txbuck

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by txbuck 3y ago
Not necessarily advocating for unidiomatic python/code, but you could use a decorator to automatically wrap the function call with a try-catch and package the return value appropriately. Lot less mangling of function bodies that way, j
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by txbuck 3y ago
Surely you didn't comment before viewing the post.
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by txbuck 4y ago
For reference, something like like this (Python regex): ^[a-zA-Z_]+[a-zA-Z0-9_]*(-?[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)*$ some-name some2-name some-2-name some-2name some-name2 some-name-2 some2other-name some-other2name some-othername2
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by txbuck 4y ago
(Hot damn, that was a super thorough/thoughtful reply in a short amount of time.) You're spot on about the quirky syntax, but I don't think it's as serious a trade-off or addition in complexity (or even a change), given
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by txbuck 4y ago
I've seen it dubbed "sponge-case" and am pretty fond of the term.
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by txbuck 4y ago
The fact that kebab-case support is a rarity constantly boggles my mind, nevermind that it isn't the de facto default for any language created after *sh/lisp. Readability, ease-of-typing, parallel with the way it's used in (R
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by txbuck 4y ago
If anything is gonna happen it's more likely The Powers That Be would limit use and/or distribution instead of mandating a change to code itself. Half of them probably don't know how to connect to their home Wifi network, nev
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by txbuck 4y ago
I don't plan on having kids of my own, but if life finds a way (or I end up with custody of a relative's children) I figured I would similarly put together some kind of loose "curriculum" to guide them along if they took
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by txbuck 4y ago
As far as ergonomics go, a controller-like form-factor is almost definitely the current ideal for a portable, carry-able, holdable keyboard. Obviously just slapping QWERTY on it wholesale may not be the best idea, and doing the R&D for
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by txbuck 4y ago
"I spend all day getting pissed at my machine for doing exactly what I told it to do."
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by txbuck 4y ago
Would be neat to take a lot of the submitted sounds of old machines (computers or otherwise) and write a background process that manipulates and plays them while performing certain tasks, like loading from an external drive, or using the mo
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by txbuck 4y ago
Not exactly what you're talking about, but I've seen a few RaspberryPi + iPad + External Keyboard setups where they either use the iPad as an external display or VNC into the Pi from the iPad. IIRC you can power the Pi via USB C -
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by txbuck 5y ago
"For Tesla, Facebook and Others, Misusing AI and Pretending It's a Magic Bullet Is Getting Harder To Ignore"
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by txbuck 5y ago
'Illegalese' has a nice ring to it.
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by txbuck 6y ago
As a former fiserv software victim/user I’m not the least bit surprised. If anything I’m surprised I don’t hear about similar oversights of theirs more often.
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by txbuck 6y ago
I'm both hopeful and dubious about this. Can't see this getting very far if it isn't open source, but it seems like something similar could scratch an itch I've had for a while (detailed below). ----- I love using my iPa
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by txbuck 6y ago
Fiserv's Signature UI (their Desktop Teller is also trash but not near as bad). I don't even know where to start with how bad it is, but I'd need a BAC of at least .1 to get through it all.