How many times do we need to praise the simple XMPP server? It does everything you need it to do, has done so since the 90s, and doesn't require any PII, ever. I remember 20 years ago MS trying to cram Lync down our throats. That pile of crap was inferior in every way, yet it still succeeded. Does anyone remember it? No. So don't jump to another platform. Stick with the original solution and hold onto it for the rest of your life. https://xmpp.org/
Readit News1970-01-01 commented on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month theverge.com/tech/875309/... · Posted by u/x01
1970-01-01 commented on Show HN: Algorithmically finding the longest line of sight on Earth alltheviews.world... · Posted by u/tombh
There was a post here about 6 years ago for a site that calculated line of site for any two points on a map with both the max line of sight and 2D cross sectional view of the terrain difference between the two points. I haven't been able to find it since 2020, but it was awesome.
It was https://caltopo.com/
https://www.heywhatsthat.com/ is another bookmark that I had lost to time.
You hike to the top of a mountain or pull off at a scenic overlook. You see mountains in the distance. Which mountains are they? HeyWhatsThat will tell you, providing a 360° panoramic sketch labeled with the names of the peaks you're looking at. From almost anywhere in the world.
1970-01-01 commented on Show HN: Algorithmically finding the longest line of sight on Earth alltheviews.world... · Posted by u/tombh
heywhatsthat?
I think that was it, thank you for finding it again!
Actually, I was thinking of https://caltopo.com/map.html but your site led me to it.
Web 2.0 was a mistake fueled by Zuckerberg copycats looking for the same magical user growth hack. Giving users and later bots an entirely free, easy to use platform to focus their agenda onto is a cancer within the network, not a feature. This decade is the result of it. The old fix was filtering via technical chops. Braincells, time, and money was required to have an online opinion. At minimum, your agenda would need to satisfy this large filtering function else it just wouldn't exist. Now that it's entirely free, and the clearly agenda-driven takes can no longer be filtered, the cancer is left to grow until the fuel (advertising, shareholder returns) runs out.
1970-01-01 commented on RFC 3092 – Etymology of “Foo” (2001) datatracker.ietf.org/doc/... · Posted by u/ipnon
I always hated foo, bar, & baz. These vars are always pushed by uncreative individuals. I directly equate it with middle-management types that drive black BMWs and have the personality of milquetoast and golf. No thanks, I'll stick with zig, zag, and zip. If you don't like it too bad, write your own throwaway code.
1970-01-01 commented on Show HN: Algorithmically finding the longest line of sight on Earth alltheviews.world... · Posted by u/tombh
Could it be this? https://www.udeuschle.de/panoramas/makepanoramas.htm
No, it used a much heavier JS interface and IIRC it also used Google Earth. That is a nice tool, thanks for sharing it.
1970-01-01 commented on Show HN: Algorithmically finding the longest line of sight on Earth alltheviews.world... · Posted by u/tombh
There was a post here about 6 years ago for a site that calculated line of site for any two points on a map with both the max line of sight and 2D cross sectional view of the terrain difference between the two points. I haven't been able to find it since 2020, but it was awesome.
1970-01-01 commented on AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it siddhantkhare.com/writing... · Posted by u/sidk24
Welcome to management. Herding cats is the idiom. AI is behaving on the nose in this aspect. Perhaps this is the author's first taste of it?
Just a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46885530