it in my daily life, as I have done with Drafts, I pay for it. It is my view that the current market has coerced programmers to have free versions even

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