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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
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Comment on Everything is a remix in ~tech
ewintr LinkTalking about simultaneous discovery. I have always been fond of the book Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson, which explains creativity and invention in much the same way, and that was...Talking about simultaneous discovery. I have always been fond of the book Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson, which explains creativity and invention in much the same way, and that was published in 2011. The original parts of this video were published from 2010 to 2012, according to the closing credits. If you want to read more on the topics discussed in parts one to three, I can recommend it.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
ewintr (edited )LinkI could list a couple of half-baked going nowhere projects, but let me do something else. For the last two-and-a-half years, I have been working alone on a backend in a remote job. No-one...I could list a couple of half-baked going nowhere projects, but let me do something else. For the last two-and-a-half years, I have been working alone on a backend in a remote job. No-one reviewing my work, no learning from the work of others and also not shipping anything because the priorities keep changing. I am starting to feel burned out.
To remedy this, I have arranged a break for six weeks to two months with the specific goal of participating in projects with others. I have an eye on a few open-source projects that I perhaps could join for the time. But if anyone here needs the help of a seasoned Go developer, or knows of a project that could use the help: I am all ears.
For a while, I have had the wish to start with Rust, so that would be cool too. But so far, I have not gotten beyond the hello world example, so I would probably not be of much use there. A project that combines the two would be golden though.
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Comment on Why is everything binary? in ~science
ewintr Link ParentKeep watching a bit longer. It is not an educational video, more of a humorous social commentary.Keep watching a bit longer. It is not an educational video, more of a humorous social commentary.
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Comment on Why is everything binary? in ~science
ewintr Link ParentI actually had no idea where to put it. I decided ~tech because it talks about bits and Elon Musk, but it is, of course, not really about tech. ~science is not a good match either, I think. -
Why is everything binary?
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Comment on Beware tech career advice from old heads in ~comp
ewintr Link ParentIs a video of the gameplay perhaps enough of a teaser to get people to download it?It's kinda an awkward position for me. I'd love to show my games but making something in web is a dead end for most Financials. And isn't necessarily the optimal portfolio to show for industry game programmer positions either.
Is a video of the gameplay perhaps enough of a teaser to get people to download it?
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Comment on Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies in ~tech
ewintr Link ParentI am not intimately familiar with the exact projects they fund, but NLnet does some good here. A quick search brought me to this page, for instance: https://nlnet.nl/project/mobile-nixos/...I am not intimately familiar with the exact projects they fund, but NLnet does some good here. A quick search brought me to this page, for instance: https://nlnet.nl/project/mobile-nixos/
Replicant also has some projects funded by them.
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Comment on Please stop externalizing your costs directly into my face in ~tech
ewintr LinkThat sounds like a botnet of hacked computers and iot devices. No company owns such a set of IP addresses. I suspect there are a couple of layers to 'whitewash' this data. Tech giants or other......and come from tens of thousands of IP addresses – mostly residential, in unrelated subnets, each one making no more than one HTTP request over any time period we tried to measure...
That sounds like a botnet of hacked computers and iot devices. No company owns such a set of IP addresses. I suspect there are a couple of layers to 'whitewash' this data. Tech giants or other companies don't do the scraping themselves, they get it from a specialized company. And maybe that specialized company gets it from another. All the way down to criminal gangs of hackers that sell access to hacked consumer devices.
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Comment on The future is Niri in ~comp
ewintr Link ParentThe main benefit for me was to be able to quickly arrange the right windows side by side in various configurations, without space in between them. My mind works better and faster if I can see two...The main benefit for me was to be able to quickly arrange the right windows side by side in various configurations, without space in between them. My mind works better and faster if I can see two documents/pages/whatever at the same time, and not have to jump back and forth.
You can do 80%, maybe more, in a regular window manager with a combination of the Super key and the various arrow keys. On most systems, that puts a window in the left/right half of the screen or a quadrant. Tiling offers a little bit extra in that you can have more and diverse layouts. But it comes with some mental overhead to get everything on one screen, as described in the article. Some tiling window managers also don't play well with applications that don't expect to be run in such an environment. Then your browser gets one half of the screen and some dialog gets the other half.
Currently, I have a mixed version. Basic tiling for terminals within Kitty, the rest is "normal".
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Comment on What are your personal reading "rules?" in ~books
ewintr LinkI have only one rule when it comes to books. In my bookcase I have a shelf for unread books. Whenever a new book comes it, it will be appended to the right. If I am ready for a new book (I only...I have only one rule when it comes to books. In my bookcase I have a shelf for unread books. Whenever a new book comes it, it will be appended to the right. If I am ready for a new book (I only read one at the time), I pick the one at the front on the left. I decide there and then whether I am actually going to read that one or not.
If I decide yes, all is fine and I start. If not, I must get rid of it, by giving it away, donating, whatever. It is not allowed to put it back and the end of the row again, nor is it allowed to skip the first and pick the second, (third, etc.) one from the row.
This is all to control my Tsundoku and it works really well. It forces me to make a decision about a book. Also, having a physical row helps me be aware of how many unread books I already own. If it gets very long it subcounsiously pressures me to acquire less. If it becomes shorter, I feel more freedom to splurge without remorse.
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Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? (trial giveaway: round #2) in ~tech
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Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? (trial giveaway: round #2) in ~tech
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Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? (trial giveaway: round #2) in ~tech
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Comment on Canadian VPS providers? in ~comp
ewintr Link ParentI had no prior experience with Hetzner. I tried to sign up a couple of weeks ago, and was asked to provide ID. A quick search on the internet shows that the experiences are mixed. So are asked,...I had no prior experience with Hetzner. I tried to sign up a couple of weeks ago, and was asked to provide ID. A quick search on the internet shows that the experiences are mixed. So are asked, others are not. I am in an EU country, though, not sure what would set off the fraud detection alarm bells.
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Comment on Canadian VPS providers? in ~comp
ewintr Link ParentHetzner is mentioned often in discussions like this, but a dealbreaker for me was that I had to send a copy of my passport or other ID when registering an account. There are probably good reasons...Hetzner is mentioned often in discussions like this, but a dealbreaker for me was that I had to send a copy of my passport or other ID when registering an account. There are probably good reasons to do that, or maybe there are rules that force them to do it, but I still don't like it.
Eventually, I took this as a trigger to start learning OpenBSD and I got a VM at OpenBSD Amsterdam. It has been... a humbling experience so far. But one that I haven't regretted yet.
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Comment on Build it yourself in ~tech
ewintr Link ParentOf course, it is not all black and white, as is mentioned in the article. But is it better? How do you know it is better? No-one has a problem with deciding to add a dependency after careful...Of course, it is not all black and white, as is mentioned in the article.
There is no reason for me to bother implementing all the possible API and edge cases around figuring out the size of a terminal, when I can simply call in someone else's code that will do it better.
But is it better? How do you know it is better?
No-one has a problem with deciding to add a dependency after careful vetting has shown that in the long term it is a better option than writing it yourself. But we all know that is not how it works. The dependency is added because it is easy, not because it is actually necessary. This is not just about security, or the quality of the code, but also about the amount of functionality the dependency covers. If you need only one function, just copy and paste it and leave the rest out.
But just adding one line that imports the whole package is oh so easy. In the long term, that causes more harm than most people realize, and I think the author is right in trying to combat that.
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Comment on Everything is Chrome in ~tech
ewintr Link ParentOk, thanks for explaining. I think I get your point now. I still would not use a free font CDN in that situation, as it is an extra dependency and I imagine the cost savings would be marginal at...Ok, thanks for explaining. I think I get your point now. I still would not use a free font CDN in that situation, as it is an extra dependency and I imagine the cost savings would be marginal at best. But I'll admit that this is an opinion and not a hard truth.
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Comment on Everything is Chrome in ~tech
ewintr Link ParentCan you give me an example of a high-traffic site that: Has so much traffic that a CDN for fonts is necessary Has so little traffic that it does not need a CDN for other assets like images, CSS,...Can you give me an example of a high-traffic site that:
- Has so much traffic that a CDN for fonts is necessary
- Has so little traffic that it does not need a CDN for other assets like images, CSS, static pages, etc.
I am OK with a fictional site, I just don't see how the numbers would work out.
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Comment on Everything is Chrome in ~tech
ewintr Link ParentAs I said in a sibling comment: if this is indeed an issue in your situation, you should change to a new hosting provider, or move everything to a proper CDN. I just checked for my own website....As I said in a sibling comment: if this is indeed an issue in your situation, you should change to a new hosting provider, or move everything to a proper CDN.
I just checked for my own website. Two fonts in various variations. Ten files that together measure a whopping 185 kilobytes. I cannot imagine a scenario where everything is fine and dandy, but that one time download of 185 kilobytes breaks your site so hard that you are forced to add a CDN for fonts, while at the same everything else (images, CSS, etc.) can just stay where it is.
Fish shell, ha, that is somewhere on my to-do list as well. To try it out, I mean. Messing around is not something I would have thought of myself. Indeed, sounds a bit scary, but I have some time to burn. I'll look into that. Thanks!