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94b45eb4 commented on Heroku Is Down   status.heroku.com/... · Posted by u/cornfieldlabs
cornfieldlabs · 3 months ago
https://downdetector.com/status/heroku/

Even the status page is failing

94b45eb4 · 3 months ago
Should have used Atlassian Statuspage
94b45eb4 commented on Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application you open (2020)   robertheaton.com/2020/02/... · Posted by u/dvrp
jfim · 4 months ago
> What should be the real continuing inexcusable outrage is that Windows, even today, grants all applications full access to read the titles of all windows with no way to disable it.

That's there because it's been in there forever in the win32 API, and changing that would break applications.

For example, a long time ago, I wrote a small application that would iterate through a list of executables, launch each one sequentially, and for as long as that executable ran, it would look at the window that had the current focus, enumerate every control, and then send a click message to any control that would contain the words yes, agree, continue, accept, install, ok. Made my life easier to automatically install software on computers unattended.

There are plenty of other applications that require looking up other windows and sending them messages for all kinds of user workflows, things like autohotkey and so on. Changing that behavior would break all of them.

94b45eb4 · 4 months ago
If the user is prompted to give permission for the application to have access to this information then at least you know which ones are doing it and can avoid using them if you are worried about it.
94b45eb4 commented on The reality of working in tech: We're not hired to write code (2023)   idiallo.com/blog/code-for... · Posted by u/foxfired
94b45eb4 · 5 months ago
I used to hear this all the time back in the early 2000's. It's far from a new idea.

The version I heard (or at least the one which stuck in my head) was "your job is not to write code, your job is to solve problems".

edit: I wish this was more mentioned more frequently these days. I see junior developers very focused on superficial aspects of code and specific "cool" frameworks these days. Often I find myself asking "what problem does this solve? What are the trade-offs with your approach? etc." and it's just crickets. I think we have made a lot of progress with modern frameworks, tools, etc. but I also think there is something from the "old days" of programming which we have lost, which I think we should have fought a bit more to keep.

94b45eb4 commented on AMD launches Gaia open source project for running LLMs locally on any PC   tomshardware.com/tech-ind... · Posted by u/01-_-
94b45eb4 · 5 months ago
looks like “on any PC” means “on any Windows PC”.
94b45eb4 commented on Tapestry by Iconfactory   usetapestry.com/... · Posted by u/maxmax_
TeMPOraL · 7 months ago
Are there any "all in one apps" like this? That's the first one I ever saw. I've been wondering for years now, why ain't anyone trying it.

The unified timeline is the whole point. However, for me, this app gets two things wrong:

1) I'd also want IM feeds on the same timeline. Like, Messenger, Teams, WhatsApp, etc. I know it's probably impossible due to how obstructionist and anti-user the chat vendors are, but I keep dreaming about it. Most chat conversations are, in my mind, in the same general category as HN links or incoming e-mail: "thing that I need to pay a minute of attention up front, and then possibly 15+ minutes dealing with".

2) It's iOS only.

94b45eb4 · 7 months ago
Does the new Reeder app count?
94b45eb4 commented on Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode – Out Now – Official Release Trailer [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=7zY0U... · Posted by u/skibz
zeristor · 7 months ago
Is it out for Mac yet?
94b45eb4 · 7 months ago
Looks like it’s just Windows and Linux at the moment.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

94b45eb4 commented on Rails for everything   literallythevoid.com/blog... · Posted by u/FigurativeVoid
94b45eb4 · 8 months ago
Ruby and Rails anre amazing. I love Rails and recommend it for most small to medium sized projects. What I find frustrating though is the constant hum of people using “Ruby is slow” as the excuse for every problem they have. Everyone I know using Rails is in the process of convincing everyone that they have outgrown its capabilities and need to move onto something “more mature”. I also see a lot of people using Rails but replacing its components with others. A. If part of what makes Rails powerful is that it comes with pretty much everything you need, replacing them without good reason (there usually isn’t one) erodes the value you get from Rails.
94b45eb4 commented on macOS menu bar app that shows how full the ISS urine tank is in real time   github.com/Jaennaet/pISSS... · Posted by u/ajdude
94b45eb4 · 8 months ago
At least it’s got tests … oh, wait …
94b45eb4 commented on Jaywalking legalized in New York City   theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/Thomashuet
94b45eb4 · 10 months ago
So if you are waiting at an intersection pedestrian crossings and getting impatient you can just move over a bit and cross anyway?
94b45eb4 commented on Generative AI could generate tons of e-waste by decade's end   techxplore.com/news/2024-... · Posted by u/bikenaga
94b45eb4 · 10 months ago
It’s a race to create an AI good enough to solve the e-waste problem before the e-waste problem becomes such a large problem that it prevents AI advancement.

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